The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-28

the surest guarantee of the prosperity
and happiness OF the state. Ohio now
leads all progressive states, and stu
dents OF political economy ooneede
that her new laws bring the common
wealth to plane approaching a real
democracy, under which government
IA not only a genuine agency for the
promotion of the general welfare, but
Il is placed completely and absolute
" In the hands Of the people
Wisdom Of Legislation.
No one up to this time has made
any impression on the thought OF the
state. contending AGAINST the wisdom
Of recent enactments, and when we re.
feet upon the widespread blessings
that have come, It is difficult to re-
strain a feeling akin to bitterness over
the stand-pat policies which so long de-
MED them to the state, Proud Of her
achievements and mindful Of the well
balanced program of legislative relief,
the Democracy faces the battle Of 1914
with miitancy that will soon reveal
the feebleness of the opposition. In
stead Of the dockets Of the courts be
ing congested in industrial centerS
with personal injury suits, legal 90
ton growing out of accidents to work
men are now a rare thing indeed. The
vast economic waste of legal proceed
ure and disputation between liability
insurance companies and injured me-
chanics is at an end. To the mills
march daily hundreds of thousands Of
operatives with a contentment they
never knew before. A tragedy in tho
shops now means instant relief In
stead of a law suit. The hospitals are
available for the injured without cost
to them, skilled medical service is
guaranteed without financial burden
20 them, and if tragedy results there
is positive assurance of relief for the
dependent familes-all of this under
the auspices of the government. Can
any student of events fail to measure
the increased reverence which this
breeds for the institutions OF repub-
lie? Can anyone deny that 1t will be
more potential in allaying unrest in
the minds Of the masses than all other
social and governmental factors COM
bined? And with this boon to the in
dustrial classes, we observe the rath-
er anomalous development OF a de-
creased and constantly diminishing
cost to the manufacturer. The COM
pensation to the injured and families
of those whose lives are offered up in
the great industrial struggle OF the
day, is 80 per cent more than in any |
other American state or foreign do |
while the cost to the employer |
is only from one-third TO one-half what |
it is elsewhere. This demonstrates |
clearly that the workmen's compensa-
ton law is not only advantageous to |
the workman but to his employer as |
well, and il offers positive proof that |
society, so called has always been |
enough to make possible |
the relief now Afforded but the bene-
fciaries have been the liability insur-
lnce companies. For forty years the /
5tand-pat Republican party has been /
protection TO the American
workman and the home. In less than
.wo years the Democracy Of our state
has done more for the laborer through
he compensation law, and more for
he home through the mothers pen
,iOn a of tbap tba DppDgitiov ,,artyy h n q |
contributed in the whole of its exist
,nce.
Genuine Regulation of Saloons.
A policy of artlul discrimination with
espect to the liquor question, so long
leplored by thinking people, has been
,hanged by the Democracy to the con-
:rete, effective and widely approved
Ian of genuine regulation Of this bus
ness. The dignity of law has been
established and the liquor licensing
ct stands out as the sanest temper
nee measure in the states history.
hat the people in voting this into the
onstitution acted with a full under
landing of the ills Of the past and
he necessities of the future, is DEM
nstrated by the complete transforma-
ion in conditions which came as
lough by magic the day the law be-
anne operative. Whatever regulatory
leasures the community or state may
dopt or retain are certain of en-
orcement because the liquor license
possessed only by those who re-
pect the laws.
Rural Problems Solved.
Not only have the complex prob
ms of the great cities received at
,ntion, but as proof that the evolu-
onary period through which we are
lssing brings better conditions in
fe to every section, urban and rural, |
g see revealed changes Of mighty
oment in the country. Not in years
rs so much consideration been given l
the agricultural classes, this policy i
ringing from realization that the 1
ends in large part upon the most f
ientific and modern methods of gov
cooperation with those q
ho produce our food necessities. In d
ct, the most conspicuous phase of
IT whole program Of legislative prog p
SIS seems to be its freedom from a c
ovincial spirtt-it reflects the very a
sence Of cooperation as between the c
ements in city and country life so Il
lch dependent upon each other.
lat fifty-one Ohio counties have less g
pulation than they had thirty years b
o is a circumstance that can profit o.
ly excite alarm, and it must be some tC
ing more than coincidence that In ol