Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-10
NEW GOVERNOR
OUTLINES PLANS
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lantic coast.
The completion of these roads viii
prove a great advantage to our state;
they will add to our wealth and inn
portance; they Will cheaper both freight
and passenger rates to the large mar
kets Of the east; they will develop our
valleys and our coast; they will bring to
us large population, and we should
offer them every encouragement, so as
to hasten their completion and put no
unreasonable obstacles In their way.
Railroads form a most important part
In the commercial and business life of
state. They operate under franchises
granted by it's sovereign power, and do
business as do public servants. They
ought not to discriminate against per-
sons or places, and for doing so the
state has the right to complain. They
also ought to be treated fairly and not
as a common enemy, and should be
protected in all their rights, and every
just encouragement offered to induce
them to extend their lines and to i'm
prove and increase their service.
Capital and Labor
Our laws should be just and reason
able and should not alone protect the
individual In his property and personal
rights, but should equally protect all
corporate interests. This is the day of
organization and consolidation. Capital
and labor are both organized, and when
kept within reasonable limits and pre-
vented from intrenching upon the rights
of Others can accomplish great good
and are to be encouraged. But neither
should be permitted to do those acts
which are detrimental to the general
welfare of all, and both should respect
the right of every citizen to invest his
money in any enterprise, or sell his
labor in the field or factory. The right
to labor, to accumulate property and
conduct a business are most sacred
rights, vouchsafed to all by our consti-
tuition and no man or corpora ton Nn
the enjoyment of any of these rights
should be unlawfully or wrongfully in
terfered with by either organized capt.
tai or organized labor. These rights of
the citizen should at all times be jeal-
ously guarded by our laws and those
invading them punished, and no law
should be enacted which would give to
organized capital or organized labor
any rights superior to or infringing
upon the rights enjoyed by all the peo-
pie in common.
Pure Food Bill
The pure food bill enacted by the last
session of congress has made it neces-
sary that there should be some changes
in our laws. This bill applies to inter
state commerce only, and does not
affect articles of food prepared and
drugs and medicines compounded in the
states and intended to be sold and used
therein. The pure food bill was very
much needed to stop the wholesale
of foods in the United
States and to stop the preparation of
medicines containing drugs that were
injurious to the people who purchased
the same in ignorance of what they
were buying. The law provides that
there shall be a printed label on each
bottle or package, showing the ingreli-
ents of the medicine or compound Of
fered for sale. The state board of
health, in it's nineteenth biennial re-
port, says
Most of our long list of deaths from
enteric troubles are the result of i'm
pure foods. and to stop the deaths the
cause must be removed"
Strong legislation is required to stop
the sale of impure food and drugs in
this state; not only the sale of that
manufactured or prepared here, but
that which is shipped in, so that the
purchaser may know what he is get
ting. The law enacted should be along
the lines of the act passed by congress,
so as to be as much in harmony with it
as possible. 1t should be made a high
misdeameanor for any person to manu-
facture within this state any article
of food or drug which is adulterated
or misbranded, or offer the same for
sale, or to offer such food or drug for
sale when shipped into the state from
other state or country
There are patent medicines and nos
trums for cale today in this state that
are injurious to health and ought not to
be sold. People who buy them are per-
fectly ignorant of the kind of drugs
used in compounding them. The safety
of the public health requires that the
sale of such medicines should be sup
pressed, or at least that there should
be plainly printed on label to be af-
fixed to the bottle or package a state
ment giving the ingredients thereof, and
the preparation when it contains NOR
phine, opium, cocaine heroin. chloro-
form, choral hydrate and similar drugs
so that the purchaser may know what
he is getting and what poison he is
taking or giving to his children.
l know of no Legislation more impor-
tant than this, and trust that it may
speedily be passed.
Direct Primary Law
The direct primary law is being dis
cussed somewhat, and will no doubt be
taken up and considered by you during
the session. There is much that can be
said in favor of a direct primary law,
and there are many good arguments
made against it. OF course, upon these
you are to pass. A few weeks ago
there appeared in the San Francisco
Call a very clear and concise statement
of what was intended by this law. 1t
is as follows: THE direct primary law
contemplates the nomination of parti-
san candidates for political Office by di-
rect vote of the members of political
parties voting under the same full pro-
lection of law that is thrown around
general elections, and by employment
of the Australian ballot The voter
makes his own nomination by ballot in
the same manner that he votes for the
candidates of his choice after nomina-
ton"
1t is urged in favor of a direct pri-