Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-02-26


tion by the senate, every flrme,
but one voting against it. The
bill was by Padway, Milwaukee so
cialist, and fixed eight hours as z
days work in mill, shop and manu-
factory. Farm folk were exclud
ed They can work IS hours, and
often do, as Assemb;ymaa Spocr OF
Green Lake county, told his fellow
farmers with some .ascerb:ty when
similar bin was before the legis
lature several years ago. Night
watchmen were not included. If
person worked ove- eight hours
he must receive pay and 2 half, but
in no circumstance could he go
over the eight hours for more tn IL
thirty days a year Two socialists
made exhaustive and cXhauSting
speeches for the bill One as
serted that city men were the poor
est physically, and was ut once con
fronted with the world-War revel
alton that urban boys made the
hardest soldiers. Senator Schu-
mann of Watertown said he "never
knew what it was to be tired" till
he moved onto d farm eighteen
years ago. Every time we make
living easier in the city" said he
we make it harder on the farm
Senator Morris of Milwaukee frank
/ Iy argued that it was the sleate'
fallacy Of labor that "an eikh:
1 hour day is excessive while
| Senator Titus of Fond du Lac dar
ed the S-hourites to include railway
men, who actually want overtin
work Lack of work causes insan-
ity," he said, mot labor" Sena-
for James Baraboo, Amigo farmer
snapped out that, seeing this bill
would permit him to work twelve
hours a day or longer, and the
other fellows only eight, he should
vote against it, Senator Herman
Bilgrien Of Iron Ridge, another
hard-headed farmer, vigorously
protested, while Senator Quick, So
cialist and idealist, solemnly as
serted that he would if he could
include both railway workers and
farmers. Senator Gettleman OF
Milwaukee sought in vain to have
the 30-day emergency clause elided
then the bill was negatived, 20 to
Is. Senator eastman was the
solitary farmer who voted for the
measure.
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A bill providing for state censor
ship of motion pictures has been
introduced by Assemblyman Paul
II. Raihle of Chippewa county. 1t
creates state board of reviewers
20 inspect all films exhibited III
the state. Posters and advertise
ments of movies also would be
censored. The bill appropriates
$4,000 TO carry out the provisions.
Personally, | have always been OPP
posed to such censorship, but if
here are many films foul as one
saw in Madison's largest theatre
recently, then I'm heartily with
Raihle. The film | refer to had
to do with a racing cycltst, a SEN
suous hairy brute, lolling on a
couch after a race while being
rubbed down by a silly, infatuated
girl. 1t was vulgar, rotten;1 shame
less, inexcusable, nor can Will
lays honestly earn any portion of
his colossal salary as movie auto
orat if he permits such fragrant
violation of all decency.
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Milwaukee socialists want a state
Drintery as usual yet they seem
willing to escape the waste and
complication of a public print shop
in their own home city. The S10,-
00O,O0 government printing Office
/; at Washington probably caused
President Roosevelt more eXasper-
alton than any other department
as he changed superintendents four
Simes in Is months, then gave up in
despair. Printing in that Office
was reliably said a few years ago
to cost from 81 IL to 10 times as
much as like work would cost in
private shops. Only four states
have their printeries, and one city
Boston. Even railroads and mail
order houses prudently keep ont
of that field. Wisconsin state
printing amounts to $4,000 a
, year. and an adequate plant for 90
ing the work at peak periods
would, it is estimated, cost quits
hat much. and lie measurably idlt
many months after the peak was
passed
; Senator StaudeAmayer's finance
; committee is battling bravely t.
abate the need for higher taxes
/, It's titanic task. Senator Stauden
: ,,o,.or cove no ;c ALWAYS short o.