The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-12

should be cnactsd. Perhaps TIM only
thing that WILL occur 20 you Is SURPRISE
that II hnd nit be4n mpuo a law many
years ago. Wnlie there Is one man WAC,
with a pass In his pocket m.gnt
especially Conscientious about doing an
Injustice to the corporation giving u. z
Is fair 10 assume that nsnety-ninc would
be IN some danger OF being pretuuiceu
IN favor OF the corporation mdking the,
gift as against the interests OF the State.
Although not received by the ofhcer as
p bribe, In most cases II certainty !;
ceives It, ~
The people OF Ohio are vitality inter-
ested in the subject Of Insurance.. There
were In force on January 1st. 19Oo. In
this state in what Is known as the regr-
lar life insurance companies. 2SJ.yS2 poll
cies, representing $ovf.slS. 7y5 insurance'
In Industrial companies S9S.6S1 policies.
representing S117.U7, loo insurance. and Ia
fraternal societies and associations. NJ-
S69 policies, with 1926 TO DOL insurance.
The ohio Insurance Department was
organized In the year biz for the pur-
pose OF protecting the interests of citi-
zens who carry Insurance. II has proven
to be one OF the best of the various State
departments. When the original law
which created the Insurance Department
was enacted. 1t was perhaps not Sur
passed by that of any other State. At
that time 1T was evidently the intention
OF the General Assembly to make tn
Insurance Department only self-sustain.
Of only sufficient amount to defray ali
the expenses of this department were to
be paid TO the State in the way of fees.
From time TO time the po..ioy Of ths
State In this respect has changed ami
from q department for the protection of
| the Insured. II has become also one, o.
revenue, so that now nCariy one, mtilion,
dollars OF the po.icy y-hold1rs money 10
| being paid annuaiiy to the state. whi.
me annual EXPENSES of the department
are less than nay thousand dUI.afS II Is
| Tor the General Assemoiy ana the peo-
p.e 10 detefmine ~nv.nSr IL - Jus. ~
continue The present podcy OF making
.his uepartmtnC one OF revenue by laa-
iig IRON the poiivy -hviu,as . more IMAM 10
suiuclSnt 10 pay as SApcuSSS. Lac In-
SufanCe ShUu.u De Secut.u ut the ioweS,
COST poSsiDie. Tue Jaws ca ONO pert.IIn-
lag ~ insurance anu ior the ses..I,y
The poiIcy -no.uerS are S;.iUi.g best U.
\ tuUse OF an the ola.es, pa. IL they caL
| De maze better anu s..uDoer anu ...e
| tereSts OF tne po4lvy ho.uers can be NOR.
| strohg,y saie-BUai ueu, proper changes on
dmehuneiits siiUuiu nave yuar ea.iy cOh-
| sluuraIiOn.
| There mas never been any effort to tax
ayments made by tns many fraternal o.
40 sLcn enort TO th.s end wln be MAUI
| Dy TINS General Assembly, ana hop
Oy no other.
| Presiuent Roosevelt's efforts for ma
tional supervision OF insu.aI snou,u
have your apprOvai-suCn nd.ionai
pervis.on as wiii. surround me polcy
| iiOauCF win SdItB
| lessen the cost of his insurance,
| nave not ndu tinlv ~ ~ ...O any de-
| tails IN reIefence 10 iire and oyner .ofms
IL insurance. Permit me to say tina,
| these interests are very great and Vers
| important in-Ohio anu shouid have your
| careIul ana cOhsiue.ite at.en.4oA. Cp-
| on this subject 1 may take tne iiDer.s
/, OF senuing you SPECIAL message.
Some iax should De enacIeu to pre-
| vent the indIscl1mlnate sac of reyOiv-
ers and p.stois. Ii not sod with IN
understanding that some human nfe IL
10 be taken or Endangered. they arc
certainly sold with tnis imp.Ication. No
such instruments or dean should b.
| purchased o. sod except with the APP
| rfovai o. some probaLe or common pAes.
Judge residing IN inc county. anu am
one purchasing revolver after havlnS
f.ceiN ed sucn permit shouiu -'ay
I .Icense of i've uoiiars "A year during tn
continuance OF said permit, which permit
| should be for one year oniy.l
1 The custom OF csrra.n officers giving
what might be tho1ght insign.iican,
| gifts. sucn as fountain pens. stationery
and other similar arlicles, ana pad 10.
from the psop.e's. money, wuhout .hei.
consent AMI without The authority OF TN
Jaw. rs wrong and should be stopped.
necessary. L suggest the enactment OF
some laws to esent the continuance OF
lnis custom.
r'or many years past efforts have been
made 10 ch. OK the uenuuation OF our Ior-
csts and The cutting OF OF aIi the timoef
lands OF the STATE, out thus Iar witn pd'
scant results. 1 recomme nd that you give
I tins subject speclai ConsIuelatiOn. At mas
been suggested. anu 4 O.ier il also as
my suggesuCn, that for period OF ten
or twenty years all timber lands in agri-
cultural sections shol.d be freed from
taxation to the exeent of one-fourth OF
the entire tract. tnis. however. Is tc
include only virgin timber lands. OF
those not used for amy othsr purpJse. anu
| ianus which con lain a certain number oi
| trees and OH which no timper would bt
cut during SAID years. 1xc~pt Iof tn
owner $ pufposes, for fire wOou or for hiS
own building material. This Is simply .
4 sLgEes,ivn. mhich. after tInvesl.g q .,on
4 may be acted upon IL found practicable
Certainly something should be done I,
retain our forests and thereby cbyiats
the necessity and expense 10 coming gen
efations of planting new ones.
The people of C..0 are uod-fearing
liberty-.ovlng and patriotic. May we no
hope that during the present administra
i tion all good citizens will be law-abid
ing. and will. by their example. as wei
as by their utterances. aid in upholdinf
the dignity of the law? Anything shor
,of this tends to foster lawiessness. and II
unworthy the citizenship of our gcea
State. May you, as members OF tn
General Assembly. and l as the Che
Executive and ali other officers and EN-
ployes. unite In striving for wise, hon
est and economical administration of al
! the affairs of the STATE. May we tax
terests of the people than we wound o
our own; and at the end OF our term
of service may we have clean hands an,
clear consciences and the satisfaction
that we have fulfilled our oaths of office
and have performed our several dutie
! to the best of our ability. AS member
of the General Assembly. selected Il
} many cases by independent constituent
\ with but little motives for partlsansnip
= I believe you have a great opnortunit
= to do more for the best interests OF tn
: people than has been done by any Gen
e~ai assembly In the history of our Stat
, MAY not hope for yoIr sake as well a
that IL the people. that the Seventy
seventh General Assembly OF vnio vii
!. go down In history as one of the bes
and greatest?