The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-02-10

ItNOht nCeuSeS vi lHeinDeTs VI lno
profession for unprofessional conduct
Income Tax Amendment.
The first step toward bringing about
definite action upon the income tax
amendment to the federal constitution
was taken by the senate. This instru.
ment was transmitted to the general
assembly by Gov Harmon at the open.
ing of the session. and was referred
to the committee OF the whole Sen.
ator Alonzo H. Tuttle, Of this city, Of.
fered motion to relieve the body OF
the resolution and to refer II to the
committee on taxation. This was done
by unanimous vote. Tt is expected
that a report will be made some time
next week, when a vote will be had.
Public Hearings viii BE Held.
Il was decided by the house commit.
tee on taxation to take up next Mon.
day night the hearing of the Langdou
bill creating a state tax commission.
Chairman Moon announces that the
hearings will be public and will be
continued for reasonable time in or.
der to permit full hearing. II is ex.
pected that the opening arguments
will be given to the protagonists OF the
bill.
The Woods public utilities commits.
sion bill, also pending in the house,
will be taken up for public discussion
by the committee on railroads and tel.
egraphs next Tuesday morning at 8
O'clock.
with the exception OF the bill to
separate state from local taxation,
which is nearly completed, practically
all " the important measures OF major
policy are now before the general as.
sembly. Among these new bills were
these creating central board OF ad.
ministration for the state institutions,
which Gov. Harmon specifically IN.
dorses as a necessity: the minortty's
plan for n state tax commission and
the draft OF measure to limit the
rate Of taxation in Ohio hereafter to
~ per cent
Harmon's Special Message.
In a special message Gov. Harmon
transmitted the report Of the special
commiss on appointed 10 moderni7e
the laws relating to mining, in which
he took occasion to indorse heartily
the work and to recommend earnestly
The early enactment Of the changes
proposed in the present statutes, re-
citing the terrible tragedy Mt the col.
lierv at Cherry. ILL.,, as an instance for
haste.
Prominent in the large number OF
measures offered I'm the lower branch
was one providing drastic punishment
FOR these creatures who profit by tho
white slave" traffic and throwing
safeguards about female virtue. Tt
was from the pen of Representative
Nyer Geleerd. OF Toledo. and Is in.
dorsed by all sociologists.
AIsdorf's Tax Bill.
Senator Walter A. Alsdorf, of Lick.
ing county, introduced his bill In the
senate fixing the rate OF taxation
throughout the state at Is mills on
the dollar. The author asserts that
by It's operation II will have the effect
Of drawing out all property now kept
under cover by the tax dodgers" It|
provides that the amount Of taxes
levied for all purposes for 1911 and
for each year until the next quadren.
mial appraisement shall not exceed the
aggregate amount for the year 1910.
Temperance Forces Win.
During the session of the house,
while In the order of referring bills to
committees, there were several ex.
changes between the temperance aud
liberal elements, in which the former
was uniformly victorious. The first
clash came on the Winters bill to per.
nit Ohio wine growers to sell their
product in sealed quart bottles In dry
territory and without the payment OF
the saloon tax. The author tried to
have 1t sent TO the committee on man.
ufactures and commerce, but could
rally only 80 votes. The bill went to
the temperance committee.
The Ditmars anti-cigarette bill, alb.
solutely prohibiting making or dealing
in these things, was also sent TO the
ltllptIdHCt COHllilllItt dlUtI IL ulNlblOH
The Battlefield bill upon the same sub
iect, which relates only to minors,
went unheeded TO a minor committee
The Ditmars bill, imposing an add.
tional tax OF 1000 on wholesalers who
sell liquor in dry" territory and in.
creaslng the fine upon bootleggers in
the same amount, was also carried,
after a division, into the temperance
committee.
With the return OF Chairman
Henry J. Ritter, head of the
appropriation committee of the
house OF representatives, there was
made public the important fact that
the tentative allowances for the sup
port OF the state institutions will make
a great hole in the treasury surplus
In fact, II was said II practically will
disappear. II is explained by Chair
man Ritter that the heavy increases
are due to the rise In population In