The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-01-06

pfOOuclS IL an uuIDEtdut uiu II tAhch
marketing. With the view Of main
tanning quality, such aid should be
given as will make possible the de-
struction OF pests which destroy our
products and cause restrictions to be
imposed against their shipment. The
alfalfa weevil is an example Of the
destruction that pests may wreck. A
small expenditure In the beginning
would have saved millions to our pro-
ducers.
Legislation for Ex-Service
Men and Women
We are confronted with a grave
problem In the rehabilitation Of vet
terans Of the great war. Cooperation
with the three government bureaus
for this purpose is necessary, but we
should be prepaid, IL called upon, to
provide for them without the long
wait which sometimes comes from
bureaus operating at distance. Amy
physical or mental handicap which Is
result Of service in the great war
certainly calls for adequate treatment
and disqualification until the federal
agencies may make proper provision
The fifteenth session, with an ear
nest desire to give recognition for pa
triotic services, appropriated 100000
to enable the state to cooperate with
the federal government In a contem-
plated soldier settlement project to
place soldiers on land. This appro-
priation has not been used because Of
the failure Of congress to enact neces-
sary legislation. This appropriation
should remain ready and awaiting the
time when such cooperation is possible
and looking forward to great recla-
nation development In our state, pref
erence right to file ON lands under con-
troll of the state should be given to
former service men and women.
Our Duty to Labor
We should provide funds to meet tire
federal Appropriation for the voca-
tional rehabilitation of workmen In
jured In industry. The amount Of this
Ia small In comparison
to Its benefits, and the principle In
yolved Is one OF humane justice. La
Dor, this all-important unit is our eco
nomic structure, should be given due
Consultation with men,
bers Of the Industrial Accident board
viii bring valuable suggestions, born
Of their experience, which may serve
to better the conditions of laboring
men.
Our Duty to UnfOrtunates
We have no more grave duty than
that Of providing for the comfort and
welfare Of those, who, for the public |
good, are placed In our charitable or |
penal institutions. i do not hesitate
DO say that our asylums for the in
sane are q reproach to the state Of
Idaho. Responsibility for the over
crowded and dangerous conditions that
abide need not be placed, but 1t Ii our
duty to see that they are terminated.
recommend that the legislature se-
Iect a member from each house and
ask the governor to designate some
state official to act with them, to re-
port to your body, at the earliest pos
sible moment a plan of building and
covering a period Of six
years, that win secure the improve
ments demanded and SO distribute
heir cost that 1t win not add un-
to our present burdens.
There are incarcerated In our state
penal institutions a group of men
whose age Is surprisingly young
Many Of them are first offenders
Moral degeneracy through the acquire
ment Of vicious habits and additional
criminal tendencies, are difficult 10
avoid unless these youths are segre-
gated from hardened, habitual crimi-
nails.
First offenders should have such
housing facilities as win make segre-
cation possible, and he provided with
mental and physical activities that
VIII tend toward their betterment Our
avs now require the State Board of
Education to prepare courses of studv
'or all grades and make provision for
he giving Of university extension work
o all prisoners held under the iuris.
iiction OF the warden of the peniten-
iary" Means should be provided by
which these courses can be given. By
70 doing the mental and moral atti.
ude Of great percentage of those
neareerated will be improved and II (,
VIII be made possible for them to leave
he institution better than when they
inferred.
Amerieanization
American ideals are more potant
nan statutes in shaping our DESTINY
Is nation 1t is patriotic duty 70
preserve and oxalt them. Can we hone
hat those who neither speak nor read !.