The Bismarck tribune., 1935-02-09
B.COVNNTTEE TO
DRAW Up DEFINITE
LIQUOR PROPOSALS
House Temperance Group Ap.
pears to Favor State as
Wholesaler

A subcommittee Of the house tenn
perance committee was appointed to
draft . definite liquor revenue pro-
posal in q meeting Saturday at which
tho concensus Of the members pres
ent seemed to favor q proposal that
the state 60 into the wholesale liquor
business. Some senate temperance
committeeman were in attendance.
Under the wholesale" proposal the
state would derive q profit by estab.
fishing several wholesale warehouses
over the state for distribution to pri.
vately-owned retail liquor stores,
proponents claimed.
Also there would be no stamp tax,
although fixing Of 4 stamp on the
bottles for Identification purposes
was contemplated. In the wholesal.
ing profit also would be included .
sufficient amount to represent what
revenue would come from . stamp
tax II there was one.
Operation Of liquor stores by the
state met opposition with several
claiming that the system might in
vite graft In the operation Of the
AA40OX OuOAAECOOs
Rep. william schantz Of Burleigh
contended the graft angle was great
" exaggerated"
A subcommittee, appointed to
draft definite proposal, Is COM
posed OF L. r. Smith Of Cass, william
Schantz Of Burleigh and James Cad
dell Of Sioux with the first meeting
scheduled for Saturday night.
The house state affairs committee,
after considerable argument, voted
to recommend indefinite postpone
nnent Of House Bill 125, revamping
the injunction laws Of the state, to
make way for another bill to be in
troduced at the house session prob
ably later Saturday.
The house measure was introduced
by floor leader william Goodwin Of
Morton as q result of the Fargo coal
strike activities. It would prevent is
suing Of an injunction against peace
ful picketing, with injunctions not to
be issued until notice Is given the
opposition and q court hearing held.
Recommended for indefinite post
ponement by the committee was .
house proposal requiring deduction
Of delinquent personal property tax
es from salaries Of county officers
and employees or agents, committee
men declaring the measure does not
improve" present laws.
A senate concurrent resolution re-
questing congress to grant the Bank
Of North Dakota authority to issue
currency was recommended to pass
Saturday by the state affairs COM
mittee.
The resolution will be brought out
on the floor Of the senate Monday.
It has not yet been introduced In
the house.
The action Of the committee came
after T. H. H. Thoreson, Grand
Forks. former gubernatorial candi-
date, who appeared In behalf Of the
proposal, claimed that the resolution
does not mean issuance Of fiat
money" but would give the Bank Of
North Dakota the same privileges as
national banks"
He said national banks must de-
post federal bonds as q basis Of
security on which money may be IS
sued, and that the legislative resolu-
ton requests congress to permit the
Bank Of North Dakota to substitute
state bonds Is security instead.
The senate resolution introduced
by Senator John Miklethun Of Bar
nes. was recommended to pass by
viva voce vote after q substitute mo-
ton for indefinite postponement was
defeated by 4 to 5 vote.