East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-10

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such support as their necessities and
healthy development may require.
Unpaid Claims Of Normal Schools.
When the normal schools were alb
olished at the last session of the leg
islature no provision was made for the
payment of the salaries Of the teach
ers for the balance of the term for
which they had been employed. Some
of them received little or no pay from
January l, 1909, to the end of the
school term in June, and what little
they did receive was derived largely
from private donations The legisla-
ture, therefore, should not fail to pro-
vide for the payment Of any and all
unpaid salaries that may be justly
due from the state.
| Railroad Commission.
The four years work of the railroad
/ commission speaks for itself Since
the creation of the commission the
public has seen a marked improve
ment in the road-bed. equipment.
station facilities and train service of
our railroads and is receiving the
benefit of an annual saving Of several
hundred thousand dollars through
rate reductions.
| Other Public Service Corporations.
| There is a demand from many quar-
ters for the better regulation of all
public service corporations and a
movement is now on foot to place
those not now subject to control un-
der the jurisdiction of some commits
sion. Experience has shown that
just rates and treatment come only
through such effective regulation and
there is no excuse for further delay
ing action in this state.
Advertisement of Oregons Resources
State officials are daily in receipt
of requests from persons residing in
other states and in other countries
asking for information concerning
Oregon and its resources. Owing to
the fact that the legislature has never
made provision for the publication Of
publicity matter it is impossible to
comply with these requests. other
states are advertising their resources
and 1t seems to me the time has come
for oregon to take similar action. The
state could print comprehensive
booklet at very little cost as the ma
terial could be obtained from the rail-
road companies and commercial or
CARNATIONS, assembled by the Ore
gon State Conservation commission
and printed by the state printer. The
state is thus in position where 1t can
do some effective advertising at very
little cost and 1t is to be hoped that
the legislature will see fit to provide
the Oregon Conservation commission
with authority to carry out the work.
White Slavery.
| White slavery, a term that spells
lhideous vice and inhuman infamy,
has been for some time engaging the
serious thought and active endeavor of
the federal government It has been
found that organized gangs of lecher-
lous parasites have been swarming in
1.-The country, more or less openly en-
gagged in the revolving business. Young
land innocent girls have been enticed
into this country. oftentmes by trick
land artifice, and, friendless, have been
forced into an existence worse than
death. American girls, lured to the
cities by clever persuasions and prom
ises of employment, have been cast
into the vortex of the lost by these
inhuman monsters never to reap
pear unless in the police court or the
morgue. The horror of the situation
needs no elaboration for every edition
of the public press adds fresh chap
ters to its awfulness.
Congress has enacted stringent leg
islation against this evil and is max
ing an energetic effort to stamp II
out. But cases are continually aris-
ing hard for the federal law to grasp,
cases local in their nature and clearly
within the jurisdiction of the courts
of this state.
l believe that this state, insofar as
is possible, should work side by side
with the federal government in com.
batting this evil and 1 recommend thai
q statute be enacted, following as
closely as practicable the federal law
through which the state courts ma.
lay heavy hand upon this mos
loathsome traffic, clean the state of
and keep it clean.
Income Tax.
Congress, some years ago, with 4
= view to bringing about more equit
able distribution Of the burdens o
y taxation, passed an income tax lay
Q, but the supreme court Of the Unite
y States held 1t to be unconstitutiona
10 Congress has now passed an amend
~ ment to our constitution, which
n, removing all constitutional obstruc
II tions will permit the passage of sue
lg law, and 1t is being submitted
Is the several states for approval or re
rs lection.
This amendment before becomin
effective must be ratified by at lea,