The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Mininq.

| be given every lnducement to re-entor
the field, cheap water made available,
and every possible means employed TO
secure a practicable scheme for the
reduction of low-grade ores.
There should be effective legislation
enacted for the preservation of the
lives and health of the workers in
the coal mines, and the best conser-
vation of the coal. The expense of
administration could very properly be
provided for by a small tax on the
coal output.
Banking Code.
A comprehensive banking code, con.
tanning the best known guaranty for
the protection of depositors, is imper-
atively demanded.
Protection For Our Securities.
Colorado has suffered much in the
past because of securities sold abroad
and afterwards found to be without
sufficient value. This state has made
its growth largely through borrowed
capital, and we must look to the same
source for many years to come Tor
means with which to develop our -e-
sources. If we are to secure this as.
sistance, we must see to it that paper
offered for sale has substantial back
ing; that enterprises projected are
meritorious, and that securities of all
kinds offered to the public represent
such value as will command the con-
fidence of the investing world
Public Utilities.
Two plans are suggested for the
control of public utilities. The rail
road commission proposes amend
ments to the law under which it is
operating, to make the act more eff
fective. 1t is urged that some i'm
portant advance has been made on
account of recent court decisions. and
that the surest way to save this ad-
vantage is to retain thep resent law
and make it stronger by amendment.
The commission. however, suggests no
plan for including other public utili-
/ ties. On the other hand, bills have
been prepared, which. | understand,
include the very provisions of the rail-
way law already adjudicated and
which also comprehend the entire
field of public utilities. 1t seems to
me useless to have two commissions.
The time is ripe to abolish the pass
and franking evil. The pass system
has been defended by some on the
ground that it enabled new localities
| to secure settlers. Certain it is that
those neighborhoods that have en-
| joyed free transportation have not
settled faster than those to which it
| was refused. The need is for a more
equitable adjustment under which the
| travelling public would be placed on
an equality, the difference in cost to
| be used in lowering rates for all or
devoted to greater efficiency. To
avoid complications, the federal law
might he followed.
Game and Fish Department
Perhaps one of the most difficult
problems is to determine a more ef-
! ficient method of administration of
the game and fish department. If our
streams can be kept well stocked with
trout they will prove Il great asset in
securing summer visitors To accom-
pish this result numerous hatcheries
must be maintained and better sys.
/ tenn enforced to prevent the young
| trout from destruction. Those placed
in charge of hatcheries should be
| skilled in fish culture, and deputy
wardens should be active, industrious
men acquainted with the country and
with Il thorough understanding of
game conditions.
Capitol Building.
For some time the State Capitol
building has been overcrowded | be-
lieve the new Museum building should
be arranged so that it will accommo-
date the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals and the library. BY this ar
rangement, and by the proper adjust
ment of the offices of some of the
boards and bureaus. this crowded con-
dition of the Capitol could be relieved
and ample room provided for the con-
duct of the states business for many
years to come. In this connection it
might be well to consider the advis-
ability, in view of the near completion
of the new Museum building, of abol-
ishing the Capitol Board and placing
its duties in the hands of a board of
elective state officials.
Conservation.
| believe in conservation in the
meaning of the prevention of waste
| and monopoly. l am unalterably OPP
posed to it in it's definition of preserv-
ing things in their natural state unde-
veloped FOR future generations | have
no fear of famine from exhaustion of
resources. Whenever any resource
used by the people has disappeared.
human necessity and ingenuity have
always found something better to take
its place. l am also opposed to put
ting our lands and resources on a ten
antry basis to pay taxes into the fed
eral treasury We will never be
able to settle our lands and i'm
prove them properly unless the peo-
pie can own them. We can never
| expect to discover and develop our
mines if the hope of ownership is not
held out to the prospector and miner.
If we are to discover uses for our
great variety of new resources, we
must offer ample inducement for ex-
perimentaticn and investment 1t is
safe to predict that little improve
mert will ever be made on a ten
antry basis. The development of
every one of our natural resources,
land included, has heen attended by
unusual problems, difficulties and ex-
pense. Not one of them was natu-
rally ready for use and all the value