Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-09-27

bear portion Of the expenses Of main
tanning the schools in the less wealthy
counties.
BY adding the 81, 203, e.33 to the In:
come derived from the permanent
school fund investments, to the s6,519,
381 10 produced by the state 1-millstax.
we find that since 1868 the enormous
sum Of s17,723, 327.43 has been appor-
toned to the common schools Of the
state. i 81
No saving Under the Present Admin
is tration.
i OF the public institutions Of the state.
which have been provided for educa-5
tional, charitable and correctional pur-s
poses during the forty years of Repub-..
lican rule, the people Of Minnesota
have just reason to be proud. Without
presenting a mass of figures and de-
tails which would be of little interest
to you, I may say that in the past forty
years the state has expended over 90
600, 900 on buildings for state instit11-S
lions, and over s2O,0O0,0O0 in maintain
ing them. s5. S..S3S. f}s. # m 5lEs
The per capita cost Of maintenance
steadily decreased up to the close OF
1898; during the years 1899 and lSOO
there is a slight increase, so TAR as
the charitable and correctional instltu-
lions are concerned. There has been
no decrease Of cost during the present
administration, so that in this dlrec-
ton, also, there has been no benefit to
the taxpayers from a reform adm1sls-
tration. ~
The cost Of educational institutions
will Increase in proportion to the IN
crease Of pupils, and the state is fully!
able to provide for them generously III
the future, as it has done in the past
Minnesota,s Charitable Institutions.
Minnesota has many noble charitable
institutions. All things considered no
state in the Union has made more
ample provision for its unfortunate and
afflicted than our own North Star State.
The three main hospitals for the In
sane, located at ut. Peter, Rochester
| and Fergus Falls, are ably managed
and well conducted, and every care is
| bestowed upon the unfortunates con-
| fined therein. In the beautiful little
| city Of Faribault is located the Min
nesota institute for detectives, consist
| ing Of a school for the deaf, a school for
| the blind and a school for the feeble
| minded. The inmates are Well cared
| for by humane and experienced officers
and instructors. Another noble charit-5
able state institution is the home for.
! dependent and neglected children, To-
Gated at Owatonna. The building and
grounds cost the state 100000, but it
| was money well expended. The object
of the institution is to provide a tenn
porary home and school for the depend
.ent and neglected children of the state.
| The Minnesota state training school
| for boys and girls, located at Red
Wing, while somewhat on the plan Of a
reformatory is a necessary and bene1-s
cent institution and is generously pro-
| vided for by the state. All these insti.s
! buttons are under the care and super,
! vision Of non-partisan boards of man
ayers. It was Republican legislatures
that provided for the blishment Of
these institutions, and it was Repub-.
| lican legislatures that wisely guarded
against partisan boards Of managers.
State Soldiers Home and State Re-
lief for Soldiers of the Civil War. &
The Republican party of the state has
always recognized the Justice of provide
ing for the necessities of the veterans
/ of the Civil war and their widows and
4 orphans We find that as early as 1865
i the legislature established a soldiers
j orphan home at Winona. This was sat-
]. isfactorily conducted for several years.
It was not, however, until 1887 that the
/ legislature decided to provide perma-
nent home for all honorably discharged
| CIV. nd win rxyhn
served in the army or navy Of
Of the Rebellion 3. or the Mexican
war, and who had no adequate
means of support. Beautiful buildings
have been erected near Minnehaha
Falls on the outskirts of Minneapolis
for that purpose, and to the present
time over $3.50, 900 has been expended on
the home. About 800 old soldiers. who
are, unable to provide: themselves with
the necessaries of life, are being cared
for at the soldiers home at an average
expense Of $4,000 year, a portion Of
which expenditure is borne by the ma
tional government. Nor is it necessary
that old soldiers should go to the SOL
diers' home to obtain the benefit OF
state assistance. The same law which
established the soldiers home (chapter
148, G. L. 1897 also provided that those
Il who We're unable or unwilling to go to
this institution could receive relief at
their own homes, and this was made
permanent by a tax levy of one tenth
of one mill upon all taxable property In
the state. Since that law was passed
in 1887 the generous sum Of $50, 013. q
has been distributed by the trustees to
old soldiers, their widows and orphans,
I at their homes. This has been done as
4 a positive recognition of the debt the
i state owed the veterans Of the Civil
4 war and their dependents.
i Assisting Fire Companies.
Nearly every village In our state has
an organized fire department.. One-half
of the amount collected from the in
surance companies as tax levy upon
the premiums received in the villages
and cities of our state. lis paid back to
the local fire departments. The law au-
thorizing this payment is found in
i chapter 1877, G. j.. 1895. In cities where
4 the fire company has organized a fire.
mans relief association for the benefit
j Of the sick and injured firemen the state
4 tax is paid to them and not to the fire
X COnnDanieS direct This very r1nrifori.