Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-16


Their point. The educational problem
hat you must most earnestly consider
nd meet squarely ct this time is a
Ian for improvement in the condi
~ or the country district. and the
one-department schools of the state.
state University.
The biennial report of the board OF
egents Of the State University for
he years 1902-1903 and 1903-1904 show
,lainly that the demands upon the
University have grown more rapidly
han it's resources. New fields and
ider opportunities fer study and re
search are opening, and the university
will continue to fill a larger place il
| the life of the state. We are prou(
Of the work she is doing in supplyin,
the need for a general and technical
education. 1t is the especial and Dc
culiar duty of the state to provide
funds for this part of our educational
system. The greater portion of the
support of the elementary and high
schools is and should be contributed
by the local units in which these
schools are situated. The university
is state institution, and looks to the
state for it's entire support. The re-
port of the regents shows, that, should
the present rate of increase in num-
DER of students continue, this legisla
ture has the problem before it of pro-
yiding for an attendance Of nearly
me thousand more students than when
the present appropriation was made
3 growth of onethird.
Further increase in the attendance
will overwhelm the present instruc-
tional force, and the recitation and
laboratory room available will be in
adequate to meet the demand A
large increase in the general fund
used for running expenses seems i'm
perative.
1t should be noted that comparing
the income with that of the univer-
sites of Michigan, Illinois, and others,
the University of Wisconsin is rela-
lively fast losing ground.
Protection to Railway Employees.
The Importance of providing for
providing for protection which is just
ly due to railroad employees and their
families is again urged upon the law
making body. In the biennial mes
sage sent to the legislature in 1908
this subject was discussed somewhat
at length. I have not since that time
changed my views IN reference to this
matter, and again recommend that
suitable provision as suggested in that
message be made for such protection
Killed and Injured by Railroads.
The statistics gathered by the Rail-
road Commissioner discloses the start
ling fact that there were killed and
injured by the railroad companies in
Wisconsin in the conduct of their bust
ness, 2,157 persons during the two
years ending June Both, 1904. Not
Withstanding the hazardous character
OF the business, there would seem to
be something radically wrong either in
equipment of tracks, yards, cars, and
trains, or in their operation. In adj
dition to this, there were reported
others killed and injured to the num-
Der Of 467, making the aggregate OF
killed and injured for the two-year
period 1924. This is a record
which calls for your serious consider
alton.
Combinations in Restraint of Trade.
[ would again call you attention to
the necessity of legislation relating to
the subject of combinations in re-
straint of trade The menace to the
general prosperity of the state by the
creation, and existence Of monopolies
is a matter of the gravest concern.
Our aim should be not the destruction
of large corporations, conducting large
operations in a legitimate manner, but
the suppression of those which are or
in restraint of trade. Our present
statutes upon this subject are of little
or no value as a remedy for existing
conditions.
The pressing need for legislation
upon this subject is forcibly brought
to our attention by the fact that an
action has been commenced by the
United States government in the fed
eral court charging that the General
Paper company, a corporation organ
lied under the laws of this state, and
nineteen other Wisconsin corporations
engaged in the manufacture of print
paper, have entered into an Illegal
combination for the purpose of con-
trolling the manufacture, prices and
sales of such paper. At the request
Of the executive, the attorney general
is at present engaged in the investi-
cation of these corporations, and will
take such action thereon as the facts
disclose and our present statutes
warrant.
The Corporation in Politics.
The participation in government OF