The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-15

Take no backward step in the
cauEe OF temperance. is the admoni-
uon in a brief approval Of the good
work Of the Watts and Ward bills. The
dope vii and the cocaine victims and
cigarette evil were painted i'll true
colors and vigorous a~dmonition given
TO stop their ravages by drastic legs
lation. While fayoring separation or
youthful criminals from the hardened
kind. the Governor advises that a full
investigation of the needs OF a refor-
matory be entrusted To a commission
20 report at the next General Assem-
bly,, rather than immediate action.
Upon education the Governor sounds
the note of Forward. He reviews the
work of the educational institutions
ana urges continued Il increasing
liberal appropriations to tn end that
their usefulness may b. increased. The
best investment the state a make
is in educating it's sons and daugh-
tiers. 1t will pay a larger dividend
than any other investment.
The care of the leaf and dumb and
blind ana insane is treated with APP
probation Of the States needs and
duty. He puts their case as paramount
ana recommends generous outlay
Of money so that no insane person
shall remain in a county home, in
jail, or in the home of poverty. The
necessity that demanded mourning a
iebt to furnish the new building at
the state Hospital at Raleigh is pre-
Sented and there is no doubt that the
tction of the Council of state was APP
proved as it was ~aDplauded by the
whole State at the time. III Revised
Code makes superintendent of hos
pitfalls all powerful. No act of the
General Assembly eve gave them the
autocratic power they possess. The
Governor sansibly recommends that
the directors be given back the power
that was never by act taken from
them and that they be made directors
indeed as we'll as in name of our in
stitutions.
The Governor touches upon two
methods hat have been suggested to
give moro room for the states bust
ness. one is to enlarge the capital at
4 cost of three-quarters of a million
dollars, and it is endorsed. There are
itrQng reasons why this should not be
lone, aside from the cost. The State
capitol is an historic building, and
should not be touched by such en-
IarGement as is suggested. The
additions look very We'll on paper, but
in granite would turn out to be a
botch. The capitol square is too small
fer a larger building and the addi-
tional room can be better provided at
Dne fourth the expense by the second
plan suggested by the Governor, to-
Nit: the erection of a modern fire.
proof building on land owned by the
state, opposite capitol square. There
is real need of Il fire proof. modern
building for the libraries and Vaiua-
Die papers. and its erection would be
far wiser than to attempt to enlarge
The capitol building. Besides, such
Enlargement would nccCssitatc an issue
Of bonds and With increased receipts
Of a million dollars during the coming
two years in the State revenues, and
/ big surplus in tho state Treasury,
the suggestion of a bond issue is not
ono that should be carried out.
If our fathers built the Morganton
md GoldSboro Hospitals, the a. and M.
College, the state Normal and Indus
trial College, the Deaf and Dumb
school at Morganton and enlarged
3e&r,y every other Institution WithOu
4 bond issue in days Of poverty, what
good reason is there why this genera
ton, rich in comparison with the last
,-lJ x.,-,+ 20
be exempt from taxation and fail to
pay for the additions to the institutions
our fathers built and paid fol in their
poverty? They did not build and
send the bill TO us. though they
would have had an hundred fold more
light to do so than This generation
has a light to send d bill on to Chc
next for doing the things that !wc
ought to do for ourselves.
In his written message, the Cover
nor wrote: ut has been wisely suo-
gestcd that the State authorize the
issuing Of two million dollars worth
of bonds" When the Governor look :
ed i'm the faces of the legislators, and
came to read that sentence he wisely
left out the word 'NiScly.' OF
course it has been suggested. NO
Legislative body since the time of
Hamilton has met without the suSGes-
ton of a bond issue. 1t is so much
easier to vote bonds for somebody else
to pay than to pay your bills your
self, But the Governor qualified his
approval Of a bond issue by italics
iii the demands require it," The de-
mandS can be met without it. and
therefore the Governor does not go on
record for the suggested two and a
half million dollar bond issue. The
legislators Will, doubtless, prefer to
carry out the Governors recommcn-
dations to get all the property on the
taX-list at its true value and thereby
secure all needed revenue than to go
into the bond issuing business at the
most prosperous era III the history of
the State. And that is statesman
ship of the jefferson type,