Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-11
ROCKWELL'S LETTEi

perhaps created morr interest than
any bill which has been before the
rrratH this wrtE In this c0uncct on
! might EIy that Colorado is the only
place IN the world wh"rr child in
.GgaHre .a not allowed Every other
state .U lra union has adopted it and
no -tatr has ever repealed IL. The
s.IrE argument against child .reuruuya
o.. fU. --u. that vas used agaIrat
other M, r..-arCa gaar- ago rawa-
g.. '1ar a child might Dg killed 90
aui.- 3. E.' rs Insurance In this
.rru.-tun waEh. ag rhat only
ra'l.-. parents ,-H obtain insurance
.- '.r.- ra.auu, and swal. child
cannot be- insured ~. a.rT 5000. The
..f .. insurance. too. d. practically
g.4rY.. hera4se st amount TO but
o." cents q week 3 80 "a year. and
'r the ten cent reduction Il the
money is paid IN without q collector
calling ~ the house. Chas +.
Hgghgs, formerly governor Of Nov
York tate and just appointed Sccrc-
tary Of State by President Harding
WSoie this bill which l5 the same tha,
practically every other -tats has, just
after Do concluded thr insurance in
vcstiguti0n IN New York some ten
or fifteen years ago.
In short. Il seems aDa Diutcly imPUE-
aiblc TO me that an own parent would
kill his or her child for q thirty dollar
in-Iranc" payment On the other
hand, II thIr insurance % kept up un-
al ,rn child is e ght or ten years old
a.u . @ converted INTO an endowment
pu4Cy, u creates an investment with
the insurance company which can be
drawn out and perhaps used TO pay
n" boys or girls way thru college:
or E let longer, would mean a cash
sum Of money that could be used TO
start in business. in addition to the
death benefit. OF the hundreds of
Thousands Of policies on children thru
out the United States today, there
has never been one where they were
able TO prove that a child was killed
by its natural parents in order that
the parents might get the insurance.
] supported this bill against the ad-
vice Of many sincere people at home
because, after hearing the arguments
pro and con which have briefly stated
above, ! cannot believe that Colorado
is the only place in the world that
is right in this matter Of child in
surance.
Quite drastic change is made in
SBi32 regarding the pay and opera
ton Of Water Commis si0ners Ii will
be remembered that according to an
opinion Of the Supreme Judge, Water
Commits .OncrS were taken from the
jurisdiction Of the county commission
crs and placed under the Civil Service. ,
In this bill the water commissioners
are paid out of the State Treasury NJ
the rate Of $500 per day, which in
-NF l.
stead Of by the counties themselves. 4
$500 are paid 10 the deputies. They
must work under the general super 4
vision of the Irrigation Division En-
gincer, and he tells them when 10
start work in the spring and when to
stop work in tbs fall; and il is expect
cd that this change will save to the
state about uue-half the present cost
to II" tax payers. The arguments
for this change are that the waters Of
the state are distributed by the stae.
the Water Commissioners are under
Civil Service and the state should help
pay the cost.
Another bill Of considerable conse-
qucnce was the codifying Of our road
laws. At the present time we have
none. ! shall not attempt to give
them in detail, but they correspond
generally to the laws of other states
4 bill of interest 10 farmers was
that by which the State Land Board
may loan money on cultivated lands
up to $1,000 to actual residents of the
land at six per cent interest. The loan
is made for not over one-third of the
appraised value OF the land
Another measure of local interest
is one which provides penalty of
$4,000 for anyone who wilfully cuts
fences, or leaves gate open for the
purpose of allowing live stock upon
an owners premises.
A bill of interest to school boards
is one designed to prevent school
teachers from breaking their contracts
in rural districts and leaving that
school. 1t provides that if a teacher
breaks her contract without giving 80
days notice. her license is revoked
during the. time of that contract so
far as teaching in the state is con-
cerned
A resolution of interest to the s9th
Division in the World War was intro
duced by me yesterday at the request
of Capt. Edmund Rogers. 1t author
izes the Board of Capitol managers to
arrange a room for the display of
vision while in France. Practically
all of the drafted men Of Colorado be-
longed to the seth Division.
Another resolution was introduced
by Senators Tobin. Bannister, Callem
and myself, authorizing the governor
to appoint a committee to prepare
statistics and facts concerning the
railroad conditions and high freight
rates in this state, to be presented to
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The purpose is to have the freight
this commission in getting better rail-
road facilities.
Very truly yours,
ROBT. F. ROCKWELL.