East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-16


tries are fields Of activity of great
Importance to the development OF the
resources OF Oregon. ana capable
under favorable legislative enact
menJS OF sreat development In or
der TO make the most OF these indus
tries. We must have favorable laws
thereunto. SO that We that are engas-
ed in kraising OF this class car
compete with the correspondents
stockraisers of other states where
good statute law concerning these
industries obtain.
The accnmated oregon-bred jack,
although superior in constitution
conformity. vitality, longevity. en-.
durance and symmetry OF body and
limbs, to the jack raised in the east
and to that OF the south. is now
classed as 'mongrel" bred-a per-
version Of a fact which is incompat-
ible with the truth.
The Standard Jack and Jennet
Registry of American Incorporated
under the laws Of the state Of Mis-.
souri, by the Association OF Jack and
Jennet Breeders OF America, in which
my jacks and jennets are registered,
is the largest and best in the world,
and yet not recognized by our legis-
lature, and therefore compels me to
license my stock as "mongrel bred.
Having requested both our state
senator and representative to use
their influence in passing a more IA
vorable law as to the jack and jennet
registry, we received the following
reply: by taeit agreement we can
not pass any more bills" And though
We have made several previous at
tempts to induce our solons TO so
modify the present registry law as to.
be of assistance to this industry,
they have always turned deaf ear
to our appeals, stoically ignoring
that which is of paramount import
anee TO this class Of stockraisers in
Oregon.
The last legislature made many
blunders that the supreme court has
been kept busy to modify and correct
the measures. II it were only pos
sible TO instiil into the minds of our
solons that one assembly is not to
outdo the preceding one in the mum.
Der OF bills presented. Quality, not
quantity, should be considered. 1t is
hardly conceivable that a thousand
bills were clamoring for recognition,
awaiting the moulding of legislative
enactment. Because the less ink and
paper is wasted in printing useless
bills, the better pleased will be the
people Of the Webfoot state.
According to the report of the sec
retary Of state, the apportionment
expenditure for the years 1915, 1915,
will be nine million dollars six mil
lions of which must be raised by tax
alton. 1t seems to be by one million
dollars greater than that which was
spent the preceding biennial period
The tax rate must be increased if the
legislative assembly grants all the
requests made upon it by the various
state departments. 1t is hardly me-
cessary to say that state, municipal
and county governments should CO.
operate with the one collective view
that is. to economic in all public af.
fairs, and to temper all their enact
ments by the economies of justice.
By a small majority of approx
mately $50 votes, the measure abol-
ishlng capital punishment in oregon
was carried last November. The am
biquity of the wording of this law,
with its theoretical bombast and psit-
taceous vacuity, caused confusion and
uncertainty as to the punishment of
criminals Of first degree murder,
And to prevent such persons to go
free, the governor commuted their
sentence into life Imprisonment after
the result of the November election
was known. Then there was confu
sion as to the time when an initia-
tive measure should go into effect.
The assembly of 1918 passed ap-
proximately 100 bills, with few ex.
ceptions, the twenty-eighth legisla
tive assembly has no constructive
legislation and though 1t has been
credited with 400 measures, only a.
few are good, others detrimental to|
the welfare of the people, still others
In discord with the constitution. The