Show null isah league I 1 lie im ill MIT P 11 dallila a the session of the north dakota legislature chich has just adjourned was waa the most eventful lu in its history the farmers Far mera nonpartisan league had a two thirds majority in each house and enacted into law its ita entire Social socialistic tatter program the league ont rolled governor has haa approved the bills perhaps the most novel feature of 0 the legislature was the secret caucus held nightly at which questions to come before the legislature on the following day were discussed and the action of 0 the league leaders was waa determined tho caucus regulations provided that every league senator mua be present by 8 p m that no one could gain admittance without a pass that no legislative committee was s permitted to report i any bill until it had been acted upon by the caucus and that no bill even could bo be reported to the caucus until the league steering committee had given its consent every league legislator N was as pledged to vote on the floor of the senate pr fr house in whatever way the caucus dictated since two thirds of the members ot of the legislature were members of the nonpar non par cisan league and therefore pledged 0 vote as the caucus dictated the legislature was really held in secret bellind behind locked doors proceedings in the senate chamber and house of representatives being merely perfunctory and ratifying action taken at the secret caucus the principal features of the nonpartisan league program which have been enacted into law are first A bill creating the state owned mill elevator warehouse and marketing system under which the th state can engage in the business ol of manufacturing and marketing farm faim products and can establish a warehouse packing plant elevator elev ato and flour mill system under the name of the north dakota mill and elevator association the bill gives the state the right to enter the flour making field and endeavor to compete in eastern markets with the great organizations in the milling sections of the country the state can also enter the marketing business and tentative plans for a state marketing system are already being worked out second A bond issue to start this enterprise through the state owned bank ot of north dakota the scheme will be financed after the 5 bond issue has been exhausted third the state owned home building association through which any person can secure a arm or a town home by mak ng jig a small payment down the balance to be amortized by monthly instalments installments covering a period of twenty five years A bond issue of 5 Is being floated tor for this enterprise and additional funds will be supplied by the state dank bank ot of north dakota fourth A bond issue 0 supply funds which the state owned bank will lend to farmers at low rates of interest an interesting feature of this bill Is the provision that in case of crop failure the aate shall refrain from collecting the interest due on an average north dakota has three poor crop years out of each five the fund available for farm loans Is not limited to the secured through this bond issue as the entire resources of the state owned bank are available it if its directors choose to use nse them for that purpose fifth state owned and operated ignite mines which promise to give the ne farmer cheap fuel A large bond assue s fi finances this enterprise sixth the state owned bank h will handle the state school fund and rural credit fund act as depository tor for all state late utilities the building and loan is and all public funds of the state counties cities arid and districts and will in addition do a general banking business receiving deposits from and making loans to banks firms corporations associations and individuals already estimated resources of 1360 0 are in sight the labor organizations of 0 illinois which are affiliated with the new party have signified their intention of depositing their funds with the state dank bank of north dakota and of course there is nothing to prevent the bank from making large loans to the same labor organizations it if its directors desire to do so it it is a fact that the same brains and money are controlling the farmers non partisan league the new labor party the new national party and tho the I 1 W W organization a state owned bank with resources of under the control or of lie he farmers nonpartisan league may cut quite a figure in future national elections seventh A new tax code under which different classes of property will wil which be taxed at different rates all and railroad property public dutill ties business blocks and bank stock are to be assessed at per cent tonn ton residences and merchandise stocks will ill be assessed at 50 60 per cent walla ahil 3 farm implements machinery and improvements will ill be exempt from taxation the new code also provides for a state income tax levied on incomes of all kinds eighth A bill to crea create to public r revenue evenue for a nonpartisan league paper in each county the measure provides for one official paper in I 1 each county which shall print all co court urt and public notices state reports etc no other paper can obtain this class of printing A state printing board controlled by the nonpartisan league will designate the official paper in each county league members admit that funds of at least per annum will accrue to each county league paper they hope that the bill will eventually silence the opposition press by killing oft off at least small weeklies in the state through depriving them of publication notices ninth under the so called immigration bill a fund of la is made available tor for spreading the propaganda of the nonpartisan league in other states league leaders admit that the fund will be I 1 used to offset misrepresentation which has been made concerning north dakota and the nonpartisan league in other states it to is generally acknowledged that the of I 1 1 facial publicity agent of the nonpartisan league will be appointed immigration agent and will supervise the expenditure of this tor for league publicity in other states at the close of the session a great demonstration was held at the capi I 1 1 tol in bismarck Uis marck to commemorate the success of the league in enacting its entire program into law five reels of moving pictures showing governor frazier signing the league bills pro prominent minet leagues officials and legislators were taken which will hp be used as propaganda in other stated opponents of the league express the opinion that the he burden of taxation on which has greatly increased under the control of the league will cause wide spread |