The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-10


 such a proceeding is called justice? And yet the court is not to blame; it is the law that the court has to admin ister. And this condition of the law is what affords the demagogue his plausi- | ble, harmful, and dangerous argument.
 For many years our General Assem- ply has made unsuccessful efforts to correct this condition So that the same right shall be afforded in actions of tort that obtains in actions of con- 1 tracts Why this matter has never reached fair settlement is one of the blunders of legislation subjecting the state to severest criticism. The people want this law made right and they de- mand to know why it is not done They want to know what influence operates upon the law making authority that l they have elected to represent them | with more power than the peoples will. The people insist upon an honorable adjustment to satisfy public opinion and check the volume of protest that grows more threatening year by year. In what situation are the people of Connecticut placed when they are com pelled to go to Massachusetts, Rhode Island or New York to secure abroad what is denied them at home-the right of trial by jury! I have placed this question before you in plain language without attempting to enter into tech nical discussion It is familiar to you all My purpose is to urge with all the force I can express that you make it a particular part of your present busi- ness to put this General Assembly on record as a fearless and faithful body of representatives by enacting such legislation as will secure forever to the people of Connecticut the constitution al right of either party in an action of tort to trial before jury.
 Consolidation of Commissions.
 It is my belief after careful inves- tigation that the Building and Loan Commission should be abolished, and that the work of this department should be placed in the hands of the Bank Commissioners. There now re- main in the state only fourteen solvent Building and Loan Associations. Their interests lie along the line of the Bank Commissioners duties, and should properly be placed within the jurisdic- tion of the Bank Commissioners
 Tn my opinion the Factory Inspec- tors and the Labor Bureau should be placed under one head At the present time the Labor Bureau has five agents in this state, who are acting as intelli- gence officers, where the employer can secure help and where persons may secure employment. That is practical ly all that is being done by the Labor Bureau except in compiling statistics which are furnished by cities, towns and manufacturers. The Labor Btu reau can assume the factory inspec- ton and the men who are doing the work of the Labor Bureau can attend Ito it or vice versa The agents repre- senting such consolidated Bureau should be general agents under the di- lrect charge of the commissioner, who should have the right to send his men into any district of the state that he sees fit Such agents should not be kept in enc district more than a year at a time, but should be transferred from one section of the state to anoth" CT.
 Woman Factory Inspector. ,u
 Many thousands of women and girls are employed in the shops factories and stores of this state. The eondi- Btions of their labor, the sanitary and moral surroundings of such workers need attention in many places. I call this matter to your attention and re- commend that your honorable body consider the advisability of authori-
 zing the appointment of at least one : woman deputy factory inspector
 school Fund Commission.
 The scrfool Fund now amounts to about 1000 900, the money being in- vested in loans and first mortgages . upon real estate, The loans are made by the School Fund Commissioner, but , the State Treasurer is custodian of the ) funds received as repayments of loans l or as interest on outstanding loans. As a broad proposition do not con ceive that there will be any quarrel : with the suggestion that 1t is not pro- perly the business of the state to com pete in the money loaning field. IA large part of the school fund is not in vested in Connecticut. but in states somewhat remote from here. That may not be bad judgment, but it re- moves the fund from the state and in- ! vtes the fear that the state Is in a . more or less speculative enterprise Savings banks and other large fnan- cial institutions are making a majority of the gilt edge loans in their own To- : calities, and it seems an unwise policy to compete with them at home and more unwise to enter foreign field. i, Tn such recommendations as it seems : advisable to make ifs the premises, disclaim emphaticaly any intent tc criticise or find fault with the manner of administration of the school fund l, by the present administration. But , let us consider the proposition with an eye single to promoting more modern mthod of conducting that branch of the states business.
 } It is my conviction that the states hest interests will be conserved if the l school fund be abolished by amend ment to the State constitution, and 5 that until the necessary formalities by l legislative enactment and vote of the - electorate have been taken, the State l Treasurer act as School Fund Com l missioner, and be empowered to cal in and collect bans and interests thai l may accrue At a date not later thar 1910 the monies accruing to the schoo