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Show UNITY IN STATE U1IS Washingion, Jan. 19. Agreeing that there should be uniformity In state laws affecting not only commercial matters but likewise those that pertain per-tain to the well being of the individual the National Civic Federation at Its final session today adopted a number of resolutions. Among them were those recommending recom-mending to governors the adoption of uniform laws for the protection of children employes In Industries; fav orlng a uniform insurance cod for adoption by several states; uniform leglslattou on the subject of gathering gather-ing and preservation of vital statls-1 tics endorsing the conservation of American forests and referring tho same to the committee on uniform state laws. Tho conference further adopted a resolution recommending to governors, gover-nors, now meeting in this city, and to the states themselves, that work-ingmens' work-ingmens' compenfation acts, fair to tho employer nnd employe and Just to the state, be uniformly substituted for the present svstcm of employors liability. A resolution was passed recommending recom-mending to the respective states consideration con-sideration of the development of water wa-ter power and their regulation on non navigable streams with a view to bringlnc; about uniformity of state legislation looking to uniform co-op eratlon lietween each state and the federal government. The conference outhorized tho ap polntment of a' committee of f'teen on reform In legal procedure to cooperate co-operate with a similar committee ot the American Bar association. Frederick L. Hoffmon of New Jersey, Jer-sey, sneaking on uniform vital statistics, statis-tics, declared that the historical nation na-tion is dying oi,t and that when the blood which made the revolution pos sible 'becomes mixed with foreign blood, there Is only one result decay. de-cay. Stephen II. Allen, state delegate from Kansas, arouned enthusiasm by a strong plea for uniformity In ! gnl procedure He Insisted technicalities technical-ities should be set alde. but snid It j would be difficult to Induce lawers to agree to tills course because of their ability through technicalities to win doubtful cases. George L. Douglas, of the Proprietary Proprie-tary Association of America ? peaking peak-ing of the National FooU and Drug act, said that its keynote was "thou 6hah not lie," He thcrjght It was a righteous right-eous law. "What a great thing it would be," he saJd, "If e had a similar law, applicable ap-plicable to boots, shoes, dry goods. stockB, bonds, newspaper circulation! and many other things Why 6hmild veracity be encouraged In the food trade only?" I Martin S. Decker president of the National association of rnllrond commissioners, com-missioners, was the only speaker to respond when the subject f regulation regula-tion of railways and public utilities eanio up. W. C. Breed, of the National Wholesale Whole-sale Grocers' association spoke upon the needs of u uniform lav: relating to foods and drugs. |