The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

Improvement and the moral sentiment
will write the laws of the land" I be-
lieve in more teachers and better pay,
and I know that every dollar expended
dred fold.
It viii be my constant aim to cut off
that the moneys thus saved may. be
turned to educational purposes. There
will be no machine to maintain and no
satellites to reward. and for that rea-
handled upon a business basis, exact
ing from the people in the form OF
taxes only so much as may be actualiy
needed for the administration Of at
ernment.
In my Judgment the children of Cali
the schools instead of the workshops.
and 1 shall rigidly enforce every law
to that effect and cause the enactment
bring about this desired object.
The relation that should be main
tanned between labor and capital have
already touched upon. So far as the
State is concerned, 1t has the right. to
Ak the hours and conditions pertaining
to all work of a public nature. The
eight-hour day is the, logical result Of
uneuufvocally insist that no man in the
employ of the State or on contract
work of the State should be permitted
to labor more than eight hours In any
one day.
NEEDS OF LABOR.
IT should likewise insist that safe
appliances be furnished In all cases.
every risk removed and sanitation and
health be insured so that the working
man of California, whether in the EN-
ploy of the State or not. may be made
to feel that the State Is taking the lead
in making the wage-earner the very
state should encourage in every pos
sible manner the submission of all dis
putes to arbitration and thereby reduce
to a minimum the strained relations
which frequently arise between the
laborer and his employer.
Labor has become organized for the
f6mmon f6ns appffied feep the &c Cooperative & theory
to its own interests. This it had right
| to do, and, taken as whole, the result
has been beneficial TO all classes
organized labor can be favorably COM
pared with the record of industrial and
| other organizations. The man who has
has a commodity for sale He desires
fords. 70 ks' 'Hs
| Organized. is more likely to be fixed by
the natural law of supply and demand
as are the thousand and one things
the Aco Comfort Of Himself and his fam
! ily. There Is, Of course, a constant
| shifting Of conditions which require
constant reddJuStneHl, out the re-
! storing Of the balance between labo,
and capital should In every instance
| IL possible, be erected by peaceable
means And so far as 1t can the State
should encourage a fair and impartial
settlement by arbitration without "a
breach between the two.
IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS.
| If elected, I shall strive to bring
about such legislation as will enable
| fhe state and county governments tC
co-operate in the building of perma-
nent highways. Particularly should il
| be made possible for counties to incur
! bonded indebtedness for the purpose Of
constructing good roads. The money
expended annually for the repair OF
our highways in most cases would be
s6 soaa. @ pay and the hs
sinking she nus fund. ID Transportation is to-
! Important to be overlooked, as it ii
/ always a determining factor ins the
prosperity of every community. There.
! fore our constant aim should be, More
railroads. deeper rivers and better
In providing for the fiscal needs o,
the State it should never be forgotten
| that all taxes are a burden, and in ex-
acting these contributions from the
people so far as possible they shoulc
! be In proportion to the ir4ome of tht
! citizen. 1t is apparent to all that Ger.
tain kinds of property escape the bur
den they should bear, and our law.
should be so amended as to require al
property, and particularly that Of {
cealed from the Assessor and the Ia,
! Collector to contribute It's just shar,
toward the maintenance Of the Gov
eypmept