The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-01-14

put into effect and administer a sys-
tenn Of workmen's compensation. Long
and hard-fought legal contests un-
doubtedly. have contributed much to
pIeyeI h n and employ 70 IH prcteet him
self the employer DAYS large sums Of
messy to insurance companies who In
ta turn assume un his f;I iiAbility. and III IN Or
received
The system of workmen's compensa-
tion. except In certain cases of serious
and willful misconduct. gives the en-
ploy& a right against his employer to
a fixed and definite or easily ascer-
of an accident In the course of the
The amount of compen-
sation is fixed according to the degree
70 the injured employees earning abii-
tty and IL not made later than q GER
tain number Of days after the injury.
or his dependents when they are most
needed. 1t limits the employers liza
blltty, which Is now unlimked. in case
Of injury where death does not follow.
expense in the collection OF the amount
Of compensation due Appeal may be
whore the law il now in force shows
that seldom 70 appeal made. Work-
and public charities from the burden
of caring for Injured workers and
their dependents. relieves the courts
of much litigation and tends In q con-
siderable degree to remove the bitter
ness 80 frsqusetly following contest.
la the courts between employer and
Rssosoy.
AA nd hat this
Legislature Increase the efficiency and
eliminate the extravAKance and waste.
fulness OF the present organization Of
urged that early In the session your
financial committee. or such commit
tee ~ you may appoint for the pur-
cry office. board. bureau and depart
ment. with a view of making known
all existing inefficiency and lack Of
Many fields. of inquiry suggest them
selves. As the state has grown de-
mands have arisen for bo.rdA bureaus
1nd to n.S perform nsa
need resulted in the creation Of a new
office. From time to time these nseds
have CHANGED. ceased to be urgent and and
office remained. This multiplicity Of
offices having different policies and
covering the same field has caused ex-
ecutive and admi9i.trative authority to
until at the present time II is difficult.
and sometimes impossible. to execute a
maas al dSyicsson sen lack Of eoeyd
nation. unnecessary boards. bureaus
and commissions should be eliminated
and an efficient. economical organixa-
1t 10 highly important that there
should be available in collected form
accurate statistics on the expense of
ture shouid pass = law making mai k Il =
duty Of the heads of every department
to file With the state treasurer on or
iesisiative session. an estimate estimate in de- de-
tall Of the amounts required by their
respective departments for the biennial
sa.,a psriGd foi,owins follow. o The state treasurer
COMMITTEES on appropriations for In
Information, Provision should be made
for the publication of these estimates.
Ing the treasurers estimate of avail
able revenue and the estimates Of ex-
pense for the biennial period. would be
IN prsyentins over er-appropriation. al pr a mp Pub. o
lication Of these figures would inform
the public more accurately on the ex-
pense Of its state government.
The present system q classified sp-
nroprtations encourages the vice of over
Representations. AZ = result. depart
ments Of government classed below the
second ,ee es.sa class and hsyirs no ii. levy
have been Without funds Tor e long
e - half the biennial period. To secure
government must know exactly how
much revenue 1t has to work with.
Otherwise. the operations Of the de-
ations are restricted. and in several
instances in the past. have been com
pletely demoralized. Il is just as un-
to spend more than its Income as it is
Tor an Individual or business concern
to do the same. The states revenues
b. asnf and
available amount. A canvass Of states
has been made to determine how many
states have classified appropriations,
classification. in Missouri the expense
OF the Legislature is placed in the sew
there has not been an unpaid appropri-
alton in thirteen years. The moral is
obvious II every salary suffers pro-
tSere W Be little danger af fSe
This evil can be overcome by the en-
actment OF law providing that all
appropriations aIa}reL atoms. have % equal rank as
and that II there is not sufficient reve-
nue. to pay all appropriations in full.
each separate appropriation shall re-
tho to the full amount OF the same as
the total available revenue bears to the
total amount appropriated.
PFOAlhlt1on.
At the November election the people
decided that on January, 1916. this
state is to become dry. The duty now
devoives upon you to carry out the
peoples will by appropriate and ade-
quate legislation. Great care must be
taken IN preparing this law to avoid
legal diHiculties and to make 1t en-
forceable. II a poor law is drafted.
lessness will follow surely and the
taxpayer of every county will be COM
PEELED to pay heavy tribute. You should
be guided by the experience of other
states. After years of experiment Kan
sas has prohibitory laws that are en-
forceable and effective
Certain rights Of purchase and sale
for medicinal and sacramental purposes
are provided by the constitutional
amendment and these rights should be
safeguarded but not extended. Whole
salers should not be permitted to sell to
retailers for any purpose whatsoever
Adequate means Of enforcement and
punishment for violations should be
provided. Those upon whom the duty
OF faw enforcement will fall intimate
ly should have the power to DISCHARGE