Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-28
HOUSE To PASS
TEACHERS BILL
Measure Increases Pension to Be
Paid Retired instructors.
DEFEAT HUBER AMENDMENT
Senator Attempted &c Make Maximum
Salary Under Whicn Teacher
Gould Cone Under Law 1000
Killed q to s.


Indication that the house viii pass
the teachers retirement fund bin in
cressing the amount Of aid TO be given
TO tie teachers Of the state as pen
sion upon retirement
After two hours Of rejecting amend
menss the senate finally engrossed'
passed and Immediately messaged 10
the house the Kuckuk-SkogmO bin for
4 rehabilitation Of the teachers retire
ment fund law. Only Senators Roethe,
Severson. Smith and Staudenmayer
voted against the biz on final passage.
Senator Huber offered an amend
ment TO make the maximum salary IN
der which 4 teacher could come under
the law $1,000. This would exempt
many university and normal school
teachers. Mr.. Huber declared that
with the number Of working men that
were now without work in this state
that he could not vote an annuity to
anybody who was earning over $1,000
a year. The amendment was killed
% TO s.
A surtax on personal and corpora
ton incomes amounting 10 a million
year was proposed as an amendment
by Senator SeversOn as q substitute
means Of financing the measure. The
surtax would run from i mills on the
sixth $1,000 10 l per cent on the
twelfth $1,000 and on each thousand
over that amount. This amendment
was defeated IS to Is.
Senator Staudenmayer then pro-
posed an amendment providing for the
submission Of the bin to the people in
d referendum vote in 1922. Senator
Titus declared that the senate might
as well kill the bill then and there as
to submit it TO the people. He claimed
that the people could not understand
the question. This final attempt at
amendment was killed % 10 6. The
bin was then engrossed and put on
fnal passage.
Governor Blaine has vetoed a bin
which provides that the depots must
he kept open for 20 minutes prior 10
the arrival Of a train, but might be
closed at the time of arrival Of specl-
fed trains, by order OF the railroad
commission. In vetoing this bill the
governor declares that he believes that
1t would be against public policy TO
give to an Administrative body the
right to suspend the policy determined
by the legislature.
IL the amendment TO the law" de-
cIared Governor Blaine. was what 1t
perhaps was intended 20 be-namely,
that by order Of the railroad commits
sion depots might be permitted 70 be
closed for the time specified in the
section before the arrival Of specified
trains-then il would be within the
power of the commission 10 determine
a public policy In the absence of a leg
islative rule. and In that respect there
would he a delegation Of legislative
power to an administrative body.
''The legislature has determined
that 20 minutes before arrival of a
passenger train is a reasonable time
during which a depot should be kept
open. and until the legislature deter
mines upon a general rule respecting
this question, without fixing the actual
time for keeping depot open. l doubt
very much il power can be granted to
an administrative body to determine a
question of public policy, as the rail-
road commission can act only within
a prescribed legislative rule.
''The legislature having determined
the public policy IN this matter. my
view is that an administrative body
ought not TO have power to waive or
suspend public policy determined
by the legislature
Between $1,000 and $4,000 a year
can be saved By the state If the auto
license plates, which are manufac-
tEred AT the state prison at Waupun,
are sent out directly from Waupun in
stead of first sending them TO Madi-
son. according to Warden TOwne.
A net profit Of S9,977,75 for the year
I9I9-20 has been made on the auto tag
industry at the prison. In 1920 over
10000 pairs OF automobile and truck
license plates and $500 motorcycle
plates We're manufactured.
The biennial report of the prison for
the period ending June l, 1920. shows
profits Of S17,3660S. the products be
ing mostly consumed at the prison.
The shoe factory makes 90 pairs of
shoes day and supplies all of the
state institutions and nearly all Of the
county asylums,
The binder-tw!ne plant shows a net
profit for the fiscal year 1919-20 Of
sS6, 629.T5.
Dahl Taxation Bill is Held Sack.
The Dahl taxation bill has been
given a hearing by the joint finance
committee. 1t Is not expected that
this bill will be reported out of COM
mittee until some Of the large appro-