The Delta independent., 1913-01-17

| tn elective executive officers, and
that if an additional period of service
be deemed advisable, the term OF SER
vice be extended to four years and re-
! election made impossible. BY adopt
| ing this arrangement and fixing the
| time of the state election between the
presidential elections, the ballot would
/ be shortened, state politics TO con-
/ siderable extent divorced from ma
| tional politics, and voters attention
\ be concentrated on the direct issues
involved.
Mining.
There should be legislation to en-
/ courage mining. Prospectors sho"l
be given every inducement to re-enter
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-
walton 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 depostors, 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 ior
means with which to develop our re-
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 ef-
fective II is urged that some i'm
portant advance has been made on
account OF recent court decisions. ana
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 ranking evil. The pass system
has been defended by some on the
ground that il enabled new localities
to secure settlers. Certain il 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 more
/ equitable adjustment under which the
I travelling public would be placed on
Z 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 be 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. II our
streams can be kept well stocked with
I trout they will prove a great asset in
securing summer visitors. To accom-
pish this result numerous hatcheries
must be maintained and better sys.
I TEN 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
game conditions.
Capitol Building.
For some time ihe 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. am unalterably OPP
posed to it in its definition OF prescrv.
ing things in their natural state unde-
veloped for future generations | am
also opposed to putting our lands and
resources on tenantry basis to pay
taxes into the federal treasury. We
will never be able TO settle our lands
and improve them properly unless the
people can own them. We can never
expect to discover and develop our