Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-28
expense accounts of those who repre-
scented the college before the legisla-

expense accounts of those who repre-
scented the college before the legisla-
ture.
20. Not dollar of this money came
out of the state funds of Iowa, but was
paid out of the funds Of the national
government from Washington, as has
been the custom OF the college hitherto.
We are required to give report OF these
funds to the national government, and
this reasonable use has never been
criticised
The paragraphs regarding purchases
should be modified because the phrases
handling the property of the state with
out check, and many of the bills
are evidently contracted without au-
thority, are not true to the facts, and
give a very erroneous impression Of the
business methods of the trustees AT the
beginning of each f1scale year the heads
of departments submit an estimate OF
the running expenses of their respective
departments for the new year. THESE
are very carefully sifted over and In
variably cut down to minimum neces-
sity by the board of trustees. The head
of each department then expends his
appropriation under the advice and
counsel of the chairman of the commit
tee, having to do with his department,
like in agriculture, the chairman of the
committee on agriculture: In engineer
ing, the chairman of the committee on
engineering, etc The travelling expense
bills mentioned can be contracted only
under the authority of the member of
the board of trustees who is chairman
of the department in which the bill is to
be contracted All new bills thus au-
| thorized are passed on by the board as
a whole. Any head OF department
overrunning his allowance without con-
sent will be required to pay it out OF
his own salary The bill mentioned of
$1605 paid professor for expenses in
going to a distant city to read proof of
the college catalog, was authorized pre-
voiusly because II was an emergency
occasion in the issue OF the catalog be-
fore commencement Each catalog
costs cents postage. BY having the
| catalogs ready for distribution at the
close of school 600 to 800 catalogs would
be distributed free Of postage, envelopes
and clerk hire, therefore saving about
$40 to the expense account of the col
lege. "A careful financier spending his
OWN money WOulu nOt nave ASdo Si!C
proof at home. but have done the bust
ness-like thing that was done.
Frequent inquiries were asked by the
board Of control about the purchase of
such items at retail as putty, nails, etc.
For the biennial period our putty ac-
count, purchased at retail, amounts to
$22.92, and the nails for the biennial
period to s5S15. The general average
for the nails was about cents pound.
tho in few instances the cost was more
than this. The greater part of the putty
was bought for 2 and q. cents pound.
tho some of it cost more. The most Of
these department appropriations have
| to do with chemicals, scientific appara-
tus, microscopes, mechanical appli-
arces and general laboratory supplies,
the burden of which are bought at
wholesale and quite good deal i'm
ported from Germany, and about the
values of which the head of the depart
The trustees let everything possible in
competition and at contract prices so
that the phrases. without check and
without authority do the business
methods of the college n great imjus-
tice. The employment of purchasing
agent could not be under 1,40O to $1,000
year, while the sums saved on the lin
tied number of items bought at retail
upon, the part OF the trustees would
to but a few hundred dollars at most per
year.
Owing to the extraordinary calami-
ties at the college in the loss OF the
main building and the experimental and
feed barns, and the consequent asking
of the legislature for s305.o00 to rebuild
these buildings in accordance with pres
ent demands we feel the board OF con-
troll should have made some reference
regarding these losses, especially since
the state Of Iowa does not pursue the
policy of insuring it's buildings"
The trustees also point out why in
their opinion there should be change
in the general financial statement of the
college as made by the board of control.
Items amounting to s146,00o, it is held,
should be stricken out in determining
the funds, received and used by the COL
|lege. After the $146.O00 is stricken out,
it is pointed out that over 100000 Of the
balance represents new buildings.