Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-04-04
SECRECY clause BIN ADVANCED


four members voted for the bill, ten
against.
The measure was hard fought in
the committee hearing and again on
the floor of the senate but was passed
by the upper house and will be con-
Cured in by the assembly.
In it's present form the bill will
open income statements filed with the
state tax commission to public inspec-
ton. The principal objection to this
while officials should be free to look
over such information, business men
and others ought to be protected
against curiosity seekers.
Object to Child Labor Bill
The fruit growers of Door county
and all interested in the industry are
up in arms against the child labor bill
introduced by Assemblyman Sachtjen.
One of the sections OF the bill would
prevent children under Is from pick
ing cherries while on an outing in
Door county.
The growers have protested the
provisions of the bill that are di-
rected at picking in cherry orchards.
Those connected with the culture of
fruit and conditions in the picking or
chards and camps assert that cherry
picking as compared with other child
labor is mere play and recreation out
in the open.
Well housed and properly cared fol
between 1000 and 5000 school chill
dren from all parts of the state spend
four or five weeks in Door county
picking cherries each summer. Many
OF these cherry pickers are under 16.
The work is light and pleasant and
the compensation exceptionally good.
The pickers are at will to work as
they please and upon their produc-
tiveness depends their individual COM
pensation.
Favor Saloon Standing Bars
The return of standing bars to Wis
consin saloons dispensing soft drinks,
was favored by the assembly by en-
grossment of the Mark bill, removing
bars.
An amendment to the bill, leaving
state regulation of screens, blinds and
stalls within the Severson prohibition
enforcement statute, was adopted, So
to q. With this restricting amend
ment attached, the bill was sent to
engrossment, Sc to &c. after indefinite
postponement had been refused, So
to 80.
While voting against return of bars,
the drys explained that they attached
little Importance to the measure
Senate Favors Dance Regulation
The Ridgeway bill providing for
stringent regulation of dance halls
under supervision of the county
boards of the state was engrossed in
the senate. This measure carries out
the wishes of county boards and of
women's organizations of the state for
suppression of vice in amusement
places.
Under provisions of the measure
county boards would be required to
license all amusement places and to
provide for the inspection of each
dance hall. Children under Is would
be barred from dance halls unless &C
companied by their parents or guard
ians.
Senator Ridgway told the senate
that his measure was aimed at I'M
regulated dance halls, (which are
causing the ruination of more young
boys and girls than any other single
thing in the state"
Charges that various educational
departments of the state have been
working at cross purposes were made
before the joint education committee
of the legislature during a hearing on
the Carey bill to abolish the state
board of education and vest it's pow
ers in new board. The new board
would comprise five elective mem
bers and the state superintendent of
schools
The Ridgway bill providing for
statewide regulation of dance halls
will be amended SO it shall not be ap-
plicable in cities already having regu-
latory laws which are being properly
enforced. This announcement was
made here by Senators j. E. Barber
and Merritt F. White, members of the
senate committee on education and
public welfare, which is considering
the bill. Because of the latest amend
ment, action on the measure has
been deferred.
The assembly concurred in the
Quick resolution, already adopted by
the senate, calling for an amendment
to the state constitution to permit
home rule for cities. This proposal
has already been favorably acted