Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
DISCUSS FORESTRY
AND WATER POWER
SENATOR HusTING SPEAKER Be
FORE MADISON SATURDAY
LUNCH CLUB.
REPRESENTATION is L-GAL
Rational Policy May Continue Despite
Supreme Court Decision, Says
Anderson-Raps Lobby of
Foes of Plan.
Madison, March 80, 1915.

United States Senator Paul A.
Husting, former State Senator T. w.
Brazeau, Grand Rapids and Douglas
Anderson, member of the assembly
in 1913, discussed the waterpower
and forestry question before the
Saturday Lunch club.
Senator Husting defended the
terpower, the enactment of which he
effected two years ago Mr.. Brazeau,
Grand Rapids, now attorney and leg
islative representative of waterpower
interests, presented the views of cap
italists who assert that their inter-
ests are not sufficiently cared for in
the present statute and that the law
does no offer enough reward for in
vestment to encourage development
of the remaining unused power OPP
portunities in the state.
Says Reforestration Legal.
Mr.. Anderson declared that not
withstanding the decision of the su-
preme court, it is possible for the
state to continue rational forestry
policy, and that in the portion Of
the state where the proposed reserve
lies there is sufficient land of low ag
ricultura1 value to form fairly COM
pact tract, which can be used for for
estry at little additional expense to
the state and without infiicting hard
ship upon the people in or near the
areas affected. He said that harm
had been done to the cause by publ
cation in the state forester's report
two years ago of a map for pro-
posed 1000, 000-acre forestry dis
trict which included much land avail
able for agriculture.
The authorship lobby, which
drew rich sums from the counties af-
fected and which had been stirred
up to strong opposition to the state
forestry program, was denounced by
the speaker as more interested in
keeping the matter up in the air in
definitely than to reach a settlement
and enable progress being made on
some acceptable and wise policy.
Report Is Reviewed.
Mr.. Anderson reviewed the report
of the special investigating commit
tee of the legislature and of the soil
survey made by the experts at the
college of agriculture, and showed
that there is fairly solid tract of
about $4,000 acres in the western
uortinn IF villas and Somawbo+ loco
than two townships in the central
northern part of Oneida county,
which is classed as being about so
per cent marsh or of low agricul-
tural value. OF the $4,000 acres in
this tract listed as good agricultural
land about $4,000 acres is so situated
as to make it feasible to eliminate
it from consideration, and allow it
to be left for agricultural develop
ment.
Assembly Passes Stemper Bill.
The assembly passed the Stemper
amendment to the Baker law, legaliz-
ing 200 saloons in Milwaukee and a
total of about 1000 in the state. The
fOIO w S 10 W 81. ~
of the vote will be asked. The bill
now goes to the senate At the same
session the bill creating a dry zone of
three-quarters of a mile about the Ma
tional Soldiers Home was sent to in
definite postponement The vote was
81 to SO.
The fight over the Stemper amend
ment was bitter and marked by a call
of the house. Just before the final
vote was announced, Assemblyman
Hans Laursen changed his vote for
the purpose of attempting a reconsid-
GRAFTON of the ballot This, it is ex-
pected, will fail
Second Choice Repeal Favored.
A new bill was introduced in the
senate which permits the employment
of women between the hours of 6 a. m.
and 8 p. IN. for a maximum of thirty
days during the year.
The Bichler bill to do away with
second choice voting was reported out
| for passage. Action on the bill to
make the Evening Wisconsin of Mil.
waukee the official state paper was de-
! ferred. A bill giving county boards
authority to appropriate money for the
construction of highways was passed.
Senator Otto Bosshard saved his bill
to appropriate $4,000 to the state game
/ farm and the measure will be given
| further consideration by the commit