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Newspaper
The Lemmon Herald
Location
Lemmon, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1917
Page
14
Chief Justice Bruce proclaims in a North Dakota address that Constitution and statutes will be obeyed and property guarded. He frames the state as young, buoyant, and building a democratic empire while stressing law over individuals, the value of education, and civic growth in a cosmopolitan, peaceful vision.
A fragmentary statement asserts North Dakota as a state of property owners with farmers who own land. The text proclaims belief in liberty but rejects law, claiming an ancestry of equal rights and distrust of orderly governance, reflecting a radical frontier perspective.
W F Cushing state railroad commission secretary notes expanded duties from railroads to telephones grain warehouses and utilities. He says public cooperation has grown, commissions protect both public and firms, yielding better rates and less friction, with many cases heard and rates reduced.
State officials discuss the power of rate making for public utilities and the push by national bodies to centralize control. The North Dakota commission backs state authority, highlighting hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission and proposals in Congress that threaten state rate-setting powers.
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