Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-04-20
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Senate Gives Good Majority
to the Statutory In
come Tax.
By HJALMAR PETERSEN
Representative from Pine County.
april 10 to 15)

Representative from Pine County.
april 10 to 15)
The unemployment insurance bill
which lost in the House last week.
lacking IL votes of passage, was taken
up for reconsideration Monday anu
discussed pro and con. On the sec
ond attempt the bill passed the House
by a scant majority. The bill II
passed by the Senate and signed by
the governor will not be effective be-
fore January 1, 1885, giving ample
time for employers and employees to
prepare for the inauguration OF this
reform measure which is designed to
make it better for employers ana
employees alike during times OF stress.
The reserves which will be built up
through operation of such law Will
be used during what might be termed
"rainy DAYS" Rep. YOungdahl or
Minneapolis. is given credit for gain
ing reconsideration of the unemploy-
ment insurance bill as he fought hard
and valiantly for the measure. 1t was
no little credit to the hard fighting
progressive that he gained reconsid-
GRAFTON on the House floor.
Another bill of considerable con-
Germ to workers was the bill which
passed the House also on Monday and
which provides for only six hours
work per day and five days a week
on public construction work. 1t was
argued by Rep. Wier of Minneapolis,
that the hours of work for laborers
has gradually been cut with the ad-
vancement of labor saving machinery.
Formerly laborers were employed
twelve hours day. That was later
cut to eleven, then ten, nine, and
now eight hours or less is considered
a standard day. Reducing the hours
to six per day and five days week
on public construction would tend to
provide work for many more people
and would ease up on the serious un-
employment situation, said the labor
leader. Mr.. Wier There would be
no more expense to the public, he
added, for the wages would remain
the same but the work would be d.
vided up much more.
county, feels good over the passage
by both House and Senate of his bill
cutting boiler inspection fees from
So to 81. This inspection pertains
largely to air vessels for Initiating
automobile tires. Mr.. Doerr main
tains that 81 for the inspection should
be enough and that So as formerly
solon maintains that this is good
tax reduction bill, and he had good
support in putting it over both in
House and Senate.
Those Ditch Bonds.
The old ditch bonds of some north
ern Minnesota counties, established
about a quarter century ago, are still
bounding the taxpayers to some ex-
tent They are like the old black cat
continually coming around the corner
Beltrami, Lake of the Woods and
Koochiching counties, as well as other
counties, have been helped out in
former sessions and on Tuesday OF
this week. Marshall county was given
a lift to the extent of S750,000 by the
state in order that it might not GO
bankrupt. A considerable portion OF
the county is turned over to the state
for forestry, game reserves and other
purposes.
This is case of the sins of the
fathers being visited upon the chill
dren. The establishing OF large
bitches in some of those northern
Minnesota counties was made all to-
gether too easy by the Legislature
in those days. A very small per-
centage of the settlers was required
on the petition for ditch and re-
gardless of how much other citizens
and taxpayers protested, the ditch
was established. Contractors got
their money and taxpayers were left
to hold the sack. 1t was serious
mistake, for many of the bitches were
of little benefit, in fact, it is claimed
by many people that in some cases
the bitches have been detrlment
Representative Green, main spon'
sor of the bill for setting off thou
sands of acres in Marshall county tt
the state of Minnesota in return FOL
the state coming to its rescue ffnan
cially, ably presented the arguments
in behalf of his county and the
settlers who are battling with higf
tax levies and bond issues. His bill
received almost the unaniomus vote Of
the House.
The second of the customary five
large appropriation bills was passed
by the House Wednesday, this being
the bill for departmental expenses
1t provides for cutting the salaries