River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-03-27


kind before the legislature" said Mr..
Frederick. If Wisconsin wants to
take stand for higher morals this
bill offers the opportunity" ~
Prison Binder Irvine.
The senate has passed a 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 the board deals directly with the
consumer, but it has been announced
that unless the system is quickly
changed the state will have on its
hands big surplus of binder Irvine
with more of it being produced.
When the original binder Irvine bill
came up the chief argument for the
measure was that it would result in
high quality of Irvine 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 Irvine
from the state sign a 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 Irvine.
Because the bill proposes radical
| change in the selling of the binder
Irvine manufactured at Waupun, the
measure is expected to Great stir in
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 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
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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 a marketing commission
to get better prices for the farmers
and lower prices for the consumer
From a political standpoint, the
| message and the bill that accompanied
1t 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 McGovern will be
the most interesting of the session,
for the reason that it will show how
far Progressives will go to eliminate
personalities.
nG SONO4AOI pIOpOOC0 a ulcl hStlllS
commission which would have the
same relation to the producer and the
consumer, as the industrial commits
sion has to the employer and the en-
ploye, and the railroad commission
has to the railroads and the common
carrier.
Liquor Traffic Regulation.
Regulation of the liquor traffic con-
tinues to occupy the attention of the
legislature, particularly the senate. A
bill which provides a minimum license
fee of $500 in cities of the state was
engrossed in the senate in spite of
the fact that it was on the calendar
for indefinite postponment The meas
ure was introduced by Senator Teas
dale, and in it's original form it pro-
vides the $500 fee in cities and vii
lagos. Senator Bosshard, La Crosse,
offered an amendment changing the
measure so that it applies only to
cities, and this change probably
saved the bill
Eau Claire is making an earnest
fight to secure a normal school.
FRED c. SHEASBY.