Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-04
CIGARETTE TAX is
VOTED BY HOUSE
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public hearing will be held in a day
or two and the bill will come before
the senate within couple of weeks.
1t stands an excellent chance of pass
ing and the governor stands ready to
sign it. 1t would impose tax of two
cents on each package of twenty Gig
arets and would, it is believed, bring
into the state treasury over $2,000,000
per year.
And money is what-the state will
need the next few years, Judging by
the enormous appropriation totals that
the present legislation will pile up be-
fore it adjourns three weeks and two
days from today. Even Representa-
tive Hitchcock, the tight-wad chair
man of the appropriations committee,
admits that the totals will be over
S43.000,000, the biggest i'm the history
of the state.
There was quite furry at the cap
itol the other day when Representa-
tive j. A. Weeks of Minneapolis, who
doesn't love Governor Christianson,
and some of his Minneapolis friends
Qike w. |. Norton), introduced a bill
to appropriate $2.000,0O0 for the re-
lief of the unfortunates who invested
a part of their savings in the Gold
Notes" of the celebrated Mr.. Cochrane
a couple of years ago. Mr.. Weeks
contention is that inasmuch as A. E.
Nelson, member of the state securi-
ties commission, was In the conspiracy
with Cochrane and was instrumental
in obtaining from the state license to
sell these worthless securities, the
state is morally, if not legally, respon-
sible and ought to reimburse Mr..
Cochrane's victims.
Needless to say. neither the author
of the bill nor anybody else expects
it to pass, but the Introduction of it
calls attention to an unfortunate Incl
dent in Governor Christianson's adj
ministratiOn and may be considered,
as one of the Minneapolis papers puts
it, "a political gesture"
One of the most important bills be-
fore the legislature was killed by the
senate, Wednesday, after an animated
debate of three hourS-the bill to sub
nit to the people constitutional
amendment authorizing the levying of
a state income tax. Senators Chris
gau and l.. p. Johnson were the lead
ing champions of the measure, while
G.. H. Sullivan of Saltwater, furnished
most of the arguments in opposition.
Those voting for the bill were:
Arens, Bridgeman. Carley, Christgau,
Frost, Hougen, Johnson, Johnston,
Landry, A. S. Larson, Lawson, Lee,
Lemm, Lommen, c. A. Lund, McCub-
rey, Millett, Naplin, Nordlin, Peter
son, Romberg, Serline, Sharpe, Sol
berg, Spindler, Stemsrud.
Those who voted against the bill
we're: Adams, Anderson, Besette,
Blanchard, Bonniwell, Cannon, Child,
Duemke, Hanson, Hausler, H. A. Lar
son, Lennon, Lilygren, Long, MacKen
zie, MacLean, Mcknight, Mangan,
NORM, Nelson, Olson, Orr, Putnam,
Pulitzer, Ribenack, Richardson, Rock
ne, Roepke, Rollins, Rosenmeier, Sag
gau, Schmechel, G. H. Sullivan, j. D.
Sullivan, Swenson, Thwing, Traxler,
Turnham, Widell, Zamboni
The effort to put through a bill
granting bonus to Minnesota vet
Grams of the Spanish-American war
was defeated in the house after Chair
man Hitchcock of the appropriations
committee had warned against adding
to the enormous appropriation totals
by enacting such a measure and John
B. Hompe, the eighty-three year old
Civil war veteran, had characterized
the war with Spain as only minor
war-'pretty much of a joke"
I'm spite of the earnest pleas from
the range country to save the iron ore
industry by reducing the tax burdens
of the companies, the house killed,
Thursday afternoon, the bill to ease
up on the occupation or tonnage tax
and another reducing the royalty tax
on iron ore. Most members of the
Legislature don't take the pleas for
mercy of the steel interests at all
seriously.