Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-14


 safety of our institutions should be given. Excessive regulation causes manifestations that compel restraint.
 Law Enforcement.
 "The legislative branch of govern ment Is subjected to the rule of the majority. The public official who fails to enforce the law, Is an enemy both to the Constitution and to the Amerl- can principle of majority rule. It would seem quite unnecessary for any candidate for the Presidency to say that he does not intend to violate h.1 oath of office. Anyone who Is false to that oath Is more unworthy than the law violator himself.
 Morals cannot easily be produced by statute. The writ of injunction should not be abused. Intended as a safeguard to person and property, 1t could easily by abuse cease to be the be.
 we should not, by law, abridge a mans right either to labor or to quit his employment. However, neither labor nor capital should at any time or in any circumstances, take action that would put in Jeopardy the public welfare.
 we need definite and precise statement of policy as to what busi- ness men and workingmen may do and may not do by way of combination and collective action. The law is now so nebulous that it almost turns upon the economic predilections of the judge or jury. This does not make for confidence in the courts nor re- spect for the laws, nor for a healthy activity In production and distribu- tion. There surely will be found ways by which cooperation may be encour- aged without the destruction of enter prise. The rules of business should be made more certain so that on a stable basis men may move with con- hdehte.
 Government, however, should pro- vide the means in the treatment of Its employees, to keep in touch with conditions and to rectify wrong. It is needless to say that in order to be con- sistent, facts should at all times jus tify the pre-supposition that the gov ernment employees are properly con- pensated.
 "The child life of the nation should be conserved; if labor in immature years Is permitted by one generation, 1t is practicing unfairness to the next.
 Adequate Farm Profits.
 Farming will not inspire individual effort unless profits, all things con- sidered, are equal to those in other ac- tivities. An additional check to de- pleted ranks in the fields would be the establishment of modern state rural school codes. The federal government should maintain active sponsorship of this. Rural parents would be lack ing In the element which makes civil ization enduring if they did not desire for their children educational oppor- tunities comparable to those in the cities. The price the consumer pays for foodstuffs Is no indication of what the producer receives. There are too many turnovers between the two. The farmer raises his crop and the price which he receives is determined by supply and demand. His products in beef and pork and produce, pass into cold storage and ordinarily when they reach the consumer the law of supply and demand does not obtain. The preservation of foodstuffs by cold storage Is a boon to humanity, and 1t should be encouraged. However, the time has come for Its vigilant regula. ton and lnasmuch as 1t becomes part of interstate commerce, the fe. sponsibillty is with the federal govern ment. Supplies are gathered in from the farm in times of plenty. They can easily be fed out to the consumer in such manner as to keep the demand in excess of that part of the supply which is released from storage. This is an unfair practice and should be stopped Besides, there should be time limit beyond which perishable foodstuffs should not be stored.
 "Our objective should be a decreas- ed tenantry With the period of oc- cupancy uncertain, the renter strips land of its fertile clements, and each year diminishes our national assets. Under the operation of the federal re- serve and the farm loan acts, encour- agement has come to thousands who find that industry, character and in- telligence are golden security to the peoples banker the government of the United States Multiply our home owners, and you will make the way of the sedtiOus agitatOr more difficult
 Railroads and Waterways.
 Any discussion of the question of food supply leads very quickly to the closely related matter of transpOrta- ton. There Is no one thing which brings us so !ntermlttently to critical conditions than the insufficiency of our transportation facilities. Both the railroads and the public are to blame There has been no material addition to the total mileage In the last ten years, and the increase in terminals has been much less than required. At
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