Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-02-25
idle WORKERS
AIDED BY Bill
Senate Measure Extends Pay
ment of Taxes on Homes
to July First.
BILL TO The HOUSE THIS WEEK
Farmers in the Vicinity of New Au-
burn Advocate the Abolition of Al
most One-HaIf of Public Of
fees in Wisconsin.


Extension of time to July
] this year to pay taxes is provided
for in a senate bill, the purpose OF
which is to aid persons who are out
of employment. The measure must
yet receive the approval Of the house
to become law.
This bill is aimed to relieve persons
who are paying for homes on the IN
stallment plan and have been hit by
unemployment 1t is declared that
more than a dozen cities of the state
will receive considerable relief under
this bill. The senate passed it by
10 to 5 vote and the measure will be
Immediately taken up in the house this
week
University of Wisconsin law school,
graduates may be compelled to take
the state bar examinations, with other
students. The assembly has advanced
the Schafer bill, by vote of so to 81,
to compel all law school graduates to
take the examination. This bill will
come up for passage this week and
the indications are that it will be ap-
proved and will go to the senate.
The bill is favored by Marquette uni
versity of Milwaukee, whose graduates
at the present time are required to
take examinations. Graduates of Uni
versity of Wisconsin law school are
not required to take examinations.
More than score of assemblymen, in
debating this bill, have declared that
this was special privilege" for the
university law school graduates. The
assembly is working this week. The
senate refused to pass the Perry reso-
luton for an adjournment over Wash
ington's birthday.
Governor Blaine is expected to send
his special message to the legislature
the latter part of this week. The mes
sage will deal entirely with the finan-
cial problems Of the state. The COVER
nor will urge that all other legislation
be FASTENED so that work can be done
by the end of April.
Abolition of almost one-half Of the
offices in Wisconsin is advocated in a
petition to Assemblyman T. w. Bartin-
gale, Chippewa county, which has just
been received. The petition is from
c. 2. Hanson, New Auburn, and was
presented in behalf of the farmers of
the surrounding community. The petit
ton is as follows:
1.-THE farmers around this county
voted for you, Governor Blaine. we
voted for you because we believed you
were honest and would work for the
best interest of the majority of the
peorIe of the state, and we feel CRATE
full for what you have done and hope
that you will keep on and do what you
can to reduce taxes so that we may
keep our small farm homes that we
have worked so hard TO make and
build up. Our taxes are getting so
high that in some instances the whole
crop raised on the land will not pay
the taxes. We believe they could be
reduced by aboIishing some of the
state county and town officers. We be-
lieve the farmers institute workers,
the county agents and nurses could be
laid off without any loss and the office
of village and town treasurer could be
abolished and taxes collected by the
county treasurer. and the county board
ought to be abolished and five commits
sioners take their place, and a COM
mittee of said county commissioners
could handle tie road work. We are
opposed to the present highway sys-
TEN. 1t seems that most of the funds
go to high salaries and are wasted
not many roads for the money spent
We are much opposed to the high as
sessment value on farm buildings. We
ought to have laws like Canada, where
farm improvements are exempt. Build
ings on farms are different from build
ings in villages and cities. They bring
in no revenue, but are a continual eX-
pense; and last we are in favor of a
law that would prohibit citizens that
are not taxpayers from voting on mon
ey appropriations in villages. There
are lot of people always ready to get
this and that and vote an awful burden
on the taxpayers, because they do not
have to help pay for it.
'sNow, Brother Tom, we trust in you
TO see that all of these things are done
the way we want them"
One of the most important bills
which has only been presented by title
thus far is one by Assemblyman
George Cakes, New Richmond. 1t will
provide for the establishment of the
Torrens land system in this state.
Repeal of the secrecy clause of the
state income tax law was recommends
ed by the state judiciary committee.
National Guard Interested.