The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-18
will be found advisable to rebuild all
of il.
The greatest interest centers
around the state educational insti
tutions. They are

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6 Purdue university, Lafayette ...... "a
u state normal, Tcrre Haute .......... 4 so
? state university, Bloom ngton. ........ ~
: Total. q, 20
! Purdue is the technical and agri
cultural institution; the normal is ,
training school for teachers, and tn.
state ur iversity follows the line o
. study laid down blythe representative
; universities of the country. There
are eighteen nonstate educationa
; institutions in Indiana supported by
2 church denominations, or under
: private control, which enter tbs
, same class Of work in the education
al world. The Sc institutions are
: now urging the state to withdraw
support from state schools. The
purpose of such proposition is to
place all schools on an equal basis,
though much bush fighting is going
on and many other reasons are al
legged. The state is now collecting
$214 1862 for state educational in
stitutions. AS an agricultural sta
ton Purdue has an annuity of 1913,
600 from the government. All OF
these institutions are in good repair
and will not require the expendl.
ture of great sums for Improvement
during the coming year.
Indiana's sixteen State Institutions.
There are sixteen institutions
drawing on TIE state treasury of
Indiana. OF the taxes collected, it
will be seen that very large per
cent. of them goes to these institu-
tons. Still the state cannot well
afford to part company with any of
them and the management of all in
stitutions is as economical as may
be in the case of state or government
institutions. la this connection the
circular issued this week by the
state board of charities is of interest.
1t SAYS:
"The close Of the fiscal year in
the state charitable and correctional
institutions offers an opportunity
for comparison with the same in
stitutions in the past years. -
AT the close Of the fiscal year 1898
the number of inmates in the chari-
table ard correctional institutions of
the state was 6,264. OF this num-
ber 4 106 were in the charitable in
sti.utions and PISS in the cor
rec ional institutions. AT the close
of the past fiscal year the number
of inmates in the correctional and
charitable institutions of the state
was ,136. From these
figures it will be seen that the in
crease in the past five years pas been
S72 in both of these institutions |
The total in all institutions has
amounted in the period Of five years
to 1879 per cent. while in the cor
rectional institutions alone the in
crease has amounted TO Is per cent.
During the decade from 1880 to
1890 the total population increased
just II per cent. II the same ra e
OF increase has been continued the
Of Indiana has increased .
rer cent in the past five years, I;
while in the same period the num-
ber of inmates of our ate pri ons ,
Tor men has increased 20.Sper cent.
Apparently the prison population
has increased almost four times as
rapidly as the general population of
.he state m the past five years.
"Wh'le the population Of these
Institutions has thus increased dur ,
ing thu last five years there has not
been corresponding increase liz
he cost Of maintaining the state cor
'ectional and charitable institutions
n the period which ended five years
'go. How this has been done is
shown by the reduced per capita
,ost of maintaining nearly all the
nstitu' ions. If maintenance cost
is much to-day as it did five years
lgo, the total cost Of maintaining
hese institutions in the past year
would have been greater by $751;
80. SO than it actually was" [
Per Capita Cost to state.
The following table, compiled
rom reports in the Indiana Bulle
in, the circular of the state board
II charities and corrections, gives
he per capita cost Of maintenance
n most of the institutions:
average for insane hospitals ....... si72.27
oldiers' and sailors Orphans hoTe. 1863. 7Ol
Institution for the Deaf ........ ........ 205 sgl
institution for the Blind .....4.......... 2a2s2l
'chool for Feeble Minded .......... 1856 7gl
The state prison. n.................... fi6 ~
Tor Men. .............. 49,. iis 81
,eform school for girls woman's prisonlsi Os
Reform school for Boys. $3.50. ....... los 45
While people are protesting that
party management is wrecking the
tate it will be well to remember the
statement made by the state board
II charities in their statement OF thel
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