The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-16
excluded from labor in manufacturing
establishments and it IS, therefore,

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establishments and it IS, therefore,
necessary that their hours of labor
should be made as short as possible
and that they should he surrounded
with the best safeguards of health and
comfort. Child labor SHOULD be re-
ducej TO minimum 1, therefore,
recommend more stringent Legislation
fer the protection of woman and child
labor AID larger appropriation Eor
the bureau Of women and children in
the labor department that the law may
be strictly enforced throughout the
state.
Esrai setserr,ent.
No state in the Union has within
recent years made greater progress
than Minnesota in the extension of ag-
ricultural and Industrial traini2g
Through the college and schools of ag-
riculture, the dairy and food depart
ment, the university extension, the
farmers Institutes and the state and
county fairs this state has made most
rapid advancement in the development
of intensive and scientific agriculture
With all these and many other agri.
cultural activities united under the ell.
Gent administra ton of an agricultural
department there is no doubt as to the
achievement OF still greater results
1t is readily conceded that the only
Institution which reaches every nook
and corner of the state is the rural
school and all the leading educators
of today agree that practically every
important phase of rural development
industrialiy and. socially, must neces
sarily be associated with that institu.
ton. OF the half million young PEG
pie in our schools and colleges, our
present facilities for agricultural and
industrial training reach less than 2
per cent and the knowledge OF. scien.
t!fic methods of agriculture reaches sc
few of our three hundred thousand
farmers and farnlhands that it is oil
slight benefit to the state.
There are now established in this
state more than sixty consolidated
rural schools and Industrial depart
ments have been created in one hun
dred and six high and graded schools
The applications for aid in this work
have come so fast as to make it i'm
possible to suppl: the demand. AS to
tine success of this work from an in
dustrial standpoint these institutions
speak for themselves in the strongest
possible terms. In the northern, sec
ton of the state, where the state lands
are located, considerable hardship
has been experienced In raising funds
for the construction of buildings
Therefore, it seems only matter Of
common justice that state lands
should be assessed fair share of the
benefits resulting from the building Of
these, as well as other, schools.
Public Highways.
At. the last election the people o.
this state ratified an amendment o.
the constitution authorizing this legis
lature to levy mill on all taxable
property of the state for the improve
ment of public highways. The state
has now an efficient organization and
with the funds available when thi!
constitutional provision is put into eft
feet. road improvement will go for
ward by leaps and bounds. There il
scarcely a section of the state which
has not already completed or has un
der construction or contemplation 8
state highway and the demand fol
aid is coming in from all directions
Under the new provision we will be
able to meet these demands.
= 1t is very important that the new
constitutional amendment should b<
put into effect and that the highway
commission should be given sufficient
authority to build and maintain the
best possible roads the communities
In question can afford and the avail
able material permit.
State Publicity and Development.
During the last biennial period the
publicity given Minnesota has at
tracted settlers from every portion OF
the country. State lands and timber
have been sold to the greatest ad
vantage and the state trust funds en-.
riched by several hundre ed thousand
dollars more than during any previous
biennial period. 1t is generally ad.
,mitted that Minnesota leads every
other state in the conservation and
development of natural resources. We
have entered upon an era Of develop.
ment. the greatest in the history of
the state. but natural resources are of
little value, unless they can serve
the people as a whole, not only for
the present but for the future, Our
great resources belong to the people
and the combination or individuals or
corporations to exploit them should
not be permitted. In order to con-
tinue this work OF development and to
secure active settlers upon our vast
public domain it Is necessary that the
state provide more money for the pub
licity proposed. s
judicial and Legislative Reforms.
That a change in the present sys-
tenn Of judicial procedure is necessary
has long been recognized. The pres
ent system ia not chargeable to the
courts or the bar of the state. All
courts and lawyers are bound by the
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