Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
GOVERNOR WILL
BOOM EDUCATION
Outlines Some New Subjects
For His Address on Legisla-
ton at York

In discussing the legislation which
he will urge upon the next General
Assembly at Philadelphia last night
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
showed that the demand of the people
in the smaller towns and the rural dis
tricts for better educational advan-
tages had been impressed upon him
and he added to the list of subjects
which he had already outlined plan
for schools which will meet the condi-
tions of the times and also to improve
life in the countryside.
The Governor reiterated his public
improvement program, which he made
known here during the summer, en-
phasizing flood control, waterways,
highways and industrial legislation.
The new subjects he discusses are ag-
ricultural conservation, education, the
eight-hour law and the cost of living.
The Governor said that he would
present his thoughts on the subject to
the League of Republican Clubs when
1t meets at York tomorrow, planning
10 visit that city on his third tour of
the State. The address is to be used
by his friends in urging election of leg
islators favorable to the program of
the Governor.
In his remarks, the Governor said
about the new subjects:
we must busy ourselves with the
soil of Pennsylvania. 1t cannot. be
solved, this problem of the SOIL in one
year, and 1T may take twenty but it
must be done. 1t means a better
grade of farming and a finer intensive
system of agriculture, and to make
the farmer realize the most of his pos
sibilities the State must help The
same thing is true of finding a market
for the farmer. He must have the as
Df
cultural Department, and there is no
better way for that bureau to assist
than in aiding the farmer to find the
best market for his products.
Labor and capital must approach
the future with a spirit of co-opera-
ton. L am in favor of the eight-hour
law, but L am opposed to the manner
in which President Wilson had the
proposition enacted into law by Con-
gress. He says that the eight-hour
day is not matter for arbitration, To
this L cannot agree. We submit mat
ters of as great moment to the inter-
national tribunal at The Hague for ad-
)udication, matters in which there are
millions OF dollars involved. We could
do the same here, and the Presidents
declaration that the eight-hour law is
not matter for arbitration Is nothing
more or less than a neat side-stepping
of the question, such as he did in his
Saturdays address.
In this State we must keep careful
watch on the relations between the
workmen and their employees. To do
this is one of the real big vital things
of the future and should be in line
with the constructive program that.
changed into legislation. will make
the Republican party impregnable in
the State for at least twenty years.
The high cost of living Is a living
problem that to my mind should be
treated nationally and not by an iso
lated state. We are an industrial Com
monwealth here in Pennsylvania. and
our prices are fixed largely by the
markets of the world. The high cost
OF living at least does not affect us
more than any other State. Person
ally. / think that this is matter for
national commission to take up and
investigate. That is the only rational
way in which the high cost of living
can be traced to its real source