Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-06
TIE AMOUNTS DIFFER.
Senate and House Committees Make
Divergent Appropriations For
State Colleges.
Little Work Done by Legislature
the Last Few Days Many
Away.
Senator Finch Explains Why he
Voted Against the Rood Ap-
pointment.

Voted Against the Rood Ap.
p0intment.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 6.-The appropri-
ations committee of the house and
! senate are wide apart on the educa
tional institutions. The house commit
tee has been much less liberal than the
senate committee. The house commit
i State University, and the first thing it
Ibid was TO allow the State University
the fun amount asked by vote of IA
to 8. 1T was practically unanimous. and
1.-THE committee Will stand firmly for
this appropriation, which it knows to
! be just and not in excess of what is inn
lperatively needed. In regard to the
| Agricultural College the committee has
I evidently not been so We'll informed.
The cut of the additional support fund
from s30.750 per year to $4,000 per year
y clearly shows this, besides the appro-
\ priation was made to apply to the bien-
81 nia period. whereas the university APP
proprition was made permanent. Every
one knows that the income of a college
or university must be permanent in or
der To be We'll managed, because f the
4 institution is likely to lose large part
a of its income it can not make good
lplaps for the future. This money is
mainly for the teaching force and fer
strengthening the various depart
lments The same argument was used
for the university and it prevailed. as
liof course ii should. All who under
stand the management of an educa-
l3tional institution know that it is a
+ damage To it To have its income re-
: duced For these reasons the support
fund should be- made permanent. The
allowance of only sl5.o00 additional for
Ihe Agricultural College merely makes
: up for the actual loss the college has
Sustained on account Of the reduction
: LIN its income because OF the reduction
in rates of interest on its endowment
! fund. Not single dollar Is allowed 70,
increase Of students or the growth ane
: betterment Of the Institution.
6 The following table shows tn
amounts asked ard the amount
3 granted by the senate and house com
. mittees for the three educational insti
= tutions:
Agricultural college Asked Allowed
Senate Hous,
= Additional support
e annually.... Sl.l50 2lO0O 1a.oV
; Engineering bnild'g. $4,000 $4,000 5 5000
u Horse barn and stock
prresideni's rid'ni't house .. 1900 1900 1900 -
Purchase OF stock. lO'Dn i'aD io.pV
Total. aside from
snpportl ..sls3.5oo sl22.5oo 72.uo
:. :. support q years.. ~. 6l.5Oo 5c.ooo 5000
Grand total. ~. $4,000 sl72.oo $1,000
State University
,il Annual.
Additional support
e & years $lUOuWD > eu.up sluV.UV
J. Contingent. .s.s.,.... 10000 1900 l0ot
4 State Normal School.
BUILDINGS. .s.aAs..s S1DOVO $1OO,U90 ) il.W
support and contin-
~ Total Educational s5sa,oco sl.o.soo $500
~, The house committee has been gel
- erous to the memory of the Iowa unio
- soldiers who fought at Shiloh. an
. largely thru the energetic work of Rel
~ resentatives Stucks!ager and Dows an
- the old soldiers on the committee ha
ba agreed To give $4,000 to erect mon,
II ments at Shiloh. a committee eonsis
~ ing of Representatives Craft, Blac
n Patton. Miller of Cedar and Hawk. W.
,is appointed 10 prepare bill for the al
h. Ipontment Of a commission TO mark Il
n location of the Iowa regiments
no Lookout mountain and Missional
~ bridge The committee turned down ii
Ia proposition to make up some Of Il
en- loss sustained by Adjt. Gen. Ryers du
r. ing the Spanish-American VAR. III
n ! support fund of the Mitchellville j
to ,iu.,i ID. ssa:ac. tec GIRLS was rass.
if erom $50 TO ST. per month per capita.
n
he Scarcely a quorum was present
ed either house yesterday and little of il
IS portance MAS done. In the house
of resolution WAS introduced by Clarke,
Dallas. providing for final ad1ournme
,ut az March IL. NO one seriously eNpee
at the resolution 10 pass The sena
passed resolution by Macarthur.
Burlington, requesting congress to j
(. crease rural delivery facilities by pi
ri. viding for delivery and collection
mail by star route carriers in boxes
Tho rnadsfle for thp benefit of farme