Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-01-06

the requisite time to the work required
without compensation, are difficult to
ind, and that In practice political cOnsid-
CREATIONS frequently control appointments
to these positions. That. as y result, the
resident member becomes, to oil intents
and purposes, the board for tho institu-
ton, and that Its management will be
given turn beneficial to local business
and political interests; that each institu.
ton thus becomes u separate factor, and
the local member or board becomes an ad-
vOcate, and frequently lobbyist, for its
special adva ncement. without reference to
the needs Of the other institutions, or of
the best interests Of tho state as whole
This latter Is probably the most repre-
hcnsble feature OF our present system In
this state.
Dangers Of the Central board.
The dangers to which tho central board
Of control 10 exposed, 1t seems to me- may
be summarized a. follows: That tho ap-
pointments to them arc Us likely to take
the political complexion % In the make.
up of the separate boards. II ineficiency
or lack Of probity find place, the resulting
danger 10 greater because Of tho greater
power. There Ia also greater danger of
beaurocratic spirit may gain ascendancy
posse sses advantages over the other In
point Of economy, notwithstanding tho
fact that Its officers arc salaried. The ex-
penses of the separate boa-d, which In this
state amount to considerably over 98, 900
per annunl, with small por diem allowed
in some insa.nces, would 80 far toward
paying salaries
Aside from this great gain would re-
suit from the buying Of supplies for Ill
the institutions by one board.
Governor Lind strongly recommends,
in the event that the ''single board plan
Ia not adopted, the system known al
''analyzed accounts." Instead Of the
steward reporting to tho board Of trustees
. long list OF items purchased during tn
month or quarter, as the case may be, and
having the bill passed upon In gross a. Ia
now the practice In our Institutions, the
aggregate sum only being reported to tho
board Of corrections and charities, tho en-.
tire account should be transmitted In de-
tail to this board and the items analysed
and grouped under the proper headings.
BY that means, 1t would be possible for
the board OF corrections and charities ut
their meetings to determine ut glance
not only the aggreg to expenditures TN.
der given head in each institution, but
the ditferent items under that head with
tho prices paid. II great discrepancies
were apparent, they would promptly be
called to the attention of tho boards and
stewards ut fault.
Benefits Of This system.
BY the introduction of this system, any
member of your body, or myself, could
step into tho Office Of the secretary of the
board of corrections and charities in this
building, and ascertain instantly the ex-
penses, say for butter vegetables, -four,
clothing, house furnishings or fuel, or any
other item, in any OF our institutions In
any pre- sding month, and this not only
~ TO quantity purchased, but as to prices
paid. This We cannot do now. The 70
ports now required aud kept only deal In
lump sums.
The secretary Of the board of corrections
and charities has at my request furnished
an estimate of tho additional expenses In
oident to tho introduction of this systom
clerk ut salary of u QUO or 81 ,20O per an
appropriation Of 81 $40 for clerk hire aud
duct!on Of this system is earnestly recon-
mended This, Of course, In tho event
that you do not adopt the plan Of cen
trail board of control.
Other state Institutions.
Under the nead Of state institutions the
governor also calls attention OF tho legs.
lature to the reports submitted. He sug-
gests thnt the binding Irvine output Of
the State prison mighU we'll be increased
and that the st. cloud rcformalory in
mates might we'll be pnt to work at rails
ing sugar beets.
In the mater of education Governor
Lind makes the suggestion that the pre-
paratOry departments OF suite normal
schools might we'll be abolished, because
the work don" therein is such ~ is don"
In the high schools OF the state, and thai
their maintenance Is practically supcrflu
GUS He recommends liberal upprOprI.
tons for the state university, to who's,
work he calls special attention Another
recommendation is that publishing Of
free text books in use in the schools OF
tho state should DO done on state account
This Ia already done in several states.
AGRICULTURE.
Work Of the State Experimental Farm
Warmly Commended.
That portion OF the message dealing
with the state experimental farm highly
commends the work of that institution,
and he bespeaks for it u liberal treatment,
and also q continuance of state institute
work
Without making any specific recon-
mendation, it SCENT to me that, in view Of
the record made by our creameries at the
recent Omaha Exposition, tho time has
come when Minnesota creamery butter
should mean what the name implies.
This, I think, can only be accomplished by
authorizing the state food and dairy do.
partmcnt, in conjunction with the faculty
Of the College of Agriculture, to adopt
rules regulating tho sanitary conditions
that must be observed in the management
and the character and quality of the prod
uct that must be produced in q given