The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-03-01

lief money in its pocket, with aSsur.
ance that the FERA will take ade.
quate care OF the emergency situation
in this and In other states. More lib
eral treatment of drouth-impoverish-
| ed farmers, on a rehabilitation rather
than relief basis. is the plan of the
Washington authorities.
| AS a result of the conference in
Washington the s1,O00O00 drouth re-
lief bill passed by both houses of the
Minnesota legislature will be allowed
| to die. 1t has been held in a confer
ence committee for several days. The
relief allowances now up for action
are the S10,O0O,000 state appropria-
ton asked by the FERA, and the pro-
posed 100000 seed loan allowance.
The administrator tax program,
forecasting veto of any gross re-
ceipts levy that might be enacted by
the legislature, was introduced by the
liberal house minority. Expected to
net about s19,OO0,O00, most of it new
| revenue over and above what the
state now receives, the eight bills
are designed to crack down hardest
on the wealthy interests, both per-
sons and corporations. Small wage
earners are hit by proposed lower
ing OF state income tax exemptions
but the utilities and mining compa-
mics ire the target for abrupt sky
rocketing of gross earnings, occupa-
tional, and royalty tax scales.
Introduction of this proposed Iegis-
lation by representatives Lewis Her
findahl. Benson; H. H. Barker, Ell
bow Lake, Mark Nolan, Gilbert, and
others of the minority bloc was point
ed to by conservatives as definite
indication Governor Olson would veto
any gross receipts or income. or sales
tax schemes the legislature might
pass. He has repeatedly voiced his
determination to work for easing OF
the tax burden on real estate but
favors means ether than by a sales
tax or gross ilcome Or receipt plans.
Under the new proposed income
tax scale there is a possibility of
realizing 100000 annually against
about $2,500,000 now. The rates in
the higher brackets are doubled and
the exemptions lowered from $1,000
now to $500 for single persons and
from $4,000 to $1,000 for married per-
sons. Deductions for dependents
are the same as now, $3.50 each. The
rate on the first $1,000 Of income is
unchanged at / per cent but where
the present law increases one-quar-
ter of 1 per cent in the lower brack-
cts, the proposed amendment would
assess the next $4,000 of income 8
per cent; the next $4,000 5 per cent;
the next $1,000 at per cent; the
next $500 at per cent and the next
$4,000 9 per cent.
All over $4,000 would be paid at
the rate Of 10, per cent against per
cent under the present law.
New revenue amounting to about
100000 would accrue to the state
If the legislature approved the adj
ministration's plan for jacking up the
occupational iron ore tax and the
royalty tax to Is per cent each. Each
tax now is 6 per cent.
The special election in Washington
county to elect state senator to sue
eced the late George H. Sullivan will
be held March 10, with the primary
coming on March 6. Meanwhile, SEN
ator Sullivan's desk in the senate
chamber, located in a favorable spot
to the right of the rostrum, was
awarded by the senate rules commit
tee to Senator James A. Carley, Plain.
view. Senator Beldin Loftsgaarden,
ST. Paul, will occupy Carley's former
seat, and the new Washington county
senator will be awarded the seat de-
serted by Loftsgaarden. i
The constitutional amendment re-
lal.ng 60 e:tture expansion of the
! trunk highway system, which failed
TO pass last fall, was reintroduced by
Representative Andrew Finstuen.
Kenyon. 1t would have the effect Of
hating additions to the system until
| all the roads now included have been
| rs per cent completed.
Men who serve prison terms by mis-
| take-later found to have been inno-
cent-have no recourse, no means of
collecting for the time lost. So Rep
resentaive H. L. Wahlstrand of Will
mar introduced a bill providing for
payment by the state of So a day for
the time served, if later demonstrated
| 10 have been innocent.
| For the first time in several weeks,
| the house wiped clean it's calendar
for day, approving 20 measures with
only few dissenting votes. Most of
the bills were fer specific local COM
munities. Both the house and senate
adjourned Thursday until Monday af-
ternoon in observation of the legal
holiday Friday on Washington's birth
day.
| Congress is urged to enact an anti
| lynching bill in resolution approved
| by the house. 1t went to the senate.
Representaive S. A. Stockwell was the
| author.
Sharp increases in the present
| chain store tax scale was proposed
to the house by Representative Mark
Nolan, Gilbert, one of the instigators
of the original chain store bill two
years ago. While the amount of &C.
cupational tax to be paid by each
store has not been changed. Repre-
sentative Nolan proposed to double
the tax rate on all gross volume sales.
Plans for financing the present s10.-
100000 revenue fund deficit would be
aided under a bill by Representative
! A. ]. Powers, Mahnomen, permitting
the investment of state trust funds in