The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-01

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Wherefore, Be 1t Resolved, that by
this means we express our heartfelt
sorrow at the loss of real man "a true
friend, loyal and patriotic citizen, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, that this
resolution be spread upon the records
copy be forwarded to his sorrowing
widow and son as mark of our deep
sympathy and esteem"
Rising to Personal Privilege" was a
favorite pastime in the Senate Wednes-
day. Sen. Fay Cravens was the cause.
He got under the hides" of some of
the Senate members for having written
letter to the Creameries and Dairy
Farmers of the State in which he in
formed the operators of said cream
cries and the dairymen that his pet
oleomargarine bill had been killed in
the Senate. He stated that the Oleo
interests made the principal fight
against the bill and started out by in
viting all members of the Senate to a
dG OOulil ~.
Senators were incensed because there
was no banquet at South st. Paul and
the Oleo interests did not invite them
to South st. Paul. Senator Berg, as has
been his custom for many years, invited
the members of the Senate to his home
town to inspect the Swift Packing plant
where, those who made the trip, were
given a cafeteria luncheon.
Sen. Cravens also invited himself to
be invited to farm meetings throughout
the state and suggested that the resi-
dent Senator be invited to appear at
the same meeting and explain his vote
Sen. Carley accepted the challenge
under personal privilege and assured
the Senator from Milaca an enjoyable
time in Plainview He chided Sen
Cravens for poor craftsmanship and
his unethical actions.
Said Sen. Cravens in rebuttal, "You
can't insult me-"
On Monday the Senate passed the
so-called Fair Trade Practice bills and
the House on Thursday followed suit,
so merchants of the state will be safe
guarded against "chiselerS" and cut
price artists in the future Under the
bill merchants must fix prices on their
commodities at least Is per cent above
the invoice cost from wholesalers.
In the opinion of this writer, the
laws will increase the cost of living
and Mr.. Consumer will pay the bill
But it is just another one of the many
laws upon our statutes protecting this
or that business, firm or corporation.
RECOMMENDATION is truly on the march
and is stepping high
Sen. Cravens forgot his Oleomar-
! garine bill, of unhappy fate, long
enough Tuesday to introduce Cigar
cite Tax Bill, which if passed, will cost
the flag smokers 215c extra per pack
age for having permitted the habit to
grow upon them. The Senator estim-
ates that if enacted into law the state
will receive approximately two million
in revenue per year. No, the Senator
does not smoke.
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Well, the chances are that there will
be special session of the Legislature.
The Governor reiterated this week that
he would call special session i'm
mediately following adjournment of the
regular session if Tax bills to his liking
were not passed. On Thursday the
Senate subcommittee on Taxes prac-
tically completed their redraft of the
House Income Tax bill and undoubt-
edly will have it ready for introduction
on Monday. As was to be expected the
Senate committee slashed the House
rates, setting the top rate at per
cent. There are many features of the
bill that were changed by the Senate.
Since the matter of cost to the tax