HOZ, IS TOT OF GOV. MABILY'S MESSAGE. TO UTAH'S LEGISLATURE, To the Members of the Fourteenth j legislature of the state of Utah: A the agents of the people, you have met to study the condition of this I state and enact neodOd measures Into :w Your la,k will differ from th.it : of your Immediate predecessor. Their work came during the stress of a great war In the heat of patriotic fervor ; -when men were not prone to oues-! oues-! lion or to scrutinize. Theirs wa the I day when the common will to win lswe.pt aside itu word of debate, and B mighty oause gave strength to the bod" Od courage, to the soul. Then the lawmaker's chief function wa.- io ; dedlcato the state's finances to iho 'lrlnKlng of the struggle ro a vlctor-i vlctor-i lous end. 'With you the hour of ex-nltatlon ex-nltatlon has passed and the In ovi tabic I reaction ha set in. The blure of trumpets has coase.d. There is c: ia of glory and more gloom. Tho na-: na-: tlon 1h suffering frdm the lassitude of ; the athlete after ., trying coHtcst, I Men's nerv e, arc unstrung and they are Liven to complaint and criticism. There is noi the incentive to lake up the dally way and walk in it again. Your every act, therefore, will be gone oer as with a fine-toothed comb. As men you do not fear this criticism, criti-cism, but as lawmakers you will consider con-sider the t.-mper and the hope ( th poople. They are in no mood to lol-erato lol-erato frivolous expenditures, neither n their purse8trlnS stand the strain ot incie;.sed f.x loudens Tin arc fully aware of the fact that they nvivt pay their share for thu night oV revelry, lately so hideously indulged In by the world. Yet they expect you their representatives, and all wio.ni the) have placed in power, to be intensely in-tensely !.nno in the discharge or your duties They expect you to stril il In no new fields, but to travel old! leads, where the way is certain and the tooting sure Thcv hope that In1 all youi deliberations you will consid er the slate of Utah the real and m.w I vitally Interested party. They pi:l ( earnestly that each individual' mem-; ber'a nlogan will be Not how inn, !i can I get for mj nty or county, bul how much can 1 sn for my tdate and 9tlll maintain that efficiency which has always been her chief characteristic.'"' Believing that you are in full acci 1 with these eentlmerts, I proceed to1 discuss the questions which seem tol me most important for your delihL. ,., (Ion, REOROA'IZATIO Far more urgent than any other step which might be taken towards1 economy and efflcienc is the reoi -1 ganlzatlon of your state administrative administra-tive system. In tho beginning the h.is-lc h.is-lc principle upon which ihe r. pubii. was founded was the preservat'U r order and the liberties of th- people through a balance between the exe ' utlve. the legislative and the judicial departments. As the country developed devel-oped and life became more complex.' through discovery and Invention, nev burdens were cast upon the state To discharge these burdens, board- in,, reuus and commissions were created ' Since these bodies cume Into existence exist-ence to suit certain definite needs ' there was little likelihood of anv coordination co-ordination of effort or unity of pur-1 pose. The result was confusion, absurdity ab-surdity chaos, duplication, overlapping overlap-ping of duties and division of responsibility. I Utah is no exception to this rule. j In the twenty-four veais since state- I hood, administrative age.n les have been multiplied In bewllderinc confusion, con-fusion, until today there are more than ' ' "f I hem. They huve been ush- , errd Into xlstcice for every "boncclv-abh "boncclv-abh purpose, with little thought as-the as-the effect their Individual operation op-eration might have upon thc,state gov ' ernment as a whole Thus "enarat-boards "enarat-boards direct activities which might , be handled under one head at less cost md with Increased effectiveness Specific Spe-cific eXkmpIsS might he cited in the ' c.isc of the several agriculture, com- I missions and tho various health departments. de-partments. Nor should thl line be .drawn at our educational Institutions. The evils following such a loose Bj -tcm are apparent, n here thero Should l be harmony, there Is discord: where ; there should be economy, there is ox-! travagancei whore tin re should be efficiency, there i- incapacity, and a .slowing down of the macfilnery of gov- I ernment. ,t each session of this leg-Islature, leg-Islature, heads ot departments vie with 8 h other in a mad scramble to secure se-cure large appropriations for their particular Ir.teresi Th. Agricultural1 college and the university are rivals' in an endeavor to increase, their own' is thus plnccd in the anomalous posj-j Hon of competing with itself. Tho. blame cannot be attached t... the gentlemen gen-tlemen who i usage In such practices, I but to our own lack of organization.' From the standpoint of economy the! situation is still mrtre vicious. Uupll-; cation Ik always expensive, it becomes more so when lis ramifications ox- tend into every form oj state endeavor. endeav-or. What would seem childish In a corporate body, through long practice has become fixed and almost uncrit-' usee hai.it with ufl. The sending ,r one man Into a town to inspce t a o n-ber n-ber shop, while another may visit tltO same place the very same day to look! Into the sanltarj condition of a hotel. I is a case point. The lack of co-operation between our health department and the state university in their dlf-j ferent operations is anothe.-. The OVor-' lapping of both the uhlverslt) and the agricultural college in their extension work Is still further evidence of this condition. These caes are not given ' because they are flagrant or more! common than others; they are merely examples. Many more can be found In every avenue of our political lif.-. A solution of our difficulties can he, found Without any radical changes in, our presen' administrative form We have the machinery what we need Is a rearrangement of It, This can be done by three simple operations, in the first place, those boards and corn missions thai are similar in function should be consolidated; Secondly, there should be a definite fixed responsibility upon those Whoj preside oVer departments; and. Thirdly, the chief executive should l' cmpovvci.d to exercise ii more dl-! iff supervisory control. This l. neither the time nor the! Place to enter into a discussion of the details f rhesc proposed changes but the executive office win i,.- pleased , tluring the course of your deliberations, delibera-tions, to make the necessary recommendations. recom-mendations. TAX TiON The heavy burden of taxation rest- ' tng upon the people ha already bean ' "' Tht n uti . ol meeting 1 fthe normal demands of the stale should claim your early and "fou consideration. In the hop,- of not onij not lnci,s;lng 'hat burden, but of decreasing de-creasing it If the load has been heaVJ tinder the high pMees of recent yeare; how much more so win it be In the seasons shortly to come, under a r.ili-Ing r.ili-Ing market, with the product of trie farm, the factory, the mine and the r.iTig, all but unsalable Reports al-ready al-ready In our hands reveal the fart that one ehtef source of revenue namely, thl iiines. has been failing c.ff eon-Slderably eon-Slderably That being the case, von Will, perforce, have to cast about you ior .Hhcr means of handling the sii-uatios sii-uatios Should vou be so fortunate ! as to curtail appropriations, the difficulty dif-ficulty may he OVerCOmOi That falling, fall-ing, it seems that there Is but one avenue ave-nue to which you may turn. Inference Infer-ence 8 made to the motor vehicle license. li-cense. It IS a matter of knowledge I hat the common wealth has spent v;ust sums of money in the building of hard-snr-arcd rouds, the automobiles and the trucks being the chief beneficiaries. Some of these htghw.avs are already demanding the expenditure of momw for repair, and resurfacing. II also becomes necessary to provide flnanoet) for road purposes. There are approxi-mut.-ly jo.uO'J motor vehicles in the etate. used for pleasure, for business and for both freight and passenge r traffic Many such are acting as common com-mon arrle.rs In competition with the allroads which have contributed largel towards Ihe laying of ihesCl cemeni highway.. ObviOUSlj those most directly benefited should pay their proportion of the expense. Ill would seem advisable under the cir-1 cam stance! to increase the license up- j on all such vehicles commensurate with the use derived from the rodda VEHICLE I A A number of ma'lers will claim your, attention In n scrutiny f our vehicle ' laws, hut there are two which are , - peclally Important, o development f modern lift r.;is been more marked than that " the ii nt.ifTir.lvll.. In ' it u-nL-.. I,.v. rrkivve ' good roads and an enormous Increase In trade, so that the outlying hamlet In within easy distance of the bus mart, and the ooontrv thoroughfare carries a traffic that would h?ive been the envy of the city street of a half century ago. With all these chances hi v arisen new problems, which sue- reeding legislatures must solve. Our hard-eurfaCOd road-, particularly, wit-j neas numerous accidents, due to the. Carelessness of drivers of both motor1 ;in.l horse-drawn vehicles. A careful revision bf the law should come with-1 in your purview, with especial regard to the lighting of both kinds of such: vehicle For the safety of all traffic traf-fic It would seem prudent that nil ve. hides on cement hlghwavs carry a light at night. Sines we havo spent such ivisr sums In the laying of these splendid rt.-i -les of commerce, common f nse should , dictate thiit they bq adec.iAtely pro-, terteil otherwise they cannot bear; up undei the- strain. The nfe of our rigid-surfaced roads is more or les.s indeterminate and 't will consequent'' ly be wen to stay snfely within the dinger zone. . tonnage' limit on all : ixles and a weight limit per inch On ill tires, therefore, should he imposed ROADS. oncurrent with -lie subject of road protection Is that of road building. It Is a truism thai too.- t ilon; which have carved their, way most into the niches of history have proved theii "uperior ability in highway construction. construc-tion. What applied a thousand years ago. applies with IQUAl fore now But It must not be forgotten thut there i6 a limit beyond which good sense cannot go. i is perfectly prei-pcr prei-pcr to talk about the lar. suns b.--ng spent by such "ates as New York. Pennsylvania. Illinois and ,allfornla However when It coraj-s td a Just com- parison on a per capita ba!, Utah far outstrips either of those political anlts We have averaged during the administration Just closed ?.50 per Inhabitant each year on this kind of improvement. A similar amount for the states named would mean about jsn. nno. eon p. r annum for New York I6S.000.000 for Pennsylvania. J.'.O Ouu - 000 r:- Illinois, and p2S.oOo,ooO for California. Whereas neither of them ;has contributed anywhere near these amounts for Such purposes. ' Is It not Hme to learn that a prudent ilty u vtate like prudert person, must live within Its me.inj and not endeavor to ape tiv life and practbes of communities commun-ities much richer? W0 ma) re content con-tent with our laurels in this field and confine ourselves t0 coneervlng those banned of trade Sjread) existing In the neighborhood of I8E miles Of c. mem has been laid down within Box Elder, Weber. Davis. Salt nk ami 1 lah ouritles, Se about 7U per Centum of our population. but the. highway up and down state an n serious need of repairs. There has been some just criticism of the condition con-dition of o,,r rural roads. They BhOuM - put In good sh:ip.. uui so maintained, main-tained, with the Idea prevailing "hat no now ways iuto unimportant and Inaccessible In-accessible places be attempted t Mre as much as we may be-tte,- communication com-munication into favorite locaJltleV If we. keep pur main iin. fi n firsl clang order during the years llhmedlalely to come the resultant road efficiency and the saving of the laxpavorVi md , : y Will be pleasing to SST f& pish m, oamb. n unusual inte-est j minif..ii nient This is natural when on, ,.r,,.. slders that more th:i ,hlrt,a SusjuTk 0u-ase ircens, .ids of ?,hUent an'J, n"h n th. Uhei ;slde of the fence, however i. th lover lov-er of nature to whom mYn . scenic wonders lose much It charm If devoid of wild life T M"" latter CliS. also belong the manT .r st. who are attracted o thbSauty of" ! tho great west during tb ueauiJ OI ' months. Tho desire, or "ummcr ehould and can S flylafW ? ! we continue ,hose wise protective measures whteh hav. evr I tradttlon of this departme Z y. every r..dbloodd man Soke v'v Msh m our lakes and streS.. Vk, i ommended that falff KS2d 11 j' rtc' mg to the credit of thrS r,low UnU- well ss all mon o to b rfu' a! ho sale of lenses, be d iV,' Uve purpoKeVL may under Its supervision ' PCrl cone EDlTATiox dScan"theSiry iTm of the founders of thu 11 J Uie lor' they sensed In it, fK"neLnmf'UWUh-truth. fK"neLnmf'UWUh-truth. For their i.,. L 5 !hl -'rnal etched (nr SgjTO narjUr da) il 19 the proud boast or laen und the generous envy n; rm I favored e ommunltles Th" fani our higher Institutions of learnlnrS 'ev idenced by tho large number of ii I dents drawn from surrounding !f vihile our common and MH schools take front rank In the caS try. Nothing nn-' i ,, . If turb them in this high eminencs " Irather sho'i! ! t en or . bn'n)'M I secure the to in i: . i'oi anio-. tno I sons of the great war n,,ne u Sl ! powerful than that the schools in are trained not only thc evISH da: ''n) ' ni" 'nture irxJsl lot the nation, nv;1-; f'IH hold t)iir,B of civilisation high w ith nlmoft J forct i ihi ni oounded honn-tkS all cdu itlOnal neei n ..-roped in-:- pr.o 'ical program h ,!H cred l i This does n,-,t mean "ojH ii v ., f...- . -r.ji.-t iutH , ,'.-oper riwBW : of the spirit through the bbJH ling of a better so.-ial order. BCt Axal.i arises tiv. u-vtlon of tinagLH ill. I ibiltt. of tin ,t. ', i,j JB. ;ltt Va9U jfpllv und, rpald. The laborer li rodEt1 ..t 'rsgLHI other, 'i'hu' n the to!, sr,n r,-,nH fir.'t ' Kv JlHg ii,, conKiJH They es-e !,i ! I . i. . I ist v ThsLBGi im i iii. i t,.,i n, in'ro.iiriii.n .,f non-iriB,!" taken fffLH ( ib p:i rtni- n' of ci ucft I Ion top-ht(HSj .hould he simplified; 1 w'orklng force, reelu , .mil it houldEsS ' i be m.i.K- to articuktc with thut of ILH A - i-i ultMt j! voiieifp nd th nnlvaEJ " i tlon HH I absolutely eliminated. Eii il N be pi ii'. '''! - b . I,dll t il' I;.!,",, , KI' in 'jndjWi! taklngM niviiii e :-..iousH rtalnly, (JH I I- ! I . i r-.. , I , Uy tgH i'i I't'O li" p ii, i utids UjJeKv io sruHj ' ifhi eH with the big',, ex' possible dc-greeaH r-1 "iiimndst . I',, I a system whereby -tl, , ,,upllcaiion H ' ipable budeHB administr.il iem I i - : :t i( y 1 this ine.ms alcine. tn the so t ry mg tlmMgBat i I . 1 increase I i s n;(fBt Vf ent high standard in education. Bb-APPROPRIATIONS, Bb-APPROPRIATIONS, estimate,! ipts of the ltajHE Cor tb bionnium 1 r 2 1 -1922 fromjHH n-. is 5C.3'.0,000. In-istrnt Mmtm : e-t tcr 1 ' -lhi amoupflflj I'jrtment, kH reau nd rganlz uion : o-j . . J to pflBa i.'.v onte projects apBBJ i edtlce. WeUBtaS!T meaning citizens w ill approach you bfliiMa . .it. feir m- I "- i i 1 '. blch a.r I . ,:. 1: I to be hoped requests ,, ite incoiiiHp of the slate will '4n I Kl acd unflinching heart", as this U IIHK tinv for frr.il, legislation, neither.! i- the moment foi e -.-penmentatlon JM people's lb re it Will gH bi inn refer to the 1-iin: amoalfl r.r'-nrl- I -' i ppr..pi l"i In? the 8 ' -tneliire still ui, f. :i i-iv,i for later 'JBB rpprpjgt u l' houjappsla ii . :rlct!ogjlK . ( i . , p: . i "Hi j "'sriliii irrencfo dl I in oiuii-i iioo, i' miuiiH .i by tflppfl session. plPpH mlttinj: Mi e xaminers to pppH hi' h -Ight (ffJ; of the tn t granta Bhnc admlnistr - v. ,v t if-1 , propri.it. moni'v. wi.,. 1? against gVW .,f thc c':'njK3, titilon Th l : iture cannot in3lrWnfc, . other ir'fjiKrfa !That , with the De'JRa ..i. I' li.. ' repeal1. Wkiu MISCELLANEOUS oinp:. '-'' will i'reB'miI2 , .-irK.lderatioapE Th..- cuiTupr pr , ti.es act, no JHUn , , .ns'ruetion ..itorney, dppj . 1 1 .1 tc 3t;4JRl2 den JBMsTi ether -'Ts.a ith little MppH tlonai '.flelencv- pH , n itcd by the 'fgH t,. a 6tudy as lOppH i i.il for tho veteran tJKsl , o.in'rv has PdppH "uPpBfl , i lent service It IIJPpH reil.hr.,, m not uC ,,st .villi ,BPJ1 be i,n ..(, i acllgLpjM The best oltl ten of anv state home owner, imrlng the u urI '.'JgWftat f Hot. when prices of all rommodlB for H t e .iulld. tho usual PH cm m i : rh" "Bl , ,, of hemBpaji While I've I, ,i nig problem is not.ftli li ii) ime other HHS; munities P -1 1 i I demands tC 'gHLtai thought. Some states have a!reMBfti made can ful investigations in fW lr reeor,-, m ndation- ,uXC xfgkeH I'jf-s. ,i up i heir la'.' -iimMii? bculBBe Your attention is clb d to thl "''ia?' 'er. i;, ; h e hope ir.if ,-o,n.- Ido r"Pa , woi i, Jltlons in Utah. M" .-hnuld it seem tb.r 'Ins ,'''0S'R, 1 comes dressed in somi"o :!.,: 't - rty?.. Will be remembered thai tru 'Ciiibre tinier it s adtoi' '"tuH ' .: . tie i.t -i..w. itut i here col?!!5Llll i period In everv wcll-ord-.rsd Poll;"K?J junlt when It must take stuck or,JgKtJ condition before It branches out "Apfi' new fields The prudent leader ah!K late war made his advances, then ied his forces and consolidated hi fjBfi At this moment civilization Is c0!M ,idatlng It, gains, it i a breaJ , space, not a retreat in duction .Lw expenso is not reactionary; wrl'. not retrogression. A return 10 Vtlfl bottom foundations it- sure aUnJ Hff of future progr- ss I l ew laws, wisely adn.iiiUtorel- 1JH the best Indication of M iteaiunH That state i- i He bwi which Vre.yL3M to the greatest dngreo local ,t"'gB jarnment. The tendency has JJ.iH .wards centralizai lor. of P'Jffr '"ijj mm h regulation of privats rnB i Tim happy medium Is th.r. wher5LB fit tei . i., s, , ..-,. j , r;'',isM las llttli personal llbert -uid ini" lk luallty aji possible. To that end M u labor. I ti In conclusion ypu are to b -sH sru'ulate.l upon our , onr.ectlon J 'his magnificent coninionwealth' a distinct honor to be perml'-" make its laws. In cllmats aJB Scenic grandeur it In pre-omlnnt .H resources it Is a giant Its we.-, no m.in nv-, . for, .r 11. ;V,'..aW--. the tvlidesr flights ol hli But Its chief giorv is m It fSK rhey are sais. aane. God-frloS ,riBILi upright. To them The law lfl a f thing May your eftorts as their JH .. . , .-'.re 1 1. - 1" ti.rosa' CHAKLKs i: Ffcl I