Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-02
BLAINE To D. K.
MARKETING BILL
Measure Provides for Probe of
Cost of Production.
TO CARE FOR ADULT BLIND
Appropriation of 1000 Made by
House in Reconsidering Act Recent
ly killed--GoVernor Vetoes Tax
Boosting Legislation.

state marketing commission bill with
I in few days.
This measure spent five months in
the legislature under consideration and
as it passed it gives the state market
ing commission trade commission"
power to investigate the cost of pro-
ducing farm products and also cost
of producing manufactured products.
The advocates of the bin claim that
1t is one of the most comprehensive
measures the legislature passed. Gov
ernor Blaine in "a statement says he
will sign the measure.
The house, 60 to -, reconsidered
the vote by which it killed the bin
appropriating $4,000 for the care of
the adult blind. An amendment 10
increase the appropriation TO 100000
was killed and the bill was then passed
In its original form. 81 TO 10. Under
this measure a bureau will be APP
pointed and arrangements will be
made to furnish work for the adult
blind. 1t was denied on the floor that
this measure would in any way affect
the school for tue blind at GAINESVILLE.
Experts employed by the legislative
committee which investigated the
teachers retirement fund question will
receive half pay for their work. The
bin appropriating S991794 to these
experts for their work was cut to ST.
s5S97, and then passed.
BY vote of Il to s the senate re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
It passed a bill to turn all legal work
Of the board of medical examiners
over to the Office Of the attorney gen
eral. Senator Morris spoke against
the bill. saying that Attorney \. c.
Umbreit, Milwaukee. had been the at
torney for this board and that his
compensation had been very small and
for the first six years nothing The
bin now goes TO the assembly for con-
currence
1t is reported on good authority here
that George =. Hambrecht, the present
chairman Of the state industrial com
mission. will be elected as secretary
of the state board of vocational educa
tion, to take the place of John Gala
han, who has just been elected state
superintendent of schools.
Governor Blaine is vetoing all bills
designed to increase the rate of inter
est on school district and public utility
loans. The governor declares that
these measures have a tendency TO in
crease taxes in the state.
zone of the difficulties now con-
fronting the country is the excessive
rate of interest that Is being charged
and paid, and high interest rates en-
courage greater imitation" said Cover
nor Blaine in vet3ing the senate bill to
Increase the interest rate for loans 10
buiid sChoolhouSes.
school and municipal bonds consti-
tute most excellent investments-fa
superior to other classes Of bonds.
Usually such bonds provide for pay
ment of interest semi-annually, and the
bonds are inconteStable after 80 days
from the date they receive the approx
al of the bond commissioner, except as
. ttiLtSAikuRlhluA
I tax free, both as 10 the state and ma
tiOnal government. and the school dis
trict or municipality issuing such
bonds can never become insolvent. All
these conditions make school and mu-
nicipal bonds exceptionally desirable
mo complaint has reached me that
any school district or municipality has
+ been unable to dispose of IT'S bonds al
the present statutory rate of interest.
and ii is to be hoped that the present
abnormal inflated condition respecting
exchange is only temporary. However.
the tendency to further imitation should
be discouraged
1.-Two other measures on this same
question have passed the legislature
ana they would have received my dis
approval had it not teen for the fact
that a limitation was placed upon the
time within which such bonds might
be issued at the Increased rate, and
other restrictions were imposed thar
would overcome 10 some extent the
danger toward imitation. The time
within which these bonds may be is
sued ut the increased rate of interest
Is not limited, and there are no safe.
guards TO prevent the added induce.
ment toward initiation.
The whole tendency of this kind Of
legislation is to further increase the
burdens Of taxation for years 10 come.
as school bonds usually run for 70
years"
Primary Election Law unamended.
The primary election law remains
unamended at this session Of the leg
iSlature II was intimatea thar GOV.
ernor Blaine would veto any hin
designed to change the primary cleo
zion law in any Of its Important fea-
lures. When the Ingalls, bin came
M for consideration. Senator Titus
Fond DIN Lac, withdrew his motion
which killed the bill. During the last