The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-02-06
DR.. LINCOLN HUXLEY
vOLUSIA'S SENATOR
Gives His Views on Legislation
Needed
HE COVERS MANY SUBJECTS
Generous Treatment for All. Flor
ida Interests and Industries,
Farmers, Railroads, Newspa-
pers, Cattle Men and Labor.

perS, Cattle Men and Labor.
In Mondays Times Union, DR.
Lincoln Hulley of DeLand, sena
tor from Volusia county (2Stf
district), gives very interesting
outline of what legislation he
thinks the approaching legisla
ture should enact. AS he is one
of the ablest and best men in the
state and will undoubtedly exer.
else great influence in shaping leg.
islation in the coming session, we
make the following extracts from
his letter to the Times Union:
| In November, | went to the
special session with the purpose OF
helping every senator who had a
meritorious bill to put it through
That shall be my purpose in the
regular session. | have a mum.
ber of bills in readiness myself
but | shall pull each one of them
out to back any other mans bill
that is better.
Many people have asked me to
introduce bills on all sorts of sub
jects; fence or no fence laws, bird
protection, equal suffrage, COM
pulsory education, reform of the
primary laws, the regulation OF
corporations, teachers pensions,
etc.
We have too much ill consider
ed legislation. To such an extent
is this true that many people rep
resenting legitimate interests feel
nervous as the time approaches
for the legislature to convene. 1t
sit steady; don't rock the boat.
ism It any wonder that lobbies ex-
ist, for they sometimes arise mere
ly in self-protection.
For several years the state has
been unsettled by the war. The
primary need of the hour is a
quick return to stable conditions.
Business must be given a chance
to recover from the disturbances
of war. Congress must do a lot,
but the state has its part.
Doubtless all nations are in for
very radical changes; some in
their forms of government, others
in new social conditions, and still
others in their world relations.
These changes are inevitable. 1t
is better that they come naturally
and easily than that we plunge in
to chaos of a lot of improved ex-
periments of agitators. So [ say
Make laws that will restore
confidence, protect investments of
capital, open the channels of
trade, and provide profitable en-
ployment to labor. That is the
main duty of every state legisla-
ture in this country, and so it is of
congress, ! shall favor every bill
that will help do this, no matter
who introduces it.
The working man is going to
prosper as never before. Our
laws must help him, seeking to
better the hours of labor, the con-
ditions under which he works,
and to place wages as high as the
market can afford.
The cattle industry, the truck
ing and farming interests, citrus
fruit growing, industrial enter
prises of all sorts and every i'm
ployment that engages labor
should be fostered, protected and
stimulated by good laws. For
these things give work to men.
they bring in money, and all the
workers will prosper and share in
the wealth they bring the state.
And am against hammering
the corporations. We need them
and they are a blessing. The rail-
roads have been grossly abused.
True they must be made to obey
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