The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-02-22

| throw IL in pltics. A word TO the
wise should bemfficlent.
Rerefence V&lnade week or two
ago TO a bi Ggned to change the
method of roding for the needs
of the az cunral college. THIS
bill has beer pr@red and introduced
by Chairman rens of the college COM
mittee In th base. 1t provides for
the levying q AK of one-fifteenth OF
q mill on thU epalized valuation Of
the state for heapport Of this insti-
| tuition, the pl& wing to make this al
lowance cove1 nes of the college, ex-
J pertinent std on work, etc. Any
amount yield4 h this tax in excess
Of that needed fGcurrent expenses is
to be used 70 1dldlngs and better
ments, but nd imrOyement shall be
undertaken urHil sum sufficient to
complete it I'D seumulated 1t is
figured that thd tax will yield
an annual revetlef $4,000. In adj
ditlon to this tHe cllege will receive,
as now, $50, 0001fron the general gov
eminent, and aDou $4,000 from its
land grant. Last yer the expenditures
for all purposes(wee $4,000
Investigation " the Game Warden.
1t is likely TIL be house will this
week order am Investigation Of the
game and fish karen's department.
Just before the rhOwe adjourned for
the week last Fkidg Representative
Mason offered a tre0iution providing
Tor the appointment of committee
for this purpose, the proposition being
similar to the onefadopted by the sem
ate On motion Of Senator Goodell the
previous day. The Mason resolution
preclpitated such IA warm discussion
that the matter was temporarily dis
posed Of by being hadp the special OF
der for this week thursday. The
movement is osteI&iby the result Of
extended criticism that has been in
dnlged in during the past few weeks
OF the expense accouny Of the deputy
wardens~ during the year 1900, but it
Is understood that It Is really backed
10y the small commercAl fishermen of
the state who feel that they are not
accorded the same degee of freedom
that the fish trust enjoys. Much of
the criticism is direced at Chief
Brewster, and bill to abolish the of
flee of chief deputy has been intro
duced in each house.
Usual Number of That Sort.
The usual number of bills affecting
both life and fire insurance companies
are materializing and some of them
look like old friends, having done serv-
ice in a number of previous legisla-
lures. The most generally important
OF these is what is known technically
as the valued policy bill 1t provides
that In case of total loss the company
shall pay the policyhOlder the full face
OF his policy regardless of what his
loss actually was. TIE theory is that
the company should pay the full
amount upon which it accepts a pre-
MUM. Insurance men have a way of
designating bills of this nature as
measures placing a premium upon ar
son. Other bills provide for increas-
ing the tax rate Of life insurance COM
panies from 2 to 3 per cent, thus max
ing 1t the same as that paid by fire
companies and seek to put the various
cooperative fraternal and sick and ac-
cident benefit organizations ON a some
what more stable basis by requiring
them to deposit $1,000 in the state
treasury and maintain it there. 1t is
understood that the senate committee
on insurance is in favor of increasing
the amount of this deposit to $1,000,
even at the risk of driving some of
the weaker organizations out OF exist
cnce. The members of thu commit
tee declare that an organization that
cannot raise $1,000 ought MOTTO be per-
mitted to carry on an insurance bust
ness. Another bill provides yor licens-
ing fire insurance agents Epg bust
ness in the state, the provided
ranging from SO to 500 1ccording to
the population Of the place where the
business is carried ON. This bill pro-
yides that the license money shall be
used to defray the expenses of the
state fire marshars department If one
Is created as provided for In another
bill. otherwise to be credited to the
primary school fund.
Representative Gordon 1elkves that
the use of firecrackers arqi other ex-
plosives for amusement aqnwlly Gre
ates a vast amornt of sHTw, dam
ages and suffering, and pat it ought
TO be done away with. II has. there
fore. introduced a bill prdhIbting the
for the purpose mentioned and an
other bill providing for he icensing
of dealers who sell them Tor cher pur-
poses
Measures of Interest to Hnners.
Representative Hardy ha& nroduced
n bill recommended at theIleent an
nual meeting of the Mich m Millers'
association. 1t provides tmthe agri-
cultural college be authori1eito send
an expert to visit the wh0 tields os
Europe for the purpose AZ eIecting
varieties of wheat to be- htoduced
into Michigan. AS all timers are
aware the wheat yield OH Michigan
has steadily decreased durmg he mast
few years. and the object of he mill
ers is to secure, If possible. b,aier va
rietes that will better withNnd the
Michigan climate and condItNs The
bill carries an appropriation 81. 900.
Another measure in which n farm
ers of the state generally &elterest-
ed has been introduced by Ieesenta-
tive Nevins, who seeks to Dke tolls
taken by millers on a unil0n basis.
He says that they now en- about
what they please, no two 1ang the
same rates. His bill limitSfl toll tn
one-sixth of the amounto grain
ground. Two years ago urNev;ns
made a valiant fight for tlND n. and