Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-30
Blaine Favors Act Providing for
Investigation Of Production
Cost.
$4,000 FOR CARE or Blind
House Reconsiders Vote Which Killed
Measure-chief Executive Is Veto
ling Bills Having Tendency to
Boost Taxes.

present week.
This measure spent Ave months in
the legislature under consideration
and, as 1t passed it gives the state
marketing commissions "trade commits
sion" power to investigate the cost
of producing farm products and also
cost Of producing manufactured pro-
ducts. The advocates Of the bill claim
that 1t Is one of the most compre-
hensive measures before the legis-
ature. Governor Blaine in a state
ment says he will sign the measure.
The house, 60 to -, reconsidered
the vote by which it killed the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the care of
the adult blind. An amendment to in
crease the appropriation to 100000
was killed and the bill was then
passed in its original form, 81 to 10.
Under this measure bureau will be
appointed and arrangements will be
made to furnish work for the adult
blind. It was senied on the floor that
this measure would in any way affect
the school for the blind at GAINESVILLE.
Experts employed by the legislative
committee which investigated the
teachers retirement fund question
will receive half pay for their work.
The bill appropriating S9917,94 to
these experts for their work was cut
to $4.95S97 and then passed.
BY a vote of II to s the senate
refused to reconsider .aS vote by
WHICH it passed bill to turn all legal
work of the board of medical examin-
ers over to the office of the attorney
general. Senator Morris spoke against
the bill saying that, Attorney A. G.
Umbreit, Milwaukee, had been the at
torney for this board and that his
compensation had been very small and
for the first six years was nothing.
The bill now goes to the assembly for
concurrence.
It is reported on good authority
here that George p Hambrecht, the
present chairman Of the state indus
trial commission, will be elected as
secretary of the state board of voca-
tional education to take the place OF
John Callahan who has just been
elected state superintendent of schools
Governor Blaine is vetoing all bills
designed to increase the rate of in
terest on school district and public
utility loans. The governor declares
that these measures have n tendency
TO increase taxes In the state.
"One of the difficulties now con
fronting the country is the excessive
rate of interest that is being charged
and paid, and high interest encourages
greater initiation" said Governor
Blaine In vetoing the senate bill to in
crease the interest rate for loans to
build school houses.
"School and municipal boards con-
stitute most excellent Investments
far superior to other classes of bonds.
Usually such bonds provide for pay
ment of interest Sem-annually. and
the bonds are incontestable after 30
days from the date they receive the
approval Of the bond commissioners.
except as to constitutional imita-
lions; they are tax free, both as to
the state and national government.
and the school district or municipal
ity issuing such bonds can never be-
come insolvent All these conditions
make school and municipal bonds ex-
ceptionally desirable.
"No complaint has reached me that
any school district or municipality has
been unable to dispose Of its bonds
AT the present statutory rate of in
terest, and II Is 10 be hoped that the
present abnormal inflated condition
respecting exchange is only temporary.
However. the tendency to further In
1atlon should be discouraged.
1.-TWO other measures on this same
question have passed the legislature,
and they would have received my dis
approval had It not been for the fact
that a limitation was placed upon the
time within which such bonds might
be issued at the increased rate, and
other restrictions were imposed that
would overcome to some extent the
danger toward imitation. The time with
in which these bonds may be issued az
the 1ncfPdSeu rare Oi uilcIfsl II ""
limited, and there are no safeguards
to prevent the added inducement to-
ward imitation.
"The whole tendency Of this kind
Of Legislation is to further Increase
the burdens of taxation for years to
come, as school bonds usually run
for 20 years" -
Nursing Measure Is Approved.
Governor Blaine has signed the bill
creating department OF public
health. nursing in Wisconsin. This
act takes the nurses from under the
control Of the state medical board
and places them under the supervi.
sion OF a separate board In the state
department Of health. A director Of
nursing will be appointed some time
before September and the work OF
this department will be reorganized
along the lines set forth In the bill
Tho rnoaa ,tra had the gtIDOOft of the