Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-01-10
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ana denonilnational institutions. only
190 students are colored. This Is very
alarming statement, and II ID Intends
fled when we reflect that, while only
one per cent Of this student body la
colored, 30 per cent Of the inmates Of
the Reformatory and g per cent q
ooiored. The race problem, therefore
Is largely an educational problem. The
educational problem. therefore, is q
most serious one. It must be solved 4
Volved at ALL. by colored schools. Prec-
| Neal men Of both races realize this
fact State aid extended TO this class
Of schools is therefore along the line
OF practical statesmahship, and com~
mend to your favorable conHiderati0n
| the two institutions which former leg
setnres have generously En.SH n,DTa,o nsipec W AN
the Topeka Industrial and Educational
Institute.
1 believe II would be wise to estab-
lish q state hospital for lnebriates,. for
the treatment Of alcoholism. Perhaps
the new medical department OF the
state university might be wisely en-
iarged in its scope to include treat
ment of this class of unfortunates.
The Old Soldiers.
Our debt of gratitude to our country'R
defenders should be Intensified by the
passing years and by the infirmities. and
necessities which age brings to them.
/ most heartily commend for your care
full Consideration, therefore. the wise ano,
ment Commander p. H. Coney, q copy
OF which will be laid on all Of your
desks. In addition to the recommenda-
tlonS Of Captain Coney, wish to sug-
gest the propriety Of the legislature pro
vidlng for regular chaplain az the
Dodge City Soldiers Home.
Asylum Farm.
The suggestion of Mrs Cora q. Lewis.
visiting member OF the Board Of Control.
for the purchase Of lands adjacent to our
state hospitals for the insane, to be cul-
tiVated by harmless inmates OF these in-
stltutions, seems to me to have much
merit, and / recommend the subject 10
your favorable consideration.
Private Charities.
In addition to the nine state eleemogy-
nary institutions supported entirely BY
appropriations by the state, a large nuin-
Der of private institutions OF a charitable
nature are also partly supported by
funds from the state treasury. This
policy has always been open to criticism.
It's wisdom has often been questioned;
but concedlng Its wisdom, Its imperfec-
fectlon In operation must be admitted.
Some Of these institutions may not need
help, while other similar institutions in
the state. equally as worthy, are not
method OF assisting these institutions
should be adopted, II this policy is to
be continued. think the whole mat
ter should be placed in the hands Of the
State Board Of Control or at least the
necessary before money IL appropriated
to any Of these institutions.
Equal Suffrage.
..ktnh Aaa han~.
enjoyed by the women Of Kansas since
1857, has proven q success. The right
should be extended. The word male
has no place In a modern state constl-
tuition and should be stricken from ours.
The OIL Interests.
When the last legislature assembled
our vast oil interests were In the abso-
lutte grip Of the Standard OIL company.
Holding out Inducements OF remunera-
tive prices for crude oil, II had prompted
Thousands Of people to put their hard
earned money Into oil companies for the
development Of the field, but when the
field had been developed at Individual
duoed tWo-thlrds, practically bankrupt
ing thousands Of people, and all this
without any corresponding reduction Of
the finished product to the consumer.
Only one independent refinery was in
existence In the state, and II was about
ready 10 90 into bankruptcy. The people
UerS At the mercy of this monopoly.
rhis was the condition OF affairs Wheh
the legislature assembled. Resoluteiy
and herolcally Il grappled with the sit
uation. -Four laws specifically intended
TO relieve this situation were enacted
a atate-refnery law. a pipeline law
maximum -freiEht-rate law on oils, ana
an auti-discrlmination law. The nrnt OF
these, the law providing for the ereo-
tion Of q state refinery, was a. onoe
attacked In the supreme court hnd Qe-
clared Unconstitutional. The plpe-nne
iaV has - ar Yielded no benefit. but
the maximum fright. rate law on oils
and the anti Discrimination law naNa
made possible the estahlinhment o. ten
independent on roflnerica. al o. Nhlch
ars IN rennarsfza nn@s-t.na an1 none o.