Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-03-22
severson Preparing chance in Bill.

before the legislature, has announced
that he was preparing an amendment
to his measure reducing the corpora
ton tax from a fat per cent on
earnings over $4,000 to fiat 2 per
cent rate.
This change is made necessary by
a marked improvement in business
conditions noted by the tax commits
sion, according to Senator Severson.
Better business has increased the re-
turn to be expected from an income
tax, with the result that reduction
in rates is needed to prevent the tax
measure from raising more revenue
than intended.
The Dahl general income tax bill is
now before the finance committee
awaiting a readjustment of its rates
to take care Of the raise in revenue
occasioned by improved business con
ditions.
Both bills are intended to transfer
approximately $6,0e0,000 of tax from
general property to incomes. The 1919
condition Of business was used as the
basis for computing the rates included
in the measure to provide this return.
1t now develops that earnings for the
last year will be in excess of those in
1919 and as a result lower rate will
be needed to prevent too large a re
turn from application of the proposed
tax law.
Open Waupaca Home to More Vets.
The Wisconsin veterans home at
Waupaca would be opened to veterans
of the Spanish-American war and the
China Boxer rebellion by the Price bill
engrossed in the assembly. This pro-
posal also extends privileges of the
home to wives, mothers and widows
of the former soldiers. AT present
only Civil war veterans and their de-
pendents are living at the Waupaca
institution. The need for state care
for the enlisted men of other wars,
induced Assemblyman Price, himself
a Spanish-American war veteran, to
introduce his bill, he explained to the
lower house
Would Recall BY Popular Vote.
Recall of elective officials by popu-
lar vote and of appointive state Off
Gals by the legislature is provided in
two measures introduced in the SEN
ate with the recommendation of the
senate committee on judiciary. Both
are administration measures intro
duced by Senator Henry Huber.
The general recall provides for a
constitutional amendment to give the
people authority at an election to re-
move from office any elective official
in the state or county government,
including judges.
Recall of appointive state officials
after Interpolation by the legislature
is provided in the second proposal.
Proposes Educational Fund.
Creation of a public education
memorial fund for the promotion of
education in wisconsin is proposed
under terms of bill by Assembly
man J. D. Millar.
This bill would have all returns
from state inheritance taxes go to an
education fund, the returns from
which would be used for educational
purposes. In this way inheritance
taxes, Mr.. Millar contends, would
serve as a memorial to the person
paying them.
It is to be provided by the bill that
surplus money from the soldiers edu-
cational bonus fund and the service
recognition fund, after ten years, be
turned over to the proposed memorial
fund.
House Favors Voting Change.
Republicans and Socialists joined
with the lone Democratic member of
the Wisconsin assembly to advance
the Kamke bill, making more lenient
the restricting provision of the pri-
mary election law, which forced the
Democrats off the official ballot in the
November general election.
This measure cuts the vote needed
by party candidates in the primary to
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ballot from 10 per cent to per cent
of the total party vote cast for gov
ernor in the last preceding election.
Under this reduced percentage the
Democratic party would have been
able to comply with the law in the last
election.
Single maximum fire insurance risks
were increased from $4,000 to $4,000
under bill by Assemblyman w. r.
Miller, passed by the assembly. Insur-
ance corporations would be allowed
to insure up to the increased amount
outlying buildings such as country
stores, schoolhouses, churches and
creamerieS.
The state senate voted to require
bakers of the state to bake standard
Ioaves of bread, uniform in weight, as
proposed in the Czerwinski bill The
bill has been opposed by large Mil
Waukee bakeries.
The assembly engrossed a finance
committee bill granting the tax COM
mission an emergency appropriation
of $4,000. After wrangling for an
hour over the general tax commission
appropriation bill, the lower house
sent the measure back to the finance
committee for revision.