The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1923, Page 1

(the cost of everything he buys: You “ equality. WEATHER FORECAST Gentrallye fair’ tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight. t ‘ESTABLISHED Belrame' aN a an TS na WCUMBER ASKS|_ NEW LAWS FOR [ FARMERS’ AID| Former Senator Declares Remedy to Wheat Situa- tion Is Co-Operative Marketing MUST FIX THE PRICE Increasing Cost of Labor, Taxes, Transportation Held Underlying ; Causes ¢ A gigantic and thoroughly organiz- ed co-operative marketing scheme, under which farmers can fix the price of their grain and regulate its Production, the organization to have government sanction and protection, is declared by former United States Senator Porter J. McCumber as the only means‘ of permanently solving the problem of the cereal raiser. In a letter to President Coolidge, Senator McCumber, who now is prac- tising law in, Washington said: “Is there any real practicable rem- edy—any cure that will be perman- ent? As this letter clearly demon- strates the only cure must-be one that will increase the price of the farmer’s product to an extent that. will make its purchasing power equal to what it was before the war. It would require at least $3.60 per bus- hel for wheat’ on the farm to give the farmer, after paying his taxes, the same comforts he had ten years | 1924 campaign approaches. ago; and it would require at. $5.00| most likely Democratic White Hous per bushel price to place him where he ought to be, on a plane of equal- ity.with the semi-skilled labor of our] 4 great cities. But wo know that with two-thirds of the population clamor- = ing for cheap .food, there is little combined withholding of his crop WITH ENGLISH from the markets until he can re- z ceivg his price. How may this be * | done? It can be done only through} | eae ‘ an ereneeaon that will enable him| Prime Minister Baldwin As-| to. withhéld fromthe market every]. sailed, to Placing Protec- tive Tariff Vote Up Mrs. William G McAdoo and’ ser Mary Faith, are gc! in the capital. “How can he incre: the value of his product? Thére is but one way— bushet of his grain until he’cen (get |’ a living price for it. How can the Government assist him? It can pro- vide by Federal law for a coopera- as ait tive system of marketing of all of the farmer’s products, a law that LIBERALS “ARE ANGRY; will be as comprehensive and com- —— ! plete as your law for the organiza-| London,'-Nov. 14.—(By the A. = 4 tion of regional banks and farm loan! Probably the first question, of “| banks, etc. i- Organization Is Key Note foreigner after reading today’s edi. “The world’s business today is{ torial comment on tie itnyending 1 done through orgahization. Indus-|dissolution of parliament would be: trial organigation dominates the pro-|‘‘Why is this country having an | duction and marketing of all thejelection? Clearly nobody wants it.” products of our factories. Organiz-| Disinclination to take a poll of ed capital has been met by orguniz-|the electorate on the »rotection ed labor, each advancing its own in-| question is manifested by all par- terest. The unorganized farming in-| ties. The government supporters r dustry, unable to fix the supply to/luctantly agreed, while ther polit meet the demand, unable to control|cal opponents are disgusted and re- the flow of what it has to sell into} $entful. ‘Some of the comments are , the markets of the country, suffers] victims and Prime Minister-Baldwin the consequencés of this inherent] is charged variously wit® unexam- weakness.” The farmer must organ-| pled levity, shady maneuvering, | ize, and the only way’ the Govern-| trickiness and. with having lapsed ! ment can assist him is to help him| from’ the traditional ‘honor, and de- | by help him to] cency of British public life” | such an organi-} The Liberals, Laborites ang So- father, Woodrow Bi son. This photo w: lent’s S street home. The McAdoo; '@ pound. of my beef, zation’ provided’ for ‘the farmer will with avidity seek its protective pow- er. With such an organization, its head could in twenty-four hours heck the shipment-of grain until a reasonable prige demanded should be obtained. , Need Nation-wide Law “But the farmets of the ‘country with their:waried industries are un- able to consummate such an organ- ization. What they need is some kind of a nation-wide law under which they can begin and consum- nate this organization. That nation- «vide law, should be a law providing for cooperative selling. But more cooperative selling will not alone mot the farmer's requirements, ick of the power to cooperate in selling must be the pofver to cooper; ate in the joint holding of his pro- ducts until he ean g@t his price for them. He must meet force with force. He must meet captenations: against his interest with a combi tion for his interest. He must able to say to those whose earnings| ry, are $15.00 to $25.00 pex day and|* whose added compensatior increases bale of my’ ote until you are willing to pay sum that will allow me a com- pentivion that will equal your own —until I ¢an live and pay my debts ‘and the interest.on my. ntortgage. “A lgw .that-would ag for mi jociation beginning wi farm organization. in, iat, eth, state agents or @ committee to°iook after the particular interests of that state in jing its grain, to bring the préducers and consumer into as direct relation as pos: La to create * markets ‘in the large } where the farmer's product Fe disposed of, and each of these states eto be re-| presented on a National Board, would give the farmer,the relief he is ‘seek- | ing. The plan similar to a head: cialists are very angry. ~The Conservative newspaper: while in some cases. scarcely di guising their disagreement with the Premier's dee'sion, say in effect “the.| die is cast. It cannot:be ‘helped now, | so let’s fight it out.” One of the outstanding features of the election will be the number | of women’s candidates. It is esti- | mated that, between 30 and 40 women | will seek adin“ssion to the House of Commons. Lacy Astor will again ap- peal to ‘her ¢ rate and it is un- | derstood Mrs. Wintryingham. will ask | her ow# ccusttuency to return her. It is less certain, that the third wo- man member, Mrs, Philipson, wilt make a contest for her Berwick seat. She is likely to retire in favor of her husband, who she was chosen to suc- | ceed when he was unseated. Sonwlodes fn the financial dis- | tricts of London that a general elec- | tion was imminent caused a loss of | “| 52,000,000 ‘pound sterling in the valye of gil ‘dge stocks in the ‘oridon Exchange’ i: tw days. SELECT NAMES. “FOR JURY DUTY park oe Twenty-three | Names “have been sent to the ‘county clerk by the city commission to be placed’in the jury box for: sbe December term of court. They afe: C; W: Hengler, J.C, ‘Swett, a |. Thompson, ‘ad ae Schantz, ; #1. ‘Thomp: trington, ‘Titomas, Bento: Bienen iapecet! waite. Js. Beck, Nick Yochim, C. W. Blunt, Carl Pederson, phi Breslow, F. A. Labr, John Gr. 5 em Wah Wane Foren ye nn 104 wW. on Grist ,G. B. Harris, Pat fachter > ig pe RSS RRC COATS STOLEN; : New. Rockford, Nov, 14.=Robbers ‘entered the Prader gefieral merchin- disp “store Inst week, A tte BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, Sad liane 0M *y BERLIN WAVERS cis IN WASHINGTON daughters, Elien Wi'son, left, and They are visiting Mrs. McAdoo’s taken at the former pres- s again are in the limlight as the McAdoo is being mentioned as one of the; e poss bilities. . eS | RECEIVE BIDS ON NEW BRIDGE) Bids will be re received at Pembina November 80 for construction of the! i Pembins-St. Vincent bridge across ‘| COMMITTEES © WAI WELCOME FOR TEACHERS ‘BRING PLANNED Citizens Are Asked to Open Gates of Hospitality When Rhey Visit City , WORKING Housing Problem Is Put. Up To Citizens—Fine Enter- tainment Is Planned Citizens of Bismarck will open the | gates of hospitality when the North Dakota Education association con- | vention brings between 1,000 and 1,- 200 teachers here on November 21, | 22 and 23, under plans laid down by | citizens committees, which held a | joint meeting last night in the As- sociation of Commerce rooms. Two rare treats have been provided for the teachers, in addition to the fine program prepared by the officials of the association. The appearances of Riccardo Martin, tenor of the Metropolitan’ Upera Company, New York, and declared by many critics the rightful successor to Enrico Caruso, and Count Tolstoy, famous | Russian lecturer, have been made | possible through the Association of | Commerce. ~Mr. Martin will appear two nights. On his first appearance, Nov, 23, a limited number of tickets | will be sold, the number being lim- ited to those who of in excess of the number of teach- ers, who will be guests, attending, and on Saturday night the copcert | will be for the public. Gala decofations are planned \for "| the convention. The decoration of ‘hotels, depots, sehools and streets ; will be under the direction of G. A. Hassell. A sub-committee of the A. of C., composed of E. B, Klein, Henry the Red River, estimated to cost! $160,000. Representatives of both} the Minnesota and North Dakota hghway commissions and commissioners of adjacent counties witt Be present, THe eonerete ‘abuty | ments Will’ be put ip during Bie win-, ter. ROOSEVELT * ; To Have New sae on State Capitol Grounds voy : . The famous fog ~*éhbin in which I Theodore Roosevelt lived while in the North Dakota Badlands in the 80's is being moved on the state \capitol grounds, Placed upon. skids, it is‘ being ‘hauled by a tractor to a place indi- leated as proper by landscape archi- tects who drew plans for the develop- ment of the state capitol grounds. It will be placed north of the new Li- "berty Memorial Building. The. state board of administration is moving the cabin, and the Daught- ers of the American Revolution here, 'who undertook to maintain it, will fence the cabin and provide against damage to it. Mrs. 0. Ramstad chairman of the sevelt Cabin committee of the D. A. R. \ The cabin each year ‘is visited by several thousand tourists and other visitors. Madesn Still ' Found in Ravine Fargo, Nov. 13.—Federal prohibi- tion agents and Williams county au- thorities discovered one of the larg- est and completest illicit distilleries ever found in North Dakota in the brakes of the Missouri river last Thursday, The reportof the discovery and the jeapture of two men in connection with it was announced at the federal | prohibition headquarters here. Deep in a ravine, in the wild and little traversed country in the south- ern part of the county, the officers found a frame building 25 by 50 feet. In it were, among other things, two 70 gallon and one 50 gallon stills, 85 gallons of grain and sugar mash, and 2,600 pounds of suger. Somewhere in the'brakes of the hill country, or possibly now escaped vom the zstate,.is the.mah who di- rected the workings of the distillery, \hired its employes and hauled the liquor away. His name, according to the, report of the headquarters here, ig Ronaid ©. Creighton. v 3 OPENS HOSPITAL, Tuttle, Nov. 14).—Dr. W. W.Nutting of this city has leased the Evans property adjoining his residence and will ‘eonvert it into. s modern hos- pital in which to accomodate those in Tl bg. sanitary in’ every Dr,, Nutting: states that. the county | | problem, CABIN MOVED, Halverson, William O’Hara, Christ | Bertsch, Jr., and G, A, Hassell will ! assist in the street lighting, housing, | information and similar tasks. It is planned to esta tion, booths for tMe vis) to direct them to rooms, to interest apd generally to aid the strangers in the city, Headquarters will be maintained at the A. of C? lin charge of Mrs. R. A, Tracy. The housing question .is a real It is desired that many rooms be listed for the teachers, since the number is expected to ex: ceed the available number of rooms in hotels. It is made clear that the teachers will expect to pay hotel rates for the best rooms, and the cit- izens’ committee desires that the best homes be thrown open to the teachers as a mark of Bismarck’s hospitality. Count Tolstoy, who ‘lectures Nov. | 22, is obtained by the local commit- tee at great expense as a compliment to the teachers. However, it is ex- pected 300 citizens may be able to hear him lecture, and tickets wll be sold at $1 each. Sings Two Nights, Riccaardo Martin will sing on November 23 to the teachers and & few tickets may be sold to outsiters for this performance, and Saturday the entire house will be open. The charge fixed for the concert is $1.60, held by the citizens’ committees to be unusually low in view of the repu- tation and achievements of Mr. Mar- tin. An unusual call for tickets is expected. A service corps is being organized under the direction of J. J. Mac- Leod,,to consist of high school boys and Boy Scouts. The service corps will furnish information to teacaers throughout the convention. One bus line, it was reported, has agreed‘ to furnish transportation between the downtown district and the we school for 10 cents to teachers. Many departmental. meetings will be held in the high school.. Members of the Association of Commerce are asked to volunteer automobiles to take the teachers to roomé selected for them. Members of ‘the’ Thursday Musical club will furnish special numbers at the beginning of each day’s program of the teachers. Governor Nestos will introduce Count Tolstoy and Mr. Martin will be. introduced foy a director of the A. of C, Be Injured Fatally Beneath Wagon Rogers, N, D., Nov. 14.—Arthur Grindler, 47 of Rogers, was almost instantly killed late Saturday after- || noon when he was crushed beneath the wheels of a wagon loated with corn stalks... The wheels of the Wagon are said to have passed across the body causing rapture of the heart trom ‘which Grindler died soon after the sccident PARENTS WO! UKE TO KNOW. ‘Vienna, Nov. 14.—Moedical students he fey abe a) intend ‘to special in chidren’s ‘are making a firs! ead akudy of th noyances’ thet ‘cause babies to cry, Their Bega ay Bc students ‘spend ‘six: m; tical nurses under: the 1 matrons, Who have perience in the. sevising pe “had years, of “ex- etek! WILLOW CITY ‘BANK REOPENED The Merchants National Bank of Willow City, closed recently, has been reopened, according to informa- tion received at the state treasur- er’s office. That office was asked to send on checks, payment for which previously had been refused. KU KLUX RISES AS SPECTRE IN WALTON TRIAL Governor Refutes Charges That He~Had Taken the Oath of a Klansman WILL: FACE ISSUE Declares That He Is Ready to Present Data on Charge When Times Comes Oklahora City, Oct. 14.—(By the A. ,P.)—The Ku Klux Klan issue in the impeachment proceedings against Governor J.g. Walton moved to the fore today again as a “side issue” in the executfve’s trial on charges of official misconduct, Taking occ sion last ngsht to deny the purport- ed testimony ‘of a former Klan of- ficial that he had subscribed to the oath and paid the initiation fee in the organization the Governor let it be known in a public statement that the matter probably would fornf an important part of his defense in the trial. At the same time he made public the names of 55 members of the lower house of the state legisla- ture who, he said, had been repre- sented to him as members of the Klan, The executive charged that the legislature conspired with the Ku Klux Klan to remove him from of- fice. “I have the facts and circum- stances in my possession to meet this issue when it is presented in the hearing,” Governor Walton ce- clared in asserting that ‘while strenuous efforts were made by smen to have him join the. or- genization he! did not subscribe to ‘the’oath nor did he-pay the member- ship fee.” GOLDEN VALLEY! THREATENEDBY SERIOUS FIRE Loss in Early Morning Blaze May Reach $25,000—Sev- eral Buildings Burn (Special to the Tribune) Golden Valtey, Nov. 14.—Fire starting, it is believed, in a second floor apartment over the J. P. Mad- dox pool hall in Golden Valley and discovered at 5:45 o'clock caused a loss variously estimated at between $22,000 and $30,000 to the Mercer county village. WALLACE FOR | EXPORT SALES PLAN ON WHEA Says that U.S. 1.8. Department of Agriculture Is Engaged in Working Out Plan POSTPONES Loss on Wheat Sold Abroad Charged, to the Crop Next Year, His Plan LO Chicago, Nov. 14.—(By the A. P.) —An agricultural export commission designed to ‘restorg farm purchasing power by ‘withdrawing exportable | surpluses from domestic markets “is receiving the very caregul consider- ation of the Department of Agricul- ture,” Secretary Wallace said today in an address. While the proposal “is not put for- ward as a policy of the administra- tion,” the Secretary said, it has the support and approval of many of- ficials who are in a position to in- fluence legislation on the program. The commission, it was explained, ! would buy exportable products at the American price and dispose of them in the world market, charging the loss to producers on the following crop. “Such a commission as I suggest and which we are now outlining will look, after the wheat surplus from behind a tariff wall so that prices can rise in the doméstic market to a point where a bushel of wheat will buy as much for the farmer as it did before the war,” he said. The secretary suggested that any effort to fix prices by governmental agencies woulg only add to the diffi- +culties of the producers. In his view a readjustment of the situation will come only through a balancing of consumption and production and the readjustment, would be :itnerrupted by any governmental agency. Chicago, Nov. 14.—(By the Asro- ciated Press)—A wheat commission | plan of handling America’s surplus | i | RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED The reaggnation of F. C. Himber, erbekeied of foods and beverages, \who was arrested in Fargo on a li- quor charge, presented to R. O. Baird, acting food commissioner, | Fargo, was accepted by the atate board of administration on Mr. Baird's recommendation. out FIGHT < ONGASPRICE CUT PLANNED ; Independent Oil Dealers in | | wheat is “now being worked out in; his department, Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agricujture, indicated i today in an address before the Chi-: cago Asbociation of Commerce. Such @ commission as he advocates would relieve the wheat farmer and in conjunction with the tariff would bring about a rise in the price of the domestic market. He made it clear, however, tha price fixing must be avoided and warned that government interference with the elements of supply and de- mand would hamper readjustment. ROBBERS RAID GOPHER BANK, MAKE ESCAPE Loot in St. Leo Bank Is Yet j The flames |Jid gained great head- ‘way when discovered and the village voluntegg fire department was unable to stop the blaze. The losses suffered: McLaughlin hotel, two-story frame building, loss $10,000, insurance $3,- 000, Maddox pool hall, loss $4,000; in- surance $3,000. Old Equity Bank Building, $4,000; partly insured, “occuffied by the Wear-U-Well school store, the Mad- dox and Henry Becker families, who) rtrance into the strong box of the removed all personal belongings. . vault, ‘Seven charges of nitroglycer- Bee Golden Valley auditorium, Us.) i46 vere used and as a result 6f the school puiaig ewe paves powerful charges the interior of the | bank is practically wrecked, Prins Danity, insured: Owned ay 0. Din aidenta| off the litle village were Bus marrey of Metron: awakened by tho first ctash about og | 2 a. m. and on hour later heard an THE WEATHER | automobile being rapidly driven out % of town. The robbers gained entrance! For twenty-four hours ending & noon today. by breaking the front window in the bank building and then opening the door. Two chisels were left behind Tet “ Le Be 9. by the robbers when they made their ij getaway, pepheer, venerany 46 The president of the bank, Harry Lowest last night 39, Tfleman, resides at Minéota, and he Precipitation 02, was notified by courier. Highest wind velocity 18, The amount of Todt taken has not ‘Weather Foredast been determined by the officials of For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen-| the institution and according to Mr. erally fair tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight: Tileman it will be sometime before For North Dakota: Generally fair | ca be given. \ an accurate statement as to the loss tonight and Thursday, except rain or snow tonight extreme east por- tion. Colder Seams east and cen- tral’ portions. Weath The low pressure area has move to Minnesota and precipitation oc- ota, the Dak. and in the south-een-| The state land departmedt has tral states and in the north Pacific; been requested by Rev. H, Wolf of Sta High pressure, accompanied | Des. Plaines, Illinois, to have *two by fair weather, prevails, over’ the |townsNips of school land in: the Rocky Mountain region. Whe temper- | vicinity’ of New Salem, Morton ature is ‘above the normat yr most | county, -appraised, stating that he country, readings being es- | has several Illinois farmers who are Unknown, According to President of Institution Marshall, Minn., Nov. 14.—After cutting all wire communi ing St, Leo here today robbe: tered the Farmers and Merchants bank there and escaped~after blow- ing’'the vault and scooping up all available cash and negotiable papers. The robbers, however, failed to gain pecially. high for the season over the | desirous’ of obtaining homes in yeed northern -Plains States, upper Mi fasion Vall ey and Great Lakes re- jon. Ortis-W. Roberts, weet Nar vicinity, i The advertisipg .given the: New ue dairy circuit, is understood to yee, a, deep i aion on: South Dakota Retain Law- yer to Fight McMaster STATE SELLING GAS Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov, 14.— Legal proceedings to prevent the sale of gasoline by the state will not be started before tomorrow, pending any action which Gov- ernor McMaster might take to stop the “war,” which he started yesterday at Mitchell and at Yankton and at Sioux Falls to- day, A. C. Rhode, representing fight or nine independent dealers, and their attorney, George Dan- forth, saiq today, Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 14.—A group of local independent gagoline ‘and oil dealers last night announced that they had retained George D. Danforth as their attorney to aid them in the fight to prevent the state from selling gas. In the face of the threat of legal action by the oil men, Governor Mc- Master placed gasoline on sale at the state penitentiary here today at 15 1-2 cents per gallon. The state depot at Mitchell sold gas at 15 cents yesterday at the Governor's order. In Yankton gasoline is selling for 15 cents and other cities in the state are expected to have state gas for sale to the public at reduced rates. Two routes are open to the inde- pendents to bring a respite in the gas war or stop it altogether, At- torney Danforth said Jast night. One would be through an injunction filed in the Tower courts to enjoin the Governor from authorizing the salé of gas by the state on the principle that he is exceeding his constitu- tional rights. The other would be through an original suit filed with the state supreme court. In this case a writ of prohibition would be sought to prevent him from using funds of the state to purchase the gas and the machinery of the state for disposing of it. Mr. Danforth said the latter plan seems the petter plan in that action by the supreme court would settle the matter for all time while an in- junction might extend it indefinitely. The oil men who have retained Mr. Danforth will confer with him today and at that time will decide what plan they perfer to follow. MUST SELL COOPERATIVELY St. Paul, Nov. 14.—Only through organization and maintenance of co- operative gasoline selling stations will the motor vehicle owner find relief from excessive gasoline and oil prices in Minnesota under cur- rent conditions, declared John Holmberg, state commissioner of agriculture, in a report submitted tedav to Governor J. A. O. Preus. The report deals with the investi- gation the commissioner made last August into the price stipulation of petroleum products at the request of Governor Preus, Commissioner Holmberg found that the ordinary gross retail margin is two cents a gallon gn _ gasoline though a spread of 8 to 10 cents has sométimes existed. He saig dealers make a profit of 40 to 120 percent on oils and greases. The retail end of the business in Minnesota is “overdone” and there is téo great an expense in the main- tenance of a multiplicity of stations for which the public must pay, he said. Extravagant costs have been curred in’ the purchase of station sites and erection of elaborate build- ings,/he said. One-half of Minnesota’s sales ‘is made by the Standard Oil Company which through its control of the volame of business virtually sets the price. : Give Reiecare Confidence Vote Paris, Nov. 13.—The French chamber of deputies today passed a vote of confidence in the Po’ {care government, 279 to 163. ILLINOIS FARMERS ARE LOOKING FOR FARM HOMES IN NORTH DAKOTA many renters at high-priced lana: in. ‘Pre land on which appraisals are asked is by Rev. Wolf not to be coal land. He would have appraised township 189, range 86, | APPARENTLY WILL DESERT RHINELAND Impression Grows That Bur. den of \Caring for Unem-" ployed will be Given France. A SERIOUS PROBLEM Reich Says That Burden in the Rhineland Is Too Big For It To Bear Berlin, Nov. 14.—Political leaders were discussing today the apparent decision of the federal government to withdraw all federal support from the Ruhr and Rhineland territory, leaving those territories to their own devices or to the pleasures of France and Belgium. The impression grew that the premiers and spokesmen of the oc- cupied region in their secret confer- ence yesterday had agreed on the abandonment of federal jurisdiction on those areas as a means of saving the rest of the country. The fact that further support of the Ruhr and Rhineland populatio: would constitute an unbearable bur- den on the Reich is believed to have influenced Germany's leaders in de- ciding. to leave on the shoulders of France and Belgium all responsibili- ty for the fate of the German people in occupied territory. Announcement Misunderstood Apparently authentic reports were in circulation yesterday that the government was to proclaim an au- tonomous Rhineland and consider- able surprise was manifest ast night when an officia! clared the government sanction. the proclamation Rhineland Republic.” It was in this statement issued at the conclusion of the secret confer- ence that the government explaine:! anew the seriousness of the unem ployment problem and of the generi! social and industrial conditions in the Ruhr and Rhineland, giving th: impression that the Reich could) no longer consider itself responsible for the occupied provinces, This inference was strengthened when it Was learned in official quar- ters that the government considered such a revision of its policy to he the only course at its disposal. MAINTAIN DICTATORS@IIP, Berlin, Nov, 14.—In view of the existing of the situation in Bavaria, the Munich cabinet has decided to maintain the state emergency vest- ing plenary powers in Dr. Von Kahr. The Bavarian government calls on the people to place the common- wealth above everything and to sup- port the authorities in their efforts to consolidate order, RIOTS IN DUESSELDORF. Duesseldorf, Nov, 14.—One person was ‘killed and 2U -qounded during a clash last night when police and a crowd of unemployed holding a dem- onstration, The demonstration con- tinued today. The crowds which paraded the streets all day yester- day protesting against the uhem- ployment situation resumed their tactics today. In general they wero orderly, DEFENDS MINE $-HOUR DAY Attorney - General Replies: to Suit of Truax Coal Company The state of North Dakota, reply- ing to the sult of the Truax Coal Company attacking the eight-hour day section of the mine inspection law, maintains that the law is valid and’ in accordance with recognized principles... The Truax Company operates an open pit. mine in the Northwestern part of. the state and asserts that the digging of coal in this mine is not comparable to under- ground mines, and the eight-hour day therefore should not apply. it brougl it-against the state mine inspector, | Attorney-General... and states attorney of Burke county. Attorney-General Sh; ee be declared that the eight-! sy recognized as proper in the oa ¢ dustry throughout the nation “and that because men in open pit mines work in slush, mod and..water. in winter it is dangerous to their health. He asks’ the suit, pending ‘in. Unit. ed States District, Court, be Samles- ed. and township 140, range 84. wo" letter will go before the rsity ioe omni ber ), ami able action: wil wile taken. si