The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-27

author, Be taken from the bill and
Ettestad's substituted. The chair
ruled the motion out Of order unless
Ettestad coE-.rted. The latter did %,
and he has the distinction Of prac-
ttcally having introduced . bill On
the fiftieth day and having It passed.
Since the repeal section was added by
amendment. there was nothing left
Of the original bill except the number.
Matthaei's bitter harangue against
the Hamilton mill control bill came
as . distinct surprise. Matthaei was
one Of the several Nonpartisans who
had been expected 70 vote against
the bill, although none Of them had
been expected to talk about It.
Hamilton sat silent as MatthAei
talked and made no reply. The vote
was taken in dead silence.
Comparing the Hamilton bill with
the administration bill to place con-
troll Of the mill In the hands Of q
commission Of three, two Of whom
would be Nonpartisans. Matthaei said
there Is considerable basis for the
contention that the mill should re-
main in the hands Of the governor
for operation, as Is now the case.
That does not mean, however, that
legislation should be passed on the
subject, he said.
Declaring himself as capable as the
average man Of understanding the
English language, Matthaei said
he could understand the Hamil-
ton bill II there were anything in It
but 1t means nothing, provides MOTH
Ing new and Is merely an empty
gesture into space"
Calls Change Absurd
Challenging the claim that the
Hamilton til would make any sub
stantial change from the present
law, Matthaei said the contention
was absurd and ridiculous" The
proposed change in the system Of
auditing the mill he labelled q dis
tinction without difference"
The author of the bill, he said,
would have the senate believe that
1t would change the situation at the
mill and relieve the enterprise Of fu-
ture losses. Past losses, he said, were
due to paying too much for grain and
getting too little for the commodities
manufactured and he charged that
this system is being continued. The
claim that a change in the auditing
system would change the losses to
profits is fanciful, he said. and de-
clared the bill pure and simple
camouflage and q counterfeit. He
regretted his lack of a sufficient vo-
cabulary to adequately express his
contempt for anything so counter
felt and spurious"
Later, in explaining his vote, he
said that he supported the bill be-
cause the good people back in the
state" had been led to believe that
1t meant something, whereas 1t meant
less than nothing. and that he sup
ported it to maintain his party regu-
larity.
Wog Amendment Fails =.
An attempt ~ Gust Wog, Billings
county. to amend the gasoline tax
bill failed. He wanted the revenue
distributed to the counties on the
basis of the number Of motor cars
registered from each county rather
than on the automobile license re-
ceipts received from each county.
William Watt. Cass county, author
Of the bill, opposed the idea contend
ing that distribution Of gasoline tax
receipts to counties on the basis OF
license receipts is fair and equitable.
There are always inequalities in any
tax, he said. and the proposed dis
tribution was rs fair as any.
A bill to require automobile license
tags to be attached to motor cars
with q patented seal which would
make it impossible to remove the tag
from the machine without destroying
it provoked another warm argument.
Ettestad said 1t would be an added
expense to the automobile owner and
would not do the public much good.
He charged the senate with always
planning some new way Of levying
indirect taxes"
Frank Ployhar, Valley City, read q
letter from the Bismarck police chief
saying the proposed system would be
an aid in enforcing the law and
would reduce insurance costs by
reducing motor car thefts.
Device Costs 40 Cents
The bill proposes that the tag shall
be attached to the motor car by q
device which shall lock 1t in place.
This device also shall bear, enclosed
In q glass case and visible from the
outside Of the car. record giving
the name and address Of the owner
and all available data about the ma
chine. Its cost is listed at 20 cents
each.
Supporting the bill, o. H. Olson
said 1t would aid In making q check
on the ownership Of cars and worth
more than 20 cents to anyone to have
his tags securely affixed to the ma
chine.
Fowler said that amendment to the
bill permitted competition in the Sc
lection Of device and that the bill
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