The L'Anse sentinel., 1914-10-03


fair OF the Northwestern Michigan
Development bureau. The house, from
sidewalk and basement stone to ridge
pole, is entirely the product Of north
eastern Michigan.
Taylor Heads Labor Men.
Although some opposition developed
when 1t came to the voting, the "or-
ganization" in the Michigan Fedora
ton of Labor, as represented by Presi-
dent Claude o. Taylor end Secretary
and Treasurer Homer F. Waterman,
won an easy victory in the annual
elections in Lansing.
Stanley Anderson, of Detroit, was
a candidate against Taylor, while
Waterman was opposed by John
Steele, also of Detroit. The two out
siders got few votes
The other officers elected were:
First vice-president, George Gouck,
Kalamazoo; second vice-president,
William A. Longley. Lansing; third
vice-president, A. A. Poole. Detroit;
fourth vice-president, j. II. Harris.
Saginaw.
some new resolutions were brought
before the convention and passed.
One or two of these to a considerable
degree affected previous action by the
convention. A resolution placing the
Michigan federation in the position
20 Ga tDo hat 10 I'm a
"Ohio plan" of industrial accident "a
surance, when passed, nullihed to
some extent the resolutions Of the con-
vention suggesting changes in the
workmen's compensation law. The
Ohio plan is one which makes all
insurance exclusively the business of
the state and Is based directly upon
the idea now held in Germany. 1t
is radical measure as far as the
United States goes, and In favoring
it the federation turned tail on much
of its previous recommendations on
the accident law
: Coincident with the Ohio plan res
olution, one was introduced prevent
ing any officer of the federation from
serving for insurance companies. This
was supposed to straight attack at
Waterman, and he SO took 1t, making
a speech defending his own work for
an insurance company. The resolu-
ton was dropped.
The resolution against nationwide
prohibition introduced by the cigar and
brewery workers of Detroit was passed
almost unanimously, thus placing the
federation on record as opposed to
the Hobson resolution.
The threatened invasion Of Michi-
gan by Japanese, on which the feder-
alton was generally supposed to be
riot-bound, almost proved hzzle'
After considerable discussion the res
olution protesting againt 1t was left
to, the incoming executive committee
with power to make whatever protest
was deemed advisable. The prevalent
opinion was that the Jap business was
all joke.
I After selecting Traverse City for
it's next meeting place, the conven-
ton adjourned.
Primary Fund In Good Condition.
From present indications the state
primary school fund for 1915, made
up of the railroad taxes, will be a
whopper.
There is already in the fund SILL
900, and the delinquents, the Ann Arbor
and the Pere Marquette. have not yet
been finally heard from. The regular
payment of taxes for next year does
not start until January 1.
The Ann Arbor, which some time
ago made an arrangement for partial
payments of back taxes, provided the
state would not sue, came In with
$4,000 for 1912 taxes. This leaves
the company owing about $21,0UO for
that year and $4,000 for 1913. The
Pere Marquette is rtill shy more than
$500.0O0 for the last year, but Receiver
Paul King has promised 10 send pay
ments in before long. With such a
start as this, the fund for next year
should exceed all records.
July Is is the day on which the
apportionment for the state is made
and all the money which comes in
after that date must be held until the
following years distribution. The
$211, 900 has all come since July 15
of this year, and 1t is barely possible
that the sum will be doubled before
the regular railroad taxes begin to
appear January 1.