Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-11
GOVERNOR VESTS
FINAL MESSAGE
(Continucd from Page One,)

have made provision for a state forester
and the protection Of our timber against
fire; have led to u thorough study a
our mineral resources; have made lib
eral provision io7 tne propagation and
protection Of our fish and game; and
nave provided for the publication Of a
booklet giving unyarnished information
as to opportunities in Oregon
A budget system which carries 70
the public the needs Of the different de.
partments Of state has been provided
for, also the auditing Of the accounts
Of state and county officials handling
public funds,
"All penal and eleemosynary institu.
tiOns have been placed under a single
board Of control and a splendid system
adopted in reference to the purchase
Of supplies. The fee system in the state
printing office has been abolished and
the printer has been placed upon Il flat
salary. The state now owns the print
ing plant aud is saving 100000 u year.
Our educational institutions have been
placed upon a milage tax basis, which
Insures liberal support and removes
them as fuctOr in legislative log.rOll-
ing.
practically all public service cWpor.
ations have been placed under the jurls-
dicton of the railroad commission and
a bluesky law is driving bogus cor.
porations from our state; splendid bank
II ing laws are in effect and steps have
been taken towards the regulation Jf
/ loan sharks.
Needy mothers have been given aid
| through the widows pension act. The
worlimCn S compensation act and min
/ imum wage law have been passed in the
| interest Of the working classes; shorter
hours Of labor have been obtained; the
prison contract system has been abol'
shed and prison labor taken out OF
competition with free labor,
"The transfer Of the Oregon City
locks from private to public control has
taken place and the recovery Of tn,
Jefferson street leyee portland, ore
gon,) is an accomplished fact,
"Good roads legislation has enabled
the state to cooperate with the couutie,
in road building and to work its con
yicts upon the public highways, The
ocean beach has been reserved to III.
public for highway,
claws aimed at the regulation OF tn,
liquor traffic have been passed anC
progress made in the direction Of limit
ing the sale Of habit.forming drugs
An effective abatement law IN In force
also law preventing white slavery an,
one limiting the sale of reyolyers,
ga lougnceded industrial school 70
girls has been established and all char
table institutions receiving state aiO
placed under state supervision, Tn
. creation Of parole board and nn am
endmcnt 10 the indeterminote sentenc
law have made possible great progress
in the direction or prison reform,
These aud many other splcndi
measures are the products Of the pas
, four years
"Our state government for the year
, 1894 has cost in round numbers ~
, 50O, ,O0O. OF this amount, $j,2SI,OOO wa
, met by direct taxation, and the balanc
, by fees and unused appropriations. rh
average annual amount raised by drcp
taxation during the said period was "
.6l3,5
''raxcs other than state, collrcte,
or to be collected, by the several coul
ties this year upon tnc 1919 assessmcr
amount to tlS,R3j,0OO, classified as fu