River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-01-17

| Univ ersity fund, ........... 3,287 65
4 Agricultural fund ......... 1873 73
| Normal schcol fund.-. 1857 20
| Drainage fund.-. ........ EASE "a
/ leposit fund .............. 1l220 So
! Delinquent tax fund. &c.. 4e5 81
| st. c. & l.. ;. II. r. deposit
/ 1unQ. .................... 49S OF
Redemption fund -. ia IS
Columbia and Sank Co.
wis r. r, F. Nj. Land Co.
/ Indemnity fund............. 2.ss7 50
| Allotment fund............ 9l6 81
SOS 172 70 s67sl72 "a
GENERAL FUND INVESTMENTS.
/ Loan to State Agricul-
! tural society ........ $4,000 90
| Mortgage on state fair
| grounds (taken from
| T.. G. McFeiridge)... 45.7s2 03
| Total ........... -- &17,7S2 e.
| OTHER FIND INVESTMENTS.
| School fund, bonds and
Univers ~ fund. loans 2i6,5o0 20
| Agricultural college
fund, lOa Is. .......... 240913 03
| Normal school fund,
! loans. ...-........ l.sJa,4sI s.
IOtal $3.50. ------- S5,224,240 81
II viii be seen that while there are two
mort cages to the credit Of The general fund az
gregating s77.7S2 03. the cash OF that fund is
actually overdrawn to the amount OF S329.6
On October 1, 1884, three months ago, there
was in thu general fund the sum of s977 ,3l5.71.
Thus In the three months the disbursements
from the general fund have aggregated $780,
s62.33
Education.
No surer evidence OF the growth OF people
is TO lie found shan its interest in and support
of education This is especially true of people
who govern themselves. The farmers of our
constitution wisely provided permanent sys-
TEN of popular education to be supported by
taxation This hcpn Cupu1pp1pnfpd nv
grants from the national domain. Wisconsin
has long INDUCED a just pride in its system of
public schools. and in the high standard of
scholarship which has been attained and held
By them.
EThe annual loss TO the school fund from the
failure on the part Of cities to properly return
the proceeds OF penal fines merits your serious
attention. Obedience to the law should he
enforced at least until provisions OF the con-
stitution relating to the subject can be amend
ed and the laws are repealed
During the past eight years. according to the
report Of the state superintendent OF pub
lie instruction, over 1900 small libra
ries have been established IN tho country
schools OF the state. These libraries are
broadening and lettering not only the schools,
but the homes Of multitudes of children, and
they should be extended until their influence
reaches all the children in lhe commonwealth.
The University of Wm, onsIn.
The growth and progress OF the state univer-
sity has been so marked that it Is with pleas
ure call your attention to it. Because OF it's
growth and its charging usefulness. the uni
versity is entitled To your most generous con-
sideration. There las been 81 large ~ in
crease in the number Of students from the
state who pay no fees for tuitr a. that there is
urgent need for additional revision to meet
the increased expenses The increased at
tendance from our own str &c is one Of the most
promising features of thu grow:.. Of the instl-
tuition, and will he Apr ciated a direct full
hllment Of its primary urpose,
Normal schools.
Some additional Legs lation will be require
TO make provision T. r maintaining the e.
fclency of our normal schools. The year will
close with deficit in the normal school fund
The present board normal school regents
appear TO be rather cumbersome body. The
real work Of the board necessarily falls upon a
few members. l recommend a reduction in
the number Of regents to, perhaps, five.
stat, Banks.
While the calamity which has befallen a
nun Der OF the banks of our state has been but
the natural result OF the generally disastrous
condition of the country. it has been made
Gear, believe, that proper supervision of
the financial institutions of the state might
have averted tire disaster in many cases This
IS a question which affects profoundly all
classes Of citizens. Upon the integrity of the
banks of the country depends to great extent
the industrial fabric. / am convinced that
there is pronounced sentiment throughout
the state in favor Of some sort Of bank super
vision. Whether such supervision may be
provided for without revision of the banking
code is a matter for you TO determine
The State Prison.
Notwithstanding that. during the last bien-
NAL period. there have been added to the capac-
ity Of the state prison at Waupun seventy
two cells, the prison is now greatly over
crowded. The following statement from the
last repOrt the state bDard ~ control ey-
plains the situation:
"A large number OF cells are now occupied
by two Convicts. This condition is both Illegal
and inhuman. The prison is too small for the
number confined therein. The present prison
must be enlarged or a new one erected The
board viii strongly recommend the latter
II penal institution may not be to some de-
gree reiormatory, il should not at least be
made means Of cultivating vice. The oppor-
tunities afforded for the latter in the state
prison under the conditions named are ap-
pallng
IN tho cor lection desire 20 quote another
Recommendation made in It's report by the
state board OF control:
Provision should be made for a reformatory
for first offenders IT the earliest possible day.
This would relieve the crowded condition OF
the prison, aud would be long stride in the
right direction toward attempting the refor-
nation OF criminals
This latter recomu endation of the board
may contain solution of the problem pre-
scented in the condition OF the state prison.
recommend, in view of the urgency of the
needs recited, that the legislature provide for
the appointment early in the session of a
committee which shall investigate the condi-
ton of the state prison, and report before the
close OF the session. that there may be no I'M
necessary delay in determining what should
be done in the premises
school for Feeble Minded.
In most respects Wisconsin has been gener
Gus ard humane In the treatment of the I'M
fortunate and criminal classes. but in its care
Of the fecble-minded Il is far behind many 9th
er states majority OF the unfortunates
named, of the poorer class. are kept In aims
houses; some are in the insane asylums, and
others are cared for at their homes. In the
seventeen states in which homes for the
feeble-minded have been established, the
most benign results have been attained. Ithas
been demo nstrated that even the lowest
grades OF imbeciles are capable OF some de-
gree 81 cultivation, while u large percentage
have developed an ability for self-support and
become blessiig rather than burden to
their fellows.
Dairyins.
With the growth OF the dairying industry
there have appeared serious dangers to the fu- |
ture of the industry. The high reputation
which the Wisconsin cheese product earned |
and for a long period maintained. in the mar
ket. has been injured by the manufacture
within the state, and sale OF what is called !
filed cheese. greatly inferior in quality. but |
not distinguishable from the better product by |
ordinary inspection While not favoring pa |
ternalstic legislation, 1 deem Il to be the duty |
OF the legislature 10 protect by adequate meas |
ures this great industry against permanent |
injury By fraud. and to protect the people |
against imposition l recommend, therefore. |
the enactment OF some well-considered law |
which shsll, under appropriate penalty, COM |
pei the manufacturers and vendors OF such |
cheese TO so brand. mark or color it that IL |
shall no longer be sold for what Il IS not.
In this connection commend to your atten- |
tion the necessity for legislation which shall /
protect the eutter-makers OF the state from /
unfair competition With substances manufac-
tureG in the similitude OF butter and sold as /
butler, which are Of made from milk or |
cream If oleomar sarine and ether elements |