The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-01
SENATE FAILS
 TO PASS BILL
 RAISING TAXES
Legislature Decides Present Revenues Sufficient
 for All Needs

TUT two IlOTe yedrS, dG any TdJe, the industries and population of Alaska will not pay any more taxa ton than they have since 1927. This was insured when the tenth Alaska Legislature adjourned sine die at 8:15 a.m today without talk | ing any action on the revenue and | taxation measure that had been previously enacted by the House of Representatives.
 The Legislature passed 122 bills, all of which were approved by the | Governor, almost 50 resolutions, memorials and other measures. No Serious Differences No serious differences existed be- tween the two Houses to mark the | closing hours. While adjournment was delayed several hours beyond the nominal hour, the delay was largely incidental to work neces- sary than to any disagreements over legislation.
 The failure of the Senate to pass the taxation bill which provided for raises in the fisheries and min- ing schedules and minor levies did not vex the House which was ap- parently vastly relieved over the outcome. The Senate reduced ap- propriations slightly but none of the major items were affected bE the cuts.
 No measure of prime importance was lost in the closing hours, ex cept the ziegler Recent excise &k on fibreboard containers used lh the salmon canning industry. M Situated Relieved The Senates failure to act on that bill resulted from a reversal in conditions which had led to its in- troduction by Representative zieg- Ter. Alaska sawmills. unable to sell the product of their box factories at any price, had turned to the Legislature for assistance in meet ing fibreboard competition.
 MT. ziegler's bill was the final result of the lawmakers effort to remedy the situation. It called for tax of l2 cents on each fibre board container used in packing local food products The House passed it 12 to 4, doing it twice owing to some defect in the first passage.
 Yesterday, by an agree ent reached between junior Senators Shattuck, First, Lomen, Second and Bragaw, Third Division and can- nery representatives the bill was tabled and died there. The canners agreed for their own principals and recommended to others that all wooden boxes used by the packing industry would be purchased in the Territory. And hours before the Legislature adjourned, many tele- grams had been received pledging future orders covering hundreds of thousands of box shocks.
 Future Is ProblematicaI
 The future course of the Legisla- ture in this field of protection for home industry is problsmatical. One of the junior Senators, who was active in bringing about the agree ment yesterday, said if the packing industry failed to live fully up to it's part of the industry, there was another session of the Legislature due in 1883 whic h undoubtedly would undertake other methods of settlement.
 Up to early yesterday some 20 firms corporations and individuals. had been heard from, most of them pledging definite orders for this or next season, indicating at least 100000 cases to be ordered each season. While this amount is less than the capacity output of the Alaska box mills, it was said to be satisfactory to them.
 Adjust Jury Measure
 The two branches after several days of disagreement reached a basis for settlement of differences oyer the Vim jury bill shortly be- fore adjournment. This provided for 80 per cent of the names of electors to be placed in the iurv box before the drawing of regular panels; confining names for jurors to the subdivisions of the court. and making illiteracy ground for challenges for cause.
 The House also agreed to the Senate's amendments to the school refund measure, which left the ner- centage of refunds to the schools unchanged but took off the $4oooo annual maximum limitation. Diff terences existing in other measures of less public interest were settled :. satisfactorily and not a sinele measure was lost because of saIl- ure to agree.
 Appropriations Kept Down