The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-19

examples where presidents and boards
out regard right than has the criminal who s the
& c @ fn ad wen s e h e mas @ gone n into the hand
the railroads will squeeze out the water in their stock they
much igh financing in this country the American people
their @ % mot an their
ety This interior country must have cheaper transportation
cheaper than be shipped from interior Missouri to St.
louis This M is wrong and the railroads should quit discrmnat
with neurban railroads and will be when the railroads
every advantage the railroads and has been exceedingly fair
them They pay less taxes in Missouri than state in which
any state in which they operate.
The public schools of Missouri expend 81 each year
the five normal schools $500 0GO the university 5000 600 for all
expended annually for education constitutional amendment
sufficient the support of the entire system and
thus give the schools the support they deserve and do with
port will cost no more as the tax rate
built the rural school the backbone of the
government stand for the country school and have been the
has been made city schools but little rural schools They
need help.
M1ssouRs GOOD ROADS
Missouri should have splendid system of roads and this
of convc which should be national government
to deliver rural mail throughout this state therefore
should help maintain rural order that
deliver the mail The state should aid the in this and
roads Missouri introduced the first road drag bill in the
Missouri legislature The road law should be thoroughly
and not changed often but should be given chance
become acquainted with it.
favor equal distribution taxation this state in order
that all of the interests in the may pay proporonate
PRISON REFORM
Youthful prisoners should be placed where they may
in contact with the hardened criminal
should be placed by themselves and effort made make
full citizens of them The should aid securing employ
ment for convict upon his release This easily
by making appeal to the organized commercial bodies of
and to the and
man leaves the prison his debt paid and society should do all
life The should manufacture prison. clothing and
other material that needed at all Of the institutions the
lUp the nrpSpn Svctpp of ipdu uctriac
ADVANCE LEGAL REFORM
march of Geaer @ no ke hP Bee eee wd msde ne
every walk of life than in the of law The foolish
echncates used to defeat justice that used
ded years Justice and justice alone should be the ultimate
sad fact that the appellate courts of this state about
three years behind Every person should have his decided
than few months behind Reform in court procedure will do
woRKINGMENs COMPENSATION
Although practically all modern civilization in favor of
This should passed legislature as it in the inter
ACHIEVEMENTS OF OFFICE
has een no @ in the number of employees in the
department has increased least so
the people of Missouri My predecessors
nearly fifteen hundred opinions each My
briefng handling about five hundred cases year The fol
lowing table will show the amount of paid into the
predecessors and myself ''"S u ''
r FINES PAID INTO TREASURY
S l9C7-l9C8 1897 1903 Attorney General iadey $0000oOOO
l9l3-l9l4 AttorneyGeneTal Barker 309,20S5S
The expenditures the office the attorney general
lpas few years follows:
EXPENDITURES
O. 1907l908 Attorney General Hadley $264,74317
V l9lll9l2 Attorney-General Major 63,35377
II l9l3-l914 Attorney General Barker 6O17113
This office has been fighting the greatest interests in tn
world and fight that have made has been
ests of the people We successful the fight
saved the people from the of the companies
they tried to cancel policies and thus destroy
tabished liability in the railroad suits and everyone
II recover his money paid for overcharges.
i. AND IN CONCLUSION
No man has fought for the people this than
and want to thank the good for the assistance
have given has been their help knowledge tina
they have believed that has cheered desire