The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1931, Page 2

2 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931 _ Overproduction in West Brings Concern to New England Farmers SURPLUS EGGS ARE RUSHED 10 MARKET ~ ATBOTTOM PRICES Butter, Cream, Fruits, and Vegetables Also Pour Into Eastern Homes PRODUCTION MAY BE SLICED Eastern Agrarians, However, Are Well Fixed and Debts Are Small Boston, Feb. 25—()—New England farmers are beginning to feel the pres- sure of overproduction in the west, and competition of western eggs is giving the eastern farmer probably his chiet concern for 1931. Surplus eggs, butter, cream, fruits and vegetables reach their markets in increasing quantities and at prices much lower than the New Englander has been accustomed to receiving for his, “strictly fresh” and “homegrown” products. As a result, poultry experts sug- gest that New England states poul- try producers are on the verge of co-operative organization similar to the dairy co-operatives of the region. Production May Be Cut The present strain on the individ- ual producer is expected to result in some curtailment of eastern egg production, general retrenchment of the industry, and studied efforts to reduce production costs. of which feed represents about 60 per cent. Formulae for home-mixing of con- centrates to lessen the feed bill are) appearing. Three years ago the famous New England brown egg stamped with the date of production and the name of the processor sold on Boston mar- kets for $1.25 e dozen, while the identical product sold for 70 cents in other parts of the country, A re- cent quotation on first class western eggs at the same markets was 18 cents a dozen. While competition has reduced the price of eastern eggs, some authorities believe there will always be a premium market for New England eggs and other produce which, in the main, go to the table of a wealthy patronage. Old Order Changing ‘The New Englander, on his small farm, always has been a producer of fancy commodities classed as lux- uries. He has been sufficient unto himself, growing all he needed for his family and marketing a few eggs, ap- ples, vegetables and a little butter and cream for which there usually was a sale at his door. Western competition is beginning to change much of the old order and the successful farmer has had to go into greater production and wider! marketing. Last year, for the first time in his- | tory, apple producers had to go out of New England and the New York city: markets to sell their fruit, New England was untouched by the great; drought and her crops were the best in years. Not Much Indebtedness The percentage of farm mortgage Indebtedness in New England is low compared to that of other agricul- tural sections and, specialists say, the principal monetary need of 1831 will be for short time production credit. There is expected to be a large in- crease in the potato acreage and it is traditional to the east to use enor- mous amounts of commercial ferti- lizers on potato fields. The need for production credit re- flects the intensive use of better soil areas and the transition from a farm system operating through roadside Stands and huckster wagons to an agricultural program of efficient pro- duction and large-scale marketing. Whereas farm abandonment in New York state has been marked, the to- tal farm output has increased 15 per cent. Industrial depression is large- jy responsible for the decreased num- ber of New England farms. Small town factory workers usually lived on “farms” where chores were done by their families. If the factory closed or reduced the number of employes, the unemployed “farmer” left the community. Club Provides for Bar in New House New York, Feb. 25.—(#)—The New York Times Tuesday said the Union League club had made provision for a bar in its new clubhouse with the expectation that the prohibition law soon would be repealed. The membership is composed large- ly of Republicans high in political and social life. George W. Fraker, member of the pou committee, was quoted as fol- lows: “We hope and expect to see prohi- bition end very soon. More than three-fourths of the Union League club are active wets, and prohibition cannot die any too soon for us.” More than 4,000 persons visited the clubhouse at its opening Monday. De- partures from the club’s traditions in- bo @ dining room and smoking peer pantrelld for women and gym- equipment featuring mechani- STIKERS Bills Passed By Senate &. B. 83—Revises and recodifies banking laws. 8. B. 245—Provides that divulging telegraphic or telephone messages be Punishable by up to $1,000 fine, six months in jail or both. 8. B, 242—Authorizes board of su- pervisors of townships owning county road outfit to contract with county commissioners for building township roads. 8. B. 135—Permits employers to se- cure workmen's compensation insur- ence from private companies. S. B. 100—Increases gas tax from three to four cents. 8. B. 101—Appropriates $3,000 for making survey and soundings for bridge near Ft. Yates. S. B. 223—Increases speed limit on highways to 50 miles an hour. S. B, 184—Imposes tax on property of telephone companies. S. B. 249—Provides that tuition for high school students be paid by state in certain cases. 8. B. 250—Provides school tuition for children enrolled in grades, be- tween first and cighth, inclusive, be Paid by state in certain cases. 8. B. 30—Limits gross weight of motor vehicle on highways not to ex- ceed 13,000 pounds. S. B. 59—Amends act providing for supervision and regulation of auto transportation companies. 8. B. 204—Strengthens cigarette tax law; reduces license fee. 8. B. 60—Requires auto transporta- tion companies transporting property to obtain yearly permit from railroad commission. S. B. 246—Transfers Biological station at Devils Lake to park board. S. B. 241—Classifies auto transpor- tation companies. 8, B. 47—Appropriates $117,773 to pote division, Agricultural col- lege. 8S. B. 48—Appropriates $296,088 to Agricultural college, Fargo, for ex- | Periment station and branch stations. S. B. 19—Appropriates $1,219,171 to state university. S. B. 50—Appropriates $900,740 to Agricultural college. 8. B. 66—Authorizes transfer of li- | cense of radio station at state uni- versity. 8. B. 73—Revises anti recodifies building and loan association laws. 8. B. 217—Defines practice of law. 8. B. 52—Appropriates $2,130,290 for general state budget. i 8. B, 27—Changes primary election system. | 8. B. 51—Provides for registration and labeling of livestock remedies. |; 8. B. 252—Concurrent resolution for constitutional amendment to author- ize legislature to enact legislation to tax real cstate acquired by state or i county through foreclosure. S. B. 247—Authorizes payment of $13,132 to Knute Bakken as damages for injuries received in state mill ac- | cident. Bills Killed By Senate 8. B. 251—Provides that contracts for highway work costing over $3,000 be let in counties in which work to be done. S. B. 244—Provided world war.me- ty seat. | i Morials must be constructed at coun- | 8. B. 180—Provided for teaching | and normal schools. 8. B. 238—Authorized state to pur- ae in North Pole and Antarctic flights. cooperative marketing in graded, high | j chase airplane used by Carl Ben Eiel- | LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR Bills Passed by House H. B. 198—Limits assessment to pay deficiencies for special improvements to 10 mills upon all taxable property. H. B. 268—Revises method of regis- tration for motor vehicles, H. B. 302—Prohibits packing plants to purchase livestock by weight until after such livestock has been graded and sorted in yard. H. B. 304—Requires all weighing of livestock at packing plants to be done by licensed weighm! H. B. 299—Provides upon petition of a majority of electors in unor- ganized townships, county commis- stoners may levy an additional tax not to exceed two mills for emergency bridge and highway funds. ‘H. B. 243—Requires county auditor to announce before any public sale for delinquent taxes the total amount of taxes including penalties and in- terest, against such land to be sold. H. B. 288—Provides for sorting and grading of eggs by weight. H. B. 217—Transfers $125,000 from special bridge fund to state highway department fund. H. B, 274—Provides that city jus- tice of the peace and police magis- trate term of office shall be four years in cities with commission form of government. H. B. 188—Amend compensation act to incluce injury or death of police officials acting in line of duty outside of state. H. B, 238—Permits county commis- stoners to establish public libraries. H. B, 240—Requires county treas- urer to make monthly reports to treasurer of tax paying district of amount of sinking funds in his pos- session. H. B. 152—Exempts from taxation grains stored in elevators, except seed grains. H. B. 203—Secretary ot state re- places governor as joint commissioner of university and school lands in mortgage foreclosure actions, H. B. 300—Permits suit to be brought agcinst state for damage in- curred in navigation of Missouri river. H. B. 311—Appropriates $2.172 to replace group pictures of former leg- islative assemblies lost in capitol fire. H, B.. 111—Eliminates present re- fund syster: of gasoline tax and pro- vides that dealer furnish invoices of those sales tax exempt. H. B. 313—Requires that state em- ployes work 42 hours weekly. H. B. 45—Appropriates $25,000 for Little Missouri river bridge in Slope county, House concurrent resolution H8— Provides that no inittative petitions shall be circulated or filed with sec- retary of state during regular or special session of legislature. Amend- ment to constitution. Bills Killed by House H. B. 110—Simplified divorce pro- ceedings in cases where separate maintenance decrees had been made. H. B. 181—Repealed law requiring assessors to list agricultural statistics, Bills Killed by House Committees H. B. 254—Provided for licensing and bonding of buyers of livestock. House concurrent resolution K-11— Required state employes to work 42 hours weekly. House concurrent resolution E-5— Petitioned Congress for legislation prohibiting Mexican immigration. (SENATE APPROVES Strict Party Division Marks Ballot on Fowler Bill in Upper Legislative Branch On a strict party vote, the Fowler election bill passed the senate Tues- day night by a 26 to 22 vote. Action on the proposal was swift, and came after Senator A. W. Fowler, Cass, the author, defended the meas- ure, and \V. E. Matthaei, Wells, at- tacked it as an effort to return to the convention election system, The measure provides for changes in the manner of-electing party pre- cinct committeemen; national party committeemen, to the na- ELECTION MEASURE' tional party conventions, and in nom- inating party presidential electors. Senator Fowler stated the bill pro- vided that the election of precinct committeemen shall be held at the same time as the regular primary election, the last Wednesday in June. “The bill saves the state $100,000 by doing away with the March presi- dential primary election,” Senator Fowler asserted. Under the proposal, the present precinct committeemen would hold over until the primary election in June, 1934, and precinct men would meet’ at the county seat in each county the last Saturday in May, 1932, to elect delegates to state con- ventions at which a national com- mitteeman and delegates to the party national conventions would be elected, and’ presidential electors nominated. A tattered American flag was found still floating over the log shack in which Stock Richter, Civil war vet- eran, lived alone at Centerville, Wis., after his death recently at 91. 250 FARMERS OF RICHLAND COUNTY ATTEND MEETING Gather for Preliminary Session of Two-Day Farm Business Conference Wahpeton, N. D., Feb. 25.—(7)-— United in their efforts to bring about development of better farming condi- tions in this section, 250 farm resi- dents of Richland county assembled here Tuesday for a preliminary ses- sion of a two-day farm business con- ference. With good weather and roads, O. A. Tollafson, Christine. chairman of the conference, predicted a record turnout for meetings Tues- day afternoon and Wednesday. Marketing and production condi- tions affecting prospects for agricul- ture were explained by Rex E. Will- ard, farm economist of the North Dakota Agricultural college who pointed out the likelihood of improve- ment later in the year and in 1932. A. M. Challey, county agen’, is direct- ing the conference. Thirteen committees were arrange to consider individually various phases of farming in meetings this afternoon. Interest is centering in committees on crops and livestock, farmers being of the opinion that Prospects for the greatest farm suc- cess this year lies in the direction of more feed and better feeding of stock. Approximately 75 farm women took part in the preliminary meeting Tues- day, the conference having been ar- ranged to include all major topics’ re- lating to farming and farm life. Recommendations made by the va- rious committees will be considered before a general session Wednesday afternoon at which time all ideas wilj be molded into a general agricultura! Program for the county. NEW BRIDGE BILL PASSED BY HOUSE) | Structure to Be Erected in Slope| County; Carries $25,000 Appropriation Another bridge bill passed the ‘house Tuesday night when an ap- Propriation of $25,000 towards con- struction of a Little Missouri river bridge in Slope county was approved 81 to 29, the emergency clause being carried. The only statemént made on the bill was one by Ira J. Wilson of New |England, author of the bill, together \with Bishop of Stark, who said there would still be $110,000 left in the bridge fund if the bill passed. ‘il- son’s figures alsé included the Elbo- woods and “Big Bend” bridges over the Missouri river, bills which the house has passed. Another bill passed was one intro- duced by Aljets of Wells and Lamb of Bowman which eliminates the present refund system on gasoline tax and provides that cach dealer shall furnish the state auditor a copy of all invoices of those sales which are tax exempt. The vote was 73 to 34, the emergency carrying. Other house bills to pass the lower branch of the legislature were those Providing for payment by the state compensation bureau for injuries oc- curring outside of the state in certair. cases; permitting county commission- ers to establish public libraries; re- quiring county treasurer to make monthly reports to treasurer of taxing district of amount of sinking funds in his possession; exempting from taxa- tion grains stored in elevators except seed grains; replacing the governor by secretary of state as commissioner of university and school lands in mortgage foreclosure actions; per- mitting suit against the state for damage sustained in navigation of navigable streams; appropriating $2,172 to replace photographs of groups of former legislative assem- blies destroyed in the capitol fire, and requiring state employes to work 42 jhours per week. , A bill which would repeal the pres- HAR-R-RUMF + AH- HUM ~ Now MAYBE You LADS WILL DEAL ME “THE RESPECT DUE MY NAME AND SOCIAL STANDING ~~ EGAD,. 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Young readers will want to save every sketch. ‘The first “Boots” paper doll cut-out will appear in The Trib- une tomorrow. ent law requiring assessors to take agricultural statistics failed to pass by a vote of 54 to 56. A concurrent resolution to amend the constitution to prohibit the cir- culation or filing with the secretary of state during regular or special ses- sions‘ of the legislature of initiative petition passed the house by a huge majority. MEMORIAL MEASURE BEATEN IN SENATE Bill Intended to Settle Burke County Dispute Is Rejected by Solons Indefinite postponement of a meas- ure which would have prohibited the city of Flaxton, in Burke county, from being the site for the construction of a county war memorial building, was voted by the North Dakota sen- ate Tuesday. The measure, which had been in- troduced through the delayed bills| W: committee, called for the construc- tion of war memorial buildings at county seats. Had the opponents of the measure failed to muster sufficient strength to indefinitely postpone the bill, they had planned to offer an amendment which would make the law operative only as to designations after January 1, 1931, Late in 1930, the board of county commissioners of Burke county desig- nated Flaxton as the site for a war memorial. Bowbells is the county seat of the county and had also sought the memorial. A week ago, Flaxton, by a vote of 106 to 5, approved the issuance of bonds in the approximate amount of $8,000 to assist in the construction of the memorial in that city, the county appropriating the remainder of* the cost amounting to about $12,000. Opponents of the measure, whi came before the senate, charg was an attempt to eliminate Flaxton as thé site for the orial, and the bill found little support. SAYS MAYA INDIAN CIVILIZATION IS OLD Archaeologist Believes Tribe Lived in America Centuries Before Christ * Mexico City, Feb. 25.—(P)—Profes- sor Alberto R. Escalona, noted Mexi- can archaeologist, has returned from Yucatan with what he believes is proof that the Maya Indians settled in America sometime prior to the feurth century before Christ. Their civilization flourished, he said in an interview after his arrival, until between 1063 and 1103 A. D., when their cultural leaders myster- iously disappeared, and their civiliza- tion fell into decadence. He could not say what prompted the Maya wise men, priests and chiefs to migrate and leave their peo- ple to their fate, but he pointed out that their departure was simultane- ous with the disappearance of the cultural leaders of the Toltecs, a pre- Aztec civilization of Mexico. Sugar Plants to Pay $3,000,000 for Beets’ Minneapolis, Feb. 25.—()—The American Beet Sugar company Mon- day announced its 1931 program for operation of its four northwest re- fining plants at Chaska and East Grand Forks, Minn,, and Mason City and Belmont, Iowa, and is awarding contracts under which farmers in vicinities of the factories, will be paid about $3,000,000 this year for about 4,400,000 tons of beets grown on 60,- 000 acres in Minnesota, Iowa and the Red River Valley. Directly or indirectly, the four plants will provide employment for more than 50,000 workers according to Carl T. Lund, general agriculturist of the American Bect Sugar com- pany. Approve Minnesota Institution Measure St. Paul, Feb. 25.—(?)—With only one dissenting vote, the Minnesota house Monday passed a bill providing $10,729,395 for state institutions un- der the state board of control. The vote was 113 to 1. Rep. Louis E. Berg, west St. Paul, cast the only ballot against the mea- sure after the house had rejected his amendment to include $168,150 for improvements at the Hastings insane asylum. The house committee on highways sent to the house without recom- mendation the measure proposing a ‘$15,000,000 bond issue for state high- ways. An appropriation of $6,000 for the Minnesota Dairymen’s association to publish reports and Premiums grant nd awards in connection with its! work was introduced in the house. A record of nearly 35 tons of beets to the acre was made by Garner Mad- sen of Lake View, Utah, in a contest | among agricultural extension service students. s ALFALFA CROWNED NORTH DAKOTA KING 23rd Annual Winter Session of Northwest Farm Managers Is in Session Fargo, N. D., Feb. 25.—(7)—Alfalfa was crowned “King of North Dakota crops” at Tuesday's meeting of the 23rd annual winter session of the Northwest Farm Managers associa- tion which opened here to continue through Thursday. Delegates from northwest states and Canada attended. Education of the last decade is in- dicating to the northwest farmer this is no time for pessimism, said Rus- sell W. Gowland of Dwight, president of the association. Three experts in alfalfa raising, who for many years have given that crop an important place in. their farming scheme, extolled its virtues. They were J. W. McNary, Ellendale; L, Bransted, Courtenay; and Frank W. Reinoehl, Winnipeg, a former president of the group. SAYS FARMERS KNOW BOTTOM IS REACHED Speaker Says Education in Last Decade Has Helped Reduce Pessimism Fargo, N. D., Feb. 25.—()—Educa- tion of the last decade is indicating to the northwest farmer that now is no time for pessimism, Russell W. Gowland, Dwight, N. D., told about 75 members of the Northwest Farm it) Managers association here Tuesday. Mr. Gowland, president, was in- troductory speaker at the 23rd annual winter session’ which continues through Thursday. 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