The Butler weekly times., 1913-01-16

! N%Ia fer merit and a prize for eff
ficiency.
"PEHLlC ROADS-The public road.
of the commonwealth are it's highways
OF commerce. Permanently improve
the public roads and commercial activi
ties will follow as necessary
sequence.
The state is alive 10 this necessity
anl Two things are necessary to be con
si1ored: first. an adequate system for
public expenditures and road building !;
second. the providing of revenue by
the state and the local subdivision, and
his may necessitate constitutional
amendment.
TO accomplish this, we must necos
sarilv have a state highway depart
ment and a county highway depart.
ment, the county department ar;icnlat
ing with the state department, and
through which departments we can
have complete system for supervis-
ing and building public roads.
"lMMIGRATlON-To the end that
our resources and opportunities may
be properly advertised and whole
some immigration brought among us,
recommend the enactment of a care
fully prepared law providing for the
appointment of an immigration com.
missioner and assistant commissioner
to properly advertise our resources
and advantages to the world.
"hAND RECLAMATION-We have
more than 100000 acres of swamp
ana overflowed lands in Missouri. |
This land. when reclaimed, will supply
homes for at least one.half million |
people, and will produce a splendid .
ir,d of any kind of products raised in
he state.
This legislature should provide a
special department for this work and
continue il on a broader mad more
y finite ! asis. 1t can be done for the
sane .l"uant OF nUne% now being ex-
)eEdtI, ~ q s.l.all increase, and will
'rCIe, in the ,Ll, a prea' Investment:
lot only to tie owners of tie land, but
II the aN, anc,ncnt of the state and
II the increase. of its revenues.
"TANATlON-This legislature should
rca e a tax commission to study the
questions OF taxation and report it's
abors to the next legislature, to the
md we may ravise ard improve our
event" S,sten;.,
"i2!. 2!.EENOSYNARY INSTi Tt 'TlONS
"A higher STANDARD Of efficiency must
e es ahlishcd in our e,cem0synary in.
titlItiJns to the end that the inmates |
nay be properly treated and receive
lore humane consideration. To the
nd that we may discharge higher
uty, there Should lie created in this
tate an office known as medical
upervisor for the hospitals for the {
lsane. +
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
"A public service commission is one .
the necessities of the hour. The
reation of such commission Is a
rosressive step which, in view Of past
experiences, every state must take.
he right of the state to regulate the
1arges and conduct of every business
impressed with public use is no
niger questioned. l. therefore, recon-
end the passage of an efficient pub.
c service commission law, with ade-
late powers given the commission to
and regulate freight and passenger
ties. express rates, telegraph and tele
lone rates, the charges of electric
,hts. gas, water and power companies
I'd all other public service corpora.
ons doing business in the state.
THE commission should also be given
thority to supervise the issuance of
ocks, bonds and other evidences of
debtedness, and also be given the
rther power and authority to ascer-
In the value of the physical prop
ties Of the public utilities coming
thin the provisions of the act,
COMPENSA.
ON LAW-With the growth and de.
lopment of our transportation racil-
es, factory system and industrial
ogress, and with the increase in the
mber Of unskilled workmen about
n power machinery. the necessities
mand the enactment of a working.
ms compensation lay.
The practical success Of q working
ms compensation act depends upon
simplicity, definiteness, reasonable
y and compatibility with our state
federal constItutions. Such q law