The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-05-12

uOSIle COnLulttee, LOT the TedSOu lHdl
two of it's members are from the dis
trict in which the only slot machine
factory In the state is located.
Sunday Amusements.
An attempt was made in the house
20 re!seal tho existing law against
Sunday amusementk, but It died with
neatnesS and dispatch as soon as the
members understood the proposition.
The campaign against Sunday base
tnli especially appears TO be adj
vancing in the state and the general
trSnd OF public opinion is against any
further liberalization in this direction.
The bill eXespting all credits from
t4xation Wp~ on the house special or
der for last Wednesday, but its spon-
sors had the matter put over until to-
nhSrrow. y stiff fight is OIL over this
bill The demand for its enactment
comes from the northern portion of
the lower Peninsula principally and
from the upper peninsula, the south
ern portion Of the state being OPP
posed to it for the reason that it
voUld remove vast amount Of cred
ITS from the tax rolls and thus in
crease the tax 10 be paid by the farm
ers and other owners of, real estate.
Tire senate has put 10 sleep the Eich-
horn joint resOlHtion providing for the
submission to the people of a PROPOSE
ton to amend the constitution so as to
provide an annual salary Of 5000 in
stead OF the present per diem Of 50
for members Of the legislature. The
people have already voted down a sim
ilar proposition.
Limits Rate of Interest.
Detroit has had so much trouble
with loan sharks WHO exact ruinous
rateS OF interest for loans on personal
property that Mayor Good has been
instrumental IN having Representa-
tive Lord offer a bill limiting the rate
OF interest on such loans to per cent
and otherwise regulating the business.
This bill is the foCerunner of project
backed by a number Of Detroit philan-
thropists to organize n company for
the purpose OF loHming money to
worthy poor persons at nominal rate
of interest. At present the unfortu-
mates frequently pay the principal sew
eyal time over before being relieved
of the obligation.
The growth OF The state in every di-
rection, the increase in the number of
insane and IN the population of the
penal, ref0rinatGry and charitable in
situations OF the state, and the increas-
ing needs Of 4 growing state generally
render the task Of keeping down ap-
preparations an extremely diff
cult one. To make matters worse the
state has, since the beginning of the
present year, suffered two serious
losses by fire, one Of which was the
dormitories at the agricultural college,
and the other the destruction of the
shops at the Jackson prison. mas
much az II IL the policy of the state
TO carry its OWN Insurance., appropri-
atoms must be made to replace the
property destroyed The finance and
appropriations committee of the SEN
ate and the ways and means commit
tee of the house are working in har-
mony in an earnest effort to keep the
figure consistent with safety, but their
best endeavors promise to fall short
of reducing the total below that Of
last year. In the case of nearly every
state institution appropriations de-
sired for special purposes have been
either denied wholly or materially re-
dHeed below the SUM asked for. The
latest institution to suffer disappoint-
ment in this regard is the agricultural
college, which has been denied an ap-
ppepriatien Of $4,000 for an engin-
eering building, although granted $50
0Do for n new dorfnftory. Present in
locations are that The total budget
will, in spite Of all that can be done,
exceed that Of two years ago by about
$4,000.
Makes Their Fate Dubious.
This condition of affairs serves TO
make dubious the fate of bills Great
ing new institutions. The only meas
ure Of this character to thus far find
approval in either house is that which
makes an appropriation of $4,000 for
n state hospital for cOnsumptives.
This institution has been advocated by
the state board Of health for several
years. This years State Medical So
ciety made an active canvass In it's
behalf. In addition to the $4,000 ap-
preparation the bill provides that the
state shall donate lands which have
reverted to II for nor-payment Of
taxes as n site for the institution. The
selection OF this site is left to n board
TO be appointed by the governor. Last
week n committee representing the
state board Of health went to White
Cloud. Newaygo county, to inspect the
institution which DR.. Branch desires
the state TO purchase for this purpose.
They found it was not suitable by rea-
son of defective sanitary appoint
ments. etc.
or Interest to Publishers.
Under a new law just approved by
Governor Warner, the newspapers OF
Michigan will have a little better show
fof their white alLey wkeN sued tor
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