River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-12-08
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL
By VIM. J. Anderson

1t is likely that the Governor in is
suing a pardon to man placed in the
hands Of the sheriff Of Rhinelander by
Judge Reid, for contempt of court
hardly contemplated that the issue Of
a pardon to one who had but four days
Of his sentence TO serve, would stir up
such a. controversy. But the Cover
nor's act promises to have far-reach-
ing consequences. In the first place
the case is sure to go to the Supreme
Court, if the Governor removes the
sheriff, and there will then be defin-
itely settled the question of the power
of the Governor to release from con-
finement one suffering the penalty for
civil contempt.
Governors act will also be far-reach-
ing. 1t is alleged that the man con-
fined for contempt OF court for pic
was not striker but an agitatOr who
went to Rhinelander to captain the
strike; that when the order of the
court was served on him he tore 1T up
and tramped on it; that he had had an
unsavory court record, and that these
facts were all transmitted to the Gov
ernor while the application for his
action was pending. If all this is true
it will be up to the Governor to make
it clear that he had some worthy not
i've in undertaking to exercise his par
doning power under the circumstances.
The suit now on in the Superior
court of this county to enjoin the dairy
and food commissioner from interior
ing with the manufacture and sale of
E.filled" milk that is condensed or pow
dered milk with vegetable or other
fats added, is not attracting the at
tention its Importance deserves. The
filled milk manufacturers have a good
deal on their side, as they point out
that every container of their milk is
honestly labeled as to contents, and
that there is no intention of defraud
ing buyers. But, the contention of
the state is that even thus labeled, the
"filled" product becomes what the
Supreme Court of the United States
designated another food compound,
IAN instrument of fraud" That is,
regardless of label, when customer
asks for powdered, or condensed or
evaporated milk, and the retailer Of
fers him the honestly labeled COM
pound, he takes it for the article for
which he asked, though it is in reality
something else. Incidentally the suit
new on court is an object lesson of
what this state and it's fighting dairy
and food Commissioner. j. @. Emery,
is doing for the whole country. 1t is
no exaggeration to say Regardless of
the outcome of the present suit) that
not only the people of the state but
those of the whole country owe a
debt of gratitude to Mr.. Emery for
the splendid fight he has made during
the past twelve years to enforce the
pure food laws, and to secure the
enactment of new laws which were
needed to protect the public imposi-
ton.
A total of 1890 tractors on Wis
consin farms on May /, 1921 is shown
by the second annual enumeration, ac-
cording to Joseph A. Becker of the
Wisconsin Cooperative Crop Report
ing Service. Last year there We're
$500 tractors in use. Dodge county,
with 760, has increased its lead in hav-
ing the largest number of machines.
Last year there were 456 tractors in
that county. Dane county has $50,
compared with 403 last year. Other
leading counties are Manitowoc with
$50, Fon du Lac, 558: Outagamie, 5l2:
Waukesha, ATS; Sheboygan, 449; AID