The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-09-18

arrived aC UIl6 I1Uliic oCllool III VII 10
shortly before eleven O'Clock and were
shown through a number of the cot
tages, hospital, ETC., before they sat
down to delightful lunch as guests
of the superintendent Of the Home,
Mrs. Morse.
The work the inmates of the home
were doing under the direction of the
superintendent and her able corps of
assistants was revelation. The
state officials were frank in expressing
their surprise at conditions and never
fully appreciating before just what
this institution was doing for the
girls, who are given every opportunity
to fit themselves for homemakers and
desirable citizens. Every state official
left Sank Centre booster for the
Home School for Girls.
All of the visiting officials were in
formally introduced to the crowd at
the fair by Master of Ceremonies
Dubois. Commissioner Staples briefly
outlined the work being carried on in
that department and Asst. Atty.
General NethaWay gave an Interesting
account of thetmanifoid duties in the
legal department of the state. ~
OF course the main attraction was
the address of Gov. Eberhart. The
large audience gave the chief execu-
tive undivided attention for nearly an
hour. He devoted most Of his speech
to the Public Utilities question.
"It must be either ownership or
regulation" the Governor said.
"New Jersey, Maine, Missouri,
Wisconsin, and Illinois have state laws
regulating public utilities, and it is
the greatest work in years these Leg
islatures have done for the benefit of
people.
"Men like La Toilette, Justice
Hughes and President Wilson were
never influenced by anything but the
purest of motives when they worked
for public utilities laws.
COLLECTIONS have been made to state
regulation because certain public util-
tiles are in favor of it. These objec-
lions are made only for the purpose of
prejudice. 1t is not a question of
who is for or against it, but a ques-
ton of right, Justice and equity"
The only control of strictly munich
pal plants favored by the governor is
the inspection by the public examin-
ers department to the end that rates
are equitable and uniform system
of accounting installed, which would
of course be big advantage.
The governor spoke specifically of
the bill fathered by Representative
Minette of Sank Centre and said there
were a great many things he liked
about the bill, but that it did not go
far enough. ''One of the grave er'
rors in the BILL" he said, twas that
it did not regulate the issue of stocks
and bonds by corporations. The
state SHOULD have the right to con-
troll bond and stock issues to prevent
the companies from watering their
stock and thus force the public to pay
dividends on fictitious valuations"
Much has been said about the pub
lie utilities taking away the right of
the cities to govern their own affairs
but the governor demonstrated clearly
that many utilities used in the munic-
qualities of the state are owned by
large concerns and that it would be
impossible for the cities to control
these and for this reason it was es-
sential that all utilities should be
placed under state control.
]. He favored the control of utilities
by a commission to be appointed by
the chief executive, with the power
of recall by the people of not only the
commission but the governor If the
officials were not doing their duty by
the public. He said that divided re-
sponsibility would not be satisfactory