Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-06-26
WILL LEGISLATURE RUSH BILLS
AT LAST MOMENT?
Usher Sees Great Appropriation Bills
Being Held Back At Madison.
(Ry Ellis B. usher.l

Milwaukee, June l9.-The people
are watching very anxiously the pro-
longatiOn of the session of the legis-
lature, and are not likely to be disap-
pointed If they see the legislature pass
the most important bills, especially
the appropriation bills, at the last
minute, just as they did two years
ago, when the aggregate of such bills
reached almost S38 900, 900 for the
biennial period. Such course puts
an undue load upon the governor and
is very likely to load the people with
unnecessary burdens. A session now
we'll into the middle of The sixth
month, has, so far, demonstrated very
little in actual results to the tax pay
ers. All the promises in that direct
ion are still bound up in factional po-
litics which have for years made Wis
consin look pretty before the world,
and which have accomplished neither
deficiency" nor economy, but quite
the reverse. How far new projects,
for new features of bureaucratic gov
eminent, are likely to prove curealls
for our ills, is for the future to dem
onstrate, even if they become laws.
When nobody knows the cost of gov
eminent, it is difficult for anybody to
provide a specific for allpervasive ex-
travagance until the books are balan-
ced and we quit estimating our actu-
alities If taxes are reduced next
year, appropriations will have to be
cut at least 81 600, 900. There is no
evidence that il will be done. 1t Will
be well. however, for the Legislators
to bear in mind that the people have
had good education for a few years
back, and part of it came from the
University. it's course in extravaganza
The people are all pinching their pen
MES little tighter day by day, now,
and their interest in economy is very
real They will hold those account
able whom they expect will consider
the public demand for public econOm-
les which both the times and good
government demand.
AS TO CANADIAN MONEY.
Some of the signs of the times may
escape our statesmen. For example,
| discovered "A concrete case of war
conditions few days ago. A Mil
waukee man who has business with a
concern in an important city in one
of Canada western provinces, took
a Canadian certified check of 81, 0O0
to bank here. for deposit The bank
charged him $50 for collection, and
would not enter it upon his account
until collection had been made. This
led to inquiries, and it was found that
The exchange rate here for all the
Canadian Northwest is ltSS. | was
led by this occurrence to look up the
rate between New York and Montreal,
the two great financial centers of these
Two American governments, ana |
find that, this week, exchange on
Montreal has sold in New York as
high AZ S7.S1i4 premium per 81, 900.
These are some of the things that not
every Madison statesman reckOns, but
when it is taken into account, also,
that Canadian money of all sorts, eX-
cept gold, is also at discount on this
side of the line, and that Canada is
the greatest commercial customer We
have on this hemisphere, it is quite
sure that the hazards of the great wal
are already reaching to the innermost
recesses of every pocket in the United
States.
CROPS LOOK EINE