Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-05

man." as the employees affectionately
call him, has his eye on Sunday ex-
cursion trains and is thinking of abol-
ishing this growing nuisance, though
tAe net profit on them last summer
was $50 900 On the Northwestern lines.
Mr. Hughitt is Il member of the First
! Presbyterian church in Chicago and
is evidently animated by noble pur-
| poses.
why Railroads Always Object.
Contrary to the usual impression.
| the railroads by no means concede the
nd yalorem I'LL. The fight will be
made in the senate. The railroad
companies object to changes, not
wholly because they may mean in
creased expenses, but the big men of
the company are so busy on other mat
tiers that they have not time to take
up Legislative proposals until forced on
them, so the unconscious rule is to he
in the opposition. With net earnings
of some S40,OO0,OOO. 1t is possible the
100000 or 100000 increase threaten
ed Is not so much IA factor with this
anu Olll'l DlE NblllDdIlli 40 manly buD-
puse. The four per cent on gross
income seems pretty big to them, of
coursc,--it would do n man on $1,000
salary who nad to pay $40 taxes fiat
| every year; and rather than have that
sliding scale moved up Oh them 1t Is
said they prefer the assessment and
taxation Of their property as other
property is taxed,
City OF Superior Convulsed.
Superior is SO far off that some for
get it is a city of Wisconsin and one
Of the pregnant ones as respects the
future. Wen, the other day Superior
made itself felt. 1t sent down nearly
one hundred Of It's leading men to
urge (and Il few to oppose the bin
setting uI"a SYSTEM OF inspection of
grain by Wisconsin business which is
now done by Minnesota). 1t is bit
ter contest. The SG,OOO,OO0 invested
in elevators which are content with
the present system say that the hue
and cry is to saddle $4,000 Il year
expense ON the state, that the effect
Will be impair capital which does
things and says little; that the whole
movement Is by lot Of "hurrah!
boys" and Il bankrupt board of trade.
Those who cay these things are the
clever attorneys Of the elevator and
railroad interests: they also say the
law OF 1893 h sufficient to enable Su-
perlOr people to set up inspection, IL
they will. But "the people" want the
change. As their literature reads:
ut is now proposed to make the name
OF Wisconsin a familiar word in every
grain market of the civilized world
to enact Il law by which the
grain trade Of the northwest may be
emanCipNtcd from that commercial
hrlgnndage that has Of late years III
tested II.
''The total amount collected during
the five years ending the LIST Of last
September FOR inspection and weigh
ing in Superior and Duluth amounted
to SlS2, 2SS."
Want the Money In wisconsin.
1t Is alleged that most of this Is
paid to Minnesota, though 50 per cent.
of the weighing is done in Wisconsin;
and that the salaries, etc, are diverted
from the state Frauds in inspection
are alleged by which low grade wheat
is given Il choice marking.
1t is hard fight and the lobby on
both sides Is very active.
Odds and Ends OF Liquidation.
The bill establishing Il state com.
mission to iiN maximum charges on
freight rates will soon he introduced.
Help has been secured from Iowa of
ilcials, II drastic law on the subject
having been In force for II years, and
some sort Of supervision having been
in force since the granger" days of
the early seventies.
The absurdlty caused by the mill
tax for educational uses (hy which on
the new full assessment Il third more
money Is taken from the tax payers
than needed will be corrected, and the
plan proposed as a new system Is said
to he novel ard effective.
We all live and learn and the bill
excmpttng credits from taxation finds
''''N ~ 80 'l'I'HlNl'll til'l II NNulu
have done two years ago when Gov.
IaFollette'S message dealt so streni-
ously with that subject. The tax COM
missions ringing declaration that cred
Its are not only intangible, difficult
objects of taxation, hnt not ready
property In a taxable sense has
done much to nhatc excitement on that
subject, Ii Is understood the COVER
nor himself prefers TO war about the
other bigger topics now before the
legislature. The bill specifically notes
that existing laws shall continue in
force FOR the taxation Of shares of
stock of banks capital or private bank
crs and taxation OF trust companies
and all other corporations or organiza-
tons representing money capital"
The agitation for compulsory cduca-
ton and to prevent child labor is
warming and hearings have been held
1t Is said tn re is considerable oppo-
sitiou from Milwaukee manufacturers
Tho object Is to prevent all employed
work I'm SVhnnl finn Inv ,hillrnn IN