River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-06-30
BLAINE To D. k
MARKET INC BILL
Measure Provides for Probe OF
Cost of Production.
TO CARE FOR ADULT BLIND
Appropriation of $4,000 Made by
House in Reconsdering Act Recent
Iy kiiIed-Governor Vetoes Tax
Boosting Legislation.

pected to affiX his signature TO the
state marketing commission bill with
In a few days.
This measure spent five. months IN
the legislature under consideration ana
as 1t passed it gives the state market
ing commission 'trade commission"
power to investigate the cost OF pro-
ducing farm products and also cost
of producing manufactured products.
The advocates of the bill claim that
1t is one of the most comprehensive
measures the legislature passed. Gov
.ernor Blaine in statement says ne
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
increase the appropriation to 100000
was killed and the bill was then passed
In its original form, 81 to 10. Under
this measure a bureau will be APP
pointed and arrangements will be
made to furnish work for the adult
blind. 1t was denied 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 S9,917.94 to these
experts for their work was cut to $4,-
Q5Q or ond than no cSpd
BY a vote of II to s the senate re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
1t passed bill to turn all legal work
of the board of medical examiners
over to the Office of the attorney gen.
eral. 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 nothing. The
bill now goes to the assembly for con-
currence.
It is reported on good authority here
that George P. Hambrecht, the present
chairman OF the state Industrial COM
mission, will be elected as secretary
of the state board of vocational educa.
ton, TO take the place of John Gala
han, who has just been elected state
superintendent of schools.
Governor Blaine is vetoing all bills
designed to increase the rate of inter-
est on school district and public utility
loans. The governor declares that
these measures have a tendency to in
crease taxes in the state.
zone of the difficulties now con-
fronting the country is the excessive
rate of interest that is being charged
and paid, and high interest rates en-
courage greater initiation" said Cover
nor Blaine in vetoing the senate bill to
increase the interest rate for loans to
build schoolhouses.
"School and municipal Eonds consti-
tute most excellent investments-far
superior to other classes of bonds.
Usually such bonds provide for pay
ment OF interest semi-annually, and the
bonds are incontestable after 80 days
from the date they receive the approx
al of the bond commissioner, except as
to constitutional limitations; they are
tax free, both as to the state and ma
tional government and the school dis
trict or municipality issuing such
bonds can never become insolvent. All
these conditions make school and mu
nicipal bonds exceptionally desirable.
mo complaint has reached me that
any school district or municipality has
been unable to dispose of its bonds at
the present statutory rate of interest,
and it is to be hoped that the present
abnormal inflated condition respecting
exchange is only temporary. However,
the tendency to further imitation 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 teen 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
within which these bonds may be is
sued at tie increased rate of interest
is not limited, and there are no safe
guards to prevent the added induce
ment toward 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."
Primary Election Law Unamended.
The primary election law remains
unamended at this session of the leg
islature. 1t was intimated that Gov
ernor Blaine would veto any bin
designed to change the primary cleo
ton law in any of its important fea-
lures. When the ingalls, bill came
NJ for consideration. Senator Titus
Fond du Lac, withdrew his motion