The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-11
Governor HaJtrdbfts Nessa1e.

or this lengthy and we'll written docu-
ment, which was read in the Legislature
on Wednesday Of last week, We publish
the following synopsis as Ne fpd it III the
Huntington Local Neus: The receipts of
tie year have been $15, GA, SOC, O5, and the
disbursements 3, 4S2, 453, 10. leaving n bal
ance in tho treasury Of ~, l62, O46.s1. The
deb. Of the State unprovided for is $13, 352,-
$50, SO. The receipts for the next fiscal
year are not believed to be equal to the de-
mands of the general fund by 1898, 925, so.
The Governor does not recommend in-
creased taxation to meet the deficiency, but
the diversion Of the Sinking Fund, there
being enough aggregate revenues to meet
the demands Uf the Constitution for both
funds.
He wisely urges tha. the Legislature
should draw a liue between banks for saw
ing and those of discount. One is a trust
and the other business but banks of saw
ing should not be allowed to discount notes.
The history and lessons of the July riots
occupy considerable space in the message.
The historical part is a lucid statement of
the inception, progress and close of the
riots in .bis Sta e. He holds that the lessons
of the strike that labor is becoming more
intelligent. and more nearly equal to capital
than heretofore and hence capt. alists must
treat labor right, if they would prosper.
The attitude of the people towards the
strikers shows that in all lawful resistance
against organized oppression, the won kmen
have the sympathy anC aid of their fellow
CT izens. "ln these facts, lie says, I'VE can
discern the two roads that may eventually
lead ts the final settlement of the contest
the diffusion or higher education among
the workingmen, and the conviction, on
the part of capital, that il has now to deal
with an equal competitor, whose claims
and rights, to retI er with its own, must be
decided and adjusted by arbitTa ion. In
this contest, the primary duty of the State
is to keep the peace, aud, secondarily, so
far as laws will avail, To hasten the consum-
nation OF the result"
He insists that the stand against appren-
ticeships by the trades union will make
the children OF wOrkmeD mere drudges, un-
less the Sta.e shall see that they have an
Industrial education. "The great warfare
of the nineteenth century is industrial wa--
fare the struggle between great nations
for supremacy i'll various industries, and
for the control of the various markets."
Says the Governor: "Pennsylvania has
unrivaled resources, but unless she epares
for the competition, she must content her
self with the production of raw materials,
and her people become the hewers of wood
and drawers of water for more highly cul-
tivated communities. The means must be
the diffusion of technical knowledge among
the laboring classes securing the cooper
alton of the workingmen creating new
Industries and diversified interests, and
throwing the ways to honorable and lucra-
tive employment open to ALL" The estab-
lishment of workshops in connection with
industrial schools, is the remedy proposed.
Abiding TO the powers and responsible
ties of the civil authorities, the Governor
makes the following good point: The
offic of Sheriff was formerly one of dignity
and power. 1t has degencrated, standing
without change in new conditions, until it's
main duties are those of a jsilor and auc-
tioneer. Some means ought certainly To be
taken to clothe the Office with its original
Importance aud responsibilities"
The geologica survey, navigation Of the
Ohio river, municipal commission, and
board of public charities, receive passing
mention, and a number OF minor subjects
are carefully collated and referred to in a
way that shows the Governor to be in ear
nest.