River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-01-17

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Trusts and MOrOpoIies.
II think legislation should De adopted
providing that II any corporation organ
| ized under the laws Of TINS or any other
state, or any partnership Or association
Of individuals, or any Individuals, shall
4 enter into, or become member Of, or
1 a party 10. any trust agreement, COM
binatiou. confederation or understanding
| with any other corporation, partnership
/ person, or association Of persons, 20 reg
ulate or fix the price Of any commodity
/ or 10 limit the amount OF any commodity
I to be manufactured, mined, sold, trans
/ ported or placed on sale or disposed Of,
or To do, or 70 refrain from doing, any
4 other thing with the intent TO control
and fix the price Of any commodity to
be manufactured, mined, sold or trans
ported in this state, such corporation and
the officers and agents thereof, and such
| partnership, individuals and associations
| Of persons shall be deemed guilty OF a
| conspiracy to defraud. and shall be
| subject to such prosecution and punish
| ment and such penalty or forfeiture as
| may. in the judgment Of the legislature,
| be proper
such enactment should also contain
| suitable provisions making all such con-
tracts and agreements void, and provide
| machinery for the collection Of such penal
| ties and forfeitures and for the annui-
| ment of the charter of such offender. IL
a domestic corporation, and for the for
! felture of the right to do business in
/ this state II a foreign corporation. and
4 imposing such penalties on the individuals
! convicted Of violating the law, as may be
Inappropriate"
The Legislative Lobby.
/ I'm my judgment the fullest opportunity
/ ought to be given for free and fair dis
/ cussiOn of all subjects Of legislation be-
/ fore the two houses and their various
| committees By all who are interested in
| these subjects; but, in my opinion, that
/ ought to be the extent of the services
permitted TO be performed by legislative
/ ys1 pH 40 Or If {eff
! ought not to be permitted to influence
/ legislation or to be permitted 70 be made.
! Chapter 2i3 Of the laws of 1899. while a
/ step in the right direction, does not go
/ far enough to reach and eradicate the
/ real evil. In my judgment, it ought to
/ be so amended as TO restrict, in so far as
1 may be, the lobby to public argument be-
! fore the two houses or the committees
! thereof. And all other means and meth
/ DDS of influencing legislation by legisla-
/ tive agents or lobby counsel. who are paid
! for their services by others should be
/ prohibited under such pains and penalties
| as the wisdom of the legislature shall pre-
] scribe.
| Improvement Of Highways.
During the last five years organized
| effort has reinforced the public press to
| create a general interest in the work of
| improving highways. / recommend thor
ough investigation and revision of the
| road laws of the state. and suggest that
/ the legislative committees having this
| subject in charge be organized with more
/ consideration for its great Importance.
Women as Members of boards.
1.-THE State Federation of Women's
clubs, fairly representative of the INTEL
/ ligent and progressive womanhood Of
] Wisconsin. has suggested the need of a
| woman as one of the force of factory
/ inspectors to insure a proper investiga-
ton of factories and stores in which
/ women and girls are employed in large
numbers. I recommend that provision
! be made by the state for the employment
] If q "a factory inSnpp-
/ tor; and that the law be so amended as
/ TO secure to women representation on
each of the following boards: the board
| Of control of charitable. penal and re-
| formatory institutions, the board of uni
| versity regents, and the board of nor
NAL school regents.
! state Printing.
| Under the law. three of the elective
/ state officers act as commissioners of
printing. From the character and scope
4 Of the work expert and technical quail
! icatons are vitality essential to inteln-
| gent and economical supervision The
| amount now expended in the supervision
| of this public business Is believed to be
ample to secure to the position the serv-
! ices of master printer experienced in
| all branches of the work. and familiar
i with its value in detail.
| The attorney general is the only state
officer not REQUIRED by law annually to
! For obvious reasons a record OF the
work Of this important branch Of serv-
| ice is desirable.
81 believe that the Blue Book should be
complied and published under direction
Of the bureau Of statistics and recon-
mend such amendment to existing
| law as will enforce this suggestion. The
| chief value of this work must he found in
| the accuracy of its figures and the COM
! pactness Of its form.
Wisconsin Soldiers.
''The erection Of monuments upon tbs
! battlefelds of the civil war to commence
/ r1 30 he NAT ri "a nd NNiECOT-
| sin soldiers has been long recognized as
| becoming exercise OF state authority and
use of state funds. l furthermore sub
! ton and action that a more enduring
! tribute to deserving war heroes and most
useful object lesson for all genera tons
to come may be provided bv the establish
| ment either at Old Camp Randall 81 9TH
er accessible place associated with war
/ memories, Of memorial hall ano war
| museum where the flags. records and rel
/ les Of Wisconsin trooOs in all the wars
may be collected and preserved for all
The Anti-Pnss Law.
'PubUc approval Of the law enacted by
| the last legislature to prohibit the use OF
I free Transportation telegranh and telephone
privileges bv public officials has been 50
! General and earp"st that no opposition
/ IS anticipated to the final passage Of the
resolution for a constitutional amendment
which win nlace this act beyond the pos
| sibility of legislative repeal.
Legislation for Cities.
''The state cannot safely ignore the dam
| ger to itself from bad local government
| in its most pnpuous districts BY care
full consideration of all measures affect
ing the larger cities, the legislature can at
1 least avoid much of the special legisla-
ton framed and forwarded by selfish in
| terests which creates new abuses more
| frequently than 1t erad'cates old ones.
| Ii Is not lust to the important interests
| TO be affected nv legislation for cities to
permit n few city representatives 10 ex-
ercise the full legislative power of the
| state while majority of the renresenta-
tive body in which such power is vested
remains ignorant OF the true purpose and
Indifferent TO the results OF such law
making.
bureau of Labor Statistics.
within recent years the work Of the
bureau OF labor statistics has been sub
teCted to improved methods and tntelli-
gent system Resulting benefits 70 the
public are numerous and unmistakable.
Inadequate Veterinary Laws.
"Thc veterinary laws of the state have
not been materially modified since their
enactment several years ago. The dis
ease OF bovine tuberculosis has since been
discovered. and the relations of this with
the human phase of the disease, together
with WisConsins great interests as a
dairy state, make the subject one OF much
Importance.
Dntrv uud Food Protection