The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-10

only will large areas Of land be reclaimed
~ yt ta aMa c ON system Of drainage
undergo . vast Improvement and change
TOE the better. Wet lands have caused late
seeding seedl q and late seeding late maturing
tend with early frosts. Drained lands lead
the reach Of frost. The Red river valley
fertile lands In the state Some of these
lands are low, wet and Overtowed and re-
.guire drainage to become arabic and pro-
ine work Of drainage is too extensive to
be carried on by local enterprise aud local
means steaa The; federal government gave our
these. The state having accepted the lands,
s sNt,I morally: II not technically, charged
fo this w sas fnd ara II sxpennE s money y
more than what II fairly undertook to do
t Wnen n It accepted the grant. The CONTRACTS
G1anal nave peen let Will nearly exhaust the
is still considerable amount Of drainage
that ought to be, undertaken by the state.
Of this perhaps the most extensive and I'M
O0rtant IS the opening OF the Middle river
near Argyle In Marshall county. This In
volves q ditch as large, as difficult and as
expensive as the Sand Hill river ditch in
The strengthening and dyking Of the Otter
Tail river. IN Wilkin county, and the open
Ing Of Of the Rabbit river. in Grant county,
In addition to those mentioned, many other
important places where drainage, too ex-
te aa, for private enterprise. ls urgently
personally examined all the bitches have
referred to and nearly all the localities
where further ditching is needed. More
Of drainage and I am confident that no
money can be expended to greater advant-
age or with better results than for this
this matter to your favorable consideration
and attention.
Municipal Government.
The Importance of securing more uni
form, more complete and well-guarded sys-
tenn of municipal governments for our
larger towns is evident and pressing. Since
ment : Of 1892, inhibiting Special legislation,
the necessity for well digested general
plan has become still more urgent No
ag5 Of the sydte e Of pean
subject to more Just criticism than the
mode in which our municipal affairs are
managed: Aside from the city Of M Wash
gress Of the United States, there seems to
be two methods in vogue in establishing s'g
city governments. BY one plan the legis-
latiye department of the state government
DreDares and enacts in detail the entire
scheme and plan Of municipal government;
are lei left to perfect nf and adopt their own
municipal system The latter plan. is OF
more recent origin. but has proved quite
on this line It win necessitate the enact
ment and submission to the people OF
suitable. constitutional amendment.
State Census.
Pursuant to section % Of article Nv. Of
the constitution, 1t is your duty to provide
year. Provision should be made, not only
for correct enumeration OF the inhabit-
ants, but also for q correct census OF the
uring, agricultural mining and commercial
industries of the state and Of the labor and
capital employed In the same such zen,
guide in the future progress Of our state:
In order to insure correctness the work IN
detail ought not to be committed to local
assessors, but to some other public rune nc,
Legislation in the Interest of Labor.
The factory act Of 1893 has, on the whole,
fulnlled the purpose for which It was En- en-
veioped in the practical workings Of the
law that should be corrected. Our mining
industry needs mine inspection law, IN
Spt amd W g Of
Laws of 1893, the so-called personal liberty
law, should be amended so as to be clearer,
more specific and more stringent In Its pro-
Recent labor strikes, prolonged and exten:
;sive, strongly suggest the Importance OF
enacting suitable laws for the Cancellation
and labor, in some tribunal or before some
board designated by law. 1nasmuch as both
capital and labor have the undoubted right
to make peaceable strike, compulsory ar
bitration is not warranted and would be I'M
wise. But in most cases, If proper tri-
bunal with judicious safeguards were pro-
posed to Voluntarily submit their controver-
Sizes to arbitration And the tide Of public
opinion would, in such cases, not only 1mpel
make ma sit its s' DEGREES respected and obeyed. He
who would refuse to arbitrate or, having
submitted to arbitration, would refuse to ac-
eept the result oua f%a al public aR
one form or another, have to submit.
In the presence Of so much idle labor
needing the assistance OF public and PR
the wisdom Of giving our various munich
palities more enlarged powers to raise and
expend funds in the construction of water
works, sewerage, streets, parks, electric
lights and other essential urban facilities,
to the end that such public improvements
could be made in manner to afford labor
to those who without such labor would have
to rely on charity Of some kind for their
support. The object of such legislation
should not be to authorize needless improve
ment but to give the needy unemployed the
preference in obtaining municipal work,
which they do not have under the ordinary
contract system.
Bank and Loan and Trust Com
E.. pnnies.
It is the duty of the public examiner, un-
der existing laws, to examine into the at
fairs and ascertain the financial condition
of banks, saving associations and loan and
trust companies, and to report the same to
the governor, with such recommendations
and suggestions as he may deem pertinent.
However precarious the condition of the
bank may be, about all the governor Is
specifically authorized to do on receiving
such report is to publish the same. This.
in case Of banks or loan and trust COM
panies that are insolvent or that have Inn
paired their capital, is wholly inadequate.
The powers of the public examiner should
be SO enlarged, by appropriate legislation,
that in case he hscertains that any bank or
loan and trust company has, through any
cause, impaired its capital or become insol-
ance or violation of law, then, in either
case, it should be his duty and he should
have the power to require the stockholders
and officers Of such bank or loan and trust
company, upon reasonable notice, to be
designated by him, to replace the capital
impaired, or in case Of insolvency, to
raise sufficient funds to meet all liabilities;
and in case the capital impaired Is not so
replaced or the insolvency existing Is not
so provided for within the time limited
by him, then he should have the power and
it should be his duty to at once institute
proceedings IN court to have such bank or