The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-27
HOUSE COMMITTEE WOULD TAX
INCOMES EXCEEDING FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
RAILWAY GROSS EARNINGS TAX
OF FIVE PER CENT MEETS
WITH APPROVAL.

was reported to the house by the tax
committee, of which Burdette Thayer
of Spring Valley is chairman.
The income tax bill introduced by
w. c. Bickell of Morris is reported for
passage. The bill provides for a
graduated tax on net incomes of per-
sons, firms and corporations, which
shall be In lieu of all taxes on per-
sonal property in excess Of $4,000. The
first $4,000 of a mans income is ex-
empt. Any income between $4,000
and $4,000 is subjected to a 1 per
cent tax on the excess above $4,000.
On incomes above $4,000 the first
$4,000 is exempt, the second is taxed
per cent and the remainder 2 per
cent up to $4,000. Anything in ex-
cess of $4,000 is taxed 3 per cent.
The bill introduced by G. B. Miller
Of Duluth, submitting to the vote of
the people a proposition to tax the
railroads per cent on their gross
earnings, was reported for passage,
with an amendment providing that
the real estate of the companies may
be assessed for local improvements in
addition to the gross earnings tax.
The committee recommended the
bill introduced by Ambrose Tighe of
St Paul, requiring dealers in cigarettes
to pay an annual license fee of SIS.
Mr. Tighe's bill imposing an annual
tax upon foreign corporations doing
business in the state was also recon-
mended to pass.
Would Increase Saloon License.
The committee also introduced H. F.
No. 514, to increase the annual saloon
license fee to 5000 where 1t is $500
and to $1,100 where it is $1,000. The
additional 800 is to go to the state
revenue fund.
The house In committee of the
whole recommended the bill requiring
railroads to connect where they come
| within 500 feet OF other roads At
present railroads can be compelled tC
make connections only when they
cross at grade. The bill passed in the
senate introduced by Frank Clague Of
LambertOn, was substituted for the
bill introduced by S. D. Peterson Of
New Ulm.
Express companies must deliver
packages in ali cities and villages if a
bill introduced in the house by w. L.
Hollister Of Austin is passed. They
must deliver it at the residence or Of
ice of the person to whom the pack
age is sent, provided the name and
l. Jo;~ LNc;1
TO deliver the package within twenty
tour hours is misdemeanor.
1.-THE bureau of labor, industry and
commerce. is the new title given to
| the state labor department in bill in
troduced in the house by H. W. Libby
Of Winona. The bill makes a general
Increase in the salaries of the depart
ment officers, from commissioner
down. Under the bill there are pro-
vided besides the commissioner and
his assistant, a statistician, three depu-
ties, five factory inspectors and six
assistants to the inspectors, an in
crease Of five in the force. The de-
partment is given charge Of the en-
Rorcement Of the truancy laws in addi-
ton to present duties.
Novel Plan for Celebration.
"Semi-centennial bridges" is the
novel idea advanced by Elmer Adams
! Of Fergus Falls in bill introduced in
the house. Instead of having the state
loan 100000 to the state fair asso-
citation for an exposition in celebration
Of the admission of Minnesota into the
Union, he would appropriate $1,000
| 900 for the different counties Of the
state for building monumental bridges.
The bridges are to be permanent and
substantial, if possible of iron, stone
or concrete. Each bridge is to have
tablet with the inscription Erected
In 1908 In commemoration of the fif-
tieth anniversary of the admission of
Minnesota to the Union" The bill
specifies the amount to be given each
county, and in the division some Of
the large counties are left with small
amounts.
Under bill introduced in the house
provision is added to the state anti
trust law, whereby the refusing to sell
and deliver in carload lots of any
product to any bonafide purchaser for
cash and at the current cash price
| thereof at the time and place of such
refusal shall be deemed violation of
| the antitrust act. Harrison White of
Luverne is the author of the bill
| Complete Endorsement OF the &C
tons and policies Of President Roose-
| welt is offered in joint resolution, In
troduced in the house by w. L. Case
of Cloquet, memor1alizing the Mime
| sofa members of congress to use their
efforts to uphold and assist the presi-
dent in his efforts to correct existing
evils.
Automobile drivers must stop and
| give their name and address to people
| they run over, If bill introduced in
the house by W. L. Case of Cloquet is
passed.
A petition signed by $50 Minneap-
oils shippers protesting against the
| passage of H. F. No. 2, the reciprocal
demurrage bill, introduced by Repre-
sentative w. A. Nolan Of Grand Mead
ow, was received in the senate and .e-
Cerred to the railroad committee.
A Good Laugh.
Every hearty laugh tends to prolong