THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



coerce the farmer by withholding advances 

 upon grain shipped, a device by which, as we 

 have seen, the co-operative movement was 

 seriously hampered. 



The Industrial Commission, created by 

 House Bill No. 17, consists of the governor, 

 the attorney-general, and the commissioner of 

 agriculture and labor. It is to manage and 

 operate all the utilities, industries, and enter- 

 prises of the state as well as the state bank. 



S. — Market Conditions 



A. As to Grain-grading Abuses, Senate 

 Bill No. 14, approved February 11, 1919, 

 creates the office of State Inspector of Grades, 

 Weights, and Measures, whose duties are to 

 establish uniform grades for grain, seeds, and 

 other agricultural products, to issue licenses 

 to warehouses and grain-buyers, to investi- 

 gate all matters connected with the market- 

 ing, grading, and weighing of grain and other 

 agricultural products; to inspect public ware- 

 houses and to make or change rules for the 

 weighing and grading of grain; to establish a 

 reasonable margin to be paid to producers of 

 grain by warehouses, elevators, and mills. 



B. As to False Scales, this act puts all the 

 scales in North Dakota under the direct con- 

 trol of the state inspector, who is authorized 

 to employ assistants to test all the scales used 

 at elevators and warehouses. 



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