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Show GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. ! At the very beginning of his message ' Governor Spry took occasion to im-1 im-1 . press upon the legislators the necessity j of conservation, and he laid down a wise rule of action with reference to laws which arc in the nature of inno-'. inno-'. vations. He advised that every bill ! should be subjected first to the test of 1 absolute necessity secondly to the test of experience in other states, and above all should be considered with due re-; re-; gard for the welfare of the people of the state. The governor pointed out in this connection that the state's sources ' of revenue were not such as to permit ' of trifling with fads and theories of. ? legislation. i It was well that the governor should ! '. couple with his recommendation that the experience of other states should be studied the advice that the test j of necessity 6houId be applied. The j experience of other states is not always " a safe guide. Each commonwealth has : " its own peculiar industrial development. " Boards and commissions established in states where the industrial problem is far different from the industrial prob- : ; lems here would be worthless for Utah. The faddist and theorist who hears about the establishment of a board to ' direct the activities, for example, of ' elevated roads and subways might get 1 it into his head that such a board was ! desirable for any and every state, even though few of them had elevated roads and subways. This is cited merely to show the habit of mind of certain in-, in-, dividuals who delight to call themselves them-selves reformers. Their theories have little to do with actual conditions. Anything that is new appeals to their imagination. Even if it has worked well elsewhere, they do not stop to think that it might work ill in their 1 own state. Therefore, the criterion of necessity is a wise one. and the gov I ernor is to be commended for insisting upon it in his mesage. As he aptly said: "A law may be perfect in -, theory and useless in fact." After due consideration of the ex-i ex-i - perience in other states with rcrerenco to employers ' liability and working-men working-men 6 compensation laws, and having regard for the necessities in this state, the governor has come to the condu-' condu-' mod that Utah should have a law of ; this nature. Ho strongly recommends tuui h'e'isiauon covering uii huuilaui , ir.aUor be written into our statutes. Ho points ont that the results of such acts wrrever adopted have been beneficial bene-ficial and in the interest alike fcf employer and employee. The governor undoubtedly is correct in holding that iho operation of ?uch laws has been universally bn'.:fici;il, but, here a.giin. a caution is nftes.-ary. Whenever th-?e la tvs have been introduced a radical element usually has attempted to insert : provisions weighing unequally upon capital. It cannot be to the interest of Utah to a'lopt any law whkh will ( li v e away capital from the ?. t a t e . There arc safe and yane liability laws which can be used as a basis fur similar legislation in this state, should the members of the agrnbly decide that such legislation i necr .-f ry. Although recognizing that the legislature, legis-lature, i? pov-rbs to adopt any low to relieve the situation created by federal leading laws the governor fa w tit to d 'ff U i ' po n the, s i . b i t at I e n gt h and to f-Aprf-i the hope that, the legislature wopM memorialize con'rrsy, praying lor j a eon t iutjat iun of liberal I a rid policies, i In moH of the wetrn stat(,s the f fl - ' :iai go'. er;iMif tit m tip.! chief laud bulNr, u'cii ffii.trfilliug from oiie-fi tt.h to mi ft t ldrl of a ii entire prate, and yt : j I :-:it''f( ,'ire (Xp"':t','l to f'overn f;nd the t-ntire area, although the r-ort ' r of t ' r:t I ion ; p pi it u, to ;t much li"ii'e 1 rjri'a. An x:iuli; of the I '.iL ti ii n'--y v. it h v. hi' li thf dal - n : ; t,- ;jlcd if, to by found in tho p'-wf r ?iio lea -i fig I'll' wiiieh it nrw before cm- grr - -;, J t a f i-n ' J y Ut ip'pr i i; the t a r of an import an f Huuf't; uf ir-vi-ir.:: from tr.vnfion. and tlie rj;m ) trip of the pi-ijpo'-ed mineral le:iiic f v.k) "m. Tin: leg i 'la f u i c ca n make no i nii'fake, t.lierel'ur'', in ni'-moi 1:1 li.'nit; I con;;i' and i rj p'jintu.g out 'Uarly forr-J -jJIv ti:.- v.cdiTu v !.;. point. |