The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-18
IMPORTANT BANKING BILL
Measure for Relief Of Car Shortage
New Text Book Law-Provision for
Increased Poll Tax-Many
Other Bills,

of bills introduced clearly shows this
is to be busy session. Last session
ST. bills were introduced in the
House and about were passed. Al
ready there have been introduced in
the House liz bills. or nearly third
bills so far and the usual routine bills
legislature, and more than twice the
number passed during the entire ses-
sion.
There are practically no measures
for private relief, no suggestion Of
graft is apparent in any Of the House
bills So far; the usual &outine bills
have been cut to the minimum. Some
of the important measures introduced
today follow;
BY Eaton Of Lane, increasing the an
nual appropriation for the State Uni
versity to s125,00O and providing that
if less amount is appropriated by
any legislature the surplus shall be
available for the future needs of the
school.
BY B. F. Jones of Polk Lincoln,
providing that any one demanding cars
from railroad corporation shall get
these cars in five days If less than
ten are asked or in ten days is from
10 to cars are asked. and in 20 days,
If more than so are asked; provided
that the shipper has freight on line
Of the company sufficient to utilize all
the cars demanded and that the COM
pany has cars in its equipment of the
sort demanded This bill is exhaustive
in its attempts to remedy the car
shortage conditions and works both
ways II provides heavy penalties for
the shipper who takes more than IS
hours 10 load his cars or for the con-
signee who takes more than six days
to unload his cars. or for that COM
pany that does not supply cars on
time, does not ship them directly and
quickly, and does not give them ac-
cording to the priority of demand
among the shippers.
Burns of Multnomah has introduced
a pure-food bill closely patterned af-
ter the Congressional act recently ef-
fective, that provides for labelling Of
all adulterated, colored or dangerous
drugs, foods, condiments or anything
else that is supposed to enter the hu-
man stomach.
Beals of Tillamook has a bill pro-
viding that the state shall receive 10
per cent Of all county, city and town
liquor licenses. Mr. Beals is Prohi-
bitionist from a prohibition county,
and designed the law to discourage
on the plea of revenue.
]. w. Beverage of Multnomah has a
free textbook law that is different from
Eastern or other proposed free school
book measures. His bill provides that
any school board may call an election
of the district voters and have a vote
taken on the book question, and II
majority with not less than so voting,
favor free books, the board may levy
a special district tax and buy books
and supplies for the children Of the
district. The bill is different, as it
places the matter in the hands Of each
district, and prevents the use of other
local or state school funds.
Beals of Tillamook would increase
the polltax from SO to 81 a year and
make the road supervisor in each dis
trict collect the tax in cash. not in
work. Other members would abolish
the poll tax and increase the other
sources of revenue for the improve
ment Of roads
A most important banking bill has
been introduced by Washburn of Lane
and passed to the second reading. The
bill provides for the loaning Of current
state funds by the state treasurer to
any state or national bank with more
than $4,000 capital, provided the
bank applies for the loan and secures
1t with bonds or cash securities. If
bonds are provided 50 per cent Of their
value may be loaned the bank; if Sc
curities, the cash value may be
loaned by the state treasurer. The
state shall receive not less than 2
per cent per annum on these accounts,
the interest to be computed on the
monthly balances which each bank is
to report. The rate may be higher,
but not less than per cent. 1t Will
be fixed each May by the governor,