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are the same, wherever we touch it.
We must use the resources of the
country, not lock them up. There
need be no conflict or jealousy as be-
ties, for there can be no essential diff
ference of purpose between them. The
resources in question must be used,
! but not destroyed or wasted; used,
but not mOpOpolized upon any narrow
idea of individual rights as against
the abiding interests of communities.
That policy can be worked out by
conference and concession which will
release these resources and yet not
| leopard or dissipate them, l for one
have no doubt; and il can be done
on lines of regulation which need be
no less acceptable TO the people and
governments OF the states concerned
than to the people and government of
the nation at large, whose heritage
these resources are. We must bend
our counsels to this end A common
purpose ought to make agreement
easy.
Three or four matters of especial
Importance and significance l beg
that you will permit me to mention
| in closing
Our Bureaus of Mines
Our bureau of mines ought to be
equipped and empowered to render
even more effectual service than it
renders now in improving the condi-
tons fmine labor and making the
mines more economically productive
as well as more safe This is an all
important part of the work of conser-
walton; and the conservation of hui
man life and energy lies even nearer
to our interest than the preservation
from waste of Our material resources.
Employers Liability Act
We owe il, in mere Justice to the
railways of the country, to provide
for them a fair and effective employ
ers' liability act; and a law that we
can stand by in this matter will be
no less to the advantage of those who
administer the railroads of the coun-
try than to the advantage of those
whom they employ. The experience
of large number of states abundant
ly proves that.
We ought to devote ourselves to
meeting pressing demands of plain
justice like this as earnestly as to
the accomplishment of political and
economic reforms. Social Justice
comes first. Law is the machinery for
its realization. and is vital only as it
expresses and embodies it.
Safety for Seamen
An international congress for the
discussion OF all questions that af-
feet safety at sea is now sitting in
London at the suggestion of our own
government. So soon as the conelu-
sions of that congress can be learned
and considered we ought to address
ourselves, among other things, to the
prompt alienation of the very unsafe,
unjust, and burdensome conditions
which now surround the employment
OF sailors and render it extremely diff
fcult to obtain the services of spirit
ed and competent men sEon as every
ship needs if it is to be safely han
died and brought to port.
Compliments the Congress
May | not express the very real
pleasure I have experienced in CO.
operating with this congress and
sharing with it the labors of common
service to which il has de- tied itself
SO unreservedly during the past sew
en- months of accomplishing cor GEN.
tration upon the business of legisla-
ton? Surely it is a proper and per-
tinent part of my report on "the state
of the Union" to express my admira-
ton for the diligence, the good tenn
per, and the full comprehension a.
public duty which has already been
manifested by both the houses; and
hope that it may not be deemed an inn
pertinent intrusion of myself into ths
picture if l say with how much and
how constant satisfaction | have
availed myself of the privilege of put
ting my time and energy at their dis
posal alike in counsel and in action.
The weekly meeting of the reading
club was held Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Miss Alice Bullock, with
Miss Minnie Gamsby acting as host
ess. There was an unusually good at.