Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-28
HOUSE To PASS
TEACHERS BILL
Measure Increases Pension TO Be
Paid Retired instructors.
DEFEAT HUBER AMENDMENT
Senator Attempted 10 Make Maximum
Salary Under Which Teacher
Could Cone Under Law s. 900
Killed 3 TO s.

-NiffGQ - 70 .
There seems TO be every
Indication that the house viii pass
the teachers retirement fund till in
cressing The amount Of aid 10 be given
to the teachers OF the su.te as q pen
sion upon retirement
After two hours O. rejecting amend
ments the senate finally engrossed'
passed and Immediately messaged TO
the house the kuckuk-SkogmO bin for
a rehabilitation Of the teachers retire
ment fund law Only Senators Roethe,
Stevenson, Smith and Staudenmayer
voted against the bin on final passage.
Senator Huber offered an amend
ment to make the maximum salary I'M
der which a teacher could come under
the law $1,000 This would exempt
many university and normal school
teachers. Mr.. Huber declared that
with the number Of working men that
were now without work IN this state
that he could not vote an annuity to
anybody who was earning over $1,000
a year. The amendment was killed
% to S.
a surtax on personal and corpora
ton incomes amounting TO q million
year was proposed as an amendment
by Senator Seyerson as a substitute
means Of financing the measure. The
surtax would run from I mills on the
sixth $1,000 10 l per cent on the
twelfth $1,000 and on each thousand
over that amount. This amendment
was defeated IS to Is.
Senator Staudenmayer then pro-
posed an amendment providing for the
submission Of the bin to the people in
a referendum vote In 1922. Senator
Titus declared that the senate might
as well kill the bin then and there as
10 submit it TO the people He claimed
that the people could not understand
the question This final attempt at
amendment was killed . 70 6. The
bin was then engrossed and put on
final passage.
Governor Blaine has vetoed a bill
which provides that the depots must
he kept open for 20 minutes prior TO
the arrival Of train. bur might be
closed at the time Of arrival Of specl-
fed trains, by order OF the railroad
commission. In vetoing this bin the
governor declares that he believes that
it would be against public policy TO
give TO an administrative body the
right 70 suspend the policy determined
by the legislature.
III the amendment 10 the law" de-
cIared Governor Blaine. was what It
perhaps was intended to be-namely,
that by order Of the railroad commits
sion depots might be permitted 10 be
closed for the time specified in the
section before the ..frival Of specified
tralns-then II would he within the
power Of the commission 10 determine
a public policy in the absence Of q leg
islative rule, and In that respect there
would he a delegation Of legislative
power to an administrative body.
The legislature has determined
tnat 20 minutes before arrival Of a
passenger train Is a reasonable time
during which a depot should be kept
open. and until the legislature deter
mines upon a general rule respecting
this question, without fixing the actual
time for keeping a depot open. l doubt
very much If power can be granted to
an administrative body TO determine a
question Of public policy, as the rail-
road commission can act only within
s. prescribed legislative rule.
'The legislature having determined
the public policy in this matter, my
view is that an administrative body
ought not to have power to waive OF
suspend a public policy determined
by the legislature"
Between $1,000 and $4,000 a year
can be saved by the state If the auto
license plates, which are manufac-
tured at the state prison at Maupun
are sent out directly from Waupun in
stead Of first sending them 10 Madi-
son. according 10 Warden ToWHe.
A net profit Of S99T7.75 for tile year
$1,000 has been made on the auto tag
industry al the prison. III 1920 over
10000 pairs of automobile and trucs
license plates and $500 motorcycle
plates were manufactured.
The biennial report Of the prison for
the period ending June !, 1920, shows
profits Of SIT ,36G.oS. the products be
Ing mostly consumed at the prison.
The shoe factory makes 60 pairs OF
shoes q day and supplies all OF the
state institutions and nearly all Of tbs
county asylums,
The binder-twine plant shows net
profit for the fiscal year 19l9-20 Of
$S6,62975.
Dahl Taxation Bill is Held Sack.
The Dahl taxation bill has been
given a hearing by the joint fnancC
committee. 1t IS not expected thai
this bin VIII be reported out Of com
mittee until some Of the large appro-
priatloB measures have beer disposed
Of. The big drive against the bin was
made hy Max NJ. Babb Of the Allis