Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-04-21
MARKET BILL
BACK TO HOUSE
Joint Committee of Legislature
Expected to Make Favora-
BILE Report This Week.
TO CUT PRESCRIPTION COST
Measure to Be introduced by Messing
Would Reduce Price of Whisky Or
ders to $1-WouId Also Fix
Charges for Picture Shows.

Madison. = Favorable recOmmenda-
tiOn by the joint committee on finance
of the farmers marketing bill is eX-
pected in the Wisconsin assembly this
week.
When this bill came before the
house it was the storm center of one
of the most spirited debates ever held
in the Legislature this year. The bill
provides for extending the powers of
present market commission so that the
cost of producing farmer crops and
manufacturing products may be fully
investigated
Another effort will be made in the
house to strike from the bill that pro-
vision which permits the marketing
commission to investigate the cost of
producing manufactured products.
This provision of the bill is aimed at
clothing establishments, shoe dealers
and all other manufacturing products
made and offered for sale in WiscOn
sin. BY vote of As to 43 the assem-
bly, refused to strike this provision
from the bill and the measure then
went TO the finance committee for
further consideration. Taken as a
whole the farmers are lined up on one
side of this bill with q representative
from villages and cities on the other.
The appointment of Harley f. Nick
erson, Milwaukee, to the state board
of education was confirmed by the
senate without a dissenting vote.
Senator Olson introduced his bill to
place the vocational education board
and the state board of education under
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton.
Governor Blaine's veto of the Eau
Claire municipal court bill was finally
sustained in the senate with only Sen
atOr Bentley voting in opposition. This
came after a move to send the bill
back to the governor without action
was defeated 16 TO II.
Merely by way of reducing the price
of liquor for those who use 1t, Assem-
blyman Charles Messing, Milwaukee,
will introduce a bin cutting down the
price of prescriptions to 81.
Mr.. Meisings bill is founded on the
theory that such articles as liquor and
wines when used for medicinal pur-
poses should be sold at a uniform fee.
and he has decided that 81 for a pre-
scription is a fair price.
Spanish-American war veterans will
not be allowed to enter the Wisconsin
Veterans home established for the G.
A. RS. Without a dissenting vote the
senate killed the Bentley bin for this
purpose.
By IA to II vote the senate passed
the Arnold bill to allow the mayor of
Milwaukee to appoint men on the
board of fire and police commissioners
without confirmation of the common
council. A motion for indefinite post
ponement by Senator Czerwinski
failed to kill the bill Senators Ger
winski and Morris led the opposition
to the bill.
Establishment of an Industrial
Home for the Blind where opportunity
will be given to those who are phy-
stcally able TO find employment and
earn living was recommended in
report Just submitted to the legisla-
ture by Elizabeth D. MacCarthy, state
field agent for adult blind Some of
the conditions which Miss MacCarthy
has found in the state are shocking.
Miss MacCarthy estimates that there
are now $500 blind persons domiciled
in Wisconsin.
That by hard labor this session of
the Wisconsin legislature can be
brought to q close in about six weeks
is the view expressed by some of the
members based on status of business
In both senate and assembly. Of 4S0
hills introduced In the house only 18O
remain TO be considered. OF 15S bills
received by the assembly from the SEN
ate only A remain to be considered.
OF 362 bills introduced into the senate
I45 remain to be considered and Of 13S
assembly bills received by the senate
65 remain to be considered. These fig
ures indicate conclusively that the as
sembly is ahead of the senate in the
work of the session. By the applica-
tion of the speed method the wor., of
the session can be greatly facilitated.
The report shows that the assembly
has acted more expeditiously on SEN
ate bills than the senate has acted
upon assembly bills.
James Nevin of Madison resigned to
Governor Blaine as a member of the
conservation commission, the resigna-
ton to take effect May 1.
Appropriation Bills Passed.
The senate passed the following ap-