The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-06-17
TAX REFORM ALSO LIKELY
10 COME BEFORE GEORGIA
LEGISLATURE AGAIN.
POLITICS MAY HAMPER WORK
na;c+ion Is Made That Solons VIII
Not Undertake to Solve Many Deep
n.h1sros Governor Is Silent as to
Subjects in Message.

D-ObleI1S. OONC1ASA
Subjects in Message.
.rrANTA. Ga-With the sizzling
,,n,er session Of the Georgia gener-
u assembly just one week Oft state
a.:ar. and political prophets are be-
Ginning to predict that the legislature
III. wear will not have many deep
oroblems to solve.
These predictions are based Oh the
lac. that this is a political year when
Ne members of the two houses and
tbe occupants of state ottces must
s.a,d before the people on their rec
s-ds II has been the custom OF past
Iao5statures to avoid the big issues,
,,1on which the voters are divided, at
LESSONS Immediately preceding an ex-
nression from the people at the baliot
box Bic issues always have two SIDES
and separate align1hents, and few can
d;dates for office will go out OF their
vav to antagonize anybody
Governor Walker has given no IN
4;r,s4;on as to the contents OF his mes
sace but il is expected that he will
ioiIow the lines of previous messages
IN urging tax reform. However, few
believe that the governor will make
srch vigorous drive for the passage
~ tav reforms as he made at the ex-
ira session, when he was so anxious
for big accomplishments in order that
the call for the extra session might
be justified.
Friends OF the governor feel that
the call has been justified, even with
on+ the tax reform he was so insistent
mon. as the auditing and revenue de-
nartments created by the extra session
have accomplished splendid results.
Two Big Issues.
# tax reform legislation is side
tracked at the coming session the
bic issues probably will be highway
bond issue and efforts to have the
state get behind a port project at Sa-
vannah. A vigorous campaign is now
being made in Georgia for $4,000
600 bond issue for good roads, and
some progress reported in persuadlng
the people that the bonds can be car
ned along and finally paid off with
gasoline tax money and motor vehicle
license ices without adding one dol
lar to the ad valorem taxes.
Savannah is going after the state
port in a more determined and more
effective manner than-ever before, and
is carving on an intensive campaign
Of education. Port boosters from the
Chatham capital plan to tour the state
Immediately before the session opens
in an ecort to convince legislators
and their constituents that the pro-
posed port project would be state
wide benefit. 1t is apparent that pub
lie sentiment is turning toward state
port, but there will be battle on any
effort to have the state of Georgia IS
sue bonds for the project.
Child Labor Law.
A movement is developing to have
the Georgia Legislature turn down the
child labor law recently adopted by
congress, when the constitutional
amendment is submitted to the Geor-
gla legislative body this month for
ratification. Attorney General Napier
has been consulted by various mem
bers of the legislature and is in SYM
pathy with the plan to have the Geor-
gia legislature be the first state body
to refuse to ratify the amendment.
The new law is rank invasion OF
states right and | am informed that
every Georgia senator and congress
man opposed it." Colonel Napier de-
clared 1T affects every worker in the
cotton fields, cooks and other servants.
In my opinion the Georgia legislature
should refuse to ratify the amendment,
and take the opportunity to make a
vigorous protest against such a strong
Capitalization OF government in Wash
ington."
The Georgia Legislature will be the
tIrst state body to which the child la
Dor law is submitted, as it is the first
to assemble since the national law
was passed.