Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-08

and hope to have them passed by
the other. With today seven
says of the session remain. Up
to today the House has passed
l06 bills and the Senate 81, Of
which l9 have passed both hous-
es, and been sent to the COVER
nor for his signature. He vetoed
two, one of which veto was ov-
erridden. Few measures of real
Importance, however, remain TO
be acted upon,
Frankfort, Ky, Mar. S-Sena-
tor William L. Wallace's bill re-
pealing the antitrust laws Of
Kentucky to safeguard the Bing-
ham Cooperative Marketing Act
was passed by the Senate Tues
day afternoon by vote Of 81 to 3
Senaors Garner, Simmons and
Welch voting no"
Senator Wallace, Of Madison
county, author of the bill, led the
fight for its passage Immediately
after the upper house reconvened
after d recess for lunch. Senator
Pal Garner, OF breckenridge coun.
ty, opposed it on he ground that
it would repeal sixteen antitrust
Jaws which the State was long in
enacting. He added that he did
not think the Bingham law
would be benefited by the pro-
posed law.
In my Judgment this Is Il good
BILL" Senator Henry 5. Caywood.
OF Bourbon county said, adding
that James {. Stone, Of Lcxing-
ton. president of the Burley Co.
Marketing Association,
was an advocate.
Senator Simmons sided with
Senator Garner, suggesting that
it would be inadvisablc to wipe
out all these restraining inlucn-
ces against the trusts"
If the repeal Of the anti
trust laws will help the farmer"
Senator Hiram N. Brock Of Har-
Ian said, Il will vote for repeal"
In explaining his vote Senator
Frank L. Daughcrty, Of Nelson
county, said that he Thought the
antitrust law passed in 1920 too
drastic.
The Rules Committee called
up Senate resolution No. 10 for
reconsideration. The resolution
would provide for additional com
pensation for attaches Of he two
branches of the General Assem-
bly,. 1t was passed over the ,c-
to OF the governor by a vote OF
81 to 3, Senator, Brock, Garner
and White dissenting.
Speaker James II. Thompson
scored another victory in the
senate when his tax bill, amend
ed so as to make the rate on
farm lands IS cents instead OF
the 30 cents adopted by the
house, but which still Is re-
duction OF ) cents from the pres
ent rate, passed by a vote ol q
to 10.
The Senate went into com
mittee OF the whole ON motion Of
Senator Daugherty To- hear Pey-
ton Clark, OF Louisville, speak OH
the Thompson tax bill.
The present tax laws OF Ken
tucky are the best the state has
ever had" he said. 81 DEFY any
body TO show how the present
tax law can be improved" Mr..
Clark declared that il would be
serious were the legislature to
enact a tax law which would, in
a critical time in the states fin
ancial history. reduce revenue by
81 100000, He denied that the
Thompson bill would help the
farmer.
I'VE need industrial develop
ment more than anything else in
the state of Kentucky he said.
pointing to the fact that there
are elements other than the farm
ing element in Kentucky.
Il cannot see" he went or.
"how you can adopt the ideas OF
a man who obtained his idea from
a few college professors in the
East, who do not know anything
about Kentucky. ] doubt if any
of them has read the Constitution
of Kentucky.
I'VE have something that is
good and we ought to hold on to
something that is good. If we
want to go back ten or twenty
years we can adopt the Thomp-
son tax bill. If we want to adj
.....-A L