Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-01-31
LOOKING IN
= ON THE
LEGISLATURE.

Madison-Gov. Blaine has announced
the appoin tn1ent Of a visiting commit
tee that will investigate charges made
5v Assemblyman Paul H. Raihle of
bCadott against the management of the
state home for, feeble minded at Chip
pewa Falls. Members OF the commit
tee aEe
From the senate-Walter H. Hunt,
River Falls, and Walter Polahowski,
Milwaukee.
From the assembly-Miss Mildred
Barber, Marathon; Robert Caldwell,
Lodi; Erick H. johnson, Frederick,
and August Beversdorf, Shawano.
Mr.. Haihle and Col John Hannah,
secretary of the board of control.
were requested to appear before the
visiting committee concerning the
charges of cruel treatment of patients
Senator Hunt announced that the
committee will make a trip TO chip
pewa Falls within a short time and
that it will conduct an investigation
of it's own, regardless of whether the
special committee asked for in the
Raihle resolution is appointed.
Tax Fight Looms Again
Revival Of the income tax fight Of
the last session has been signalized
by the introduction of the so-called
compromise bill' by Senator John
Shumann
An important feature OF this bill is
the repeal of the general property mill
tax, which produces about 100000
of revenue, and the shifting OF this
burden to income tax payers. 1t
practically doubles the present income
tax rate until the rate reaches 10 per
cent The corporation rate is a fiat
4 per cent.
In effect, this bill repeats the per-
sonal property Offset by providing that
the personal offset could be used up
to $25.
A desire to reduce taxes is con-
tanned in a bill by Assemblyman
Mosely, Beloit, to raise the state ex-
emptions TO the level of those in the
federal act The Mosely bill increases
exemptions for single men from $500
to $1,000 and for heads of families
from $1,000 to $500, with an exemp-
ton of $500 for each child instead Of
5000 Mr.. Mosely's bill is backed by
petition from Beloit clerks. me
chanics and laboring men.
Education Measure Withdrawn
Assemblyman Schultz of Bruce who
inten&ed to ask the legislature to
memorable congress to adopt the Ster-
ling-Reed bill, providing for federal
department Of education, he declared
that he had not realized the nature
OF the bill and would withdraw the
measure.
Opponents Of the Sterling-Reed bill
claim that it has for its purposes crea-
ton of an entering wedge designed
10 abolish, eventually, the parochial
school system in the United States
The measure is said to have the in
dorsement of the Ku Klux Khan.
Several measures were reported by
the revision committee in the as
sembly and referred to standing com
mittees. They included the resolu-
tons by Glass and Warden providing
for ratification of the federal child
labor amendment and limiting the in
production of bills, respectively, and
the bills seeking repeal of the Sever
son prohibition law, by Cieczynsh;
repeal of the $500 homestead exemp-
ton, by Tuffley, and repeal of the per-
sonal property Offset in income taxes,
by Duncan
Labor Asks EightAour Day
Senator Padway. Milwaukee, has in
troduced a measure to prohibit night
work in bakeries and another bill TO
make basic eight hour day for Wis
consin industries. Under the latter.
workers could be employed but eight
hours day in all industries with the
provision that for period of thirty
days each year they could be worked
overtime providing they were paid
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