River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-07-17

package or the product o1ered for sale
In this state. The bill favored by Mr..
Emery was passed last week in the
senate and now goes to Governor Nc
! Govern for final approval. The meas
ure had stormy time of it. The SEN
ate voted to kill the bill and then fol-
lowed a long wrangle on rules over
motion to reconsider the matter.
Lieutenant Governor Norris finally
ruled that the subject had been re
opened for debate. Senator Boss
hard then began a speech of nearly
two hours duration, at the close of
which the senate voted to reconsider
the bill and then passed it. which is
rather an unusual proceeding for one
session of the senate. The strong
est argument against the bill was that
1t would prove an injustice to Wis
consin dealers, inasmuch as glucose
without a label could be shipped to
customers in Wisconsin by the large
mail order houses 1t was also argued
that glucose is not injurious to health.
Wisconsin is determined to carry
on careful study of the marketing
question, which is of great interest
to the farmers of the state. At the
, close of the present session. DR.
Charles Mccarthy, head of the leeis-
latiVe reference library, Will spend
two months in Europe studying the
worlds markets. He will visit Den
mark, Ireland and Germany and while
in Ireland will be the guest of Sir
Horace Plunkett who has accomplish
ed such notable results through the
establishment of a system of cooper
ative buying and selling.
Must Give Farmer Aid.
eve teach the farmer through our
state university how to raise the best
kind of crops" said DR.. Mccarthy,
''but there we leave him stranded We
must give the farmer aid in offering
a system of efficient distribution of
products. The present lack of sys-
tenn is heller SHELTER affair in which
the middleman receives that which
belongs to the producer, the man back
on the farm, who plants the seed,
brings out the crops and offers it to
the public at large. The steel trust
would go broke in three months if it
operated under the same chaotic con
ditions that face the American farm
er of today. This market question
goes directly to the high cost of liv-
ing. It is a tremendously big subject
both to the nation and to the states"
Wisconsin is turning it's attention
to more sanitary conditions in the ho
tells of the state. The Rosa bill was
passed in the house and concurred in
by the senate Under the provisions
of this measure the state board of
health is given authority to name in
spectors who shall visit the hotels
and make an investigation of condi-
tons.
Bull Moose Party Not on Ballot.
The Bull Moose party as a party
will not be given place on the bal
lot in the next general state election
in Wisconsin. Because the party
failed to have a candidate for govern
or at the last election. Attorney Gen
eral Owen has held that if it desires
to be represented by a party ticket
that it must use a separate ballot. Tt
is generally admitted that to go be-
fore the voters under these conditions
will prove a handicap for Bull Moose
candidates, as independent ballots
usually receive little attention.
After an absence of several days,
Lieutenant Governor Morris, LaFol-
lette candidate for the United States
senatorship to succeed Isaac Stephen
son, has returned to the capitol city.
The return of Mr.. Morris has given
rise to more speculation as to what
Governor McGovern intends to do.
The governor as usual is saving
wood and saying nothing. An effort
was made to give out the impression
that the governor would run for
third term as governor, but LaFol-
lette men are banking upon his can
didacy 9or the senatorship. The prob
ably candidacy for governor of George
E. Scott continues to cause favorable
comment. The LaFollette men have
taken kindly to the suggestion that
OOAoLOl OSOuL OuSnI W L ILL., Op6dh0I
Merlin Hull has his ear to the ground,
as they say in politics, and it is likely
that he, too, will be candidate to
succeed McGovern.
Regulation of Automobiles.
The bill relating to the regulation of
automobiles in Wisconsin has reached
Governor McGovern for final APPROX
al The most important changes are:
Autos need not stop in passing
street cars.
Horns must not be operated except
as danger signals.
Sirens cannot be used except on DO
lice cars, insurance patrols and am
balances.
Open mufflers are forbidden in cities
and villages.
Speed limitation in cemeteries and
parks, and by schoolhouses if the
children are out, is eight miles. In
cities and villages it is fifteen and in
country twenty-five, as now.
Joy riding penalty is greatly in
creased. A chauffeur or other person
who takes car without consent of
owner may go to state prison.
FRED C. SHEASBY. 4