Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-12
TIE board 0F J(l,IRCL.
It Is Now Exercising Its Full Pow.
ers Over the Iowa State
Institutions.
NO SEX DISTINCTION WILL Be ALLOWED
Troops in the Field and others in
Camp McElinley-Gov. Shaw Can't
Help the Indians-Pcrsonal Prop
erty Valuation Decreases Other
Notes OF Gcnernl Interest.
Ispecial CORRESPONDENTS

Especial Correspondence
Dcs Moines, H., July 4.-The state
full powers over the state institutions.
1t assumed control July 1 and while
the board was not fully ready with all
of it's books and blanks for use of the
institutions III making reports and
keeping record of their transactions,
it was so nearly ready that there will
be little difficulty in catching up dur
ing the month, SO that the system will
be in complete working order by the
first of August. The salary list was
completed, submitted to the governor
and approved by him and sent to each
institution last Wednesday. Its
changes and reductions have been
large but they have not affected those
drawing the lower grade of salary.
The cut has chiefly been in the higher
salaries and the salaries of officers.
Some of the latter have been reduced
from 25 to so per cent. and some Of
fees consolidated, effecting a large
saving without reducing the efficiency
of the management of the institutions.
No Sex Distinction.
One of the most important rules es-
tablished by the board jim regard to
employees is that male and female EN-.
ployes doing the same work shall re-
ceive the same pay. Hitherto in some
of the institutions there has been a
i. - ret \,
amounting to three or four dollars a
month and this has been, and is, the
rule in many other states. The board
concluded, upon the advice of some of
the superintendent, that there was
no good reason why woman doing
the same work as a man should-not
be paid the same. The board has pro-
vided that allowance shall be made for
length of service of employees.
IndiyiduaIs Cut No Figure.
In fixing the salary the board has
disregarded individuals altogether and
has set price upon the work required
in each position regardless of who
holds the position. In almost every in
stance maximum salary has been
fixed and the superintendent Is al
lowed discretion whether to pay the
full salary or less, according to the
value of the elnploye. Those of less
experience, new hands, will be .paio
less salary than those who have
learned their business thoroughly here
or elsewhere. Only one-third of ths
amount received for the support of in
mates, that is. the monthly or quar-
terly allowance paid by the state, car
be used for the payment of employees
the rest must be spent for the benefi'
of the inmates in the purchase OF food
clothing, etc.
Board VIII Do No Buying.
A mistaken impression still exists IL
some quarters that the state board o
control is to do the buying for state
institutions. The board itself will blu,
nothing; it simply passes upon the pro
posed purchases made by the stewards
who are required TO submit estimate
to the board of all purchases to b.
| made; when approved the steward
makes the purchases. In almost al
cases bids must be submitted for al
supplies and material to be furnished
Aim of the System.
The board is determined to fix thu
| salaries of the employees at certain
| sum and allow no perquisites or eX
| tras to be counted in; then the boar
will know just what the employees ar
costing. They will be paid just as
business man pays his help. The who'll
| aim of the system is to bring the bust
/ ness of the institutions to strict bust
4 ness basis. The allowance of attend
ants, teachers. etc. to the number o
i inmates is as follows: In the hospita
/ for the insane one to siNty-fiye in
mates; home for predetermined on
to SIS; industrial school for boys, on
to lis; college for the blind, one teach
err to four pupils. There are abou
1,12o employees in the state institr
/ tions.
/ Regiments Are Filled.
| Iowa troops in the field are nov
| about ready for business. The re
cruiting of the four regiments ha
been completed and they are now file
tc the required number of 1926 me
each. They are all in the camps t
which they were first assigned, an
the Fifty-first regiment, commando
by Col. John C. Lopez, now in Cam
Merritt, San Francisco, will probabl
be the first to move. That regimen
will start III few days MS part of tn
military expedition to the Phiiippin
islands. This regiment has been TT
lecting great honor upon the stat
as it has been pronounced to be one {
the best, if not the best, in Camp Me-
rift.
In Camp Mckinley.
The two batteries of light artiller
recruited in Burlington and Ceda
Rapids were brought to Camp McKil
ley in Des Moines last Thursday an
arc now being organized and drille
preparatory to service. About ten vi
cancies were left in each battery to
filled with trained artillerymen fro
other parts of the state and thel
must still be a few vacancies whic
Will be open to first-class men. Go
Shaw has required that at least or
commissioned officer must be ma
who has been thoroughly educated
the use of artillery. George w. Bevt
will be captain of the Cedar Rapit
battery. which is known as the Eft
| Iowa fight artlllery. Frank 5. l4OI