The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-26
WHITE SLAVERY
To Be DISCUSSED
HEARING ALL BILLS SUBMITTED
BY THE ANTIVICE COM
MITTEE.
ANNOUNCED FOR MARCH 80
Creation of Central Board of Educa-
ton to Manage University and Nor
NAL Schools, Also to Be
Considered.

Madison.-Because the legislative
hearings on the subjects of the white
slave traffic and the creation of CEN
trail board of education to manage the
university and normal schools of the
state are of such widespread public
importance, the committees have de-
cided to announce these hearings one
week in advance. On Tuesday, March
80, the senate committee on education
and public welfare will give a hearing
on all bills submitted by the legisla-
tive antivice committee. On the same
day the assembly committee on edu-
cation will give hearing on the Van
Gorden bill, advocated by Governor
Philip, which would create a central
board of education of thirteen mem
bers to take the place of the present
boards of normal and university re-
gents.
There have been score of impor-
tant hearings before the legislature
this week. The Fairchild bill for the
licensing of massage operators was
given a hearing on Wednesday, and
the chiropractic bill, over which scores
of petitions have been sent to the
legislature, had hearing Tuesday
afternoon before the senate commit
tee m public welfare. All of the
highway bills for the abolition of the
present state system and the substi-
tuition of a county system Of control
were on the calendar for hear
ing on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week. Senators Bennett and
Cunningham have bills before the leg
islature for the abolition of the pres
ent state system At the present
time about $1,200,000 annually is
spent by the state as aid to counties
and towns for highway construction.
At a conference at the executive Of
flee last week Governor Philip in
Dictated that he was in favor Of limit
ing the amount of state aid to $780,.
600 if the present state aid system
is to be retained.
Among the important committee
hearings in the assembly this week
were those on the bills before the
committee on agriculture for the alb
clifton of the present agricultural
board ands creation of a new board
composed entirely of representatives
these bills were held Thursday after
noon.
The largest farmer delegation
which will appear before the leg
islature this year is expected on Tues
day, March 80, in favor of the Poole
bill, which prohibits municipal au-
thorities from passing any ordinances
prohibiting the sale of milk from cat.
tie that are not tuberculin tested.
Sentiment in favor of this measure
comes from southwestern Wisconsin
where the farmers have been much
wrought up over the Milwaukee city
ordinance prohibiting farmers from
offering milk for sale from cattle not
tuberculin tested.
On Wednesday of this week an in.
teresting hearing was held over the
Budlong bill for the creation OF
the office of excise commissioner in
this state. This measure provides
that the governor shall appoint state
excise commissioner, who shall hold
Office for a term of two years. The
duty of the commissioner will be to
secure the enforcement of the liquor
laws of the state. The law would
clothe him with many Of the duties
now imposed upon the district attor.
ney. 1t requires all the saloons and
breweries of the state to file com.
plete information of the amount of
products manufactured and sold.
Equally interesting was a hearing
Thursday afternoon over the Minkley
bill which seeks to direct the state
industrial commission to make an in.
vestigation of the hours of labor for
domestic service in Wisconsin. This
bill is unique in many respects and is
said to be the first attempt to enact a
law of this character in the United
States.
Assemblyman H. S. Berninger OF
Milwaukee has been made chairman
of the assembly committee on cleo.
tons.
Governor Philip has the public
welfare commission bill about ready
for submission to the legislature. This
bill would consolidate about twenty
departments of government into one
commission of five members. The
governor said he might send a special
message to the legislature urging the
immediate passage of the bill and ex.
planning the amount of money saved
under this consolidation plan.
Van 1ise Defends University.
Defending the state university
against the charge of extravaganza
President Charles r. Van Hise in
speeches delivered at Racine and
Kenosha, sought to show that the uni.
versity is not entirely tax supported
and that while its cost of maintenance
has increased during the last ten
years, the attendance and the benefits
in expert training and research work