The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-01-10


islature Wits convened TODAY at noon.
VIM. Sulser, OF New York, was made
speaker of the house and Mr.. Malbey,
of St. Lawrence county, the repubii.
can leader. The governors message
was read in both houses and adjourn
ment was had for one week.
ABOUT STRIKERS.
Touching the Buffalo strike, the
governor announces the expenditure
by the state TO have been Sl92, 647 =,
and then adds: "Empioyes have the
right to strike and peaceabiy persuade
Others to join them and in their earn
est and lawful efforts to benefit then
condition they may always feel sure
that public sympathy is with them
and against selfish corporations. But
every citizen and corporation, every
employee and employer, must observe
and respect the authority of law and
government. 1t should he the aim OF
the law-making body to see that our
laws confer equal privileges. 1t
is not right that the powers
should be granted to corporations
to oppose either their employees or the
people. Whatever can he wisely
done by legislation to guarantee equal
rights to ali should be done. But law
will not accomplish everything. Cor
porations will learn by costly ex-
perience that even from a selfish point
of view it pays to he consi'lcrate of
the welfare of their employees. No
men or corporations can stop the
march of civilization. Shorter hours
of labor, better wages and the oppor-
tunity which these give for education
and enjoyment are natural human as
pirations. They should be treated
as such in a friendly Christian spirit
not repealed with arrogant manner or
impatient consideration. Honest
recognition by corporations of just
demands from employees will solve
many labor difficulties and prevent
many an opportunity for lawless strife
and civil disorder" Dealing with
the law against
''swEAT SHOPS"
and its results, the governor says:
The present law does not go far
enough to remedy all the evils which
have grown up under this system. Ii
the manufacturer escapes theresponsi-
bility and expense Of running fac
tory he should be compelled to keeps
register of those who are making up
his goods and no person should be q
ven work who could not. procure
certificate from an inspector stating
that he occupied healthy and suita
BILE quarters for the purpose OF manu-
featuring. This would be proper
to the present law and
the importance of the subject it seems
to me warrants its careful comsidera-
ton. The governor urges the passage
of ga carefully guarded compulsory
educatson law"
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Of the state exhibit at the Chicago
fair the governor says: ''While the
present appropriation has been all that
could be we'll expended during the
year the commissioners will need an
additional appropriation of s30O,OOO
to complete their work properly and
that amount of appropriation is here
with recommended" A state COM
mission of agriculture is recommended,
in which shall be consolidated under
one executive head the various bureaus
and agencies now existing.
THE COAL COMBINATION.
The executive has something to say
of the coal combination thus: 1.-The
consumers are at the mercy of the
combination. 1t can raise the price of
anthracite coal as high as it can find
purchasers. The price has increased
IS cents ton within a year. The
only apparent limit to the extortion is
the refusal of people to buy. In that
case they must use bitumious coal, or
wood or perish with the cold. Have
the people of this state any means of
legislative relief against such a mo-
nopoly of natural and necessary pro-
duct? The question is worthy of your
earnest attention"
TALKS OF THE QUARANTINE.
On the subject of quarantine Gov
ernor Flower says: Iquestion whether
the people Of this state would willingly
intrust so important a matter asthepre-
servation of the public health to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the federal
government. l am not opposed to
national quarantine but to an exclu-
sive national quarantine such as is
urged in contemporary discussion.