The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-10-29
OSBORN WOULD METHODIzF
BUSINESS OF THE STATE
Candidate For Governor Outlines Sae Sane Constructive Platform
In Speech at Greenvie Last Evening. Would Reduce
Public Expenses and Work For Inter
ests Of the People

| accomplished gradually. Encourage
ment Of farmers wood lots and the
lining of all roads with trees. the state
to supply the young trees free of
charge is one of the plans he suggest
| ed. A part of the cost of protecting
forests from fires should be borne by
the private owner and growing timber
should If possible. be so taxed as 10
encourage owners not to harvest their
trees
Upon the subject Of diffusion OF ag-
ricultural knowledge Mr.. Osborn spoke
with emphasis. He favors the teach
ing OF elementary agriculture in all Of
the public schools. and the establish
ment of county agricultural schools.
He also suggested bulletin service
for every farmer i'm the state covering
important phases OF farm work.
Wildcat mining schemes came in for
the speakers denunciation and am
amendment 10 existing laws governing
capitalization to prevent such abuses
was urged.
Continuing Mr.. Osborn said: The
question of good roads will always be
a vital problem. The state might at
least connect every county seat with a
good road. Convict labor could be
used to advantage to this end. This
would not only stimulate local road
building, but would solve the question
of convict competition with free labor
which is always wrong.
state laws governing the employ
ment of children and women in fac
tories should be perfected and enforced.
Nothing will so accurse and cripple So
ciety in the future as the abuse of chill
dren and women. The lowered stan
dard of industrial efficiency in Eng
land today is attributed to over work
ing women and children in coal mines
and factories a half century ago.
Men must necessarily be employed
i'm hazardous occupations. Working
men are often injured when no blame
can be attached to employer or en-
ploye. 1t was a dangerous place, but
il had to be filled. Workingmen in
jured while in the performance or
their tasks should receive compensa-
tion without reference TO the hows.
where's or whens. and the expense thus
entailed should be charged to the cost
OF the product involved"
Mr.. Osborn then made the startling
proposal that a great portion of the
states annual expense for legal SER
vices be avoided by making much Of
such work q part OF the duty of the
law faculty of the university. He de-
decrease expense and increase efficien-
cy.
Commenting primary reform as a
result of progressive evolution in pop
ular government, the speaker urged
further amendments particularly aimed
at contributions to religious. charitable
or fraternal organizations by political
candidates. declaring such a practice
TO be only an indirect form of whole
sale vote buying.
| After advocating the establishment
of a department of information and
publicity. particularly to promote the
settlement and development of unim-
proved farm lands, the speaker con-
cluded as follows:
"There are many directions in which
expenses may be and should be reduced
cheney or neglecting duty. One gov
ernor in two years may not be able to
do much. but he ought to be able to
inaugurate some progressive advan-
tage so meritorious as to command
approval and live. Thus will efforts
for good administration be cumulative
and more than compensate for such
embarrassments as naturally fall to a
brief tenure in office"