| Show dashington NAS HINGTON 10 PIE ft 1 I R ba 8 nr R COAST STATE TO RIVAL KIVAL SISTER R CX commonwealths IN EAST IN production i 1 I 1 N RESOURCES HAVE neen BEE N TOUCHED UN LIMITED Vl ALTH AT ILIND BY GOVERNOR LOUIS F HART ot or washington editors note governor louis V F hart of washington became a national figure when lie dratted drafted what is known as the administrative code a code that Is now a law and has done much to place the administrative business of the state in the class with great industrial corporations corporation tor for econ omy efficiency and results obtained at a minimum of expense aside from this his outline outline ot of the possibilities of his state should interest everyone who still feels the thrill in the words young man go west I 1 so diversified are the interests of the state of washington that it would be impossible to write of its possibilities anici accomplishments and lepai ate its civic industrial and agriculture activities washington is not alone an agricultural state nor yet Is it an aa industrial commonwealth it is both washington might well be termed the pennsylvania of 0 the west tor for within its con confines finest i have been fo found 1 in large quani tides almost every I 1 l biown resource except oil and prospects are good tor for that As an agricultural agrical abric agric tural state it had bad long ranked near ibe the top aa a wheat producer and the fame atme of its fruit has gone tax far afield ill I 1 it contains within its boundaries tho highest mountains arid and yet millions of acres of prairies prairies arid and plains land a dry climate on the east sido where irrigation a necessary arid and a rainy climate on the west of the mountain slopes where there there is seare scare ly any winter therefore the development I 1 not ot the state of washington annot be said to be bound up in any one particular endeavor comparatively speaking washington Is a new state having leen been admitted to the union in 1889 and her main industries to date have been lumbering mining fishing and turo ture natural resources in time disappear aud and the state government fully realizes the necessity of protecting the great forest areas area that are yet uncut and tho the replenishing of the salmon that spawn la in the rivers rivera emptying into tho the pacific ocean and puget sound to protect resources I 1 the protection pi these resources the rehabilitation ot of cut over lands in order 0 that agriculture might replace the lumber industry in tile the far distan future when the washington orests forests have gone goad the way ot of the forests eastern castern states are now tucking and lave have taken a foremost ore most place in the problems that confront the state with enormous resources many ot of inch though ot of almost inestimable value woj abie e scores 9 of f miles from trans Por porta tation tiou lines the state has bus belcie it a gabat lera in tire the matter of 0 lut but one cue which is rapidly being brought brogi it to a place where it should be is building through the 0 late taig ilig iway of otties a system of 0 paved I 1 cawi s that will be second to none in tue united states com coin aud and eiten is genua iua to the varied scenery which lie ilie state has to offer the value ot of thebe gaedi taif u loans outsize ot or tue tny industrial du development may readily be seen the highway system ot of the state ot of washington nas nag become ot of vital importance import anca arid and only through an agres ive building program on oil the part or ol the state lias has it finally assumed the proportions that are necessary for the up building of 0 the agricultural territories terri tores evidence oz 0 the development that follows the building of g god cid roads is noted in the manner in which farms arms of 0 small spring up along the line hue of 0 the paying paving I 1 great of waste land sage brush that lay la hot dry and barren ban en Is being reclaimed rec lamed by the efforts of individual communities and state aid iron through the department of 0 conservation and reclamation in this department the reforestation arid and protection of the standing timber from ure fire has played a great part in the preservation of the fir cedar spruce and hemlock with which the western slopes of the cascades are covered salmon dt DE the state ot at washington washington carries on an extensive ot of salmon arid and game fish arid and even now is making a determined effort tor for the ashing of the sockeye salmon in the v teis of puget sound these fish have nearly become extinct because of fishing in the matter of the pop agaton and replenishing of streams sti earns with ish fish the state ot of washington has taken the lead and long after other states find that their lales lakes and have been fished out the gamy trout will be found responding to the fly in the waters ot of wash i ington and despite the present low condition of the sockeye salmon gen orally conceded to be the best food fish in the pacific waters the work of the state department will bring back a normal supply within a tow few years this varied interest taken by the state in industrial affairs has brought bout t out a peculiar condition in the political aspect of 0 the people of the idie in which industry plays an important part pait and many strange new laws passed far in advance of other states slates have been the result the industrial insurance law designed to protect and make compulsory insurance in all hazardous occupations is the result of this interest and the outcome of that interest has been the establishment under a now new administrative code of a department of labor and industry designated to handle labor disputes the regulation of 0 we women in industry the safeguarding 0 of the plants in which men and women work and practically every line of eda ejiu eavor cavor touched ly labor in hazardous and other occupations the expense of keeping up activities outside those usually engaged in by state governments mounted to a place where taxation had become almost unbearable at a special session of the legislature in 1020 1920 as governor of the state slate I 1 was given the power to have dratted drafted what afterward became a law the administrative code the state has been functioning under the new system whereby numerous boards and bureaus were either abolished or con soli dated tor for but tour four months but already the code has justified itself and the confidence conrid enco ot of the legis 1 j lature in its passage by showing say sav 1 ings in practically every line ot of en beavor in which the state ope atres some idea ot of the many functions carried on oil by the state may be had by the following names ot of the code dopart departments part ments the department or of public works the department ot of business control the department ot of efficiency the department ot of health the depart meat ot of taxation and examination examinations tire the department ot of conservation and development tho the department ot of labor and industry the department ot of Licen licenses bes and the department ot of fisheries aud and gamo game I 1 Washing tous problem it is hoped tuat lual under the administrative coue that the business of trio atalo will be carried on ca much like mat or ol any large and tuai list a great saving to 0 tue taxpayers will thus taus be aud and tuat tuis luis ss EtLa we the blabe will lind its fadiest adlie t in industrial agricultural and civic kioes lue ae glodt giudi ot of the state ot of lousy Is to curry carry ou on the which are necessary tor for its alid advance pio putty to lo LL point it CaLIL LUt sullia tile the weight lax problems leras tona unies a jur j poi bivil ot of t lue he constructive in III the stale today luday aau WILLI u mind to reduce ll ir pus siule tue luc burtion burden now boine by a lax commIt LLE com composed posea of turin nearly every walli walk of 0 life are aie now investigating tax laws and with the idea of 0 revision through the I 1 imato legislature Legisla tuie taus tint relief lehet to property properly 1 in this respect the state ot of washington is in ill no lie cline reut condition trian any other state except that steps are being taken tor for a pos possible sittle I 1 egiedy 1 politically the state of washington has had a stormy career and has tried roost most ot of the curo cura alls that have emanated form the human brain in the last 60 years to say nothing of having discovered a low ot of her own ille initiative referendum and right ut of recall are aie all in vogue and every election sees the former two play an ippol taut part in allaire ot of state the pinuary election law gives the people the direct power to no nominate call candidates di and for the lest best or nut not is seemingly here to stay washington has made rapid strides in industrial lines in the 32 years that she has been a state and with an unlimited amount ot of water walor power that remains to be developed there is little cause to worry about her future development it Is not a question ot of development but of how rapid that development will be and not tile the least factor in this development has been and will be a farsighted far tar sighted policy on the part of her state government |
