Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-15

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| How best to manage educational, charitable,
| and penal institutions has attracted the atten-
| ton and engaged the thoughts Of many of the
best minds and philanthropists of the day.
| The result has been, in most cases, to create
additional supervisory boards, such as Boards
of Charities, commissioners" etc, all Of
| which are expensive, and impose additional
| burdens on the taxpayers.
On examination OF the workings OF the sys-
| TEN, l am clear in the opinion that, instead of
increasing supervising boards, the best thing
to do, il the interest of good government and
economy, would be to reduce the number Of
boards
If the eleemosynary institutions of the State
We're placed under one sBoard Of Control" con-
slstlng of three members, who should be paid
fair salary and actual travelling expenses, and
be compelled to give their whole attention to
the institutions, l am satisfied, from my two
years observation and experience, that it would
be found TO work to the advantage Of both the
State and the institutions.
The Normal School should be placed in charge
of the Regents OF the University. The Agri-
cultural College, being an institution of pecul-
lar chs racter, should be left as it is The Re-
form School, being to degree penal, should be
placed under the supervision OF the Executive,
as are the penientiaries. By adopting this sys-
tenn, there would be secured direct resi- onsi-
bility, simplicity OF administration, and
the elimination of influences which
must necessarily grow up, owing to the
fact that the various eleemosynary institutions
are scattered around the State, instead of be-
ing all located at one place, which should have
been the policy from the first The purchase
of supplies, such as fuel, groceries, ETC., in
large quantities by public bids, would be made
at the minimum market rates; the keeping Of
the books Of the institutions in uniform SIM
pie manner, would work results which would
IN their economy save thousands of dollars an
nually to the State, and at the same time be
eneficial to the institutions. The proposition
is further commended by the additional fac.
that there would be but three boards with
which to make settlements in place of ten which
we have under the present system.
IOWA WEATHER SERVICE
The Seventeenth General Assembly estab-
lished "a central station for the Iowa Weather
Service, with Gustavus Hinrichs as director
thereof" OF the LOCO annual appropriation,
there has been drawn and expended up to Sept
90, the sum of 81, 75l 40 The facts in regard
to the climatology Of the State, as collected by
Prof Hinrchs will be, in the future, of great
value to our people, and an interesting contrib
ution to science
CRIMINAL RETURNS.
Your attention is called to the report Of the
Secretary Of State, accompanied by the GRIM
inal statistics for 1878 and 1879. 1t is most
desirable that the criminal returns Of the coun-
ties should be uniform and complete. There
fore recommend al amendment to the law, as
suggested by the Secretary of State.
COURT EXPENSES.
There il a growing, and, in my opinion, q
just complaint, in the minds of the people,
that the expenses of our court system are too
high, and that these expenses are growing in
amount annually. That there is good founda-
ton for this feeling will be evidenced by the
foil wing statement of the cost to the counties
of the State for criminal prosecutions during
the last four wears: