The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-04-21

ABOUT lilG uHINClSltS 10 oShCuuASN
for defeat. Despite the heroic
efforts of the faculty and the local
anti-saloon and prohibition lead
ers the five mile dry zone bill hardly
caused ripple before the committee
on excise and fees The vote to def
initely postpone the bill was 4 to 2.
and the absent member of the COM
mittee is generally understood to be
against the bill. The measure doubt
less will cause heated argument on
the floor of the assembly. Those close
to the situation and conversant with
the views of the members on this sub
ject say the bill has not the slightest
chance Of being passed. Assemblyman
Hansen, who voted for indefinite post
ponement says that the welfare of the
students is not to be overlooked, ana
he will work hard for the passage of
his bill providing male students en-
tering the state university shall he
compelled to sign pledge to abstain
from the use of Intoxicating liquors
during their college course. The bill
fixes as the penalty expulsion from
the university The defeat Of the five
mile bill and the presence of the Han
sen measure puts the anti-saloonists
in a peculiar position. In the argu-
nents for the bill it was charged by
lobbyists for the liquor interests that
the dry zone advocates were prohibit
tionists and that was their chief rea-
son for fighting SO hard in the inter
ests of the student If that is not
true, says Mr. Hansen, the university
faculty and members and others who
talked in favor of the dry zone bill
cannot consistently oppose my bill.
The carp industry, which caused SO
much excitement among the fishermen
who confined their sport to the use
of the hook and line, is on the firing
line in the Wisconsin legislature. A
bill came into the assembly barring
earn seine~s from certain counties.
The argument was Immediately made
that carp seiners make immense pro-
fits, and it was suggested that the
state ought to take charge of the in
dustry. 1t was also charged that carp
SEEMING is destroying good fishing
where ever the seining is permitted.
Assemblyman Long took the position
that many men have invested every
dollar they own in seining outfits, and
they have done so because the state
has encouraged SEEMING on the ground
that the carp destroy the game fish
and must be exterminated before they
devour all of the other fish. He said
it would be unfair for the state to
take charge of the seining industry
and drive men out of the business
after encouraging them to go into it..
The argument became SO extensive
that the whole thing was postponed
until a later date. Indications are
that the carp question will be through
ly discussed, and the debate may mean
the end of seining.
The farmer element in the legisla-
tUre wields an influence which is be-
ing taken into consideration by those
having any statewide measure in
charge The farmer vote, while not
being large enough in either house to
pass measures, is large enough, in
connection with opponents or supper
tiers of bills, to either defeat or pass
tie ace in legislation no little
attention is being paid to this ele-
roc~t par io'r1a~lv in the assembly.
where out of the 100 members there
are 81 farmers.
In the big measures the aim is to
get them in such shape that they will
not affect the farmers. This is shown
in the workmen's compensation act,
which has been held up for weeks
while the committee studied out
way whereby the farmers would not
come under the provisions of the act.
"Wisconsin's greatest asset is it's
beauty and it's scenery said Jenkin
Lloyd Jones of Chicago to a crowded
assembly chamber, when he addressed
a public hearing on the use of school
houses as social centers, and the
SIcdL value VI puUllC play STOuuuS.
wisconsin is the natural play
ground of the great Mississippi val
ley" continued Mr. Jones. Chicago
must use it and Chicago has lots of
money. That's tip"
All this talk of noted educators to
return to the farm because that is the
delightful place to live is bosh,' he
said. Il know how little poetry and
how little play there is about farm
life. I've been there
II make special plea for the patient
mother, the humdrum father, the
tired girl and the weary boy on the
Wisconsin farm. Give them places to
play to inject into their daily exis-
tence the joy of living. Let the state
purchase and maintain it's beauty
spots.
You give too much time and devote
too much soil to tobacco, shame on
you. Your states greatest asset, and
speak from q purely CONNIE cial
standpoint, is not its corn, it's wheat.
its tobacco, but its beauty
ttD0u,t worry vo,1T boodc about NJ T.