The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-06-10
Measure Also Prohibits the Use
of CoConut Oil.
BLAINE EXPECTED TO SIGN
Legislature Expects to Be Able 70
Meet Its Financial Obligations
Without Imposition of Taxes
Board is Abolished.
BY FRED |. HOLMES.

nor Dill pr0nlD1t1ng the manu1&c-
ture by cOndensaries of products made
from skim milk and coconut Oil. Nine
cOndensaries In Wisconsin have been
manufacturing this product. The
farmers claim that this product enters
the market in competition with milk.
Governor Blaine is expected to sign
the bill.
Private detectives will not be re-
CURED to register with local officials.
This was determined in the house on
Tuesday when the assembly, by vote
of IL to "a, killed the e. Ell. Killean
measure. This bill had the support of
labor organizations in the state.
The Wisconsin legislature expects
to be able to meet it's financial obliga-
tons without the imposition of taxes.
Instead of this, the state has dOu-
bled the inheritance tax rates and this
is expected to bring into the Golfers
upward of million dollars annually.
The discovery has just been made that
one estate in Milwaukee will bring in
upward of million dollars.
The bill abolishing the present
board of administration for Milwau-
kee county and creating the position
of business manager for all of the
county institutions passed both houses
of the legislature and is before the
governor for signature. The governor
was consulted about the provisions of
the bill and it is believed that he will
sign it.
The new law does away with five
positions which pay $500 each a
year. The business manager will be
selected by civil service and the sal
airy will be fixed by the county board
The new law also creates a part
time board of five members, the county
board to fix their compensation. This
board will supervise the activities Of
the manager and one member of the
board shall be supervisor, to be elect
ed by the county board of supervisors
AL of the funds for the maintenance
OF the county institutions, amounting
to about 100000 annually, are ap-
prOpriated by the board of supervis-
Ors, and advocates of the change as
sert that by having a supervisor mem
Der of the administration board the
body that provides the finances will be
kept in closer touch with expenditures.
The law will take effect, if approved
by the governor, July /,
Governor Blaine has vetoed the
Perry bus bill" This bill would have
placed all motor buses and iitneys
which run in competition with street
railways under the jurisdiction of the
railroad commission and require bonds
which would virtually mean the aban-
donment of such bus lines. Governor
Blaine stated that Wisconsin has spent
$42,O0O,000 on it's highways in the last
ten years and that the people are en-
titled to receive any returns possible
from such investment in better trans
pOrtation.
MY objection to this BILL" said Gov
ernOr Blaine, sis fundamental. Jit-
neys and buses may be operated by
anyone upon the public highways and
streets, and therefore there is no OBJ
pOrtunity to create a monopoly. Free
competition prevails, and thus rates
and services are regulated by natural
law of competition
ut is said that Wisconsin has spent
in the last ten years, $42,OOO.OOO on
highways, and the people were led to
believe that they would receive returns
from such investment in better trans
pOrtatiOn, greater convenience. and in
economy of service. The motor vehicles
have come to stay; they are the be-
ginning of transportation system
about which it is dangerous to
prOphesy. They may in the future be
displaced by more modern systems of
transportation. The old canal COM
panies fought for their existence when
the railroads came, but the building of
railroads could not be obstructed
merely for the purpose of preserving
the canal companies"
That the legislature will reopen the
hunting season for prairie chicken and
partridgeS now seems assured. Nu-
merous bills with unlimited amend
ments have been offered in both houses
of the legislature, but the senate and
assembly have now reached an agree
ment as basis for bill which will
give a short season for both birds.
The prairie chicken season, under
the new agreement will be open from
September 20 to "a inclusive and the
partridge season will be open from Oc-
tober 1 to 6 inclusive. The open sea-
sons beginning this year will be in al
ternate years so that the next season
after 1921 will come in 1923. While
this bill has not been passed by both
houses, there is little doubt but what
it will be hurried through in its new
form and that Governor Blaine will
sign the bill.
Farmers from all parts of the state
have protested against opening a
oy,9oIynx, Coo~o~.