River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-07-31

offered a sweeping bill of his own on
this subject, he considers the measure
a step in the right direction. The
bill makes the Industrial commission
the administrative board. Statistics
will be gathered on marketing and will
be furnished to the public in the form
of news bulletins. In this manner the
state hopes to aid the farmer and the
producer in securing the best, the
most adequate, the speediest and most
economical market. 1t is believed
that the working out of this law may
do something in the way of reducing
the high cost Of living. If it fails in
this purpose the legislature two years
hence will be asked to go more deeply
into the marketing problem.
New Campaign Issue.
A brand new campaign issue came
to life in the senate the other day by
reason Of the defeat of the bill pro-
viding for one day Of rest in seven.
The measure had the backing of the
LaFollette men, who propose to write
plank in the party platform on this
phase of the labor question. Senator
Skogmo, one Of the younger members
Of the progressive wing in the upper
house, served notice on the opposi-
ton to the bill that they might be vot-
ing their way out of the legislature by
voting to defeat the bill He said
that one day of rest stood for the con-
servation of man and he deemed 1t
one of the most important conserva-
ton bills that the legislature had con-
sidered. He said it was an easy thing
to build and repair machinery, and
that the hundreds of men who are
worn out at the age of thirty-two and
thirty-six years because of overwork,
represent lesson that must be taken
seriously. He declared that if society
demanded industrial slavery that So
ciety would have to be reorganized
Senator Husting also supported the
bill In one of his stirring speeches
His parting shot to the opposition was
Remember, society must pay it's
debts"
WaterpoWer Bill Passed.
The waterpower bill has finally
been passed. The bill concurred in
by the house is the same measure
that was passed in the senate. Nc
material changes were made. This
is the bill that the committee on CON
servation drafted after it's trip to
Washington, d. c. The progressives
consider it good bill. They feel
that it will encourage rather than
discourage waterpower development,
and they seem confident that it will
stand any test in court.
The passage Of the waterpower bill
is in large sense a personal victory
for Senator Husting, Democrat, who
bore the brunt of the debate. Sena-
tor Husting is already being men
toned as a candidate for governor
He is a Wilson man and his record
during the years that he has served In
the Wisconsin legislature is consid
cred notably progressive.
The name of Joseph E. Davies con-
ttnues to bob up in political specula-
ton here. Mr.. Davies, it is said, may
become the Democratic candidate for
the United States senatorship. In
this connection it is interesting to re-
call that early in the session the leg
islature, in which the Republican par
ty is the majority party, adopted reso-
lutions praising Davies as a progress
sive. Some of the Republicans be-
gin to fear that this display of en-
thusiasm will not aid the cause Of
Lieutenant Governor Morris, the La
Toilette candidate, for the senator
ship. However, Mr.. Morris has been
the general of the LaFollette organi-
cation since the senator left the state,
and his friends say that ne will be
given a great Republican vote They
ridicule the suggestion that any of the
progressive Republican vote would go
over to Davies if he becomes a can
didate for the senatorship. It is now
admitted, however, that the resolution
endorsing Davies as a simon pure
progressive was not altogether good
politics for the Republicans to play.
Glucose Must Be Labeled.
State Dairy and Food Commission
er Emery is happy over another vic
cory Governor McGovern has signed
the bill favored by Mr.. Emery, under
the terms of which all glucose must
be labeled to show the ingredients of
the products offered for sale. Bust
ness interests which distribute glu-
cose made an earnest fight over the
bill, but Mr.. Emery won out.
The assembly has it's own ideas
about the entertainment of members
by lobbyists. The Tomkins bill for
bidding treating by lobbyists to inf1u-
ence legislation was killed in the house
by vote of SO to 33.
With no votes in opposition the as
sembly passed the Sharp bill provid-
ing for the employment of prisoners
in the penal and reformatory institu-
tions of the state on the highways
and in various industries, and the Saw
yer bill for the experimental use of
convicts in road construction.
The assembly passed the Hull bill