The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-03
STORAGE BILL IS
KILLED BY SENATE
AFTER HOT BATTLE
One Nonpartisan and One |. v
A. Switch Allegiance on
Grain Measure

elevators from selling stored grain,
the senate adopted q committee re-
port recommending passage Of a mea-
sure by Representative Lavik Of Sar-
gent and Acheson OF Bottineau pro-
viding for redemption Of storage
tickets in the event of the transfer
OF a warehouse to another owner.
The senate acted on divided COM
rnittee reports on the two bills.
Voting BY roll call on the minority
report recommending passage of the
bill to prohibit elevators from selling
stored grain, the senate rejected the
recommendation by q ~ to q vote.
and then by q vive voc vote accepted
the majority report for indefinite
r'ostponement.
BY a standing vote on the other
proposal, the senate voted 27~to 20
for adoption Of the majority report
recommending passage, and the bill
was ordered placed on the calendar
for final legislative action.
Bonner Supports Measure
Senator A. +. Bonner Jr., Richland
county Independent, voted with the
Nonpartisans on the measure to pro-
hibit the sale of stored grain, while
Senator n. w. Patten, Mountran
county, sided with the I. v. AS
against the measure.
During the debate a communication
from q. J. Hoel, Killdeer, asserting
the measure was sponsored by the
Farmers Union, was read.
Senator William Watt, Cass coun-
~. chairman of the warehouse and
grain grading, committee, opened the
debate with q vigorous attack IN the
bill.
This measure would work q hard
ship on local elevators" he said. 1T
| would make 1t q felony to sell stored
grain. Ben Larkin, chairman Of tho
state board Of railroad commissioners,
told the committee that there was not
an instance, with but M exception,
where the holder did not pay for the
grain. This legislation Is unneces-
sary."
Senator ]. p. Cain, Stark, told the
senate that If the bill became q law
it would prohibit elevator owners
from taking advantage Of the price of
grain at the time when storage was
made.
This bill would practically close
up elevators. Independent elevators
would be forced out of business. We
have adequate protection now"
Poupore Attacks It
Senator J. H.. Poupore, Grand Forks
county, said he was himself interest
ed in an independent elevator, but
saw no benefit to the farmers or
elevators in the bill. He claimed it
would cost more to handle grain un-
| der the. measure and that this cost
would be assessed against the people.
The bill would act to the disad-
vantage of the farmer and elevator.
Senator Patten declared. Senator j.
E. Eastgate, Grand Forks, also urged
defeat Of the bill.
Senator d. H. Hamilton, McHenry,
urging favorable action on the mea-
| sure, commended that storage of grain
is of the great problems of the
federal farm board and the bill would
help solve 1t. Elevators will have a
| right to ship grain out, but they must
| store 1t, ard cannot sell It," he said.
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the farmer who raises grain, Senator
| Dell Patterson, Renville county, told
the senate.
HE is the man who, needs protec-
tion," he added. I'VE have introduce
ed bill after bill for the farmer. but
not one has been passed to protect
the farmer. Let the elevator man
look after himself. Many of these
elevators are controlled by foreign
corporations"
Fine States Views
The question at issue, Senator G.
w. Fine, Benson county declared, was
whether elevators had the right to
sell the other fellows grain"
They are selling something that
doesn't belong to them," he continued.
THE biggest trouble elevators have is
! shipping out grain that is not their
Cwn and forcing elevators to hedge"
Senators Herman ThorSon of the
Adams Sioux district, J.. H.
Burkhart, Ward, and Ole Ettestad,
McHenry, joined in the debate tor
the bill.
The roll call on the motion to adopt
the minority report recommending
the bill for passage follows:
Against the bill:
Aandahl, Atkins, Bond, BrunSdalc,
Cain. Croker. Eastgate, Eddy, Field.
Fowler. Gronvold, Hyland, Jones,
Lynch. Martin, Miller. Murphy, Pat
ten, Platn, Ployhar. Porter. Pouporc,
Putnam, Renwick, Sperry, Watt, and
! Whitmcn CD.
For the bill:
Bonner. Brostuen, Burkhart. Erick-
son, Ettestad, Fine. Fredrickson,
Hamilton, Hocple. Kamrath, Larson,
McCrory, Magnuson. Matthaef, Mar
| shall. Patterson, Renauld, Satire.
Stucke, Thorsop, Unruh, and Wog
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