New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
State Not To: Lose Revenues Be.
cause Of Control BY Federal
Government.
WEEK SET
Governor Issues Proclamation Naming
Second Week in January to Bring :
About Cooperation Between
Employers and Employed.

Federal government direction of rail
roads will not prohibit Minnesota from
collecting its gross earnings tax from
the carriers, in the opinion of Attorney
eneral Smith. The attorney general
said it was a tremendously big prob
lem to decide, but from short investi-
cation he is convinced that the taxa
ton will continue, as usual.
The government, according to my
understanding, is only directing the
railroads and is not owner of the sys-
TEN" Mr.. Smith said 'tIt is guaran-
teeing the stockholders an income, and
therefore believe the railroads will
bessubject to the taxation, as usual
The attorney general pointed out
that a receivership in the federal
court does not stop the gross earnings
taxation, and he believes the same rule
will apply with the federal govern
ment directing railroads.
The, state receives approximately So.
100000 year from railroads on their
gross earnings. IS -sss q
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Sets "Eficiency Week" E&z
Realizing the great part that Min
nesota can play in the. successful pre-
secution of the war, Governor Burn
Qnist proclaimed the second week in
January as efficiency week." during
which time the states resources and
man-pOwer will be modified for the
coming years campaign.
The Governors proclamation fol
lows: .5 .s.s.. $
q, j.. A: A. Burnquist, Governor of
Minnesota, do hereby proclaim the
second week of January, 1918, Effici-
ency Week, urging every organiza-
ton within our state, at some appro-
pirate time during that week.. consid-
er= plans for properly carrying on and
systematizing their war work for the
coming year; to intensity the produce
ton of our manufacturing and agricul-
tural industries; to facilitate trans
portation and distribution, and to Sc
cure: the full and systematic cooper
alton, of all of our people in their var.
ious pursuits and activities. r, ID
- 1 S4uSSL IudL OH Inc odDDaCQ OF
said week the ministers of all de-
nominations and, in every pulpit call
the attention of their congregations
to the service that can be rendered
Il behalf of the great principles which
this nation is defending. ~. -.
II further ask that employers of la
Dor meet to consider and adopt meth
DDS of eliminating any cause for ILL
feeling that may exist and to estab.
lish spirit of greater harmony and
cooperation on the part of their en-
ployes; and that wage earners dis.
cuss and devise VS. and means OF
deferring general industrial disputes
and thereby exercise that patriotism
without which we cannot succeed.
At the beginning of the new year
let us all strivesto be a united people,
to permit no injury to the men of our
army and navy, through any failure
on our part to do everything within
our power to maintain the cause for
which they and their associates in
arms are fighting"
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QuaiIs Are Rare.
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Carlos Avery, Deputy Game Warden
John Huderle and Federal Bird War
den j. M. Eheim spent a day in Hutch
fnson recently .tramping through the
woods and over frozen fields and
marshes taking bird census. Eleven
species and 159 individuals were count
ED.
Birds were mostly noted far from
dwellings, indicating that food is album
.dant. The census takers are of the
opinion that owing to the deep snow
and long periods of intense cold last
winter that there are few quail left in
the state and that it will be years be-
fore they are found in any consider
able numbers
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Pledges Aid to McAdoo.
The Minnesota Railroad and Ware