The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-12-11
MORE COST FOR THE TAXPAYERS

The governor has appointed com
mittea TO confer with the state labor
commissioner for the purpose OF draft
. law TO provide for free public en-
yloyment bureaus. This is the immed-
late result OF the adoption OF initiative
measure 10 5, which abolished all
private employment agencies in this
state.
Initiative measure No. 5 was one OF
the famous Seven Sisters bills pro-
posed by the joint legislative commit
lee and the only one that received the
approval Of the voters at the recent
election. There is little question that
the character OF a large number OF
those engaged in the private employ
ment agency business and the in
excusable methods adopted by many OF
these in an effort TO increase the pro-
fits Of their business were responsible
for the sentiment that caused the peo-
pie 10 vote them out OF business. The
unfortunate thing in this connection,
however is the fact that the vote for
initiative measure No. must add to
the tax burden of the state to meet
The cost Of public employment bu-
reaus. This result must inevitably
flow from the irresponsible use and
abuse Of the initiative system OF max
| ing laws, and this is why the initiative
proves a disappointment rather than
tie panacea its advocates proclaim il
10 be
II il were possible FOR the people tC
have all the information they should
concerning the merits OF the measures
proposed by initiative there would
never be an opportunity to abuse the
s. stem. but the designing promoters
OF much of the legislation that is pro
posed in that way rely on the failure
or the inability of the majority OF the
voters to properly inform themselves
Initiative measure No. 8 Yves the
most cumbersome, unfair and eXpen-
siye method OF removing the evils III
he private employment agency bust
ness. This law drives the honest man
as well as the crook out Of bushes;
and deprives him of his means Of livli'
hood, while the crook could have been
driven out by strict regulatiye pro
visions that would not in the leasI
! have interfered with the properly con
/ Quoted and legitimate employment of
| flee In fact the laws were sufficient
as they stood to provide for such reg
| ulation, and any corporate municipal
| ity could have prevented the abuses
| existing in any of the agencies within
its jurisdiction But this method was
TOO simple and lacked the elements o.
| the spectacular 50 dear to the hear
OF the Kegleys and Cases of this state
| These fellows want to stear the state
into socialism. They want the state
| to conduct all lines of business an(
want the taxpayers to pay the cost
They knew that they couldn't put ovel
a free public employment bureau bill
50 they gained their end by indirection
They proposed a bill to abolish all the
private employment agencies and after
the people were hoodwinked into
| voting for this bill they Immediately
| follow it up by inducing the governor
| to name a commission to draft a law
| that will provide for the costly public
| employment bureau system.
| The experience with this one of the
| Seven Sisters" demonstrates what W.
would have gone up against had the
balance of the family been permitted
| to survive.