The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-03-28

no more claims TO settle, and he does
not believe that there is any further
use for the position. He intends to
make fight on this proposition, which
will be of especial interest because 1t
will show the full strength Of Govern
or McGovern's vote in the assembly.
This strength has not yet been clearly
established.
Assemblyman Frederick, 'sthe fight
ing parson," is pleased over the action
of the assembly committee on educa-
ton and public welfare, which has rec
commended for passage his bill proVid-
ing for the confiscation of property
used as house of ill-fame.
ct is the most important bill of its
kind before the legislature" said Mr..
Frederick. eff Wisconsin wants to
take a stand for higher morals this
bill offers the opportunity.
Prison Binder Irvine.
The senate has passed bill which
has an important bearing upon the
production of binder Irvine at the
states prison in Waupun. Under
the provision of this bill the state
board of control is authorized to con-
tract with jobbers and wholesalers in
the sale of Irvine. Under the present
law sthRNboard deals directly with the
consumer, but it has been announced
that unless the system is quickly
changed the state will have on its
hands a big surplus of binder twine
with more of it being produced.
When the original binder twine bill
came up the chief argument for the
measure was that it would result liz
a high quality of twine at low figure.
Senator Burke, Green Bay, speaking
in opposition to the bill opening the
way for dealings with the jobbers and
wholesalers, said that to enact such
measure would be a play into the
hands of the trust. Senator White
explained that the board of control in
tended to make all firms buying twine
from the state sign statement that
they had no connection with trust.
1t was pointed out by Senator True
that the proposed law would not pro-
hibit farmers from dealing directly
with the authorities at the states
prison in the purchase of twine.
Because the bill proposes radical
change in the selling Of the binder
Irvine manufactured at Waupun, the
measure is expected to Great a stir il
the assembly.
Madison After State Fair.
Madison is again making an active
fight to secure the state fair A com
mittee Of citizens has been named,
and will urge that the fair be brought
here and built on a site now owned by
the university 1t will be recommend
ed that buildings shall be erected
which may be used by the university
when not in service for the fair. The
present movement to take the fair
from Milwaukee is part of the plan to
make the show more of an agricultur
al exhibit and less of a carnival for
race horses, fast automobile drivers
and birdmen.
A session of the legislature would
lack something if it did not consider
a bill to provide for spring shooting
in Wisconsin. Such measure was
introduced at this session, and has al
ready been killed in the senate. An
other bill of great interest to hunters
aims to prohibit Sunday shooting.
This bill meets with bitter opposition
for the reason that Sunday is about
the only day in the week on which
many workingmen have time to hunt.
Another hunting bill aims to pro
hibiting the granting of licenses to
aliens, the charge being made that
they slaughter song birds as we'll as
games birds. The Burke bill to limit
the killing of deer to buck deer pass
ed in the senate.
Governor McGovern's Message.
Members of the legislature are still
buzzing over the important contents
of a special message sent to the as
sembly and the senate by Governor
McGovern, in which the chief execu-
tive, at great length, discussed eco
nomic conditions, the high cost of
living, and recommended the estab-
lishment Of marketing commission
to get better prices for the farmers
and lower prices for the consumer.
From political standpoint, the
message and the bill that accompanied
it have assumed a decidedly big
aspect. The governors friends be-
lieve that his message reaches the
high-water mark Of progressiveism in
wisconsin; others who are not so
friendly to the goernor are still study
ing the proposition. The debate on
the bill proposed by McGcvern will be
the most interesting of the session,
for the reason that it will show how
far Progressives will go to eliminate
personalities
The governor proposes a marketing
commission which would have the
same relation to the producer and the
consumer, as the industrial commits
zion has tn the employer and the en-