Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-06

reason of infirmity of mind and body,
have become legitimate charges upon
| the state. She has also provided in
situations corrective in character for
those who have violated the laws,
the State Hospital for the Insane,
at Chattahoochee, and the institution
at Gainesville for the epileptic and
feeble minded Adequate provision
for their maintenance and humane
| treatment OF the inmates must al
ways be observed. The Industrial
School for Boys, at Marianna, and
| the school of like character for girls
at Ocala. while incarcerating way
ward youths, must somehow lead
| them back to a respect for conSti-
tuted authority and obedience to
| law, and especially at these two in
i've methods and humane treatment
upon plastic minds will largely re-
deem and reform them. Our prison
farm, at Raiford. should be operated
| only by that class of convicts not
physically able to work upon the
every practicable humane method
used in handling the convicts Of the
state. He who would mistreat them,
or who would lose sight of a pos
sible reformation, is utterly unfit to
deal with the problem, but I am
rianism to dictate our policy to that
extent that we lose sight of the eco
| nomic and disciplinary questions in
| volved in incarceration. 1 believe
the farm should at lease be self
sustaining and that the people should
! be relieved of taxes for it's mainte-
nance. The convicts physically fit
must work. That was "the judgment
of the law and the sentence of the
| court" Our system of working
| maintained, and we will never trust,
| go back to the private lease. AS a
| prudent business man would handle
| his own affairs even SO should we
endeavor to manage the various
| state institutions. Remembering al
cheney must be kept constantly in
mind.
Must Conserve Resources
What should be our aim for the
future? Speaking very generally be-
| cause this is not the time or place
for very specific treatment of ex-
listing problems, 1 would suggest
conservation of our natural re-
sources. The timber supply upon
which the state is so dependent must
be intelligently conserved, not only
conserved, but made sufficient for all
times through reforstation. The fish
anu SdIIlS Ol LH6 Sldl6, now
plentiful, must be preserved, and
propagated. This, to my mind, will
be most effectively done. when we
have taken the matter Of enforce
ment of Our fish and game laws
away from local influences. And in
all the people, there should accrue
to the people a fair and reasonable
revenue through the operation of the
laws. Conservation of resources is
not enough. We must build up and
develop. That great tract of fertile
potential empire within itself. The
very important work Of drainage and
| reclamation, undertaken years ago,
must go on. Utilizing the funds de-
rived from the sale of public lands
after paying to the scholo fund the
ton, we will, 1 trust continue the
task until completed.
We must cooperate with the ma
tional government in the construc
ton of roads and highways. We
ton, always with an adequate state
appreciation. A system of public
roads, connecting every county site
in Florida should be laid out, and
e eye13t9 I believe, the state
and maintain, without assistance
from the counties, main thorough
fares connecting different sections of
the state as distinguished from To-
calities! We have dreamed and
planned sufficiently long. Now has
construction. 1t Is our great prob
lem today. I trust that the high
way commission for the next four
years may set themselves to the
task Of actually building roads.
Must Advertise State
Our aim for the future should be
to give to the people of other states,
tHe of an ade Besa2 o
Florida through truthful advertising.
To keep in mind and foster every
movement which will develop and
benefit our agricultural, horticultural
and live stock interests. The de-
velopment Of our marketing bureau,
and the encouragement of cooper
at1ve movements to the end that the
the highest possible price for their
products.
Our aim Cor the future should ex-
press itself, in improved methods in
assessment and collection of revenue.
An amendment to the constitution
permitting the assessment at proper
rates of the great class of intangible
properties; more equitable assess
ment of property as between the diff
ferent countries; coordination of the
elimination of expense incident to
duplication of work, and finally the
systematizing of our work so that
many posit 10 So nov hardly neoes
1t is essentially the part of good
government, insofar as laws, and
governmental regulations can do so,
to create the highest possible type
the physical and spiritual welfare of
all the people. The work of we'll
organized and efficient health depart
ment cannot be dispensed with. I'm
conditions result always in increased
capacity for efficient labor, giving to
every one a clearer conception OF
life's dutiees land the ability to per-
form them.
AS a component part of this great
republic we must give serious con-
sideration to educational problems.
if we would preserve for all time the
democracy of our institutions, In a
country whose government derives
it's just powers from the consent of
the goVerned;" a country where the
voice of the people directly, and
through chosen representatives, be-
come the real laws of the land, the
necessity for an educated citizenship
is more pronounced. I feel that we
are to be congratulated upon an
awakened interest in the great cause
of popular education. Our national
question of national aid to our public
schools and acting on the same prin-
ciple our state must eventually aid
the counties in a similar manner.
The day for provincialism is past.
the time for larger conception of
our obligations is upon us. The richer
sections of our country have drawn
their wealth, not only from their i'm
mediate surroundings, but from every
state in the Union. The more afflu-
ent communities in Florida, having
done the same thing, cannot say that