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Show LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP. A measure that Is destined to encounter en-counter some of tho most strenuous and determined opposition is IIouso Bill 84 by Hone, which seeks to mnko eight hours a dny's work In nil of tho factories of tho stato. Tho sugar and canning factory peoplo will' fight Its passage to tho last ditch and their lobby Is a strong one. It Is pointed out by the opponents of tho eight-hour measure that the nature na-ture of tho employment In canning . and sugar factories Is vitally different differ-ent from that In tho mines and smelters smel-ters where the law now provides for an eight-hour day. The factorlcaJiave only a short run .or JromIffi' 120 days. !)Votniuch" of this factory or can bjf classed as sklliw ana1-. Srgo proportion of it Ues notrequlro great exertion, fn tho factories .ofitho Utah. Sugar Company, tho handsilomplnycid at unskilled work receive from2. to $2.50 por day. Tho canning fat juries jur-ies pay on a "piece-work" baIs largely.. - "fl1," Representative Austin, whoanj tho field superintendent of tho Utah Sugar Su-gar company says that 95 per cent of the men who work in tho sugar factories fac-tories are farmers, who aro accustomed accus-tomed to. twelve or more hours work por day iu their own business, and who do not deslro any chango from tho present 12 hour rule. Mr. AuBtln fs emphatic in Ills statement that it would bo absolutely out of tho question ques-tion for tho company to Increase tho pay so that tho present wago would, be given for an eight-hour day. There Is a ,blll ponding Intromited! by Representative Pantor of Salt Lako which is intended to prevent tho em- ployment of alien labor in tho stato.; ich a measuro does not socm to bo suited to Utah's, needs, according to. tho opinions of tho leaders both In thq Snate and House. Tho native population popu-lation is not groat enough to afford means of developing the state's resources. re-sources. Few Indeed aro tho able, bodied men who aro Idle In the west; unless they want to bo Idle, and for much of tho rough and hard labor.it Is almost impossible to llntl others' than aliens. Growing out of tho Carbon county strikes troubles of .last year is House Bill No. 10, by Austin, which makes i it a mlsdomonnor by thrcnts of force, f, g or violence to seek to prevent any I ono from entering into tho employ of j ' J any comvttny or corporation. Tho gen- j oral sentiment Is that this measure i will pass. 1 . ; Flvo citizens of Spnnlsh Fork pro- j, sentcd a memorial to tho loglslaturo p I in which they undertook to toll tho ::' ! E lawmakers Just how almost every S J 1 branch of tho stato govornment should j1, I bo conducted. As ono of their strong- 1 ost pleas was for economy, supple- J . 1 inontcd with tho statement Hint somo m stato officers' snlarlos woro too high, j 1 tho liouso economized by declining to E print tho memorial In tlio journal. j ; 1 h1 1 If every objection mado by Itopro- f 6 H Hontanvo .losupn woro mado a part of iff tho record only a competent stono- If graphor could keep the score. , j t & '!'; f Representative Simons of Utah , m county did a foolish thing in seeking j jjj to nir a personal grlovanco ngainst a j jjjj defeated candidate whllo speaking to ' ' H? a question of porsonal prlvllogo. Tho 1 il j houso has enough to do without lis- 1 j toning to speeches that havo no bonr- I I lug upon proposed legislation. ,$ J Gcorgo Hanson, vlio Is ono of Wo- I her county's most Influential lobbiosts, I has spent considerable time- with tho j j ombers of both houses this week. jfi J K If Roberts of Cacho Is working hard ' , I on a bill which ho says will mako '. j K good roads in Utah. Mr. Roborts , j ; i lj docs not claim to bo working in tho , i l interests of auto owners. Ho bollovos 1 IL that tho former will bo tho chief i jfl gainer by Improved highways. i I Sentiment is very much divided on . jfl Joseph's bill which provides for tho iiiiffl uniting of Salt Lako City and county ra under ono government. But somo ot ' j ' 1 tho strongest men in tho houso aro I j 11 firmly convinced of tho merits of this j il plan and tho measuro will bo pushed j 9 with both earnestness and ability. jjl v5 I Austin of Utah county is not fool- 1 IN ing well over tho statements of tho I in Wasatch Wavo regarding his bill 9 which provides for tho setting asldo H of Strawberry valley as a stato park. H Tho Wavo declared that tho valloy H possesses nono of tho natural ad- jjl vantages for a park. Mr. Austin nf- fl firms that the Strawberry valley ls j ,.9 if L a easy of access, unsurpassed In scon- ery. with plenty of water, timber, Ul ; hunting and fishing. The grazing privity! priv-ity! lieges of Strawberry valley ' aro I,' Btated upon competent authority to f'tm bo worth at least ?5000 per year. Rep-; Rep-; ' i rcsontatlvo Austin believes that It can jj bo made a source of revenue, not ox-f ox-f ! , penso to tho state. Ill' Much adverse comment Is heard I ; ai 1 1 concerning Senator Holllngsworth's 1 bill to prevent tho payment B of mileage to any legislator M or other state official who trav-, trav-, n els on a pass. Just what the H ethical ideals of the majority are is i B not clear from their expressions, which 1 II ombody tho views that the salaries of II tho legislators aro at best only a it i trifling renumoratlon for tho time exit ex-it ponded, that tho passes arc not so-t so-t llcited but only accepted as on offered II courtesy; that they do not feel under I any obligations to tho railroad compan- I les for a free ride; that so long as tho I state law provides for tho payment of I I mileage they aro entitled to It regard- 1 less of how they secured their trans- j I portation. And much moro along tho I samo lines. I I Senator Hollingsworth says that I I tho spirit and intent of tho mileage I U law is merely to provide traveling ex- IBJ penscs, and that If a legislator travels IBJ without expense ho is by no logical IBJ reasoning justified in making a charge HB against the state. No ono believes IDJ that tho bill has a ghost of a show to |