New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
Smith Holds
"Opell Mine"
On Transit
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problem was made in passing. He
4 spoke of IL as one of the difficult ques
tions that must be solved here.
II approach the solution of these
problems with an open mind" he de,
olsred, 'and | an, ready to confer and
ready for help and ready to receive as
sistanco, Not a man can go to Albany
and do this job himself"
Pleads for Reorganization
~ am satisfied that we can have no
| lasting or permanent economy in the
government of this state until we re-
! organize this old, rusty machinery we
are trying &c run with-~a set Of rules
made for the state fifty years ago, when
| it's total expenditures were less than
/ $4,000, 900" said the Governor-eiect, In
asking support for the reorgsnisati
of tho government by constitutional
amendment.
1T Ia just az essential for the state
as 1t was for the national government
to have some form of executive budget
II you are going to have any lasting
economy, In order that there can be
some one person that every one can
look to and say; 1T is up to you; it
is your responsibility; make good
There is certain distance that the
state can go, and when the state stops
private effort and private initiative and
enterprise must take up at that point,
and that is now the position with the
barge canal Mr.. Smith pointed out.
THE canal is finished" he said. "Thc
principal terminals are finished. What
the canal needs now is business. No
body can supply that except the bust
ness men Of the state. There is more
tonnage to be moved on the canal to-
day than shere are canal boats to
carry IT,
Urges Boats be Constructed
What does the state want to do with
il or what do the business men want to
do with it? My suggestion is that if
the state is to get the benefit from it,
and If the people are to realize upon
their Investments, chambers of com
merce and business mems organizations
must through some agency induce peo-
Pile to build canal boats and put them
on the canal"
Another necessary improvement in
Smith suggested, is the lcngthening of
the Governors term of office.
ut is q positive joke to be electing
Governor for this state for two
years" he asserted. "He is Just In for
q year and half, when he is running
again. Say this In very serious way:
don't care who the man is, though
be may be the greatest student of gov
eminent we have, unless he has spent
Il considerable number Of years In the
Legislature, II he goes up TO Albany
he will be there two years before he
knows. what is going on in the very
room he is in"
Mr.. Smith concluded by urging the
Chamber of Commerce and other bus-
ness mems organizations not to be
backward In exercising the power they
have in influencing legislators along
lines helpful to the city and state, and
promised that he would be ready to
work with them at all times.
DIR. Copeland Hits immigration
Health is the most important asset
of a nation and most nations forget
that fact, said DIR. Royal s Copeland,
United States Senator-elect, adding
that it should be one of the efforts OF
government to prolong the span of
life. - Fff
After emphasizing the ,ed of con-
sidering the human factor in governing
the people, Dr. Copeland added that he
was out of sympathy with the present
system of restricting immigration, not