The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1927, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT MILLERS YOICE OPPOSITION TO [ABEL MEASURE Clzim Proposed Law Unwork- able — Proponents Say It Would Help Wheat Market | Dakota millers ap- peared here Saturday in opposition to the flour label bill advocated by Gov: ernor Sorlie in his message to the legislature and which the executive is trying to force through the senate as quickly as possible. All objected to the’ proposal that their labels show what kinds of wheat and the proportions which en ter into their flour and the states in which the wheat was produced. would be unworkable, they said, cause of the fact that they are forced by circumstances to buy wheat in states other than North Dakota and it would be practically impossible to comply with the terms of the bill One miller contended that the was designed to benefit the state at i I governor is nager, in that it restriction on private h the state mill would itself and which it could | not be forced to observe, | The hearing was held at a joint mecting of the state affairs commit- | tees of the senate and house. Twiehell Leads Discussion L. L. Twiehell, chairman of the house committee and leader of the opposition to the bill, led the dis- cussion of the measure, asking nu- merous questions designed to bring out its Weak points. to contest it bitterly if, it passes the senate and is referred’ to his com-| mittee in the house. Millers entered into the gece aspects of their business to demon-_| strate the basis for their oppositioa.| Practically all admitted that they buy | wheat in states other than North Da- kota, sometimes because it is better} adapted to their needs than wheat grown near their mills. Committee members who favored the bill contended that it is an effort| to adve North, Dakota wheat and] thereby widen its market. Launching into a dissertation on the value of North Dakota wheat and| the need for better marketing, Rep.| Fred Ferris, Nelson county, was cut| short by Chairman Twichell with the! comment that he could save that! speech for presentation to the com- mittee, “A little later, how Senator | Dell Patterson, Renville county, drew | a laugh when he advised Twichell to! that same effect. Twichell had! launched into a speech of his own in answer to a question directed by a committee member to a miller who} had been discussing the situation. No action was taken on the mea-| sure and it will again be taken up by the senate state affairs commit- tee before a report is made to the| upper body, Seven North bill ill rks, ex-officio would place millers. w not obser Senate Passes Normal School | Appropriations Bills appropriating $619,300 three state normal schools for the next two years were passed by the state senate Saturday. i The bills appropriate $287,950 for| the Minot normal, $178,850 for the} Mayville normal and $152,500 for the ‘Dickinson normal. The Dickinson} normal appropriation is $8,000 more than was recommended by the budget board, and the Minot appropriation is over the budget board recommendations. After some merriment over the bill, the senate got down to business and, over the objections of Senator W. E. Martin, Morton county, passed the bill creat- ing a state board of hairdressers and cosmetologists to regulate beauty parlors of the state. The vote was 28 to 15. Martin first moved that the mea- sure be postponed until Monday that the senators “might read and study it over Sun but his motion lost. He was again defeated on a motion for indefinite postponement. After, the bill passed, Senator J. E. Stev-! ens, Ramsey county, added the clinch- | er motion, which earried. A billiparmittitig cities to spread, payments of indebtedness on improve- ments over a period of five years also passed. Among the bills introduced was that by Senator Frank E. Ployhar, Barnes county, eclimtnating the pro- vision in the garnishee of salaries law that excepts state employs from! garnishment proceedings. | for Newspaper Bills Fail to Receive | Needed Majority; Two bills for which the North Da- kota Press Association fought in vain went down to defeat Saturday in. the house. Neith: received the two- thipds vote which would have been necessary to change the initiated law which they were intended, to amend and one failed to receive a majority. The first would have permitted me Printing of statements by insura Companies in other than offics pers. The second would have ited towns and cities to select |, ial newspaper other than the te on senate bills, on simod at the of filing, “double-barreled” | avits of ptejudice in criminal the other designed to speed to the supreme court in : Cases were passed by the jout a dissenting vote. re Allowance ed use committee of the oie amended a, bil! designed e mileage sibewpnes tor in to | men in the barber's cha |Ous year, is 27.6 per cent. Eva Tanguay, “I don’t care” the comedienne, soon after ‘she met that they are to mar | fiance wa: deleted the “don .’ from her famous Allan Parado, pianist. Here they He is expected! are in New York smiling confirmation to the cameraman of reports Although Eva was a matinee idol when her n swaddling clothes—he’s 25—her recently lifted face does not betray her nearly 60 summers. present law allows 10 cents a mile, one way, The committee of the whole will today consider a proposal to permit married women to serve as executors of estates on the me basis as though they were sing The house judi- ciary committee Saturday presented divided report, the majority in favor of the measure, By a standing vote the house Sat- urday passed a resolution of respect to former members of that body who had seh sla ince the t Je ceinden |Senator Fleckten of |Ward Would Fine All Solicitous Barbers Some members of the North Da- kota senate evidently have a re- pressed desire to “talk back” to the | barber who gently insinuates, after their modest s aireut, that they could do npoo, a massage or a treatment for baldness. This ¢ me to I t week when Ward county mendment to $5 fin offered an bill to provide ‘barber who insists on se his patient submit himself to furthe tonsorial ministrations. The acclaim with which Fleckten amendment wa | members of the committee sho alone in the which nents Five other members decided, that their barber were cither too solicitous or too talk- ative and votett with the “gentleman from ef However, apparently mo at the suge will get stung w rest of the committee, phisticated, jecred “The easy ‘one way—let them pay | another 50 cents to learn better,” wa the wi of thei rks. his led to barb One sen in his h men of the horses. A he had sat in and had his h erly disciplined, Incidentally, four — bald-h members of the committee took active t in the discussion. 1926 Biggest Year in Dodge Bros. History Dodge Brothers, Inc., last year sold to dealers 331,764 passenger cars and a d the ways of barb id that the black : town shaves the gentle 1 he shoes the ny a chair in a pool hall adornments h a time an | trucks, making 1926 the biggest year in its history. The gain over 1925, which was the company’s best previ- The 1926 record is remarkable as it surpasses the huge output of 269,967 cars and trucks in 1925 by 71,797 units and |was made without the sales impetus te Sf 5 oat ene se 1 discussion of prop- | ¢ ded | Davey Jones’ Locker? Ha! Ha! Ha! _ which many companies gain from the frequent introduction of new models. Dodge Brothers, Inc., rate of growth last year nearly nine times as rapid as that of the automotive industry as a whole, which made a production gain of only 3.3 per cent over 1925. Figures compiled by the National Au- tomol Chamber of Commerce for 1926 place production of all automo- bile manufacturers at 4,489,000 cars and trucks. Graham Brothers, the truck divi- sion of Dodge Brothers, Inc., also make a striking showing with a gain over 1925 of 55.7 per cent in sales to dealers. The rate of gain was approximate! ght times as fast as that of the entire truck industry last year. National Automobile Chamber of Commerce figures show that the output for the whole truck industry was 7 per cent larger in 1926 than in 1925. Total sales of Graham Broth- ers trucks and motor coaches to deal- ers in 1926 amounted to 87,463 units. Combined sales of Dodge Brothers commercial cars and Graham Borth- ers trucks to dealers last year total- ed 67,293 units, an increase of 32.7 per cent over sales of 50,713 vehicles espite factory production and ents by Dodge Brothers, Inc., of a record number of passenger cars jand trucks in 1926, stocks in dealers’ | hands and in transit December 31 were substantially smaller than at ithe close of the previous year. Curtis-Crisp Bill Bitterly Attacked D,, Jan. 31.—@) on the proposed farm relief is shier of the rowers asso- tion received trand Fork bitter att r ¢ by T h Dako Wheat iation, in a communic by Sidney Papke, editor of the rth Dakota Wheat, Growei Taft asserted that the bill “is in rea}ity a deceptive and ingenious at- tempt to block helpful legislation for 1 and that “its authors do Prot want it to p They Jexpeet to of it us a substitute for j the ary Haugen bill, and if they t enough votes to put it acros; substitute, farm legislation will be killed for the session.” Its defects, Taft asserts, are that it is “economically unsound, unworkaale, price fixing, and involves a govern- ment subsidy if it ever works ‘to culture.” arged that “it was apparently ith the idea that members of would not understand it. It is widely proclaimed as the quintes- sence of all farm bills hitherto pre- sented, but is in reality a deceptive and ingenious attempt to block help- ful legislation for agriculture.” Terming the proposed bill a “mon- strosity,” Taft concluded with the statement that is despicable and reflects great discredit upon those known to have inspired the bill.” [EX-GOVERNOR OF. MICHIGAN AGAINST PLAN Says St. Lawrence Waterwa: Would Wash Away Coun- try’s Economic Barriers Ironwood, Mich., Jan. 31.—(P)—If the St. Lawrence waterway brings the to inland America it alse will wash away the country’s economic barriers that have made possible its prosperity, in the opinion of. Charles S. Osborn, Sault Ste. Marie, former governor of Michigan, Mr. Osborn’s views were contained in a statement sent to Howard A. Quirt, publisher of the Ironwood Daily Globe. ith ocean-going vessels threading a great to the industrial heart of the United States, Mr. Osborn secs the country's raw materials of iron find copper being taken to Europe, there to be manufactured under low wage and living standards and re- turned as finished products to com- pete in the American markets, A tariff might operate to remedy this, in a degree, he said, “but the} present high tariff does not.” * “Not only could all this be true to our undoing, but British and German! and other capital could buy our mines and operate them as their own. These properties are stocked and on the market and already are held quite largely by foreign owners, Would Halt Prosperity tween Eurépe and America at our doors because of the facility of water-borne freight moving © from Europe hitherwards. Once a canal from the lake to the sea that accommodate all the ocean fleets that might seek it and every barrier’ of economic isolation that has made pos- sible a prosperity and growth in the United States such as the world has not witnessed before will be re- moved.” L The entire plan, he rted, orig- inated in the minds promoters “who sold it to Canada first.” “Then it was further the policy to have the thing appear to originate in United States, so that it could not be charged that it is a scheme to help Canada at the expense of the United States, which it is in every way.” It is further not feasible, he de- clared, because the canal could only be used seven months out of the year; because “it would debauch its fleets into the dangerous iceberg waters of the wild north Atlantic and all the speculation, and money and engineering in the world cannot make the north Atlantic safe;” that, it would be a “new tap'to run off the waters of the Great Lakes,” and that if it was completed the “war fleets of the world could pierce the heart, of America.” 4 Carr Has Hard Time’ Getting Members to Limit Their Remarks Including the members to confine their talks to the matter in hand is the hardest part of the job of being speaker of the North Dakota house, according ‘to John W. Carr of Jamea- town, who wields the gavel in the lower body. Carr is making an earnest effort to speed up the work of the house so that adjournment may be had early on March 4, the last day of the sion, His hope is that all that will remain to be done on the afternoon of the last day will be to clean up a few details and say goodbye. With that end in view he is planning te drive the work along as rapidly as possible and expresses the hope that the house members will cooperate to the fullest. One way they can do so, he explains, is by keeping to the point in their discussions and making their arguments as brief as possible, Carr has hesitated to gavel down the members this early in the session but has given warning that, in the future, he will enforce the rules more strictly in an effort to keep the legislative mill grinding at top speed. He has suggested that a number of night meetings be interspersed, with the regular sessions fairly early in the session to avoid the wearisome grind of night meetings which always attend the last few days of the ses- sion, McKENZIE CO COUNTY COUPLE DIE Watford City—A double funeral was held here Thursday for Mr. and Mrs. Martin Erickson of the Garden community, near here. Mr. Erickson, who died one week later than his wife, had been kept in ignorance of her death because of his serious con- dition. eat in mid-Atlantic by the 8. 8.'s. “Already there is competition be-| when the U. S. greeting pictured here. Tho next report of ‘the North Da- | kota Farm Outlook will consist of tho annual outlook for prices of farm products for North Dakota for 1927. This report will be based upon the facts and information compiled by the United States department of agri- jeulture, and will be edited and re- vised to fit the North Dakota condi- tions. Price Conditions The year 1927 opens with prospects for continued commercial prosperity. Last year was one of the most pros- perous ever scen, from the industrial standpoint. Prices of industrial. goods, on the average, dropped about 6 per cent during the year. Greater production at lower cost per unit, due to increased efficiency, was respon- sible for greater profi Long-term interest rates have drop- ped somewhat and farm mortgage |rates likewise have declined. Seven of the twelve Federal Land Banks are |now loaning at 5 per cent, and four lof them made reductions during the Past year. There is evidence of considerable saving on the part of industrial work- lers during the past year, there being three million more persons who had savings accounts at the end of 1926 than at the beginning. There was a increase of about 7 per cent in thi sale of life insurance during the year. The hational debt was reduced approximately one billion dollars dur- ing 1926. Farm Prices The index of farm*prices decreased hree points during the last month, |due chiefly to drops in the pricgs of cotton and hogs. | cottural prices is 127 compared to the index of 161 for non-agricultural commodities, giving a purchasing power of farm products of 79 ceftts on the dollar. During the year, prices of farm products, on the average, dropped 11 per cent compared to a lesser drop in non-agricultural prices. At the beginning of the year the average purchasing power of farm products was 87 cents on the dolla i While the general tendency for farm prices has been to increase wince 1920, they reached the peak in 1925 and have been falling somewhat through 1926. The aggregate value of crops produced in the United States in 1926 was a billion dollars less than during the previous year in spite of the larger volume of pro- duction. The value of the cotton crop was onc-half billion dollars in 1926 than in 1925, but the crop was four million bales larger than in 1925. Wheat ‘The immediate outlook for in- creased prices of wheat is not good, prospects of considerable quantity coming on the market from the southern hemisphere having a tend- ency to hold down the world price ‘level. The total production of wheat in 1926 in North America is.15% per cent higher than for 1926. Appar- ently, the short world crop of 1924 has been made up for through 1925, nd 1926 and the reports from Argen- ‘tina and Australia show that there is increase of 22 per cent in those two countries over 1925. Rye Some slight advance should be ex: pected rather than decreases in the price of rye actording to the surplus Evailable at this time, The produc- tion of rye in North America is 13% per cent lower than in 1925. Euro- pean production is 14% per cent be- low last year. * Flax The flax crop of Argentina now being harvested is estimated at about 72 million bushels, which is only ‘about 3 million bushels less than Jast year, but is 28 million bushels more The index of agri- # The Central American_republic of. eo isn’t very crowded, but there was a army Pav-American ‘f1; General Lazaro Chacon, president of The flyers are doing a 30,008 mi e > repalt headed the de! ¢| NORTH DAKOTA FARM OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY By Rex E. Willard, Farm Economist North Dakota Agricultural College thar the crop in 1924. Argentina is: the chief flax producing country in the world. Without a doubt, the large crop of 1925 was responsible for the drop in flax prices during the last year, Present prices in Fargo have been averaging under $2 most of the time. Barley and Oats while in Europe there was a slight increase. There has been some ten- dency for upturn in barley, prices and still further increases may be locked. ‘or. The local feed shortage in various sections of North Dakota and South Dakota are undoubtedly stimulating] the. price of both barley and oats within the state. Many elevators are paying considerable margins over the card price. Oat production was 17 per cent below last year in North America, and this, doubtless, accounts for some increase in price. The Seed Situation Prospects are for comparatively high prices of secd during the com- ing spring. There is: a gradual in- creasing demand for sweet clover seed, the retail price being at the present moment, $15 and $16 per hun- dred, Probably very little sweet clover will be sold. for less than $14 -per hundred this spring. Grimm. alfalfa seed is somewhat below narmal at 37.to 40 cents per pound. The retail price quotation'on timothy is $6.50-per hundred. i Seed corn. is listed at. very high prices, Northwestern Dent being quoted at $8.00 per bushel, Gehu at . Fodder corn may be bought for $2.25 per bushel, Siberian and German millet are listed at $5.50 and $5.00 per hundred;..respectively. Beef Cattle Most available evidence points to smaller supplies of all cattle during the first quarter of 1927 than 1926, and a steady to strong market at present seems probable. The beet; cattle market was generally strong during December, but there was some tendency towa ‘narrowing the price range between feeder and prime fat cattle. Hogs a The spring advance in hog prices) which usually comes in March or April, will probably be somewhat de- layed and less marked than usu: Indications are that hog prices may tide at the tep of the cycle for some time to come. The.pig survey showed that there was only 4 per cent in- crease in the number gf sows that were bred last fall, the previous fall, whereas, the earlier reports in- dicated more than one-third increase. Storage supplies are comparatively small and while there will probably FAMOUS WOMAN lt “aedae on hand goodly dcwn onto the’ grassy landing field mf Guatemals City. tion that a trip aroun rave the Americans the a South pei be some 500,000 more eee farrowed next’ spring than last spri ie de- pressed prices that we a) for May not appear. Lambs Indicated supplies of lambs for the next two months are not favorable to any considerable advance in lamb price. The industry is still on a rel- atively high level, paying better than market price for feed consumed and Producers are generally showing a profit. During the month of Decem- ber, fat lamb prices reached the low- est point of any month since 1921. Receipts at seven markets were about 9 per cent above December, 1925, but prices were off nearly $4 per. hundredweight. Thirteen sheep countries: in the world indicate an increase of 3 cent in number of sheep in 1926 Cihparea to 1925, mak- ing the number in these countries nearly ‘on a” pre-war level again. Still further increases are to be ex- pected in 1927. Dairy Production With the unusually favorable rela- tion of butter prices to feed prices during recent months, it seems likely that the-winter increase in produc- tion will be larger than usual, as has tien in previous years of rela- tively low feed pricese Should such in- creased production occur, the decline in butter prices would tend to greater than usual. el SWIMMER DIES Sybil Bauer, 23, Holder of -Many World Records, Suc- cumbs to Long Illness Chicago, Jan. 31—UP)—Sybif Bauer, 23-year- old holder j@f all world’s back-stroke records { the women’s 8, died at Michael’ Reese hospital early today following an illness that developed last winter. Miss Bauer had been in the hos- ita? 92 days, critically ill, but Rlews of her death came as a shock, as re- eent reports had noted an improve- ment in her condition. ry At her bedside, were her parents, Mn and Mrs. Carl Bauer, her: two brothers, Valentine and George Bader, hér sister, Dorothy, and Ed- ward Sullivafy New York newspaper- man, to whom she was to have been married in Jane. Miss Bauer Weld 23 world’s back- stroke records in all distances from the 100 meter to the quarter mile event. Her victories included tho 1924 Olympic games back stroke championship. Despite fher comparative _ youth, Miss Bauer had been engaged \in aquatic competition for nearly eight years. She first took to the water when she was 15 years old, a student in high school, Her career ran con- current with that of another great ‘Chicago water star, Johnny Weiss- muller. 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