Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-03-23
BONUS
BILL PASSED
People of Iowa Will Vote Directly OH
the Bond Issue at the Regular
Election in 1922.
ASSEMBLY WILL PROBABLY
ADJOURN APRIL s
Both Houses Have Agreed That
Cities May Tax Themselves for
The Support of Bands
Des Moines, March 81, 1921

Des Moines, March 81, 1921.
Adjournment of the General As,
sembly on April is probable, as
both House and Senate have adopted
the resolution setting that date fol
the end of the session. However, q
motion to reconsider the vote on the
resolution is on the records and the
date can thus be held open for max
ing any necessary change. The dope
! is that sixty members of the House
have agreed to support a resolution
requesting the governor to call the
special session for finishing up Code
revision to begin the latter part of
next November. 1t is said the farmer
members of the House do not pro-
pose to let the lawyers and bankers
and other interests whose slack time
is in the summer months keep them
here during their own busy season,
hence the late date set for the special
session.
To keep faith with their constitu-
ents whom they promised in the last
campaign they would serve by keep
ing down state appropriations and
extravagances, members of the House
last Wednesday cut the heart out of
the state fair appropriation bill, and
left the state fair board to hobble
along for the next two years on what
the fair can take in of itself. The
necessary paving and some land pur-
chases will be taken care of and that
is all. The balance to be paid on
the new big cattle barn will starrd
against the profits of the last fair.
And what has happened to the fair
board will happen to many other
boards and departments, it is said.
Possibly even to the state education
al institutions. The idea of making
a record in legislation by heading off
half a mill of appropriations may
look all right, but after all it is the
twenty and forty and fifty-mill levies
out at their homes that makes the
members taxes high. All the state
appropriation asked for together
would probably not cause an increase
of three mills in the state tax levy,
as one mill levy now raises over a
million dollars for state purposes
and there are numerous other sources
of revenue which the state draws
upon for funds to keep things going.
Soldiers Bonus Goes
Included in the taxes of the next
decade will be the payment of the
bonus to the boys of the recent war
The Senate last Monday after heat.
/ ed debate passed the House bill pro-
viding that bonds for $22 ,000, 900 be
issued to pay such bonus to the world
war veterans, leaving out the Stu.
dents Army Training Corps boys who
attended school in this country anc
were not in the regular army service
Senator Stoddard of Woodbury. coun.
ty made a noble fight to include these
S. A. t. c. boys, and had much sym
pathy in the matter, but not enough
votes. The Senate thus receded from
the amendments it stuck on the
House bill and passed the latter bill
as it came over to them. Thus the
people of the state will vote direct.
ly OH the bond issue at the regular
election in 1922-and it will carry, OF
course.
Two bills to place a license on the
sale of cigarettes, one als.> on tobac
cos, are pending in the House, anC
either bill would bring in revenue
sufficient to pay the interest on these
$22,000,000 soldiers bonus bonds anc
leave some to pay on the principa
each year-and the American Legior
boys who got their "fags' from home
while in France would enjoy paying
for them here and, thus help make
up for the school funds what taxes il
takes for the bonus. Another bis
source of revenue may possibly bc
tapped in the five cents per S1OO o.
capital tax on corporations in thi.
state. Numerous other possibilitie!
of additional revenue are attractin,
the attention of solons at this time
Cleaning Out Tuberculosis
The house has passed Knicker
bocker's bill appropriating $3.50 ,0Ot
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