The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-25
SENATE FLARES UP
TO RETAIN THREAT
TO MACHINE TRADE
Project Never Started at Prison
Held Advantage In Keep.
ing Prices Down
POTATO GRADING STUNNED
What Looks Like Killing Be.
lievsd a Temporary Setback;
No Compensation Appeals

No arguments marked defeat by the
senate Saturday Of the bill permitting
appeals from decisions OF the state
workmen's compensation bureau.
Debate on the committee report
Friday had been taken to indicate
a renewal of the argument when the
matter came up Saturday. Instead
the bill was beaten without record
vote. A motion to kill the bill car
ried Is to l9.
The warmest argument OF the days
session came on the report of the
state affairs committee with regard
to repeal Of the law creating re-
volving fund at the state penitentiary
The report Of the minority of the
committee was adopted Is to "a
A bill to establish a state potato
grading system was defeated Saturday
but legislation on this subject is ex-
pccted to pass. Two bills bearing on
the subject have been passed by the
house and some senators said they
preferred to vote for the house bills
rather than for the senate bill.
Another bill beaten would have per-
mitted counties to organize into
health districts which would employ
q full-time health officer. The vote
Was q to "a
To Protect Farmers
Attacking the bill 10 repeal the law
creating the prison revolving fund. c.
w. Fine. Benson county, said it also
would eliminate the law permitting
the manufacture of farm machinery
at the prison. Passage OF the law
would make it practically impossible
ever to begin the manufacture of
farm machinery at the prison. he
commended, and said it is only fair to
the farmers who are paying big
prices for farm machinery TO continue
the protection which the threat OF
prison made farm machinery gives
them.
D. II. Hamilton. McHenry county.
said the money still would be used
by the prison. The revolving fund
provided by law never has been set
Up, he said, and the law is doing no
one any good.
Dell Patterson, Renyille county,
said the main objection to repeating
the law is that it will prevent the
penitentiary from going into new
manufacturing enterprises, even If
they become advisable.
A. w. Fowler. Cass county. said 25
per cent OF the profits of the Irvine
plant operated at the prison. now 90
into the revolving fund New legisla-
ton would be necessary before any
new enterprises could be launched
anyhow, he said. and if the law is
not passed it will mean that the
money IN the revolving fund will lie
IDLE while the prison may have to
borrow money to finance the Irvine
plant operations. He said the law has
been on the books since 1911 and no
machinery has been made yet, citing |
this IS proof that the statute is Of |
little value. He denied that repeal |
Of the law would permit the organiza-
ton Of future industries at the state |
prison.
Hyland Sees Failure
Frank Hyland, Devils Lake, said he |
vas . member Of the house when |
the present law was passed. Investi-
CATION shows. he said, that it would |
take from $250,00O to $500 900 to set |
up plant for the manufacture of |
farm machinery. Citing refusal OF |
the last assembly to establish at the |
prison plant for making automobile
license tags. Hyland said if license
tags could not be made successfully,
the manufacture of farm machinery |
would surely be failure.
Walter Bond. Ward county, said he
voted for the present law as a men,
Der OF the house in 1911 and at that
time there was talk of protecting the
farmer from the farm machinery
combine then being talked about. He
said he favored the repeal now, how
liver.
A parliamentary tangle developed
on consideration of the bill by Sen
Rtor Fine to permit tenants to re-
move, upon leaving rented property,
certain improvements which had
been made by them. The bill had
been amended by a committee and
the committee amendment had been !
amended from the floor. The result
MAS tangle which was not straight
sned out until the whole action had
been reviewed in detail.
Hyland argued that the bill would
interfere with lumber liens by per-
hitting tenants to remove the build
'ugs In which the lumber was used
md g. J. Atkins, Towner county, sup
ported this contention.