River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-05-12
State Legislative News


ers of Wisconsin legislature Won de-
cided victory last Thursday when at
ter a determined fight the assembly
by vote of ~ to Is engrossed bill.
prohibiting the manufacture of skin
milk product in this state made by {
process of combining skim milk with
cocoanut oil. This bill is to protect
the dairy industry of the state.
This bill provides that is shall be
unlawful to manufacture, sell or ex.
change or have in possession with III
tent to sell or exchange, any condens-
ed milk, or evaporated milk, powder
ed milk, condensed skim milk, or any
of the fluid derivatives of any of then
to which. has been added any fat or OF
other than milk fat, either under the
name of said products or arcticles o:
the derivatives thereof or under am
fictitious or trade name whatsoever.
An effort was made to secure tho
adoption of substitute bill which
would destroy the measure backed b!
the farmers. This substitute was OF
fered by Assemblymar Wallace In
Calls, Racine 1t was defeated by
vote of 60 to 80.
3'This is the same old fight which
was made in this Legislature, agalns'
filled cheese" said Assemblyman Oh
son.
"This canned milk made from skin
milk and cocoanut oil is now beint
sold in TIE state in fraudulant man
ner," charged Assemblyman Frechoff
"This by-product has become a
competitor of the main product. Thi
is the question of public welfare am
it strikes at the dairy industry of tn
state which is the foundation ston'
of agriculture in Wisconsin"
A fight will be made on Tnursda!
of this week to emasculate the pr
mary election laws which have beer
on statute books of the state since
1903. When R. M. La Toilette wa
governor of the state, he made fight
for primary election legislation. Tho
judiciary committee of assembly has
recommended for passage a bill for
ingalls, which radically changes the
primary election law ard provides foi
combination of primary election sys-
tenn and convention plan. The In
gals convention plan calls for party
conventions to be made up one dele
gate from each precinct in the state.
Two candidates for each state office
would be named so that the minority
might feel that it was not sighted
and could go before the people in the
same manner as the majority, except
that the candidates Endorsed by the
majority of the delegates would have
the advantage under normal condl-
items.
There is nothing in his measure
which would prevent any candidate
not Endorsed by a convention from
running in the primary.
Manufacturing of wearing apparel
in homes will be subjected to the sup
ervision of the department of health.
The Huber bill aimed at the Sweat
shop evil was given final considera-
ton in the house end now goes to the
governor.
Without serious opposition. the as
sembly refused to reconsider the vote
by which it engrossed the Dahl bill
last week for revision of income taxes
of the state. The bill now goes, to the
finance committee for further appll-
cation.
During tn past week Gov. Blaine
gave a hearing to the pardon appli-
cation of John F. Deitz who on May
18th of this week will have complet-
ed ten wear term at the penitentiary
for killing Oscar Harp, a deputy.
Petitions containing 100000 names
have been filed with Governor Blaine
asking for Deitz's pardon. The news
paper representatives mere claim tndI
the gvernor will pardon Deitz within
the coming week.
Smallpox vaccination will remain as
a compulsory law in this state. At
ter two and half hours of reading
of letters and records the senate, 20
to 9 killed the Peltier bill to repeal
the law.
eve should pass this bill,' said
Sen. Skogmo, "and do away with a
relic of the dark ages.
''Do the majority of the people OF
Wisconsin," asked Sen. Ridgway lead
ing the fight against the bill, "have to
offer their children as sacrifices just
because of few people in the state
that desire to make their children
sacrifices?"
The senate advanced to engroSs-
ment the amended Arnold bill that