New-York tribune., 1922-11-05
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shA disgrace which now rests upo.f
Petate forsfaiiute 10 aiseharre ia
70 give every one Of Its Boys and
that free and equal opportunity
moved! Or to have added to the
srt Of the common schools $4,000
81 compared with his lastp tear,
preyfdedsfor CUT of sAyiagssfronl,
xssEStes that have been cut QUIT
as It a Backward step. the Governor
ed, to add, in round numbers. So
200 TO provide additional and better
sses and attendants % care 'fcs the
sortpnate wards sof taer stata, who
SEithsas daily ehsrging Ars the vie
nsAof the enforced eccnafaH OF the
resent administrator Or eSufd the
approximation OF $1,000, 900 for the care
q disabled ex-setvice men be SO char
acterized?
- Mater Power Developed = ts,s 81
!. WAS i reactionary,g he inquired,
20 undertake the development Of the
surplus water power of the canal or 10
hfiag the water power Interests of the
state sunder the states regulatory
power,s.a thing MIR. Smith was nnabie
to do. or to lay the foundation for the
development Of the states vast water
power In such fashion as TO 9snsure'
equitable distribution at reasonable
prices to. ell OF the people of the state
OF the energy produced? ssk &a
Had the Public Service Commission
been reactionary when IL cut the tele-
pAones rate in two or had it been ,un !
progressive TO put the telephone corpo-
rations more. fully under the t,ower of
the commission by authorizing the
sAsp4nsion of rates7',, he asked =. -
Was It reactionary to provide ar
extra $1,000 ,00o, again from the elimina-
tton Of waste committed by,him. to COM
bat the. spread Of bovine tuberculosis
in ehfs state, to preserve the milk sup
ply for theubabes of the City Of New
YORK as well as. to prevent the con-
tan1ination OF The herds through the
stste yssthe Governor asked. " sstessa
a'sWss it ;reaetionary. to provide, for
work for the unfortunates of the state.
afRictcd with mental disease, instead of
looking at the problem as he looked at
IL, as only one Of cus;odia1 care : as6 y
-sWas tt 1eacti ossarya to provide for
the better training of backward chill,
dren IN schools and Tor extending the
field work Of the Commission for Mem
tai Detectives, SO as tc divert as much
as possible of the human stream from
the penitentiasies, the prisons and the
cnstodials iHstitu tions into useful paths,
to save as much as possible Of human
material
"Was it reactionary to substitute
works for nsaudlin. talk in dealing with
the penal institutions Of the state, and
sffeady to have laid the foundation to
put the prison industriea upon busi-
ness basis so as there to have q prac-
tical. method for reclaiming the human
material, as much as is reclaimable, in
the prisons? ~ .ss, .a ~,
WAS it reactionary TO provide prac-
tfcal, humane, effective, preventive,
curative and remediai methods TO deal
with the institutional problem Of the
state and the institutional population
Of the state so as to avoid the necessity
of burdening the taxpayers TO build
more hospitals, and more custodial in
stitutions, and more prisons, and 80 as
TO save for society more human lives
for their own happiness and the happi-
ness Of their families and friends?
Child Aid Listed
"Or to provide, again. out of savings,
for the extension OF the institution for
the treatment Of crippled children and
to propose that we shall construct an
other similar institution in another
part of the state? = @s9 ~
"Or for the state TO take over the
training OF blind and deaf children be-,
tween the ages of five and twelve so as
to relieve them Of the blot ST receiving
such little training as might enable
thcm, with their affiiction, to be Of
some use without having been branded
as paupers?
"Was it reactionary to lay down the
rule that 1t was the duty Of the state
to omit no effort and to curtail no ex-
pense necessary to remove any remedi-
able defect or handicap under which
the children of the state may suffer?
WAS it reactionary to provide $780,
0oe, again out of savings from the
elimination of his waste, all that the
Health Department said could be eco
ncmically used, to inaugurate through
out thia state system and to arouse
local interest and local effort to cut
down the present ebnormslly high
death rate in many localities OF
mothers in childbirth and of infants of
tender years?"
Was there anything unprogressive in
extending the child hygiene work and
IN insisting upon more thoroughness
in the physical inspection of school
courts all over the state,s so that iu-
veniie delinquents should not be dealt
With as criminals? asked the Governor.
Child Hygiene Extended
WAS it reactionary to extend the
child hygiene work of the Health De-
par4ment and to have insisted upon
more efficient work Of physical inspec-
tion Of children in the schools in order
20 give practical effect to the rule that
1t was the duty of the state to remove
every possible remediable defect or
. handicap of children?
WAS it reactionary to establish the
D chifdren's courts throughout the state
TO provide that children for juvenile
delinquencies should not be dealt with
as criminals in criminal courts, but as
children to be saved and not pun
ished as criminals?
4S"Was it reactionary to provide for
bringing the care of all dependent and
neglected children under child welfare
boards in the various counties through
out the state, so that these children
could be cared for more humanely and
according to their needs?
"Was it reactionary to brave the
wrath of the demagogues in order to
solve or to lay the foundation to solve the
great transit problem upon which the
future welfare, health, comfort and
happiness Of the millions who dwell
about this center depend?
Graft Eliminated
"Was it reactionary to eliminate
grating from certain departments Of
the state government, to kick out the
orafters and fhp time servars and tho