The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-26
CONFERENCE IS N0N.PARTISAN
Rural Credit Systems Will Re.
ceive Much Attention
MAY RESULT IN UNIFORM LAWS

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug, 70
The sixth annual Conference of Gov
ernors assembled here today to enter
upon five days discussion Of public
| problems of common interest and inn
/ por'ance To the country The confer
ence is entirely non-partisan in char
acter The governors come from all
sections of the country and represent
all shades of political belief.
Governor McGovcrn of Wisconsin,
Governor O'Ncal of Alabama and Gov
ernor Ammons of Colorado cOntitute
the executive committee Of the confer
encc Others who are expected to take
"a prominent part in the present scs-
sion are Governors Carey of Wyoming,
Baldwin Of Connecticut, Dunno of III
inois. Hanna of North Dakota Hodges
of Kansas, Lister of Washington,
Clarke of Nebraska, Haines Of Idaho.
Major of Missouri and West of Oregon.
Influence of Meetings Broadens.
The conference had its origin in 1908
when President Roosevelt called the
governors together at Washington to
discuss steps for the conservation of
the natural resources of the country.
At this initial meeting is was decided
To make the conference a permanent
body and to hold annual sessions with
the object of exchanging views on sub
iects of general importance, promot-
ing greater uniformity in state leGs-
latinn. and attaining greater efficiency
in the state administration.
Since the meeting iu Washington in
, 1908 the conference has held sessions
in Frankfort. Ky, Trenton, y. j., and
, Richmond, Va. The attendance has
increased at each yearly session dnd
at the ss,mo time the influence of the
conference has hroadened. AS safe
guard to states rights, the influence
and importance Of the conference ear
hardly be overestimatcd. In the same
Il way the conference Mas tendency
, to curb any infringement on thes,
rights by the federal government by
. bringing about the enactment of lcgis'
! lation in the various states that other
; wise might receive the attention o
! Congress. Heretofore it has seemed
y easier to amend the constitution ano
d clothe Congress with certain necesSar,
II power than tn secure uniform legis
= lation in the states. But the govern
ors' conference il Is believed, viii ul
limately he able to bring about UNI
form legislation on marriage and III
vorcc. child labor, rates of interest AM
numerous other social problems q
pressing importance. thus lcsseninj
the tendency To expand the federal au
I thorty
Report on European investigation.
No fixed programme has been pre-
!. pared for the conference. Scvcra
. papers aud addresses will be prcscnte
but for the most part the governor
viii devote the time to an informa
discussion of each subject as 1t is in
troduccd These subjects will relat
J. largely to the administrative side q
% state business, such, for instance, a
t. "'rhc Growth of Administrative Com
Ic mission" ~ state Department of Ef
~ ficicncy and Economy" and "rh
'' HuSt anu fNtlll'hy iO' 'f''''
G. trict of Legislatures
le A subject that has already receive
l. considerable attention from the ron
le ference .lnd which is scheduled To u
~ taken up for further consideration
10 the present session is the establish
. mcnt of rural credit banks, land mort
u gage societies and cooperative buy
= ing and selling associations To me'
80 the needs Of the agricultural folk {
IL the United States. BY special INVITA-
'' tion Senator Fletcher of Florida WI
deliver an address before the govern
ors. giving a preliminary report OF u
= results of the investigation into Ell
20 ropean farm methods by the Amer
a' can commission which recently tourt
Europe.