Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-01-11

may pH tb become Operative only when signed
the tef ne eoard as
suen. or the majority Of it's members. es-
dtiSsh LIB sEysa9n 9ns aap That
Sc 4TSat9Rs # Is sSt
been unable to ascertain. have failed to
e con ar;, and I'D as result these patients
should be. + the: superintendent Of an
Institution. with his peculiar advantages
f TOE oRfSSG a cannot be trusted to de
ne should be superseded.
THE WISCONSIN SYSTEM
In, no sphere of sociological inquiry has
in the Shay and Of
insane: 6rst. as possessed: and lattery,
except as traces remain in the forms of
fS5 The mode2 and Ea
ease. and as such requires treatment the
same as any other .ailment. In it's acute
# i IS or + Rasa
or chronic condition. then the patient is
What {Ea we we might call mental cripple and
keeping the acutely insane and the chron-
would be in keeping those who had be.
come physically crippled, as the result Of
for the treatment e' Of acute cases cf dis
%ader{akins 70 DO in ut! thi IS state today:
differs. in no material respect from the
rest Of his kind. EXCEPT that he is Is; HELPLESS
reliable Information that I have been e able
3 ns05 PdsSn Syr5Psd 5Sa$ woSa e
county asyiums in the state Of Wisconsin,
about their Various duties quietly and I'd
their. ability. as the like number Of Sound
people might: 1 saw them at work and
at their bra meals Restraint of every kind
In In their physical ailments the chronic
insane DC not differ essentially from sane
less from sickness than people Who are
b2 ge that This n t%e
Of Dane county. Wisconsin. When I was was
there about two weeks ago. there was not
single en3 Of CTS SifknesS Bearing these
some means Of empicyment. and and that the the
cripped in this 1egafd are ar the same as
those Of sane people. it seems, to me that
alike will compel you to abandon hospital
ana to adopt a method which viii Be
elements Of efficiency for production and
6g Should sy the beard 81 Mee
and the board Of corrections and chart
no mot Ss ThH 19ad of
erecting inexpensive buildings at both
3as nGy SAX 5nf hosp a
tails could thus. be. relieved from time to
Which Should be in Charge Of competent
voted 10 their care: They, further suggest
ta@ees r. the pTessnt HOSPITALS SfaS o to
ferred and cared for under the same staff
OF 9Sers Who n2W 9ur
The board of corrections and charities. on
the ether h hana What is
iliieve the Contested Condition Of our pres
ent hospitals and to Pr9 T humane
that t may 50 elect SHOULD be aut h coiea
and f4yS s by tbH
ings for the maintenance and care Of the
chronic insane. under such restrictions
ses sae ?S asy e eo5 8a5
week for each inmate cared for, Both
ths &c that they
sane under natural conditions and thus
insure their greater comfort and happi-
capacity of the inmates toward their self
Ths plan Of the hospital board it will be
observed. retains the entire subject and
machinery Of ADM aSdministEati4n under state
ton of the institution to the local author
tiles. reserying, however, ample power Of
sad ma to favc? the @ p1sn and
Tsso%me 4adeT its adoption without hssi
were against it, and my present fudgment
IS the result Of investiga{ion and observas
into it, Should deem great Sef Sn1erf IN
itself for you, to select that method Which
transsfer;red the burden of admnistration
eminent and administration are USUALLY
conducive. to the best interests of the peo-
Encouraged whenever practicable, rather
perform, municipal function as wen or or
burden the state with it's performance.
The administration of the county asylums
by % s %Gs{ fanra1 sood qa al
state Hospitals in that state or in ours lss
room tor comparison, the arguments in
the reEert Of the hospital board to the
l9strati9n, the asylum Of Dane COUNTY,
a farm Of 4o5 acres Of no greater, fertility
Of the counties in the southern half of our
state This; farm, also maintains. the
county poor of whom there were sixty.
seven on Oct: |. The weekly cost Of
ing supervision. attendance, and all items
was p pes eapta l as
year. This low cost was not secured at
the expense of any comfort or necessity
for, the inmates. for they are well fed
well clothed and enjoy more comforts and
gg9R tic but was "a attaned Simply and
ment and the successful utilization of
their productive capacity on the farm.
Agricultural. dairy and garden products
were produced to the value of $48S7.S9.
Wsig5t i, 545 pounds; 6 hess. weight is: 756
are now 81 head of cattle and 10 horses on
the farm. All the work of cultivation,
extension of buildings and repair. is done
by inmates; Nearly every trade is repre-
atsed 6ther 1s eo1at}es ana WSse@H
show q less cost of maintenance than
state university. writes: ION Oct. 20, 80
and 81 visited the county insane asylum
} faS sna e sogStv
est of the county asylums, the remaining
one among the. latest founded. =" I
found all the institutions better housed
and equipped than I expected, The peo--
eral toward them. The farms. are large.
whole work except that of superintendent
Is done by the patients. In most, cases