The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-03-07

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Horace Piunkett would term cam
paign for better farming, better bust
ness and better living. The time
has come when we must take hold of
this rural situation with determine
ton. Our boys and girls are leaving
and going into the cities. We must
make living conditions in the coun-
try better and we must make it worth
while to stay there from financial
standpoint. We must reach out to
the great farming population and TO
the great mass of industrial workers
of our state, who must remain on the
farm or remain in the shop or factory,
who must work and cannot go to
school,
Bill to Abolish Fraternities.
The Anderson bill to abolish frater-
mites at the University of Wiscon-
sin has become an issue of general
legislative interest The bill seemed
harmless enough when it came in and
no one regarded it with much seri-
BUSINESS. A series of hearings have
been held however, and so much in
formation covering both sides of the
question has been laid before the as
sembly committee that there is now
wide interest in the probable action
Of the legislature. While the author
of the bill and other members of the
legislature will make a fight for the
passage CT the measure it is probable
that the legislature will decline to
NEEDLE with this phase of administra
ton at the university.
President Van Hise, upon the inVi-
tation of the assembly committee on
education, stated his position in re-
gard to the fraternity question. He
said that the matter had been inVesti-
gated by the regents, who reached the
conclusion that the advantages of the
fraternity system are greater than the
disadvantages. AS housing PROPOSE
ton, however, he prefers the dormi-
tory system. He would make the
dormitories so bright and pleasant
that students would probably prefer
a dormitory home to any other home
that could be offered at the university
White Slavery Traffic.
That Wisconsin is not without it's
white slavery traffic is the charge
carried in bill introduced by Sena-
tor Linley which provides for the ap-
pointment of committee to investi-
gate white slavery conditions in the
state and make a report to the next
legislature.
The bill was considered last week
at joint conference of the senate
and assembly committees on finance.
Mrs L. Kahlenberg, representing
the social service department of the
Woman's club, appeared before the
committee. She declared that not
all of the white slavery traffic is con-
fined to the larger cities. She said
Wisconsin had it's share, and urged
that the legislature investigate the
subject. 1t was decided to postpone
action of the bill for week in order
that the women of the state who are
interested in the Linley measure shall
be given an opportunity TO appear be-
fore the committee with more definite
information indicating that there is
Justification for state investigation
as provided for in the Linley bill
State Railroad Commission.
Progressives in the legislature are
thoroughly awake to the fact that
attempt is going to be made at this
session to curtail the powers of the
state railroad commission. While
bills aiming to accomplish this pur-
pose will probably cause bitter de-
bate it is likely that they will be de-
feated as the railroad commission,
created by Senator La Toilette, is
we'll thought of by the Progressives.
The charge is being made that the
commission is operating as a protec-
tion to public service corporations,
and has not allowed municipalities to
act as they saw fit in the matter of
regulating rates and the business of
public service corporations in munich
palities.
Probably the most drastic measure
upon this subject is one that is be-
fore the legislature in two forms One
of the bills, which has it's origin
through the Social Democratic mem
bers from Milwaukee, provides in eff
feet that the commission shall have
no power to regulate in any way,
shape or manner the rates or service
of public service corporations so far
as the municipal business is concern
ed, but gives to the cities absolute
home rule over these corporations and
provides that any regulation shall
come from the municipality itself.
This will be fought for by the Social
lists under the theory that the only
solution of the public service corpora
ton question is the federal, state or
municipal ownership of such corpora
lions.
Bill to LegaIize Boxing.
The Hedding bill to legalize boxing
in Wisconsin on the basis of ten
round no decision contests was given