The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-07-18


waterpower men to sign a contract
which at the expiration or thirty
year franchise would permit the state
to confscate their property. Mr.. Bra
zeau contended that any time the
state decided to take over waterpoWer
property that it ought to be willing to
pay for it. He denied that WATERFOWL
er men are opposed to conservation.
He said real conservation consisted of
of utilization of waterpOwers. He said
the greatest waste was represented by
Must Label Glucose Products.
State Dairy and Food Inspector j.
Q. Emery has won another notable
light to have the ingredients of glu-
cose revealed to the public on every
i package of the product offered for sale
| In this state. The bill favored by Mr..
| Emery was passed last week in the
| senate and now goes to Governor Nc
Govern for final approval The meas
ure had a stormy time of it. The SEN
| ate voted to kill the bill and then fol-
lowed a long wrangle on rules over
motion to reconsider the matter.
Lieutenant Governor Morris finally
ruled that the subject had been re-
| opened for debate. Senator Boss
hard then began a speech of nearly
/ two hours duration, at the close of
which the senate voted to reconsider
| the bill and then passed it, which is
rather an unusual proceeding for one
session of the senate. The strong
| est argument against the bill was that
1t would prove an injustice to Wis
| consin dealers, inasmuch as glucose
without label could be shipped to
customers in Wisconsin by the large
mail order houses. 1t was also argued
that glucose is not injurious to health.
Wisconsin is determined to carry
on a careful study of the marketing
question, which is Of great interest
to the farmers of the state. At the
close of the present session, DR..
Charles Mccarthy, head of the legis-
1ative reference library, will spend
two months in Europe studying the
worlds markets He will visit Den
mark, Ireland and Germany and while
| in Ireland will be the guest of Sir
Horace Plunkett, who has accomplish
ed such notable results through the
establishment of system of cooper
alive buying and selling.
Must Give Farmer Aid.
| 1--WE teach the farmer through our
state university how to raise the best
kind of crops" said DR.. Mccarthy,
| ''but there we leave him stranded. We
must give the farmer aid in offering
system of efficient distribution of
products The present lack of sys-
tenn is heller SHELTER affair in which
| the middleman receives that which
belongs to the producer, the man back
on the farm, who plants the seed,
brings out the crops and offers it to
| the public at large The steel trust
would go broke in three months if it
operated under the same chaotic con-
ditions that face the American farm
er of today. This market question
! goes directly to the high cost of liv-
ing. 1t is a tremendously big subject,
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| Wisconsin is turning it's attention
to more sanitary conditions in the ho-
tells of the state The Rosa bill was
passed in the house and concurred in
by the senate. Under the provisions
of this measure the state board Of
spectors who shall visit the hotels
and make an Investigation of condi-
lions.
Bull Moose Party Not on Ballot.
The Bull Moose party as a party
will not be given place on the bal
lot in the next general state election
| in Wisconsin. Because the party
failed to have a candidate for govern
or at the last election, Attorney Gen
eral Owen has held that if it desires
to be represented by party ticket
| that it must use a separate ballot It
is generally admitted that to go be-
fore the voters under these conditions
will prove handicap for Bull Moose
candidates, as independent ballots
usually receive little attention
AII0T du dUS0uC0 Ol several UdyS,
Lieutenant Governor Morris, LaFol-
lette candidate for the United States
| senatorship to succeed Isaac Stephen
son, has returned to the capitol city
| The return Ct Mr.. Morris has given
rise to more speculation as to what
Governor McGovern intends to do.
| The governor, as usual, is saving
wood and saying nothing. An effort
was made to give out the impression
that the governor would run for
third term as governor, but LaFol-
| lette men are banking upon his can
| didacy for the senatorship. The prob
ably candidacy for governor of George
| E. Scott continues to cause favorable
comment. The LaFollette men have
taken kindly to the suggestion that
| Senator Scott ought to run. Speaker
Merlin Hull has his ear to the ground,
as they say in politics, and it is likely
that he, too, will be candidate to
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