The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 4

December 27 about 8 o’clock in the evening a fire starting in the chemical laboratory of the Far The picture on the left shows how i The picture on the right is a view in one of the“cqurts after the fire, saving the Central school which adjoins the high school building, Inspect Grain Congressman Young Gives Leader His Views on Subject r ac re loss being $75,000, mostly covered by insurance. th the water played on the ruins all night. The firemen had a hard time €L did new high school building. th . co i D N . D. ShOUld th of of ONGRESSMAN George M. Young is strongly in favor of the la 'state of North Dakota enacting, “q through the coming legislature, a h: law providing for North Dakota grain inspectors and a North Dakota grain inspection system. Such inspectors would have to be licensed by the United “ States secretary of agriculture, vwhe.n ' demanded by North Dakota, and their le inspections would be conducted under the st official federal grades that the United t States secretary of agriculture is to fix under the recent act of congress. ct Congressman Young believes that a aloy large part of the grain shipped from North Dakota would be sold urder the day grades given right in Mvic Dakota by d'i\llithe state’s ov~+ 1nspectors, as the new eclfederal ~W does not provide for: rein- ,:fic"{ffentity. L] t y - | " 3 ¥ I f t ( 1 t £ ( € { ~uon except. where grain loses its Therefore the ecarload ship- ments from North Dakota would not be ,_.%‘,Apeccéd' at Minnespolis and would be ~ 8old under the grade certified to in North Dakota by North Dakota inspectors, unless an appeal was made. Mr. Young’s views on the matter are expressed in the following statement from a letter he has written the Leader on the cwl.ject: T FAVORS N. D. INSPECTION “l am very strongly in favor of the enactment of a grain inspection law at - the coming session of the state legisla- ture. Under the grain standards act the grades are to be defined or established by the secretary of agriculture. What . we haw been fighting for also is to have the got 2rnment employ its own inspect- ors, instead of simply giving a license to { Btate inspectors as provided in the grain standards act. Now to my mind the next best thing is for our legislature to pass an inspection law providing for the appointment of inspectors who can then be licensed by the secretary of agriculture. “After being so licensed much of the ( grain shipped from North Dakota can be inspected there and need not again be inspected. My impression is that none of { the grain so inspected in North Dakota { would be reinspected, excepting such grain as might go through elevators and lose its identity. A large amount of grain now is handled in carload lots and 1 doesn’t go through terminal elevators, . and all such grain if inspected in Narth ' Dakota would not require a reinspection. 1 Again, if it does .go into a terminal .elevator I think such terminal elevator iwould be obliged to accept the inspection ,made by such North Dakota inspectors baving licenses from the secretary of agriculture, subject to right of appeal as in other cases. “In any case we have everything to gain and nothing to lose by providing our own inspection system for North Dakota, and I am for it strong. ; AMENDMENT FAILED “I expressed the opinion that in tl.1e event of the establishment of a' grain ‘. inspection system in North Dakota, grain inspected by a North Dakota inspector would not be reinspected, excepting in casés where the identity of the wheat would be lost by being put through ar elevator. ing of the law will force that conclusion. When-the bill was before the house, how- / ever, my desire was to make that point clear and I offered an amendment as follows: “‘And providing further that such grain shall not be reinspected except as’ provided in Seetiei 6 of. this act.’ “Section 6, as you will recall, has to do with appeals. Public Opinion No The office and plant of the farmers’ co-operative company. corporation that has taken over the Public I think a fair read- ‘ inspegg_ed‘-én North Dakota.” w Friend of Farm virtuaily being a wing of it. “Mr. Lever, chairman of the committee on agriculture, did not think the amend- ment offered by me was necessary, because it was his view that only one primary inspection could be made. In other words, for instance, that the grain inspected, say at Fargo under a North Dakota system, could not again be inspected at Minneapolis ~ before being placed in a terminal elevator. I think Mr. Lever was perfectly honest in his view, and on account of his position the amendment was rejected. “If you have a view different from mine ‘'as to the meaning of the law I shall be pleased to hear from you. In any case ‘we should be giving this matter par- .ficular consideration, because if a North "--Dakota law is placed in: operation- it is ‘qute possible that the Minnesota fellows will attempt to. reinspeet grain ‘already F § €rs R Publ_ic Opinion at Bismarck, N. D., taken over by a Opinion, published at Bismarck THE Missouri Slope Co-operative Publishing company is the name of a farmers’ D., a twice-a-week paper formerly published by George Smith. The new owners, friendly to the Nonpartisan League Jive newspaper especially expect to issue a of Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, McLean, will also be a paper with a general state- Kidder, Sheridan, and its program in North Dakota, covering the news of the counties Oliver and Wells, but it wide interest. 3 An announcement of the new company says: “This is our opportunity to have a co-operative newspaper in the capital city of North Dakota which will give us the news straight, not as the it, but as it really is. such a paper unless we own and control it ourselves.” The officers of the new company are Frank G. Prater, N. Lein, second vice president Mr. Wileox will be editor. The board of directors is composed of the following: W. 7J. Prater, David Tr Sw%nson, Driscoll; John Bostrom, and other special privilege interests want Varnum, first.vice president; B. tary-treasurer. L. D. Bailey, Moffit; C. A. 0. Kell and A. Arneson. The following persons associated to fornr the company: Driscoll; John Bostrom, . S. Wilcox, Bismarck; David Olson, Wing; B. N. Lein, Arena; Alfred Arneson, Arena; Victor Anderson, Menoken; L D. Bailey, Mo ] t; C. A tenson, Wing; R . Swanson, Menoken; George N. Varnum, Arena; Walfrid Trygg, Bismarck; W. J. Wools; C.R. Kositzky, Bismarck; C. R. Crawford, Briftin; Tony Neugebauer, Menoken. Prater, Bismarck; John A, William Josephson, Frank E. Packard, Bismarck; William Meyer, Driscoll, and grain manipulators We will never have president; George N. ; R. S. Wilcox, secre- vge, Bismarck; N. M. Chris- David Trygg, Bismarck; Bismarck; N. M. Chris- William Baker, Menoken; Wilton; C. D. King, Arena; 0. K. Leigvam, Johnson, Painted N.A. Soderholm, Arena; Frank G. Prater, Wing; FOUR v go_high school spread rapidly and completely gutted the building, the the shell of the building locked the next morning, covered with a ceating of ice from showing the broken windows and ice coating the building. Fargo will vote on a bond issue for a splen- League Meetings Important business meetings of the Nonpartisan League will be held at the following places in Burleigh and Emmons counties, both German and English spoken at mreetings indicated thus (¥): Brittin, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1:30 p.m. Moffit, Thursday, Jan. 4, 1:30 p. m. Gates Hall, Thursday, Jan. 4, 1:30 p. m. *Hazelton, Friday, Jan. 5, 1:30 p. m. *Temvik, Saturday, Jan. 6, 1:20 P. m. *Linton, Monday, Jan. 8, 1:30 p. m. *Strasburg, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1:30 p. m. *Hague, Wednesday, Jan, 10, 1:30 p. m. Braddock, Wednesday, Jan. 10,. 1:30 p. m. *Westfield, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1:30 P. m. ’ ) Kintyre, Thursday, Jan. 11. 1:30 p. m. *Grange Hall, Friday, Jan. 12, 1:30 . m. 2 *Winona P. O., Saturday, Jan. 13, 1:30 . m. e *Napoleon, Monday, Jan. 15,1:30 p. m. *Burnstad, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1:30 p. m. *Wishek, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1:30 p. m. *Beaver Creek, Thursday, Jan. 18, 1:30 . m. p *Lehr, Friday, Jan, 19, 1:30 p. m. McKenzie, Friday, Jan. 19, 1:30 p: m. Menoken, Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30 p. m, IN THREE STATES ; The following is a list of meetings announced by the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minne- sota. All members should take spcial pains to help get out a good attendance at these meetings. - Live subjects of interest to all will be discussd by able League speakers. NORTH DAKOTA Jan., 3—Arthur and Leonard. J an, 4— Addison and Christine. Jan. 5—Colfax and Abercombie. Jan.. 6—Galchutt and Wyndmere. Jan. 8—Dwight and Man- tador. SOUTH DAKOTA Jan. 10—Bath and Frederick. Jan. 11 —Groton and Westport. Jan. 12—Lilly and Warner. Jan. 13—Webster and Mina. Jan. 15—Ipswich and Bristol. “ Jan. 16— Roscoe and Waubay. Jan. 17—Hosmer and Marvin. Jan. 18—Bowdle and Orthley. Jan. 19—Stratford and Sum- mit. Jan. 20—Columbia and Sissiton. MINNESOTA Jan. 10—Underwood and Melrose. Jan. 11—Clitherall and Brooten. Jan. 12 —Henning and New London. Jan. 13— Wadena and Willmar., Jan. 15—Bertha, 2 p. m; Maple Leaf School, 7:30 p.-m.; Atwater and Mallory. Jan. 16—Vern- dale, Cyrus and Fisher. Jan. '17—New York Mills, Starbuck and McIntosh. Jan. 18—Perham, Sedan and Dugdale. Jan. 19—Frazee, Villard and Erskine. Jan. 20—Audubon, Alexandrig and Fosston. These meetings to occur at 2:00 p. m. unless otherwise indicated. Use Leader Classified Ads