Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-02-28
MUCH WORK IN
THE ASSEMBLY
Administration Measures Up
for Consideration.
INTEREST OTHER STATES
Are Sending Experts Here to Make In
vestisations, and to Watch Prog
ress on Reform Measures
Before Legislature.
D. A. DONOVAN.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus.-Liquor license, the pro-
posed industrial commission bill,
the measure seeking the merging
of various industrial departments, and
workmen's compensation promise to
bring about an interesting session of
the general assembly this week. All
of these measures are administration
ones and their consideration at the
hands Of the assembly will disclose
for the first time the real influence of
the governor over assembly affairs.
II the governor can effect the passage
OF these, his success as leader will
have been assured. Opposition is be-
ing expected, however, from many
quarters and there is no absolute as
surance of how the fight will end.
Other States Watching Ohio.
Interested in the sweeping reforms
now being attempted in Ohio, other
states have begun to send experts
here to investigate. One southern
state already is represented by an in
vestigator here and it is understood
that New York and Pennsylvania are
planning to look over the Ohio legisla-
tive field. The innovation most in
teresting to the sister states is the
idea of having a bureaucracy for the
government of the various Industrial
departments. This is the idea in
volved in the creation of a commits
sion to take over the various depart
ments having to do with labor affairs.
I will hn fhn fp1n fyf oil
commission and all of it's departments
will be known as bureaus and will be
in charge of some expert in that par
ticular work. The idea of doing away
with the state board of agriculture
and kindred departments of state hav-
ing to do with agricultural work, and
combining all of these duties under
one commission with bureau in
charge of the various branches, also
is being viewed with interest by other
commonwealths. It is the general
opinion at the capital now that Ohio
is prepared to forge ahead of Wiscon-
sin, from whom she originally bor-
rowed many of her new ideas.
Minimum Wage.
The project of establishing mini
mum wage for women and child work
ers is another thing that is exciting
the interest of students of industrial
problems in Ohio and other states.
The manner in which Ohio proposes
to handle the liquor license question
is still another subject which all of
the states are watching with eager
ness.
incidentally it develops that the
plans prepared for the combination Of
the various state industrial depart
ments under central industrial COM
mission will practically abolish the
state liability board of awards as a
separate entity and merge the duties
of that important board under the gov
ernment of a branch or bureau of the
central commission. This will mean
the loss of at least two big positions,
since the liability board has three
members, two of whom will have to
be displaced in the merging of work.
The labor committee of the senate,
which has had the duty of framing
and redrafting the industrial commits
sion bill, has finally decided that the
duties of the liability board could be
handled by a bureau, in spite of the
promised increase in work and re.
sponsibility that will result from the
| proposed new workmen's compensa-
ton bill
Charges Grow Serious.
The charges that State Bank Ex.
aminer F. E. Baxter of Lima misused
funds of the defunct Columbus Sav.
ings & Trust Co. are growing serious
State Attorney General Hogan has re-
turned from the scene of investiga
tions in New York, and as the result
of his work there serious develop
ments are expected. 1t Is declared
that $4,000 of the funds of the de
funct bank were used during last May
to pay private loan which Mr.. Bax
ter had negotiated Mr.. Hogan, it is
| said, found that a check for that
amount had been drawn against the
funds of the Columbus bank, and for
warded to the Bankers Trust Co. OF
New York, Morgan institution
There the funds are declared to have
been turned over to the estate of JohI
w. Gates, to pay off loan which had
been secured by Mr.. Baxter with
Texas oil stock.
Probably VIII Lose Job.
1t seems now certain that the leas
that will result from the alleged dis
closures will be the removal of Mr.
Baxter from his position. 1t will bt
remembered that some days ago h,
asked to be retired from duty tenn
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Gold Storage Bill.
The cold storage interests of Ohio