The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-20
GOVERNOR DIRECTS
OFFICIALS TO HALT
SHIPMENT OF GRAIN
Refusal on Part OF Elevator
Men Will Mean Calling Out
Of Guardsmen
SAYS IT WILL CUT COST
Latest Wrinkle Is Devised TO
Avoid Head-On Conflict
With Railroads

Governor William LANCER Friday
ordered sheriffs Of North Dakota's SO
counties to take steps to stop wheat
shipments In compliance with his en-
embargo proclamation.
The governors instructions to the
sheriffs was demand that they
advise all elevators and warehouses In
their Jurisdiction to cease accepting
wheat for shipment and to refrain
from shipping wheat already held by
them
II the sheriff's orders are disre-
garded, the governor said. detach-
ments of the national guard will be
dispatched to enforce the embargo
proclamation.
The governor said he decided to
first place enforcement of his en-
barge with the sheriffs as a means OF
1aving the expense Of calling out the
entire strength Of the national guard.
He said he believed the sheriffs could
handle the situation effectively.
It is the duty Of sheriffs. he said,
to enforce the embargo as It was de-
clared under law passed by the last
legislature.
IF the sheriffs orders are disobeyed
the officers will call on the adjutant
general and attachments will be sent
out to enforce the law" LANCER de-
clared.
Sarlcs Is Ready
Adjutant General Earle sarles. adj
vised by the governor Of his action,
said he stands ready to use the ma
tional guardsmen where wheat Is
loaded and shipped in violation Of the
governors embargo.
Decision on the new course Of &C
ton was made Friday afternoon after
1t was apparent that the railroads
would stand pat on their refusal to
recognize the embargo order as valid
II applied to them. It also was con-
ceived as possible means Of avoid
ing ENHANCEMENT with the federal
law and to place the burden Of at
lacking the order In federal court
upon firms or individuals less power
full than the carriers.
LANCER and Sarles Confer
LANCER and Adjutant General Earle
Sarles held long conference Thurs
day afternoon. after which it was an
rounced that means Of enforcing the
embargo were under consideration"
Behind the delay, however. there
was more than mere distaste for get.
ting tough" The real lettering fac
tor was fear that the government
might get tough" In its own turn
Into the conversation came such dis.
quieting things as references to the
Leavenworth federal prison and sim
| liar grisly subjects.
The upshot Of 1t all was that NORTH
Dakota had an embargo which wa
not an embargo and the gesture K
stop wheat shipments from the state
seemed to have been stillborn.
Not Enough Soldiers
The view Of some persons close N
the governor was that the only way te
enforce the embargo without runninl
foul OF the federal government. woule.
be to prevent farmers from taking
their grain to the elevators. As soor
as 1t is in the elevator. according tt
a decision Of the U. S. supreme court
II is in interstate commerce and thu
state government could not legally in
terfere with putting it in freight carr
and sending it out of the state.
Even il the latter course were
adopted, the governor is known tx
have been informed. the only way t.
obtain effective enforcement would
be to put a national guardsman II
every elevator in the state.
This would be a physical impossi
bility since there are about 1900 ele.
vators and only 1900 guardsmen.
Such things as hating trains ano
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