Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-04-14
AZ 80. ooo As ouard As.,roprIa.Ion


The finance committee Of the legis-
Iature at a special meeting here fixed
| 1856. 600 as the annual appropriation
| for the Wisconsin National Guard.
Under the present law it is posi-
BILE for the militia to spend 100000
year. An appropriation Of 100000
! is provided for annually, while under
special statute another 100000 is
made available.
The committee reached its decision
after two hour session. Gov. Blaine
appeared before the committee. and
! advised that an appropriation of be
tween $245,600 and $255,00O be-giyen
to the state military force. Later the
committee virtually concWred in the
governors advice.
May Abolish Cavalry.
With an appropriation of s255,000
j assuming that the committees recon-
mendation will be approved, Wiscon
sin could maintain approximately
I $500 troops At present the guard
I comprises between 5000 and 5000
men, The federal defense act requires
4 the state to maintain at least 1900
men 1t is possible that the cavalry
or some other unit OF the militia may
! be abolished under the reduced appro.
priation.
The reduced appropriation, it is
said, meets the objections of guard
opponents who q few weeks ago led
an unsuccessful fight for measure
to abolish the militia entirely. If the
| committees action is concurred in,
Wisconsin will spend thousands Of
dollars less each year for its military
/ force
Tucker Plan Marked for Death.
At the close Of a protracted and
heated hearing the senate state affairs
committee voted to recommend the
killing of the Tucker eiPhthour bill
The five members present voted for
indefinite postponement Two mem
4 bers were absent The bill has al
ready passed the assembly.
Larger industries were represented
at the hearing, but the sharp clashes
were between farmers on one side and
/ Socialist legislators and their allies
on the other That many employees
want the bill killed was made evident.
The point on which farmers and
many employees baked is the provi.
sion that the clock be punched on the
dot, and that overtime be treated as
crime.
The hearing brought delegations
from many points. More than 100
crowded the senate parlor In a mum.
Der of instances, manufacturers and
employees were ranged on the same
side.
Third Auto Tax Bill introduced.
The automobile taxation question
was further complicated when Sen
ator Polakowski introduced third
bill applying to all features of the
automotiye taxation problem that have
been proposed so far.
The original bills by the committee
on taxation would levy a tax OF 2
cents gallon on gasoline and would
place weight and power tax on the
| cars themselves to raise about $ll,.
600 900. The Polakowsh bill would
also raise $11,0OO,000 but is intended
mainly to overcome objections of
cities to the form Of distribution OF
the money netted by the tax.
Mode of raising the $4,000 600 in
taxation differs somewhat from the
original plan incorporated in the gaso.
line tax bill and the weight and power
tax measure Besides the weight and
| gasoline tax the Polakowski bill pro
yides for a ? per cent tax on the val.
uation of the machines. This is in.
tended to graduate the tax on cars
according to value, one of the objec.
tons that has been brought against
the committee on taxation bill.
People taking out automobile Ii.
censes between July / and Aug. &c
would be given a 25 per cent rebate
on their taxes; between Sept. l and
Dec 81, 80 per cent OF the tax would
be deducted
A sweeping ban would be placed on
the teaching of all foreign languages
in Wisconsin schools if a bill intro
duced by title in the legislature by
Assemblyman Matt Koenigs, Fond du
Lac. should be enacted into law.
Foreign languages. both ancient and
modern. would be stricken from the
curriculums of graded, high and nor,
NAL schools. under the provisions OF
the koenigs bill The University OF
Wisconsin is the only institution re.
ceiving state aid that is exempt Pr.
NatelN nnnratad elncatinnal institlt.