The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-01
community HALL
| PLAN IS AMENDED
| into court House
Bin Now Authorizes Counties
to Build Temples Of Justice
as War Memorials
0LE0 MEASURE IS DOUBTED
Many Of Lawmakers Fear It
Will Merely Block Small
Dealer, Not Aid Farmer


margarine in North Dakota was ap-
proved by the senate. Thursday. when
It voted to adopt the report of ma
jority OF the state affairs committee.
recommending passage OF a bill to
that effect.
The bill would require wholesalers
selling oleomargarine to obtain IL
cense at q cost Of 500 q year and re-
tailcrs to obtain a license costing $25.
A plea for the bill was made to the
committee by dairymen. who con-
tended that sales of oleomargarinc
are reducing the market for their
product. These pleas we're reiterated
on the floor OF the senate Thursday
Afternoon.
Opponents Of the bill commended
that It would only handicap the small
retailer, with an attendant advant-
age to the large retailer and chain
stores, and would be Of no help to the
dairy industry since some persons
would use oleomargarine anyhow.
The report of the committee ma
jority was adopted without record
vote, 81 Of 40 senator's supporting 1t.
Bill CurbS Justices
Eight other measures were passed
by the senate Thursday, one of which
prevents justices of the peace and
police magistrates from sitting in
cases In which they have financial
interest and preventing justices from
being connected with collection agen- |
cies. Violation Of the law would be |
punishable by fine, imprisonment and |
BY disbarment from office.
Having amended q bill to permit |
the levy Of tax for the construction |
Of world war memorials, the senate |
passed It without question. AS amend !
I'd the bill permits county commits
sioners to use funds set aside for me-
mortal purposes In the construction |
Of memorial court houses. An at
tempt was made to limit the applica- |
ton Of this feature of the bill to |
counties Of more than $4,000 popula- |
ton. but objection was raised and the |
population limit was removed. The |
bin was sponsored by the American |
Legion, branches Of which are plan |
ming memorials In various parts OF |
the state.
Says It Hits Small Dealer
Supporting the minority report Of !
the state affairs committee on the |
oleomargarine bill, Dell Patterson, of |!
Renville county, said the dairymen of
The state had been misinformed as to
The effect Of the bill. It would not
help the dairy industry, he said, and
instead. would discriminate against
the small retail grocer, since the
large retailer would be able to pay
the license fee and the small retail
er would not. He predicted that
passage Of the bill would result in the
sbootlegging" Of oleomargarine.
G. w. Fine. Benson county. said the
bill would give some protection to the
dairy industry Of the state and q
little IS better than none at all. He
declared that the industrial prosper
1ty OF the country is based on the
theory Of protection of home industry
md said that olebmargarine is man
ufactured largely from cocoanut oil
imported from foreign countries. The
6airy industry, he said, is fairly pros
porous now but is rapidly approach r
Ing the point where production will
eQuWA SOAAoO1upVAu1l, WHICH WOulQ re- 4
suit In . reduction in prices.
Doubts It Will BE Observed s
D. n. Hamilton, McHenry county,
laid he wants to protect the dairyman
and milks cows himself but that the
bill would not offer adequate protec-
lion since it would not bar the sale Of
oleomarsarine In the state. Less
people use oleomargarine '
n large quantities. he said, and it 9
helps to provide market for beef
Ind hog fat, since these articles are t
used In making 1t. He predicted that
Y would be observed about as well '
y the 1913 cigarette law" The ci-
Barette law barred cigarettes from t
ale In the state but was repealed
our years ago. \
o. II. Olson. Of Eddy county.
;harged that defeat of the bill would Ic
Y the same thing as asking the fed "
raj government to repeal its tax on e
'leomargarine and advising the farm
- to quit keeping cows. It is easy =
Q &c why farmers cannot get proper h
elief, he said. when they cannot
gree among themselves. He sup !;
|orted the bill on the theory Of pro- ;,
ection. w. D. Lynch, La Moure :,
ounty. Joined with him in demanding :,
lgutsction for the dairy industry. :