River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-26
ATTEMPT TO KILL
LAW IS FAILURE
Try to Wipe Out the Teachers
Retirement Fund.
SENATE REFUSES AMENDMENT
Whiteside Measure for investigation
of Forest Reserve in Northern Sec
ton of State to Be Taken Up
Next Tuesday.


Madison.-The teachers retirement
fund law will remain on the statute
books as it was passed at the l9l1
session of the legislature. Senator
Teasdale's attempt to wipe the law
from the books and Senator Albers
effort to have the law amended in vital
particulars have failed. For three
hours the senate debated the question
OF pensioning school teachers. Teas
dale claimed that the fund would be
insolyent within few years, that the
rates were not high enough, and he
objected to the entire policy of civil
pensions. Senator Bosshard claimed
that of the % states and municipalities
having similar teachers pension laws
the Wisconsin law was considered the
model statute and the Wisconsin fund
was considered far in advance in point
of solvency. Just before the vote was
taken, Senator Teasdale offered an
amendment to refer the question OF
teachers pensions to vote of the
people at the fall election of 1915. The
proposition was defeated by vote OF
% to 6. The bill was then indefinitely
postponed.
Next Tuesday evening the senate
will take up the Whiteside bill for an
investigation Of the forest reserve in
northern Wisconsin Opposition to the
bill does not come from any antagon-
ism to the investigation, but rather Is
directed to a provision in the White
side bill which prohibits the state from
making new purchases for the forest
reserve prior to July l, 1915. Friends
of the conservation movement will at
tempt to have provision Incorporated
which will permit the state forester to
block out the present reserve in those
territories where settlers raise no OBJ
lection.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
J. @. Emery has practically won his
fight at this session of the legislature.
For wears he has contended that strip
containers should be branded as to
contents. He has always contended
that glucose was freely used as an
aduterant and that the public should
be fully advised Of this fact. The COM
mittee on education and public welfare
of the senate has recommended for
passage the Pfennig bill to accomplish
his purpose. The original Pfennig bill
was drawn to practically repeal the
present law on the subject, but the as
sembly adopted the substitute, which
turned the tables and served to
strengthen the present law. The COM
mittee also recommended the Huber
bill, requiring sheriff to furnish en-
ployment to persons committed to
county jails. This bill has received
the approval of the executive, who We
toed a similar measure. The earnings
of persons committed to jail are to be
turned over to those dependent upon
them.
Without word of opposition the
joint finance committee has recon-
mended for passage the Mahon bill
giving the state industrial commission
power to fix minimum wages for
women and minors. The bill has al
ready been engrossed in the assembly
the house next Tuesday. The bill pro-
viding for one days rest in seven has
received the approval of the senate
committee on education and public
welfare Hotels are exempted from
the provisions of this law. The state
industrial commission is empowered
to suspend the operation of the law in
. Nv
bill prohibiting banks from accepting
more than the regular legal rate of in
terest has been recommended for in
definite postponement.
The Joint finance committee is even
~ divided on the Chinook bill per-
fee for the filing of a certificate that
he will be a candidate. Under the
present law. candidates must have
their nomination papers circulated
and the submission of a sufficient num-
Der of signatures entities them to have
their names placed on the ballot. As
semblyman Chinook claims that the
circulation of nomination papers is an
imposition upon ones friends. The
bill will be taken up for consideration
of the house Wednesday.
Judson Halls bill to permit counties
to adopt the commission form of gov
eminent has been favorably recon-
mended by the senate committee on
education and public welfare. The
Gulickson bill to repeal the present
poll tax law has been reported for in
definite postponement.