The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-09

but they should be placed under the con
| troll of the department of education. The
/ facilities of this department for handling
and distributing them are far greater
/ than those possessed by the state library.
The State should aid In forming perma-
nent libraries in suitable schools and /
recommend limited aid from the State
/ 10 them upon proper, prescribed condi-
| tlOns.
Another educational need is increased
facilities for institutions engaged in nor
mai work so that the schools may be
+ provided with more teachers who are
efficient and capable and purpose 20
make teaching their life profession.
| These Institutions are Indispensable TO
our educational system and should be
sufficiently numerous to provide the
/ schools with well-traiued and well-equip-
I ped teachers. Il IS "a waste of money to
/ have a large number of inferior normal
schools. Many of the present high
/ schools can 40 much less expense be
equipped to do a certain amount of nor
mai work as well as small normal
schools. The high schools have elm
! mated any necessity that might ever
/ have existed for the small weak normal
school"
Asks for Health Laws.
The governor urges legislation and the
provision of sufficient funds 70 make the
State board Of health more suited to the
States needs and existing conditions.
giving it authority 70 require registra-
ton Of deaths. to protect streams sup
plying drinking water, TO restrict and
prevent the spread OF communicable dis
eases, to inspect and approve plans for
school buildings so far as sanitation is
concerned, and TO correct unsanitary
conditions in existing school buildings.
1T should. he says, 'be provided with
funds to enable it 10 fight tuberculosis,
the greatest scourge Of modern life"
Increased pensions for Confederate vet
Grams and their widows. by using the
surplus In the pension fund created by
the diminutiOn in the number Of pen
sioneTs caused by death. and the continu-
ance Of the work of collecting and pre-
serving Confederate relics and records,
are recommended. The governor also
recommends an appropriation for a suit
able monument on the Gettysburg battle
field to the Virginia troops which play
ed brave part in that engagement.
Attention is directed to the necessity
OF increased appropriations for the main
tenance Of asylums and hospitals. and
the building Of a separate colony for
epileptic patients Larger appropria-
tons are urged for the State militia. and
the amendment OF the statue laws re-
lating 10 the volunteers to make them
conform 10 the requirements for Federal
aid permanent camping ground, with
rifle range, is recommended. to be pur-
chased by the State Declaring that
some jails are unfit for habitation. Gov
Swanson suggests the creation Of a COM
missioner whose duty shall be the fire.
quent examination Of all penal institu-
tons and reformat0ries In the State. lie
also suggests that the convict farm be
used for agricultural experimentation.
The preservation of the States mineral
and timber exhibit at the jamestown Elk
position is urged, to be established In a
building in Richmond and the legisla-
ture is asked TO consider the establish
ment OF State department of mines and
la bureau Of State geological surveys.
Increased appropriations are also asked
for the bureau Of labor and industrial
statistics, and child labor is condemned
TN the message.
Protection of Fish.
Attention is called to the necessity of
protecting the States valuable fish and
oyster resources, which the governor
thinks would with proper care soon sur
pass those Of all other States
Respecting the State banks. the COVER
nor repeats his recommendation for care
ful supervision. He says:
In my inaugural address I urged the
creation of a department of banking, and
the enactment Of additional legislation
controlling the operation of State banks.
and providing for their frequent examine
ton. 1 strongly renew this recommended
ton Since the last session of the gen
eraI assembly the people of Virginia
have sustained large losses by failures
OF State banks, which would have been
prevented by such legislation.
''The State banks of Virginia had on
deposit the I'D of August, 1907, $685.
100. These banks, chartered bv Virginia
having on deposit and thus holding IN
trust this vast sum OF money belonging
to the people, should be subjected to laws
conhning their operations within safe and
conservative limits, and should be regu-
larry examined by capable and honest Of
hcials so as to ascertain whether or not
they are solvent. whether their capital is
impaired. and whether the laws control
ling them are Obeyed Banks that are
solvent and properly run should not oh
ject TO this. Those that are not ehould
have this inspection forced upon them.
whether they desire it or not.
But the laws governing State banks
should not in some respects be as rieor-
GUS as, nor similar to. those enacted nv
the Federal government for the control
OF national banks. State banks occupv
many fields Of usefulness, perform much
good service. and extend accommodation
to large class of good and solvent ems
toners debarred under the Federal svs-
tenn. Legislation upon this matter sbo1Ja
not be longer delayed. Safe and sensi-
Die banking can best be secured by reas-
enable restrictions and thorough investi-
cation"
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