Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-05-19
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come tax Dill Wneu IL came up II L4lo
senate for its first vote Action was
deferred for one week when TIE bill
and amendments win be considered.
BY Senator Hirsch, socialist, taking
all dividends Of corporations from the
exempt list and taxing them as in
comes; by Hirsch, giving Milwaukee
about $500. 900 more than is proposed
/ In the original Blaine bill by dividing
] them 10 per cent to the state, 20 per
cent TO the county and 10 per cent to
the locality The Blaine bill would
give about 80 per cent to the locality
and this would be reduced by the re-
naming particle Of the personal tax.
BY Senator Polakowski, Milwaukee,
socialist, repeating all Of the personal
property Offset instead Of Sc as the
Blaine bin provides. BY Polakowski,
providing that income taxes must be
paid al one time instead Of in three
payments as per the Blaine bill.
/ BY Senator Roethe of Fennimore,
restoring the complete personal prop
erty Offset
BY Senator Huber. stoughton, cor
recting clerical errors.
Eugenics Law to Stay
The senate not only refused to re-
peal the eugenics law, under which
men are examined as to their physical
fitness for marriage, but adopted
new provision to strengthen it.
The change would require woman
about to be married to file an affidavit
with the county clerk stating she was
free from social diseases.
Speaking for repeal Of the law I'M
der Assemblyman Newcomb Spoons
BILL Senator John E. eastman charged
that some physicians are more inter
ested in the 81 fee than in making
thorough examination.
Senator George B. Skogmos amend
ment modifying the eugenics law by
| eliminating the examination OF men
and requiring both men and women
to file an affidavit as a bill of good
\ health was killed, 19 to II.
Then the senate adopted an amend
ment by Senator John c. Schumann
requiring women to file an affidavit
with the county clerk before a mar
riage license could be issued. The vote
was IS to 10.
Oppose Pension Law for State
twenty-five to thirty thousand aged
/ persons would receive old-age pen
siuns from the state and counties I'M
der the bill introduced by Senator
4 A. r. Carey providing for $50
month pension to INDECENT aged not
4 In poor houses" representatives of
/ the Milwaukee Association of Com
MERGE and the Wisconsin Manufacture
ers Association told the Joint Finance
i committee
Such a pension list would cost from
six to eight million dollars, Maj. Geo.
Ballhorn, of the Association of Com
merce said
George Kull, of the manufacturers
association, declared that although the
"aImshouse system" was very costly,
/ that 1t ought not to be scrapped in
/ favor of the old-age pension system.
/ He urged that action be deferred until
the 1925 legislature
/ Carey declared that the law was
aimed to supplement not to replace
the present aims system. He said
that the law was in successful opera.
! ton in many European countries, in.
Guiding Norway, Germany, and France
and Denmark
Fight Won to Cut Hotel Hours
A 10year fight TO bring hotels under
the provisions Of the Wisconsin law
limiting the hours Of work OF women
was ended with Gov Blaine's sigma
ture to the KIlian bin establishing
10-hour day and a 55-hour week for
women hotel workers.
Previous legislatures have killed
similar bills intended to extend the
hours of labor law It was by com.
promise that the senate voted to brine
hotels under the statute
The original bill. passed by the as.
sembly, eaJled for a nine-hour work
ing day Wild a 50hour week for day
work aud an eighthour day for night
WORK ny women IN uNltiss "A SCudAG
amendment accepted by a narrow
margin. established a 10-hour day for
work and a 55-hour week, with nine
hours OF night work and 54-hour
week In that form the bill became
a law.
The assembly voted II to Al on the
Prescott resolution, urging Wisconsin
congressman to initiate legislation TO
modify the Volstead act in favor of
beer. and The resolution therefore
failed of adoption Just before the
assembly defeated 40 to 40, a motion
indefinitely to postpone the bill The
vote on the resolution means that
Senator La Toilette won't have to tell
where he stands on the wet and dry
issue.
The Gght TO restore college courses
I'm the Milwaukee Normal school was