Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-04
New Tax Reforms
The Leading Issue
In Many States
Reuenchment and Budget
Plans Also to Hold Spot.
light in Number of Legis-
lative Sessions. =


for discussion in at least Ms stat
legislatures now about to open
judged by reports from correspon
dents of The Associated Press, for
warded here from many state capi
tails.
Retrenchment. budget plans ant
fabolition OF needless departments will
be next in importance in II or more
legislatures, with questions of public
improvements, utility corporation:
! and public welfare, ranging in order
close behind.
Dry law enforcement acts are con.
, templated in not less than five states
California, Connecticut. New York
Ohio and South Dakota-while anti
blue laws will be fought pro and cor
on the floors of the legislatures o.
New Hampshire, Pennsylvania
South Dakota and Vermont.
Revision of state constitutions will
! be undertaken in the Pennsylvania
| assembly, which convenes tomorrow
and in the Colorado and New Hamp.
shire legislatures whose sessions
opSH uCNt w CullcSudy.
Bonus Question in Iowa.
Soldier bonuS bills come up 70,
discussion or action in Connecticut
Delaware, Iowa, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota and Montana.
Labor legislation, including in al
least one instance. the question o.
industrial courts, will be pushed ir
California, Connecticut and Iowa.
Public welfare bills have strong
SPONSORS in Arkansas, Connecticut
Colorado, Delaware, New York
Texas West Virginia, Wyoming
and Oklahoma. California will take
up the question of combating radi.
calism.
Public improvements will be ad.
vocated in at least II states, Cali.
fornia, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri
| Nevada, North Carolina. Texas. Yer.
| mont. West Virginia, North Dakota
and Oklahoma. These include !
H5O,000,000 irrigation project and q
s,sOO-mile public highway. Programs
OF economy, involving the consolida-
ton or abolition of state depart.
ments and budget systems, will be
considered among many Of the As
states, notably by Arkansas, Colo.
rado, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas
! Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada
! New Mexico, Ohio and Oklahoma.
Radical Question Issue.
| Legislators of Wisconsin anc
Texas will wrestle with radica
taxation measures. In Wisconsin
the legislature of which opens to.
morrow, the state division of mar.
keting has proposed a tax on un.
used land, in effect single tax
The state tax commission has also
recommended repeal of the personal
property, offset to the income tax
as means to \raise all needed
funds. The Texas legislature, which
meets January II, will consider the
conservation of natural resources in
connection with taxation reform
Other states that are to take Mp the
question of tax reform are Indiana,
Iowa, Maine, Missouri, New Hamp-
shire, Nevada, New York, New
Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont
Montana and Oklahoma.
Repeal or revision of state pri-
mary laws are slated to occupy
much of the time of the 1aw-
makers ,of Illinois, Indiana, Mis-
| souri,, Nebraska, New York, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont and Wyoming. y .
Six state legislatures at least, will
have before them, bills providing
for stricter regulation of automo-
hles and increased license fees,
namely, Delaware, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Nevada, Montana and
Oklahoma. .'-.
TO Discuss Cooperation.
Four states, Colorado, Kansas,
Montana and Wisconsin will dis
cuss proposals for cooperation
marketing and aid for farmers. and
two legislatures, those of California
and West Virginia, will have before
them interesting marital meas
! ures." In California, the act of 1919
designed to place a wife on an
equality with a. husband in the
ownership and disposition of COM
f1unity property, which was de-
feated, will again come before the
lawmakers, West Virginia may
make non-support of wife by
husband an >extraditable offense.
Measures correlated with suffrage
will come up in Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts and Nevada. Re-organiza-
ton of state militia will be dis
cussed in several states,> including
Delaware, and four states expect to
! forward new public Utility legisla-
ton, namely, Connecticut, Colorado,
Maine and South Dakota.
Connecticut, Illinois and West
Virginia willy consider bills relating
! to sports, aid the establishment of
state boxing commissions.
| Dates for the converting of legis-
latures, other than those already
given, are as, follows: January 3,
RhoH Island, Idaho, Montana,
fTennessee ard Ohio, January 4.
Deleware, Nebraska North and
South Dakota, Minnesota and Okla
homa: January S, NorthF Carolina,
and Connecticut; January 6, Massa-
clusetts,. Indiana; January 9, New
Jersey; January 10, Arizona. Cali
fornia, Oregon. Montana, Wash
ington, Arkansas. Iowa; January
II, Kansas, New York, New
Mexico and Wyor1ing; Janu-
ary IL, Wisconsin, West Virginia;
January IS, South Carolina; Janul
ary II, Nevada, Georgiaf February
16, Hawaii; February II, Porto
Rico: March II, Alaska; April 5,