Worcester daily spy., 1872-01-06

| supremacy. A great part of the work Of many
manufacturing establishments is so dependent
| upou scientific attainment, that il must ultimate
| ~ take rank as a learned profession. No only
! Is knowledge oil chemistry, and Il somewhat eX-
| tended acquaintance with matheu tics, Lgly
| desirable to tue mechanic who aims at an ld-
| Yanced position 20 his trade but skill 10 draw
| ing i universally important aud valuable, aud
| 1t is with pleasure that noice the Introduction
| of teachers Of drawing into some of our public
| schools. Such is our distance both from the
raw material and the market, and such is the
| competition we have TO maintain, not only with
| the pauper labor of Europe, bur in the near III.
| ture, with the growing industries of the west
| that we can safely neglect no means calculated
| 10 give the labor OF coming generations hiGh
| proficiency. That technical educatiou Is a ne
cesslly 10 this end the recent experience of EiI.
| ropean countries abuud sntlv testi6ps as will
leauiN ue found by anv one who chooses TO in.
VeStgate the subject. / should rejoice TO Sc, in
| stltutUns for instruction in msch'u5coi s1a,iaI
| ties founded a all our manuiacturing centres
| lhe school At worcester may ne indicated as a
| type OF the class which we need. In nv iudH
| ment, the state should very cautiously give lis
| aid toward the establishment Of these schools
| and only when the communities in which they
| are to he located will themselves subscribe the
chiet part Of the cost
| LEGISLATIVE REFORM.
The unusual and Unprecedented length Of Our
| legislative sessions during recent years has ex-
cited the wonder OF other states and received the
| condemnation of the people OF our own. Can
this evil, acknowledged to he such by all parties
| by anv means be overcomef Assembled here as
the servants Of the people, YOU are expected to
| transact all legitimate business that a,av coma
| before you, The fact that the people Themselves
| are IN great degree responsible for The mdlti-
pllcIty OF measures forced upon consideration at
| each successive session does not seem to be a
satisfactory answer to their complaint on tits
| mead Inc publlc continually asserts that the
| Legislature Is TO blame Tor the long sitting IL
| IS Tor us 10 consider ii a remedy can be found
toL the grievance OF which so much is said.
Many laws crudcly drawn and hastily acted
| upon are passed at one session, only to be ma
lerlallN modified or wholly repealed at the next.
Thus our code becomes encountered with obso
lete or worthless statutes, and our business rea-
tons are disturbed and embarrassed witbnut
corr spending good. Important acts which
have received the construction of fhe conrtS and
become thoroughly understood bv the neonIr
are suddenly swept from the books becsusr Of
some assumed or supposed defect, or by reason
ol prejudice In the minds Of the few and their
piaces supplied Wlth new acts, speedily passed,
which upon trial are found unequal to the ac.
conplShment of what was desired Hence II
arises that one legislature is continually undo
ing whata former one did. The grievance as 10
TINS particular point can be cured in hut Que
way: lawmakers should not consent TO chnrqs
IN existing statutes till they are clearly called
Tor by the public welfare, and proposed chau1es
should not be adopted until il is evident that
they Will he beneficial So far as is possible we
should avoid experimental legislation
AT the beginning Ot each session the general
sentiment among the mcnbers is in favor of a
short term. Very little OF what they are re-
| quired to do is accomplished, however, during
the hrSt four or six weeks. The time occuplcd BY
the legislatures OF many states in completing
their work, sspent by ours fruitlessly and Wien
We ought to beabouf ready 10 adjourn We are o1lv
ready to enter upon The important measures
before us. Whiie it is neither my province nor
my desire to interfere with either the appoint
IN flE tIn lltks fF tt..
honorable bodies, yet may not suggest that iC
| the several cnarmen would be prompt in organ
| lzlhg Their respective committees and If each
| member would feel personal Responsibility TO
| give ms tme and energy to the special work he
| Is selected to perform there would not be such 81
| waste OF days and weeks as there now is? This
| course OF action would enable the various com
| mtteeS 10 make au carly presentation Of the re-
| suits OF their lahors 10 their respective bodies;
| and thus we should avoid the cruwdins of i'm,
| portant business into the last houis of
| the session and the crude legislation
| inevitably consequent upon such procedure
| But especially would | urge upon y0a the
| merits OF general MS opposed to special laws
Ihe need OF reform in this respect becomes
| more imperative yearly. There Is a growing
| disposition in the pubc mind against the .rrani-
| ing oil special privileges TO the few and in favor
| OF such Il system of legislation and I'D ninistra-
| liOn as VIII Dear upon and benefit all alike
| When our population was small special laws
| were to some extent necessity. Bur the great
| changes which have taken place in the last
| twenty years, through the MULTIPLICATION of
| railroads, the increase IN means Of various kinds
| lor mtefcommunlcaIiOn, the Iutr du ton of
| new and the extension Of old industries tie en-
| argement OF our social aud business privileges
| the Development of wants and necessities Of
| cares and responsibilities, the widenIng and IN
| tensllying OF Thought and action consequent up
| on inc daily use OF steam and electricity and
| machlneiy, the extraordinary duplication of
| ties whereby we arc brought INTO relations
| WIN Other conmuniugs - all this renders
| 1t necessary that you should take larger
| view ol your duty as Legislators than was
rtqurcd of your predecessors of twenty or thirty
! years ago. Special legislation is not merely ex-
| penSYe TO the STATE and waSeful of your time
| mere; 1t pr9vokeS local stlitcs, dIsturbs neigh
| horiy good-lciOwship, creates iealOuses b.
| tween a>Jdinin% towns and villages, b.littcs the
character OF our legislation, aud introduces cle-
| mentS OF corruption into pubic life. In ueatiup
| OF our railroads and savings bJnls I have al
| ready expressed the hope that you will pass gen
| eral laws. My desire IN this regard extends to
| all branches ol clvl administration 10 which the
| application Of this principle is possible The
| enactment OF general codes would shorten our
| legislative SESSIONS simplify our methods Of
| government, and he Ui incaculable advantage
| 10 the commonwealth.
The daily expense Of the legislature is at least
| two thousand dollars. Ii by anv means the
| length OF the session could he reduced from FIVE
| months to two months, the saving to the state
| would he more than one hundred aud fttv thou.
sand dollars. Or, II it be urLed that the salary
of members is not affected by the leuLth
| of the session, still as that IS only
about half the aggregate expense, Tic
| saving would b5 not less than ventv five
| thousand dollars. Tuis is Il rctrcnchment COM
| mencn@ at our own doors which It'll we'll worth
! wnlle 10 make if possible. In several starts
| containing population nearly as ar1e a. ours
| and breadth Of territory much larger, there
| are only biennial legislative sessions cOnsttu.
| tionally limited to sixty davs, while in our
| largest stajeS, such as New York and Pennsyl.
| wanna, the sessions are nor aliAWod tU tx end
| beyond one hundred DAYS. In fact thcle IS
| ,arcey state of the union besilc our own in
| which The legislative sitting is more th1n ono
| hundred days, even when confined TO biennial
| or trlenhiai terms. VIII; theI the work hc fore
| you Can properly be done in the two months
| have suggested, depends almost entirely upoa
| your own fidelity and determination. Resolve
| to-day that it shall be done, and see no rcascn
| why it may not be accomplished NJ effort of
| mine shall he wanting to c0Dsummate this most
| d, ,sirable result
| Senators md Representatives.:
! ientor upon the duties Of the executive Office
with deep sollcitudc lor the Interests of he G. m.
| monwealth. LIN the candor which feel due TO
| you and the occasion, commit these inouilies
! and suggestions To your wise and generous con.
| sderatun The people expect rs TO consccrate
| our best endeaYois TO their service, Let u so
discharge every tguit that when called upon to
| render an account OF our stewardship we may
| pQSsess the consciousness that we have been
| faithful servants.
There will be meeting Of the Eueleia, at the
Summer street sehoohouse, this evening" at ~
| O'Clock.
j. p Hall 6 Co. will hold their regular Saturday
sales to-day, at two and seven O'clock Pm.
Lamson, Glazicr {. Co., will sell horses, carriages
and harnesses, at auction, at their saesrooms to-
! d2y at 12]s O'Clock.
Prof. Mac, this day at Boston, returns to Lincoln
| house, on Monday. ANY business ofimportance at
| tended to by his agent Mrs. II. N. Bings during
his absence, the Lincoln house, from A. NJ. to
| GP. NJ. See advertisement in another column.
The MULTIPLIoATIoE OF MAcHrNERY increases
yearly, while the fertility or American inventive
genius seems TO increase in larger ratio taaa the
needs of production. Hence the inventor often
| finds that his cOntriynca for saving labor pOwer
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