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eral orders, having been recommended
to pass by the committee. Soon after
the public hearing has been held, a
special order will be asked for so that
a final vote of the House may soon
be taken. Being a revenue raising
measure, it must be acted upon in
the House before final Senate action
can be taken.
The usual cry of doubt regarding
the constitutionality of a statutory
state income tax without the cOnsti-
tuition having been amended, is re-
sorted in the daily press these days.
1t may perhaps only be necessary to
remind the opponents that the former
attorney general, Henry N. Benson,
gave out as his opinion in the 1881
session that such a law calling for a
graduated progressive income tax
would be constitutional. An opinion
from the present attorney general,
Harry H. Peterson, will likely have
been issued and published in the daily
press before these lines are read. The
citizens, generally, need not fear that
they will have to make out any in
come tax reports if this bill becomes
law, provided their earnings are not
great enough to warrant paying the
income tax. Exemptions, as now con-
tanned in the bill, are $1,000 for single
people, $1,500 for married persons and
$3.50 for each dependent.
Once Too Often.
Another attempt has been made to
change the date of the primary cleo
tion from June to September. The
bill which was voted on two or three
weeks ago in the House. lost by only
another attempt was made to change
the primary election to September.
changing the date only eight days,
the House members showed resent
ment. The vote on this measure Fri
day was 3S for and "A against. Many
members felt that it was evident from
the vote of three weeks ago that the
desire for a change was not great
enough, that there had been an ex-
preston against moving the primary
election date from early summer to
near the fall and therefore killed the
bill properly on Friday.
The joint resolution ratifying a
proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States caused
considerable debate. 1t was felt that
Congress should have some more pow
er over the entire United States
against the taking advantage of child
labor in factories. With millions of
people unemployed, former bread win
ners of the families, strong robust
men walking the streets, it was ar
gued that there is little sense in chill
dren of ~ years or thereabouts being
employed in factories. The desire is
to have such children in school or
at home instead of taking employ
ment away from heads of families
and so that greedy employers should
not be taking advantage of poverty
stricken families who of necessity
send their young children out to work
for very small pay. The amendment
was adopted by a vote Of 83 to SO.
Representative Cravens of Mile
Laos county, and the writer, intro
duced a bill against hunting on pri-
vate lands that are fenced. If this
becomes law, the mo hunting signs"
will not be needed.
Optional Tax Request.
After searching for a week or ten
days for a senator and representative
to introduce a bill for the Optional
tax" Lynn Thompson of the Junior
Taxpayers. has met with success.
The success, however, will likely be
limited to the introduction of the bill
as the senator and representative who
did this favors rshave marked the bill
introduced by request" The bill
proposes various nuisance taxes" and
diversion of road funds all to go into
special school fund. Gas tax money
should be spent where used and
where it wears and tears the
road. Game and fish license fees
should be used for the propagation
of fish and furtherance of outdoor
life, the maintaining of forests that
have something to do with wild life.