The true northerner., 1901-01-25

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and this practice results In extra
ordinary large premiums being charged
In some cases. 1t is proposed TO give
the boards of directors authority to fix
the premium on written agreement
with the borrower. A definite contract
with the borrower as To the time OF
cancelling the mortgages is also pro-
vlded for, and one of the most import
ant provisions of the bill Is that which
provides for the creation of a reserve
fund OF not to exceed per cent. of the
outstanding loans.
For Protection of shareho oIders.
The bill relative to foreign building
and loan associations provides for the
issuing by the secretary OF state OF
authority to do business in Michigan
on deposit with the state treasurer OF
100000 for the protection of Michi-
gan shareholders. This bill also makes
the secretary of state the official on
whom service OF process against
! foreign associations shall be made,
provides severe penalties for persons
who act as agents for unauthorized
associations, and makes foreign asso-
Citations subject to all the restrictions
imposed upon Michigan associations.
The citizens of the upper peninsula
and other remote sections of the state
have tired of having packages sent
| by express carried all over this and
adjoining states before reaching them
several days after being consigned,
when they could be transported direct
in half the time. The trouble Is that
companies will not exchange packages.
For instance a package consigned
from ChebOygan to Marquette is sent
back to Bay City, thence to Chicago
and then on TO it's destination. Repre-
sentative Gordon has introduced a bill
requiring companies to send freight by
the shortest and quickest route, eX-
changing business when necessary TO
accomplish this. and pro rating the
amount received for the service.
War Against Authorizations.
The war against adultera tions is on
again this year, and bids fair to be
fiercely waged. The bill prohibiting
the adulteration Of white lead. which
was defeated two years ago, has again
been introduced. Michigan manufac-
turers secured its defeat by the last
legislature by convincing the commit
tees having II in charge that abso-
lutely pure white lead wholly unmixed
with zine would be worthless. Sena-
loE bOOuell IldS lnlTOuuctu IL Dlll WHICH
prohibits the manufacture and sale
of food products containing alum and
other substances which are named.
The primary object of the measure is
to prevent the sale OF so-called alum
baking powders, and judging from the
warfare which has been INDUCED in
over this matter in the newspapers
during the past few years, it is safe TO
predict that there is a merry time
ahead if this bill is to be prshed with
any considerable degree of vigor.
Van Buren is the greatest grape
! county i'm Michigan, and one Of the
! greatest producers Of this lucious fruit
! I'm the United States 1t is also 4 local
! option county, a fact which hampers
! the grape growers TO some extent.
] Grapes ripen with a rush when un-
expected weather conditions prevail,
and it is not always possible for the
! growers to ship the fruit as rapidly
as it rlpens, and the result Is that large
| quantities spoil on their hands. Rep
! resentative Adams, who represents
| Van Buren, county in the legislature
! has introduced n bill which permits
| the manufacture Of wine in the coun-
| ty, and its sale at wholesale.
May Know What He IL Drinking.
Another liquor law which has been
! introduced Is in the interests of public
! health, having been introduced by Dr.
! AmeS. chairman of the committee on
! public health. which has it i'm charge.
! 1t provides that all packages contain
! ing beer or whiskey bear Il label set
! ting forth the ingredients so that the
drinker may know just what he is
! getting outside Of.
Large quantities of liquors, especial
! " beer. are sold on sleeping dining
and buffet cars aS all travellers well
! know. The companies operating the
cars pay nothing for this privilege,
! and Representative McCOllum has
! introduced bill requiring them to- pay
! an annual tax of $500. Representa-
tive Mccall is also after sleeping, pal
! ace and drawing room car companies,
which now practically escape all taxa
! ton He has Il bill levying tax
Of one per cent on that proportion Of
! their capital rs is represented by their
! Michigan mileage.
Another of the fierce struggles Of two
years ago is to he re-enactcd this win
! ter 1t will be recalled that the Aid
! rich bill, providing for the closing OF
! theaters and other places of amuse-
ment on Sundays was beaten only
after the hardest sort of fight. Al
ready similar bills have been intro
! duced by Senator Holmes and Rep
resentative Mccall, and there are in
dications that they cannot be defeated
| this year.
Cigarette BilI.
The anti-cgarette virus seems to
/ have taken strong hold on the legls-
| lators. n number Of bills designed TO
curtail or altogether prevent the sale
/ of these articles having been intro
/ duced. 1t is generally conceded that
! it is useless 10 endeavor 10 prevent
their sale altogether. and that the bet
/ ter plan isTo surround their sale with
restrictions that will be as nearly pro-
/ hibitive as possible. In order TO ac-
complsh this Representative Gordon
has prepared n bill which requires re-
tailers TO pay an annual tax of $500,
such retailers TO be permitted to pur-
chase cigarettes i'm original packages.
] This bill preScribes the dimensions of
such original packages, and makes
them of such liberal proportions that
only very extensive dealers in the
/ largest cities could afford to- handle