Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-17

lature to enact and enforce legislation
which win protect the people in this
. respect against deception. and honest
] dairy products against fraudulent com
!. petition. All questions have been re
! Gently put at rest by the supreme
!, court of the United States, In its de.
cision in case appealed from the SUI
, preme court Of Massachusetts,. The
Massachusetts statute upon which the
, original suit was brought contained
provisions which seem to me 30 offer
, ample protection to the butter manu-
!, facturers and to the public, 1t was
I held by the supreme court of the
United States that the Massachusetts
! statute was valid, and within the
. proyince of state legislation. | recon-
, mend the enactment of similar meas
/ ure. That measure allows oleomar-
, garine and other substitutes for butter
TO be sold for what they really are to
, those who. knowing what they are
desire TO buy them, but prohibits the
coloring of the artificial product in the
similitude Of the genuine article. The
statute, moreover, has the great adj
vantage of having been passed upon
and sustained by the highest tribunal
in the land.
recommend the usual appropriation
of $1,000 per annum for the State
Dairymen's association; also the usual
annual appropriation for the State
Agricultural society.
The mineral and lumber interests
have for so many years claimed the
i attention of capitalists and working
/ men that the agricultural interests of
portion of our state have been some
what neglected. Agriculture exceeds
greatly all the other interests com.
bined. The time has come, 1t seems to
me, when the state itself should adopt
some means to call attention more di;
+ rectly to its wonderful agricultural
possibilities, yet undeveloped.
| We have, in the northern half of the
state. thousands of acres OF vacant
lands which need but labor to be trans
. formed into prosperous and fruitful
, homes. The problem presented in the
overcrowded condition of many of the
cities might, l believe, find at least a
partial solution in the cultivation of
: the vacant lands From a moral as
! well as a material standpoint the ques-
ton of encouraging the settlement of
our idle lands by the unemployed from
!, the overcrowded cities may well re-
, ceive consideration.
l commend to your attention the
fnQ tli1tfu of Ypnutrty n ma M M
, for the bringing to the public atten.
, ton the agricultural possibilities Of
r the unsettled portions Of our state, and
the opportunities offered there to per-
j sons OF small means to secure homes
: and a measure of prosperity.
Sanitary Laws.
The enforcement OF sanitary laws in
certain portions OF the state during the
past year has called attention to the
fact that the statutes make no plovi-
sion for the reimbursement by munici.
palities OF families whose household
goods are destroyed through that on
forcement. 1t often happens that con.
: taglous diseases prevail in portions Of
cities which are overcrowded, among
those who depend on their daily labor
: for sustenance; and the welfare OF the
public requires, In order to prevent the
spread OF the disease, that the bed
ding and clothing Of the household in
fected shall be destroyed. Authority
should be given to municipalities to
reimburse those families to whom such
a destruction OF household goods may
be calamity. To compel them to
sacrifice for the public welfare what
they cannot spare and cannot well re-
place seems like imposing a penalty
upon misfortune.
1 | commend the subject to your care
full consideration, quite aware that the
doctrine might be carried too far; and
at the same time convinced that,
within certain limits, 1t involves only
manifest justice.
!, National Guard.
The system instituted In our state
militia a number of years ago has
, been productive Of a high state of eff
ficiency in the national guard Of the
state. The system has received the
, compliment Of being duplicated by
, other states. The people of Wisconsin
have reason for congratulation that
} their militia has been brought to so
high a plane of efficiency that, should
it's services be required by the national
government, no state in the union
: could furnish a more efficient quota.
The general government has recog-
nized the necessity for cooperation In
maintaining disciplined national
guard in each state. 1t Is the least
/. expensive standing army that can be
maintained, and it's generous support
Is, believe, wise provision.
The maintenance of permanent
camp Of instruction and rifle practice
at Camp Douglas has proven a wise
measure, and provision should be
made for its continued maintenance
on scale that will further enhance
It's value and Importance.
The Roster Law.
The legislature, In 1887, passed law