Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-01-15
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
DELIVERED AT AUDITORIUM BY
GOV GEORGE A. CARLSON.
New Executive Recommends Economy,
An Industrial Commission, Work
mems Compensation Act, and Asks
That Capital and Labor Clasp Hands
for Reunited Greater Colorado.

for a Reunited Greater Colorado.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver, Jan. 12.-Governor George
A. Carlson delivered his inaugural
address at the Auditorium at noon to-
day. In part, the new executive said:
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TWEEN
TIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY or
THE STATE OF coLoRApo;
Greeting: In my few days asso-
citation, with you I haye ,s become ,Sn desire sire
OF each to serve is intense. and your
determination to accomplish Is deiin-
.e his9ory hha a,y'i Her iSs sat
in the earliest infancy OF develop,
ment, Mighty problems have proven PROVE,
battling, but l am most highly graf
fled to find nowhere among you dis.
position to quail or crinse Giant
Pre- theS ar aniy 'se serve S as spur to the
strong The ocmplexity of your PROB
lens Is only matched by your oppoftu-
nifty for service.
Industrial Comnission.
coiorado and the immediate ,na,,afr paf,iie1, rie,
disputes. Frequent conflicts between
employer and empioye have oeeurfeu
and each. conflict has been character,
some instances. attended by destruG.-
tion of property and bloodshed. 1t
therefore, must be apparent to all thht
the present methods of preventing and
settling grievances between employer
and employe are, entirely unsatisfac-
tory, and quite frequently disastrous
to those directly involved and to the
public at large. 1t is. therefore i'm
~ and diligently address itself to the
problem of ascertaining and removing,
II possible. the causes OF these INDUS
NFal
but n part of the problem. The
causes at the bottom of disorder must
be recognized and measures adopted to
eliminate them.
The time has now come when Colo
RADIO must cease being merely mega.
tive force. our state goyernment must
harmonize our antngonistic industrial
forces; an agency to stand betweeh
employer and empioye and compel ihi, this
result can best be accomplished by the
establishment of an Industrial commis-
sion charged with the power and duty
of administering laws now existing or
hereafter enacted concerning the rela-
tionship between employer and en-
isting and designed to deal with GER
tain phases OF this relationship. lack CO.
ordination. uniformity and definitc
plan, and should be abolished and
their powers and duties delegated to
the commission.
This commission should be given
power to administer and enforce laws
protecting the life. health. safety and
prescribe what safety devices and 9th
er methods of protection are best
adapted to render the employees OF ev-
cry department safe: to do all In It's
power to promote the voluntary arbi.
tration. mediation and conciliation oi
disputes between EMPLOYERS and EN-.
| pioyes. and to avoid the necessity OF
resorting to strikes. lock outs. boy
| colts. black-lists, discriminating and
mn fra.rA al ~
pioyment; to establish and conduc,
| free employment agencies and to do
all in its power to bring together EN-
pioyers seeking employees and work
ers seeking employment TO devise anu
adopt the most efficient means within
| to prevent involuntary idleness: TO pre-.
vent distress following involuntary
neIessib sb 10 wppE pps'snd nnder RI 1risdst"n
to subpoena witnesses ana TO examine
books.
workmen's Compensation.
Complementary to these powers. the
put into effect and administer "A sys-
TEN of workmens compensation: LonE
and hard-fSught hard L Legal s9,,s contests uno a,
pioyer aud empIoye To protect him.
| SELF the employer DAYS large sums 81
money to insurance companies who In
turn assume his liability. and In or
der to make a profit can pay the EN-
received.
The people are demanding that this
Legislature. incrcns" the efficiency ana
eliminate the extravaganza and waste
fuiness of the present organisation o.
our state government 1t is earnestly
urged that early in the session you
financial committee. or such commit
tee as you may appoint for the pur-
pose, make n thorough survey OF .N
cry office. board. bureau and depart
all existing inefficiency and lack "I
economy.
The new governor treated many
other matters in detail, urging the
abolishment of classified appropria
tions. n budget system, laws to make
prohibition effective when the new
act goes into effect in 1916, that the
scope of the bureau of mines be wild
ened. asks law to prevent the sale
of fraudulent irrigation securities, u
new land loan act. better educat.tna
facilities, new drainage law, defense
of Colorado's water rights, that the
public lands, water power and Other
natural resources OF the state be
opened to development and CLOSED
with plea for industrial peace. as fol
lows:
Industr trial Peace.
Capital and labor. clasp hands. This
will not only bring you mutual happi
ness. but IL will Increase your oppor-
tunities. There is sufficient intrlli
gence here: there is here n spirit al
justice strong enough to unruycl sVs
cry perplexinE difference between
you. In this era of civilization neither
capital nor labor should go back to the
dark ages to get the weapons witt
which to carry their point HencefortIl
Colorado will not tolerate IT, Capital
and labor, help us build. We need you
energies. your Intelligence. If you
differ among yourselves. or as to gov
ernmental policy. you have your legal
and peaceful remedy. To this you
must restrict yourselves. II heretofore
n too intense spirit of industrialism has
prevailed. let 1t be supplanted by y
bigger. broader spirit of statehood. out
of our many ills and sorrows let us
build reunited Greater Colorado.