The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28

that they would meet them in q spir.
1t OF adjustment and settlement. and
would arrange inequalities and OPP
pressions. IL there be any; thus set
ting outside Of the courts every con
ton there might be between carrier
and shipper. SO far this amity and
equity on the part Of the state has
I'VE are asking for further appro-
priation. to be used, II need be. TO
There is no question that q settlement
by the state with the Southern, the A
@. s.. the NJ. g. o., the Seaboard. the
Atlantic Coast Line, the Frisco. the
Northern Alabama. and the A. 3. &
Circuit Court Of Appeals maintaining
the integrity of your legislation. have
been worth many times the trouble
and money so far expended. There
terest and integrity of the state than
to have the people defenseless should
any corporation or individual attempt
to hector or dominate the state. The
state should always be in position to
maintain firm stand In carrying out
it's statutes and in enforcing the pro-
lection of the citizen:
"You created the following new of.
Ulcers and made appropriation for the
expenses of the same.
State Game and Fish Commission
Two state tax commissioners, s5.-
inspector of Jails. Cotton Mills,
sbirsctor of Cotton Statistics Blu
Defeiads Appropriation.
"Your appropriations and expendi-
lures have 1Tuctified every interest In
ated, the Parable of the Talents will
be rendered in our midst. You have
put the money out at usuEy. and with
ana s sssy ySa sGns the svsIs assrss
.Wo1ld you recall the money appro.
priatsed 70 the state 59 3SS q Hs satin
Board; to the Medical college at Mo-
bile? Would you recall the establish
ment of the law. and equity courts:
Would You recall the Increased appro-
priations for the insane; for the In
stitute for the Deaf. for the Boys In
dustriai SCHOOL, %9nid yOs regal sssod the
the Normal schools; for the county
High Schools: for the Girls Industrial
the Polytechnic and the University?
r MGSa school SSs sns SnS Tor
maintenance of the rural schools?
Would you recall the money for the
old soldiers? These in a large meas
ure have been your expenditures.
ut is true that the appropriations
were made after careful study OF the
condition of the treasury, and the fu-
ture of the Stale, and 1t was not then
thought that q deficit would be Gre
"The statewide prohibitions bill oc-
casioned the loss OF revenue derived
largely responsible for the coming de-
ficit in the treasury. But this money
is well lost, and the state should re-
jsiSs that ba we hays
liquor trafflc. Our convict camps show
that large per cent. Of the inmates
are there because of the use of liquor.
with the wives, mothers and children
of these convicts, and have had forci-
bly, impressed upon me the terrible
results of the whiskey habit in its
Has Changed Heart.
while originally / was local OPP
ZIONIST, I now believe that every pow
terminate the evils of intemperance.
Some have said that the jails ami
penitentiaries have always been nlled
with this class Of inmates: Inis Is
as long as we allow the sale OF liquor
In our midst. Your determination to
protect the w0men ana Of the state
by the State wide prohibition bill, to
decrease the criminal records and to in
crease one thousand fold the chances
worthy OF high communication.
1T Is true we have some citizens
who will always drink. and some who
will always sell m9uor. d ~ a Is be61aldy
the land and the future children should
be protected as far as possible from
this great evil.
y believe that you could have made
no better Investment than to cut out
the revenue derived from the whiskey
license; that, with temperance estab-
lished. we oan look forward to increased
ship-the accomplishment of both of
which are. / think, sure prophecy.
This will MI the deficit in our treas
State, both citizenship and property.
more secure and more prosperous. The
deficit in the treasury Will come In
December and VIII last until the nrst
year, perhaps a little earlier and will
last until the tax collection returns In
January.
method used by my predecessors In the
same contingency, and feel coafident
in assuring you that no harm win be
done the finances or the credit Of the
state.
The Prohibitions Law.
1T call your attention to the fact that
at the extra session when you were
newly returned from the people>>where
Of your own Initiative and by an over
wheiming majority. you enacted the
state wide prohibition law: That stat
forcement The evasions OF the law
have been many and apparently easy.
In some places open defiance OF the
law has been manifest, and the So
called blind tiger 10 abroad.
"You should not shoot tigers with
blank cartridges or bird shot IT
only tends to make them more vicious.
suppressing open. wilful violations Of
any particular law.
TT is within your power and 1t Is
your duty to the state to enact such
statutes as will enable the State to
carry out the execution of your State