The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-16
provide for ten di-tricts with as near
ly equal population as possible,
Presidential Preference Primaries.

stand more strongly cOE;iEitted than
that the pcc?.e shall nominate their
officers by dire primary election
and this prime PIE has now become
firmly established in this state. There
is no valid reason Why this system OF
direct nominations should not be ex-
tended to the office of president OF
the United States. The people are
competent to elect their officials and
it follows that they are also equally
competent to nominate. The selection
of delegates to INSTRUMENTATION
should be by direct primary election
and when the people have selected
their delegates in sucn a manner
there will be no question as to their
authority to represent the state in
the national convention.
State Public Utilities Commission.
Minnesota has long realized the i'm
utilities. Twenty-eight states have
now a statewide commission in charge
CT public utilities and il every in
stance where such commission has
been property organized, and given
sufficient authority it has been an un-
qualified success. In my opinion, pub
lie utilities must be either owned or
controlled by the people. Where the
control can be vested in fair, i'm
partial and competent authority, re-
r,nyraG FOR nnSSih1o from nnlif-
icai influence. it is far superior to
ownership. 1t has been found by ex-
perience that it is very difficult to
keep municipality owned plants out OF
politics. Even municipality owned
public utilities are now realizing the
Necessity OF statewide regulation and
strong demand for such regulation
comes from producers and consumers
alike throughout the state.
Owing to local conditions and in
commission to be as successful In the
regulation OF these utilities as a state
wide commission. The regulating au
thority and the regulated are too close
ly related and dependent upon local
conditions and it is almost impossible
to be impartial and fair. 1t is abso-
lutely essential that the regulating
authority should be independent of To-
cal conditions, more permanent as to
tenure than the constantly changing
able experts with sufficient authority
and funds to enforce it's rules and reg
ulations fearlessly and impartially.
sincerely trust that this legislature
will enact into law the measure that
will bring the greatest benefits to the
people at large throughout the state.
State Control of Securities.
In the development of new territory
it is important that favorable oppor-
tunities be given for the profitable in
vestment of capital and most of our
states haze been snnite liberal in tha-
granting of such returns. The in
discriminate issuing and sale of stocks
and bonds is, however, Of no advan-
tage to financially sound enterprise,
but has rather the opposite effect in
creating suspicion and distrust. Worth
less stocks and bonds are usually
sold to class of people that cannot
afford to invest and who have nei-
Their the means nor the opportunities
to investigate the sonndness of the
corporation or the integrity of its Off
GERS.
A law should be enacted which will
not in any way restrict or even retard'
legitimate business enterprise, but
effectively prevent the issuing and sale
of stocks and bonds which have little
or no. value, by providing for the ex-
animation of such securities before
issue and sale and adequate penalties
for the violation of the law.
Labor and Capital. @
2. Never before in the history of our
country have we had so efnphatically
impressed upon us, the Importance of
cooperation between .laoor and cap,
itai. We are living in an age when
the right to organize is readily con-
ceded to both sides. Indeed organiza.
tion Is advantageous and necessary.
Consequently. war between the two
Is always disastrous to both. Capital
is entitled to a fair return for it's in
yestments and labor to a fair share of
the wealth created. s, The success of
both is dependent upon harmonious
cooperation. The Question should al
ways be to. determine what the just
claims are and then to secure their
recognition by friendly adjustment or
Minnesota is rapidly be-
coming one of the leading manufac-
turing and commercial states of the
Union and it is, therefore. important
that legislation be enacted which will!
promote the most hearty cooperation
between labor and capital.
workmen's Compensation.
Representing on this occasion or
eanized, as well as unorganized en-
ployes and employers. i am asking at
your hands a fair and adequate work
mems compensation act. 1 fully real
tie the difficulty of enacting salts
factory compensation law. but we have
the experience of a number of foreign
countries as well as several states to
guide us and with the agreement be-
tween employees and employers as to
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