Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
we're slaHghtsfsd . auartsr Of . esn-
fury ago. II means the Disappear
anee OF wild life IN Wisconsin.


iconoclasm does not stop here. II
elected to Office, the Democrats pro-
pose to transfer the powers and i'm
pose the duties of the tuberculosis
Commission, Board OF Pharmacy,
Sanatorium Commission and Depart
ment of Hotel Inspection to the State
Board of Health" Here again the
proposal is to transfer instead Of to
abolish. To transfer means, / sup
pose, TO shift or change from one to
another; and one might readily infer
from this language that the work re-
ferred to in this portion of the DEM
ocratic platform Is not now done un-
der the supervision OF the State
Board of Health. But the fact Is
just the contrary. Except in the case
OF the Board OF Pharmacy. all this
work is now being done precisely as
the Democrats would have it done
after their so-caIled transfer had
been made. But apparently they do
not know It. They are willing to
condemn present methods without
taking the trouble to understand
them.
Demand Of Travelling Men.
"As to the inspection of hotels and
restaurants, the only law r2on the
statute books is Chapter 64S, of the
laws OF 1913 Under this statute all
this work is under the supervision
and direction of the Board Of Health.
This Board has appointed two inspec-
tors selected from the Civil Service
lists to travel about and enforce the
law. These are the bed bug inspec-
tors and experts on Clipped china
ware we have heard so much about.
The service is maintained by permit
fees of $500, payable by each per-
son who conducts hotel or restaur-
ant. Widely advertised as an exam
pie of progressiveism run wild, this
policy of inspection of hotels and res
taurants costs the taxpayer nothing
and has the support OF both the hotei-
keepers and the travelling public. Ap-
parently, the only ones to grumbls
are the politicians The law was
passed at the instance OF travelling
usH.
"It Is too much to expect that in
and all parties in in
terest-restaurant men, hotel propri-
etors and their guests practical
-ly unanimous In their praise and ap-
prevail of the law, that the politicians
might well look elsewhere for cam
naf0n ammunifIon9
Example Of Democratic Economy.
How now about the tuberculosis
commission and the sanatorium COM
mission? Each is mentioned separ-
ately and the ready Implication is
a case like this where the service is
that they are distinct commissions
which should be placed under the SUI
pervision OF the State Board of
Health. What about It? In the first
place. the fact is there are not two
such commissions but one, under al
tentative names Secondly, they are
now and always have been under the
supervision of the Board OF Health.
And, finally, they involve no expense
to the state whatever and have not
drawn a penny from the public treas
ury in years. What a fine field for
the exercise of Democratic retrench-
ment and economy!
Means an Increased Expense.
"The Board OF Pharmacy remains.
1t is proposed that this Board be abol-
ished and it's powers and duties
transferred to the Board Of Health.
Is the change desirable?
''The Board of Pharmacy was Gre
ated many years ago and consists of
Ave representative druggists. 1t is
self-supporting, the expense of the
board being met by fees paid by the
pharmacists of the state. 1t imposes
no burden, therefore. upon taxpay-
ers. It's principal business is the Ii
censing of registered pharmacists.
Should this work be turned over to
others or discontinued altogether?
Ask the pharmacists who pay the bills
for Its maintenance and they will tell
you that filing physicians prescrip-
lions and compromising medicines call
for expert knowledge, experience and
skill. They maintain that every rea-
son that applies to the licensing OF
physicians and surgeons is equally
applicable to licensing of those who
compound drugs. They say that the
object of the license law in each case
is not to safeguard the interests OF
profession, but to protect the public
health. II so. how can this object
be advanced by abolishing this
Board?
Department Of Oil Inspection.
80 also of the department of oil
inspection which the Democrats say
they will abolish Like the Game
Warden department, It is more than
self-supporting. Last year the fees
earned by It's employees paid all the
expense OF maintaining the depart
ment and there was cash balance
left over OF $42.500. This money
was turned into the state treasury
and to this extent lowered taxes. It
Is little difficult to see how econ
omy can be promoted or taxes re-
duced by abolIshing boards such as
this that involve the state in no ex-
pense whatever, but on the contrary
contribute revenue to the public
treasury.
Short Sessions Of Legislature.
at is further proposed in the Demo