The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14
OFF TO FIGHT
QUEER BILLS
President Wheeler of State
University Goes With Pro-
fessors to Sacramento
OBJECT TO MEASURES
Dean Hilgard of Agricultu-
raj College Explains I'M
port of0bnoIious Proposals
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call
Pas Center Street. Feb Il

z14 Center Street. Feb L.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler ac-
companied by Professors Vickson OF
the agricultural department, Professor
Cory OF the engineering department
and Professor O'Neiu Of the chemistry
department OF the university went 70
Sacramento to-day 20 appear before
committees Of the Legislature regard
/; ing the Gates bill, which materially af-
fects various departments o. the uni
versiry. and the Emnons bill, queer
measure which IL is believed was intro
/ duced By Emmons through mistake.
the Gates bill proposes 10 prevent
the agricultural department q the uni
yersity, or the chemists college here
from publishing reports OF their
analyses Of fertilizers which they have
examined Il also prohibits professors
from doing outside work and receiving
pay for IL, while they are IN the en-
ploy Of the State University. The bill
nuIlifes the section Of the fertilizers
control" bill, adopted two years ago,
empowering the university 10 analyzs
fertilizers and then 10 publish the re-
suit OF such analyses Professor Hill
gard said to-day:
We ko0~ vh9 inspired t1is bill Is intro
cEcts11 followed tn reczzr- ty re OF threat
s1ing Letters tr9m persons connsct=d with !
fertjItzer co-aee-n il san Frzncisoo. wHsch
felt szg-ey@d c=ezEse SIS product Tot
rated higher In Cur reports CT fertilizers ana
Eze1 The l=--erS we're : 6eclarsEso1 ot var
l igncrs3 them The parsons concerned then
procured t1e Introduction o. the Gates iii.
making Il unlawful for us % Do What vs are
doing Under the fertilizers cc11rol h1ll Il Is
gag 5iII intended 70 dscssTe fer It's last
section says thai Of p-ovistc1s shall
be eoastrse1 % be In deazrscs o. secrIoa 1 q
<ez--l7 -
Ing The s=cts1u authorizing analysis bT rs q
fertilizer o. course Ts wo1ld he permitted.
would be forbidden 70 p-onulgzts TIE result.
so- the 5e7=5t II tie people She analyses are
fc--.n= farmers ot the State who Use TIE fer
tfIszsrs
Frcn me same source as sp-zEg thIs Gates
bill caEe The mys-s-f0zs circulars accusing
Cur department zfta beng responsible to- The
Merchants ard Manufacturers C5uEs-fes'
and HznUfzcrurers CcuDI-Ese Tnose
szatlng- ! am sore- 1osnlng more than IAe
fertilizer concern Rave referred 70
The circular charges graft II co1nection
virn TIE ETnnrEs bin. and says ne are r.
sp01xit'e for Ehe measure IL is the Eilissr.
NOS absurd ard nez1es- q scc1saIions Tnis
Emuons OH s. a vsird MEASURE being EotEtag
8so-= than = re-ensetr-lE of tae fertilizer
control oiI adopted two years ago ard oog
IN force Th= Eumons bEiI. h0w=ve-. ccntzi-s
from thz fertilizer control SIil when Il pzssst
tw0 -ears age TIE Er1u-c-s iii, Of eo1-Ses
VII rcE pass 1cT Il Is s1E-r11cUE leE1S<zt101-
The <ozfF o. the attacks rra1s upcr Is II rhese
private pe-so1s hoEsve-. : illustrated b.
their zno1r-o1s. misleading circulars accusing
the university of icing responsible fSr tne En-
mons measure
The provision IN the Gates bill so-bsdding
professors 10 DO work for pay fc- other i1stsru-
1tc1s than the university Is ai11ed 81 Profess
sors ONeil and Cory as well ry DEPART
H1z7t- and even would sfect such 11sl as
Professor Howard u the architectural depart
n.c7r- The provision - Inspired by = firm oe
chemists fl san Francisco which has beeo
favored with any work fro-1 this department
We reczETe requests from all over tae state
for analyses and send soma q the work cut
TIE chemist falling g ges IL starts the orp-
sstioa II this bill . professors doing outside
WORK
ThA university could not keep such men, for
example as John Gslen EoEzrt, the z-cnl-
tsct II he could not zccept outside w7-k- Ee
Is capable I suppose. q earning SIC. Go cr
$1,000 Z year and that tAe university cannot
Fay hin The cases c< Other professors are
similar That IS why -he feature II question
or the Gates bill : 81 advised