Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-10

indicates the criticism the governor has
passed upon the board:
Great care should be exercised that
the revenues of the state BIZ no, vast
ed; but while this is true. the unfortu
nate inmates of our hospitals for the
insane. the institution for the Feeble
Minded, the College and the Industrial
Home for the Bind, the School for the
Deaf, the Soldiers Orphans Home, and
especially the Soldiers Home, should be
cared for-not lavisil:. but liberaily.
The people of the state Syillapprove OF 9
policy that iusures ample food and suit
i able clothing for the inmates of all
/ 1these institutions. and the employment
Of teachers, where required, the equal
I In qualification and aptness NTH those
engaged by public school boards TO in
EstrGct the more fortunate. II is IDLE n
suppose that equivalent talent can be
i ohtaine TO teach the same branches to
dsthe deaf the blind and the feeble-mHded
/ at less wages than are paid amid more
ceng genial surroundings. Intellectual
4 ability and skill have a market value
lanri the state or individual that buys
below current rates viii receive GORE
4 spending service. The dominant senti-
ment of Iowa is Favorable to good
wages. and the state should not by eN-
ample teach private corporations les
] Sons in economy al the expense of la
! bor All that the people Of the state
/ of Iowa require is 100 cents in service
for each dollar expended. and no one
need ever expect more. The board Of
lc1ntroi viii neither squander nor reck-
Ilessly expsnd any appropriation the
i general assembly may place at its dis
lposal.'
! In The next paragraph the governor
shows that during the first Year OF the
/ nnial period the expenditures for the
Estate insti1 utions We're slSi.695S more
i than in the second year. which was un-
der the board OF control. This differ
Z, ,enee in favor of the new system, in the
+ opinion of the governor, makes il inn
pregnable.
Governor Shaw believes in liberaiity
a in the support of the educational in
Estitutions He has recommended not
Eonly hat new normal schools should be
,-t tablished. but that the state Univer-
sity ard the Agricultural College
Should be brought ur 10 the highest
lstandard of efficiency by liberal appro-
priations for teaching force. equip
ment and buildings. He advocates 9
3 Ecne-tenth OF q mill tax for the univer-
sity. Tor the agricultural college build
ling and for the state normal schools;
itlree-tenths d mill in ali. The gov
error is orc Of those who believes that
Etile state should be fully UP With iss
,,taiahpors in the educational affairs
las We'll as in other things. and TO dc
ltlais the legislature Will needto be more
generous than it has been in the past
The governor comes out Very strong
allll- in favor of protecting people whs
lbuv milk from infection from tubercu
) Ilous COWS. and is. in favor Of having al
Idairy herds examined for tuberculosis
4 al the expense of the owners and al
sIdiseased animals Slaughtered. and ;
Epart OF the value OF the slaughtere,
: animals paid by the state to the own
: e,s. Ht. Believes that it is Very impcr
= tant that the sale of milk from COW
I affected with tuberculosis shall be pro
\ nibite;i BY the state. and adequate pen
alties provided fer its violation.
! The. governors position on the bureau
! Of labor statistics is quite Significant
IIa saws. in fact that the bureau shoul,
eifhe.. be abolished o. its power
! should be increased so that it may b
more efficient than 1t has been possibl
fnr it to be in the past. He also says
TO make the bureau of value it mus
9 be placed in the hands of an exper
statis.ician.'
The governor has had the courage
! say. what very one knows TO be a fac
: that the salary of the governor shoul
: be increased. The salary of the gov
" ernor is $4,000 per annum. with $500 a
= lowed for serving on the executiy
couneil. and $40 per month for rooi
;, rent The governor questions wheths
y the people Of the state should be salts
fed we're their governor to i've
,el (Continued on Eighth Page.)