The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-21

The rock road bill, mentioned in de-
tail in the State Journal recently, has
been introduced In the senate. 1t pro-
vides for convict labor on state roads
leading from one state institution to
another, 1t would cover 400 miles and
would be completed in five or six years.
Someone is creating a job for Ralph
Faxon," commented a, gallery onlooker
when another bill providing for state
immigration bureau was presented -, TO
the senate late Monday afternoon. The
latest bureau bill has been prepared by
the business association of Wichita.
The house and the senate have agreed
that Henry J. Waters, of the State
Agricultural college, should be mem
Der of woodrow Wilson's cabinet as
secretary Of agriculture. Also the two
branches of the legislature have con-
Cured on the SIS stamp allowance, the
direct vote on United States senator
constitutional amendment in congress
and the appropriation bill donating s4o'-
900 for the expenses of the legislature
A urinary in cities of the second class
In kansas is the provision CT Dill
recommended to the legislature by the
League of Kansas Municipalities ana
nrepared in Topeka by c. b. Burge,
city clerk, w. c. Ration, city attorney
and J. B. Billiard, mayor.
The first bill introduced in the SEN
ate-offered by Senator Bale Waggener
of Atchison-died after a 40 minute
gruelling on the moor MONDAY aller-
noon. The bill provided for the ere
alton of the Office of state revenue
agent whose duty it would have been
TO catch tax dodgers In Kansas Inc
bill was defeated by a vote OF Il to
1I-many senators not voting Inc op-
60 or1xy -
sneasure-it came spontaneously Iroh
all parts Of the house.
Senator Waggener was alone in his
support of the bill among his own as
sociates-the Democrats. Senators
Stavely and Carey, Republicans, picked
flaws in the act but admitted that 1t
contained considerable merit-and they
s,Irported it on the final vote. The
Hoemocrats who cried out its dangers
through what they termed an injus-
tice to the poorer taxpayers of the
state were Bowman, Carney, Mcmillan,
Davis and King.
senator waggener hated to lose this
net bill-but the members of his party
couldn't stand to see the first bill of
the session calling for the creation of
a new state officer-and they turned it
down coldly. The Atchison senator.
stated in the run of his argument that
90 per cent of the personal property in
benefit the poor man and the farmer
The other Democratic senators who
took the floor didn't seem to think So
Senator Troutman handled the gavel
during the argument and presided over
the body and kept order with precis-
ion
A bill of Importance to Kansans
dealing with the combinations that
force the cost of cream, butter, eggs,
poultry, grain and petroleum to prices
beyond the means of thousands of the
poor, has been introduced in the SEN
ate. The act defines the unfair dis
elimination between different sections
and communities in this state and pro-
vides a severe penalty for further ac-
lions as are said to be practiced by
firms and corporations doing business
in Kansas.
The bill is by Carney and is copied
from the Iowa anti-discrimination law
and proposes to create a fair and equi-
table competition between the dealers
in butter, eggs, milk, cream and other
necessities in all localities in Kansas.
1t contends that scores of small cream
cries, poultry houses and grain COM
panies in this state have been driven
out of business by the larger cornpan-
les that monopolized the business by
unfair methods.
The bill states that any firm in the
business of buying milk, cream or but