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GOV. TENER'S
NNUAL MESSAGE
Document
Tone and Covers a Wide
Range of Sociological and
Political Subjects
Recommends Legislation for the Crea-
tion of Public Service Commission
and Protection of tnvestors—Waork-
Ingmen’s Compensation, Conserva-
tion, Rural Credits,
Board of Public Works Among the
Subjects Discussed — Favors Suf-
frage Amendment.
MESSAGE.
Abolition of Departments of Factory
fnspection and Internal Affairs and
substitution therefor a Department of
Labor and Industry and Bureau of In-
dustrial Statistics
Continuance of State Board of Char
{ties
Revocation of the
Borough of Coatesville because of
failure of authorities convict
recent lynchers
Submission of
vote of the people.
Enactment
fties comufission law
men's compensation act
Licensing of social clubs |
and p
ing liquor on Sunday
Non-partisan nomination
tion of municipal and
and
of the
the
the
charter
{to
wolnan
st
of a
aventing these clubs
and elec
county officers
idges
rasszage of constit amend
ment
000.000 bonds for State
Liberal approg
t of Health a
- amendment to the school
to permit the
Depart
tem
riations or
3 +3}
ana Lave
chool sy
code
Adoption for
onal
axation
the time of the
conatitut am
graded t
Reorganization of
of Mines
Stricter fo
teration
Conserva
Submits
of direct
Sanators
Authority
slon to i
institutions, takiog
recaivers away fro
regulation
of
(ireater
bound
ympani
provid
gtanding commi
i. of 1
gent
ghens
ballot
adapted
con
by ihe
mittee to choos: i
Prog
publican party
committees. The
of the R«
gitanding
fve faction
is in control
The Senate was called to « rder by
[ieutenant-Governor Reynolds and the
House was convened by Chief Clerk
Garvin The of the Com
monwealth presented the returns of
the ele and of Rep
resentatives and members in
each branch were sworn in
After the election of the presiding
Secretary
ction of Senators
the new
the Governor to notify him of the or
ganization of the Legislature, and
Governor Tener transmitted his bi
ennial message
The document, read at
the night branches
1s one-of the most forceful presented
in years It contains many
recommendations and suggestions
many respects it is radical
The message is, in part, as follows:
i have the honor to submit for your
information the following statements
as to the financial condition of
Commonwealth, together with such
recommendations as, in my judgment,
should receive your early and serious
consideration
Cash balance, Nov. 390,
1912 $0.,781.850.70
Leas sinking fund....... 785,510.85
Total general fund... 8,906,200. 8i
Net estimated receipts to
Nov. 30, 1913... ce 27,101,860,
Net estimated receipts to
Nov. 80, 1914... «+ 31.127.360.
Estimated receipts Nov. 30,
1914, to June 1, 1915. .12,288 920.00
Total estimated receipts. 76,514,549 85
Less current expenses to
June 1, 1913....
Available for appropria.
tion ..h2.215,691 .5%
The comprehensive work of the
State Department of Health, under the
untiring efforts of the commissioner,
which was
gessions of both
In
24,298 968.20
Pree EE EE
—-.
ing researches to determine the
causes of diseases and the best meth-
ods for their prevention, as well as
its co-operation with the local author
itles in promoting the health of all the
people of the State, and especially in
commended.
1 recommend that the policy of the
for this laudable
ued.
The Governor then urges the early
passage of a sane, sound and compre
hensive public utilities law.
Recommends submission
purpose be
of a con
Commends the new school code.
recorumends the passage
workingmen's compensation
the work of the
commission
stringent liquor
Strongly
of the
bill, and
industrial accidents
Advocates
laws
Advocates regulation of the sale of
stocks and bonds under a law similar
in effect to the “Blue Sky"
law, so-called
Advocates
communities from such
the Austin dam dlsaste:
Recommends passage of more sirin
commends
more
Kansas
law that will protect
calamities as
Appropriations for privately
ducted charities should be made only
rigid
Advocates graded or progressive in
heritance
The
the charter
of the
punishment for the
con
after the most investigation
taxes
advocates the recall
Coatesville
governor
of jorough
UL
lure to mete out
wehing of “Zach”
because fal
who was burned by a mob
1911
he comparatively
Moir, 18¢
supreme
lished princi
held
rece
Commonwealth vs
(ourt,
law, that
corporations
ested with certain
sntal funct
wnlence
offices
powers,
tence
exXpiain
$
f the
i
for speaking o
irs Ix
ies Commission
! Legislature will
ue
created by the
conflict. The
nternal Affairs Department,
Governor sald, should be trans
ferred to the Utilities Commission
to the proposed Department of Labor
and Industry
Governor Tener accepts most
largely several
of the
tt
ne
OF
of the
measures proposed by the
Legislative Committee, except
abolition of the Board of State Char
ities. He recommends that the powers
and duties of the board
to meet any deficiency that may exist,
rather than create a system of central
control by a department. Appropria-
tions for charitable institutions
be
upon the basis of service
and the cost of free hospital days, in
connection with service, should
be provided for, he sald
free
tion of the election of United States
One of his most radical proposals
urging a law to prevent the
dispensing of liquor by social clubs on
Sunday
On the subject of amending the
1 recommend for your consideration
respects. Because of the
of our villages,
towns and ities, 1 believe that an act
should be passed forbidding social
and other clubs to dispense liquors to
their members or others during thos:
days and times when, under existing
laws, licensed saloons and hotels are
forbidden to sell liquors to their cus
tomers. 1 also believe that such clube
should be required to be licensed.
to prevent what amounts, pra ticaliy
to an iniscriminate sale of liquors by
the traveling agents of brewers, dis
tillers and other wholesale dealers dl-
rectly to consumers—I recommend
such further regulation and
tion in the sale of liquors by whole
and all
retall-
dealers from
except duly
any
licensed
ers,
The creation of a tax board to bring
a greater uniformity in State
and end the scandals at
tached to the tax assessments of the
Auditor General's another
striking recommendation
The question of woman suffrage, the
declared. should be submit
ted to the vote of the people in the
office’ is
shape of a constitutional amendment.
He the election of
judges and municipal and county offi
algo advocated
many other recommendations, among
these:
No change in the school code until
and
State's
investigate the wel
fare of ependents, pass
age of a constitutional amendment al
lowing the State to make the $50,000,
bond
of a
improve
the
000 fssue for
good roads, enact
workman's compensation
the
Industrial Accidents
classification of direct inheritance
Commission,
tax
of grad
taxes; that the De
ng take charge of
, 80 that their af
be promptly and
wound up gtricter regulation
yt the sale of stocks, bonds or
88, S80 A
ed or progre
¢
partment ol
to premit the laying
sive
Bank
insolvent Institutions
fairs can econom
leally
other
ecurities: that the banking
include all
adop
it develop
the water
nual tax on
stablishment
the appointment
idy the question
Board of
nd that
authorizing the
egntes 10 rere
fons
rein lo
peapD
f the
Capa } soil
Station
ania State College
and the
should be
communi
channel
The necessity for scientific farm man
agers has become so urgent that lib
oral appropriatitns should be placed
at the disposal of the School of Agri
culture of the college to train a suffi
number of young men meet
the demand
While Pennsylvania Is eminent
among the States of the Union on ac
count of her vast manufacturing and
miniug industries her agricultural in
torests are of great importance. iver)
thing should be done toward increas
ing the productiveness of our farms
and improving the quality of our live
Among the means of encour
Ihe iitural Expenin
of the ‘erinayis
supported
hould ?
results of its
» liberally
investigations
direct the
to rural
possible
arried
ties through ever)
to
agricultural exhibition is pre-eminent,
Other States have realied this fact,
and the State fairs held therein serve
the best among their agriculturists
The education thug derived Is of incall
ers, but to the dwellers in the large
municipalities as well, I. therefore,
visability of creating
with authority
and devised along lines that will con
duce to the fostering and enhance.
ment of our agricultural interests
In conclusion, it is important to re
member that too much legislation ia
frequently worse than not enough, and
{ earnestly recommend that only such
laws be enacted as will, in your judg.
ment, promote the best inter sts of
all the people of the Commonwealth.
JOHN K. TENER.
Se
ness of Provisions In 1820 and |
for Years Afterward.
Conversation in a restaurant be
tween several diners was on the cost
of living An aged patriarchal look-
ing man broke into the conversation
and told some of his experiences:
“1f 1 live until the last day of Sep-
tember 1 will be ninety-two years old
I might not look it, but it's a fact, all
right, for I was born in Philadelphia
in 1520 My father what they
called a sheep butcher, and 1 have
known him to come home bragging to
mother of having sold his mutton for
61% cents a pound
“We used get
beef for a
Was
the best cuts of
pound Turnips
were begging at 20 cents a bushel
Pork was as cheap as mutton, and
fish brought about four cents a pound
Flour gold by the hundred-
weight at about $1.50
"We
three-story
to
levy
Was
our own house a
brick with a big yard
Neighbors renting similar houses paid
$12 a rent, and they
were being robbed. Coal could be had
for dollars a ton. Butter of the
best variety from 12
a pound Cigars which
dime are better
‘sixers’
never
owned
month thought
four
cost to 16 cents
now
the
cost a
than old
cent for. and I
center
no
we paid a
smoked
good
which we
have a five that
wine As old time half
two for a
as the
Spanish,’ bought
cont
“A laboring
dollar a
Civil war
the cost of living
for
1 The
man worked
and
brought a
one
day lived we
great change in
Prior
distinction
to the war
there was a be
The
marked
Ix Or
men
never advoocat
Bobby's Logic.
fare Christm
That Old Blue Plate.
In answer to an h
old Staffordshire plate, it mi
quiry
that the origin of
Staffordshire
but
these
proved
Amsterdam
the
county in
remote the
in gseventeentl
tury eutablishments were
by the Elers—brothers
who introduced salt gla
ing-—although Prime
ing with salt was dlecovered
land about 1680 In
the achievement
Wadgew ood
famous To
that po!
SAY an $
n Eng
the
century Josiah
made ware
come down to the plate
in question, the Dr. Syntax books
were written by Willlam Combs, to
carry a series of quaint illustrations
by Thomas Rowlandson and published
by Ackerman These books were
enormously popular 75 or 100 years
ago. and later, and the pictures were
reproduced by various potters which
is believed by its owner, 8. K. Nagy,
to be possibly 100 years old
He Got in a Scrape.
There was a scraping noise which
sounded as though something was
stuck in the chimney and was strug-
gling to get free, It woke little John
ny, who scrambled out of bed to in
vestigate. Refore his startled eyes
Santa Claus presently emerged from
the little aperture under the mantel
piece that served to house the gas log
Something about Santa's appearance
ventional,
“Why, he axclaimed.
Where
Santa”
you had whiskers?
have they gone to?”
had a close shave getting down through
this ding-busted modern contraption
that passes as a fireplack at the bol
tom of a bricklined worm hole these
modern architects call a chimney.”
It Takes All Kinds, (Etc,
Upgardson-—Some men will
your throat for 75 cents
Atom—Yes, and some won't. ‘The
surgeon that opensd my windpipe
once snd took out a fragment of
chicken bone charged me £75
cut
Wanted to Compromise.
Mr. Levi is a kindhearted, con-
seientious man, an example of what
Maeterlinek calls “our anxious moral
But he is also German, and
He has a
levi 's
all the
Mr. Levi
man who says, "Mr
queer; he wants me to work
time he hag me hired for.”
you would
to him once!”
just let
the nired
take a
mali
me whip
ex postu
the other's of view Mr
looked
on
by
Levi
first
other
point
him uneasily
one foot, and then
Ain't there nothin’
could be doin’?” he asked,
at
ready to start?
Army Officer Mustn't
It is found the army
not do let
in ball games and
issued forbid it It
that
officers act a
in
to
orders has
to Bee ms
take advantage of the
players
American aseball players 71
3 found
discipline
abuse the umpire, and it
it destrovs the
the
army
umpire is an officer
vates call him such names
bone-head,’
Her Secret.
nd and 1 kept
isorder
frichtens h
AE i id i
Pr .
’ a yr ¢ 4
The ven \ the
Fe
surgeon s Kni SIriKCsS
Following Orders.
Doctor (to Mr. J., whose husband is
very il1)~—Has he had any lucid inter
vals?
Mrs. J
what you
cott’s.
E's ‘ad
ordered,
nothink except
doctor —~1LAppin-
Question,
Now a big Chicago firm complains
stay sing
married
will not
tney
that its girls le’
x
Well,
Biay
yy would rather go ta
to a lullaby
ten
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