The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1907-09-18

graduates of other first-class institu-
lions may not feel the necessity of
leaving the state 70 pursue POSTCARD
uate courses.
l hope to see this great school the
pride Of every teacher IN the state;
aye, of every other educational institu
ton in the state. The opportunity to
build up a great university for the
South is better here in Kentucky than
in any other state south of Mason and
DixOn's line. If elected governor
shall favor all we'll considered and
feasible plans to make this college
such a university as 1 have described.
Child Who Labors Not Overlooked.
In connection with the subject of
education l am led to give brief a.
tention to the agitation for laws pro-
hibiting the employment of children,
below a certain age, in mines and
factories and commonly designated
Child Labor Laws" The children OK
the state, and especially those among
the poorer class. need such legislation
far more than the wage they would
earn, for It Is essential, in order that
they may be prepared to meet the re-
spOnsibilities of citizenship, that they
have some training that fits them to
understand the principles and policy
Of government. and It is also due the
state Of which they are to become
citizens and voters, that as far az
possible they should bs so trained. 1t
Is upon the principle and reason.
| therefore, that the youth of our state
should enjoy every possible chance
! for education that such laws should
! be enacted and made effective.
There is no more pitiable sight than
| that Of young and tender boys and
| girls wearing away their lives in tn.
/ imoky factory or dism al mine, evinc-
| Ing in their countenances the unsalu-
! tary effect of the confinement and
strain incident to the work. But It is
not alone or perhaps chiefly upon this
/ ground, or for the reason that the
physical growth and development Of
! the boy and girl may be stunted and
retarded, or that adults may be sub
jected to unfair competition by the
employment of Child labor" in mines
and factories, that such laws are de
sired The chief reason for the sup
port of such laws, is that by their
/ EARLY employment the children of the
state are deprived Of an opportunity
! 10 secure an education. They should
and must be protected in their right
| 10 at least a common school education
an education which every child
| should have. and which, as has been
shown by the cases Of so many of our
most successful men. will serve the
! purpose of qualifying the youth to
meet the responsibilities OF life
To Strengthen Health and Similar
Laws.
! 1t is a matter of supreme Importance
that the health and lives of our cit
bens should be properly safeguarded
oy the enactment Of sufficient and G.
.ective laws looking to the require-
ment of purity and high quality in the
food and drink prepared for their
consumption.
The laws now upon our statute
books relating to this subject should
be strengthened to such extent as
may render them more useful, and
such. additional laws touching this
matter as may, in the light of ex-
perience. become needful, should
speedily be enacted.
No Laws Unjust to Capital and Labor.
The question of capital and labor
has been one fraught with much agi'
tation covering a period of many
years. 1t is a question, the solution OF
the difficulties of which, is as impor-
tant to the one as to the other. With
a proper understanding of the mutu-
atty Of their interests and with a
proper regard for the rights of each
on the part of the other there should
be'no differences between them. The
one is equally important with the
other; without labor, capital is an in
ert entity; without capital the laborer
cannot sell his hire and barter his
Drawn and muscle. Neither can Go
without the other and no law that has
a tendency to strengthen the one at
the expense of the other; no law that
discriminates against the one or the
other can be just or good BY the very
nature of their relation to each other
capital and labor are properly not
antagonistic. They are naturally
united the one to the other by bond
of cooperation which is to the inter
est of each to maintain, as neither
can be effective without the other
An equal and exact balance between