Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-06-01
WEEK IN LEGISLATURE.
D0ings of Wisconsin SOIOns as Close
OF Session Impends.

The Sachtjen measure exempting
cherry picking and sugar beet gather
ing from the child labor law restric-
tive provisions was non-c oncurred in.
The Killian bill prohibiting adver-
Using for children to work during
school terms was passed by the upper
house after brief oratorical encoun-
ter between Senator Buck of Racine
and Senators Ridgway, Boyer and
Kuckuk. Senator Buck opposed the
measure.
On an agreement to await the bill
calling for an interim committee to in
vestigate the educational admins
tration problem Of the state the Skog-
mo and Olson bills were tabled The
Skogmo measure creates a powerful
state board of education while the Oh
son measure abolishes the state board
entirely.
In the senate Senator Roethe sub
mitted an amendment to the G. E.
Hanson bill giving the legislature the
right to call before it appointive Of
ficers and remove them for cause.
The Roethe amendment which passed
empowered the legislature to recon-
mend removal upon findings but left
the power to remove with the COVER
nor of the state.
Assemblyman Holly wants all coal
sold in the state to be sold under the
British Thermal unit standard and has
introduced a bill along that line
Under the Holly plan coal will be
sold strictly in accordance with the
amount of heat units and not rock
and slate. But the coal men need not
be alarmed; the measure is not ex-
pected to pass despite Mr. Holly's en-
thusiasm for it.
PrOfs. Hubbard and Macklin of the
department of agricultural economics
at the university warmly endorse the
new marketing bill, which has al
ready passed one house of the legis-
lature. These gentlemen say that the
bill places an adequate premium upon
quality production and thus guaran-
tees the consumer a supply of what
they want, and also guarantees the
farmer the best results obtainable for
their efforts.
The senate has sent to the assembly
the Arnold inheritance tax bill which,
if it becomes a law, will mean an ad-
ditional $4,000 yearly income to the
state. The bill doubles tax rates for
hneal descendants and quadruples it
fNp f<a.c s,o4o
average revenue derived by the state
from Inheritance tax is $730,000.
Under the Arnold bill this income
would be boosted to at least 81, SOC, 900
yearly. 1t was sent to the assembly
by a viva vOce vote without debate.
Camp Douglas, the state military
camp, will be the scene of greater ac-
tivity this season than at any time in
it's history except when it was g war
mobilization camp. The war de-
partment by July 1 will send reg
iment of infantry and one of artillery
to remain the entire season until Oct.
to aid in the work of training men.
Of the Wisconsin troops three reg
iments of infantry, the 32nd train
the 10th and 121st regiments of ar
tillery will each spend some time in
camp Then Michigan and Illinois
will send their artillery regiments to
Camp Douglas. This will be the first
joint encampment for other states
with Wisconsin held in Wisconsin.
Since the industrial depression set
in the number of accidents reported
to the industrial commission has de-
creased by about 20 per cent On the
other hand, contested cases have con-
siderably increased. There were
127 applications for the adjustment of
claims under the compensation act
filed with the commission during the
month of April, the largest number
in any one month since the commits
sion was organized. This increase in
the number of contested cases is be-
lieved to be due to the fact that many
employees have lost their jobs and are
pressing old claims that they did not
care to push while still at work. 1t
is probably also true that employers
are watching expenditures more
closely than ever before and are in
clined to contest any claim which
they think they have chance to de-
feat. The industrial commission con-
ducts hearings in all county seats and
other industrial centers, to save the
parties in the case the expense of 60