The Chanute times., 1911-01-13


with land agents in oil cities throughout
the central and eastern part of the Unit
ed States, with a view of securing for
Kansas her full share of these immi-
grants.
/. | hereby recommend that this legis-
lature enact a law that will compel rail-
roads and all corporations doing business
in Kansas to begin all litigation in Kan
sas courts and take no refuge in the fed
eral courts until the litigation in question
has been passed upon by the Kansas su-
preme court, and providing severe penal
ties for violation thereof
l. The sixty-first congress of the
/ United States submitted the following
Joint resolution. proposing an amendment
to the constitution of the United States:
Resolved by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States OF
America in congress assembled, two
! thirds of each house concurrng therein,
that the following article is proposed as
! an amendment to the constitution of the
United States, which when ratified by the
| legislatures of three-fourths of the sew
eral states shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the constitu-
| tion: Article 1G. The congress shall
have power to lay and collect taxes on in
comes from whatever source derived,
without apportionment among the sever
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Sus enumeration"
l. The management of the soldiers
home at Dodge City has been business
! like and economical The increased price
of food and other supplies and the great
er number of veteran soldiers at this
home has increased the cost of mainte-
nance. The physical property of the insti-
tuition has been much improved during the
! last two years.
/. The board of control law enacted
in 1905 has proved a great success. The
management of the charitable institutions
has been practical and business like un-
der this law. There is, however much
room for improvement in the methods
which prevail in all the states in the care
of the insane. To my mind it is little
| less than a crime to lock up behind
| barred doors and windows the man or
woman who from some nervous or phys
! ical ailment has a deranged mind, but is
comparatively harmless. OF all the per-
sons on earth who require the blessings
of open air and Gods sunshine with abun-
dant physical exercise, these unfortunate
people need them most.
2. l am fully convinced that one-half
! of the population of our insane asylums
could be made sef-supporting under
| skillful management If they We're colo
nized on good farms in central or west
! eTn hdUSdS, anu lidl tllcll plly Sieoi ''iN
mental condition could be materially I'M
proved.
g. 1 recommend that this legislature
make a careful investigation of this sub
! ject.
l. The legislature two years ago fall
ed to make any appropriation for the
state fish hatchery at Pratt Kas. This
| institution has been maintained since
June 80, 1909, out of the governors con-
tingent fund, otherwise it would go to
ruin.
l. The live stock sanitary department
has been managed in an economical and
business like way to- the credit of the
commissioner and state alike. Sixteen
counties have been taken out of quaran-
tine during the last eighteen months
Through the tireless efforts of the live
stock commissioner, in cooperation with
the agricultural college, a very substan-
I tial saving has been made to the state
in the prevention of cholera among hogs.
This office has never been so well or
economically administered in the history
of the state.
l. The state grain inspection depart
ment has been thoroughly renovated. All
unnecessary employees have been elimi-
mated. This department had been sys-
tematically robbed for several years. The
men charged with stealing $9,4OO are be-
ing vigorously prosecuted. No one de-
nies that this amount was stolen, the
/ only question is who took the money.
2 The department has made a sub
stantial saving as compared with for
mer administrations.
/. 1t can be easily demonstrated to any
practical business man that the state
agricultural college is worth millions OF
dollars annually to the state in increased
value of farm products and live stock
to say nothing of the greater benefit
which we derive from the development of
stronger and better men and women of
character, culture and responsibility.
g The state university and the state
normal school in different fields are equal
ly as important, valuable and useful to
our great commonwealth.
g. Every semblance of extravaganza
and every dollar of funds not absolutely
necessary should be eliminated from APP
propriations for these institutions But
to withhold money that is actually nee
essary to their proper and economic
maintenance and support will injure more
than 1t will benefit the state.
l. The Western university at Quindaro
and the Industrial Institute at Topeka,
schools for colored children, are worthy of
your careful consideration. They are
doing excellent work in practical instruc-
ton, which is calculated to prepare the
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citizens in our commonwealth.
l. Agriculture and live stock are the
solid rock foundation of Kansas. Mer-
chants. banks railroads, commercial and
manufacturing business are alike depen-
dent upon these basic industries for sup
port and prosperity.
9 A wide range of practical expert
ments has proven beyond any question
of doubt that the application of scien-
tifc methods to the cultivation of the
soil. and the selection and breeding of
seeds in grains and grasses and varie-
ties of horticulture would increase the
yield of these products in this state more
than 100 per cent as compared with the
average production under present methods
and conditions.
8. The legislature is the sole and only
power and authority that can make pos
sible the full development of the vast
natural resources that so vitally affect the
comfort and welfare of our people.
Not in the history of Kansas has any
legislature been confronted with prob
lens of such vital interest, not only to
the commonwealth which you have the
honor to represent but to the nation at
large. as the present legislature. A cas-