The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-10


/ While skating on Big.er's pond Sun
iday morning Miss Francis Fischer
fell, striking her head on the ice,
which rendered her unconscious until
late last evening.
proceeding in the case. Subsequent
application for the writ. on similar o.
| like grounds, directed tosthe supreme
court, have been denied, thus showing
that prisoners, in many cases, instead
Of being held without due process o.
law, have been discharged without
due process of law The numerous
I'M tances in late years Ct the abuse
Of this writ emphasize the necessity
fer reform in relation thereto.
Many of the other acts suggested
by the Commission as amendments
to the criminal law, would, in my
judgment tend to expedite the trial
of criminal cases, and to them might
appropriately be added an act limit
ing the right To a writ of error in
criminal cases to application to the
supreme court Not only are results
too long delayed where che case pass
es through the appellate courts, but {
second trial after such delay Otter
becomes impracicable, by reason Of
the absence of witnesses, less q
memory or other GAUGES. For the
purpose Of avoiding such delays an6
to the end that questions of law If
criminal cases may be speedily deter
mined. both for the state and for tht
defendant, | believe chat all sue!
cases should go direct to the court
of last resort, who: decisions woul'
be authoritiye as to the law in ali
parts of the state.
Geological Survey.
suggest that an appropriation be
made for an efficient geological sur
vey Of our state. No other STATE o
our interior which approaches Illinois
in population and resources has done
20 little in this line. The m.nera
resources of Illinois and the indus
.riea dependent upon them are exten
sive. The latest available statistic
are as follows:
Coal. 49,. s33090,000
Clay products -. !. 10000 0oC
Building stone. =. =. 5000 90
Clements. :. q. 10000
Lead and zinc ores. 49,. 49,. 10000
Fluerspar. 49,. 1870 00C
E1aeg Sand i11.Oli
Mineral waters. 10000
An efficient geological survey
would supply accurate knowledge Of
the geological formGtions Of the stat
ana of their relations one to another
The problem Of developing the cor
resources Of the state; Of the treat
ment of clay and che combinations
CT the various orts of clays; of test
ing stone for Constitutional purposes
Of determining for what purposes
each stone is adapted and the rtiliza
ton of native stone not now in the
market; of the combinations Of avail
able material for good cements, in
which because of heavy transpJTta
:ion charges II IS sential 10 have
the places of manufacture as near as
ton; of the locating of available sup
pies of road material and of pom Ing
the way to their use: of malSins
known abe available CoIrce3 Of sup
ply of good water. ana of the draining
Of cur marsh landa--would all fal
within the sphere of an efficient geo
logical survey.
There is growing demand for
sucl information, and its dissemina
ton would lend to stimulate the de
vclopmen; of our mineral resources
| believe that a reasonable appropria
ton for the beginning CT such work
should be made
Agricultural Colleges.
/ commend to your careful cOnsid-
Grafton an investigation Of the agri
cultural college of The University CT
Illinois and of the valuable services
rendered by that institution, to the
end that the sphere of its usefulness
may be enlarged. In this connection,
believe that the attention OF our cit
liens rhould be called 20 a few of
the discoveries made by the Expert
ment Station at the Agricultural Col
lege. For example, it has increased
the oil content of corn by one-third
raising rs market value five cents
per bnshel The general application
uf The discovery TO the corn crop Of
he state would increase by 81 500.-
900 he value of the corn used by the
factories in this stare alone It has
Increased the protein content of corn
two per cent, an increafe equal to
sG.000.000 annually in the value of
that pant of the corn crop of the
state which is used for feeding pur-
poses
For the purpose Of utilizing and
giving wide distribution to The re-