Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-15
BLAINE PUTS 0. K.
ON MARKET BILL
Power Is Given Board to Investi-
gate the Cost of Pro-
duction.
R. R. TICKETS GOOD 30 DAYS
Governor Approves Measure Dealing
Only With Regular Transporta-
tion-Milwaukee Office Placed
in the Discard.

Governor Blaine. the state marketing
commission bill, giving the state board
broad powers, becomes a law.
By the terms of this bill it will be
possible to make an investigation OF
the cost of producing manufactured
products in this state. In the opinion
of Governor Blaine this is probably
the most important piece of legisla-
ton to be enacted at this session and
his approval of the bill puts into force
one of the most powerful agencies of
government machinery to check prof
iteering. Not only has the state
passed the state market commission
law but it has also empowered the at
torney general with privileges to
prosecute profteering in the state.
The Morgan -profteering bill
giving the attorney general powers
over combinations in restraint of trade
has been signed by Governor Blaine.
An appropriation of $4,000 is given to
carry out the provisions of the meas
ure.
With the new marketing bill soon
to go into operation, Wisconsin will
have effective laws to curb prOfiteers.
Attorney General Morgan, who drew
up the bill signed by the governor,
will be directly charged with carrying
out its provisions.
every combination, conspiracy,
pool, agreement or contract intending
to restrain or prevent competition in
the supply or price of any article or
commodity in general use in the state
to be produced or sold therein" is
declared illegal by the bill, and pun
ishable by a fine not to exceed $4,000
for each offense.
Attorney General Morgan is believed
to be in possession of evidence on
which he will shortly start action
against number OF companies operat-
ing in the state.
Gov. John j. Blaine signed bill
that will allow railroad tickets, ex-
cept excursion tickets, TO be used any
time within 80 Gays. He also signed
the following bills:
Permitting district judges in Mil
waukee to fix bail in felony cases.
Increasing the maximum penalty for
bank robbery from IS to 80 years.
Permitting street cars to cross rail
road crossings upon order of the rail-
road commission without having mo-
torman or conductor flag the crossing
where the railroad company has in
stalled sufficient safety Devices
Allotting some $1,000 to the Bel
mont capitol commission for repairing
the old state capitol.
Making small appropriation for
a medallion of Charles Mccarthy, late
head of the legislative reference Ii
brary, which will be hung in the, as
sembly chamber.
Governor Blaine has vetoed the bill
to create the Office Of circuit court
calendar commissioner of Milwaukee
county. This official would have been
appointed by the joint action sof the
majority Of circuit judges of Milwau-
kee county under civil service. The
legislature is expected to sustain this
veto.
"All the duties this commissioner
is required to perform may now be
performed by the clerks of the several
branches of the Circuit court in Mil
waukee, or the deputies thereof" said
Governor Blaine.
'.This bill makes the commissioner a
state officer with a part of his salary,
namely 500 per month, payable out
of. the state treasury.
'The office being a local Office, can
find no justification for paying any
part of the salary out of the state
treasury, and / base my disapproval
upon the single ground that purely To-
cal officers should not be made state
officers, with salary payable out of
the state treasury"
Governor Blaine also vetoed the bill
amending the saw which permits cor
porations to held stock in other Ger
porations when the holders of three
fourths of the capital stock of both
corporations proposing to take the
stock and the corporation in which
it is proposed to be taken give their
assent. The amended bill would have
abrOgated the present law.
"This quite reverses the rule that
has obtained in this state for long
time for the protection of competitive
corporations and indirectly protection
for the public said Governor Blaine
"This permits a corporation to hold
stock in another or competitive cor
poration without the assent Of the
corporation in which the stock is pro
posed to be taken"