Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-05

Totals ..........,.......S 81, 3l6.SoS $l,05V, NV
1t will be seen that about $300,0 900 less
thar half of the requests of the state in
situations for aid are Endorsed by the
visiting committee.
Only three institutions-the St. Louis
Blind Asylum, the Confederate home in
Higginsvilie, and the Industrial home for
girls in Chillicothe-are recommended by
the committee to receive the full amounts
for which requests are made.
spend Less Money Than Sister states.
In its introduction, the committee says
that ut should be a matter for pride TO
every Missourian to know that while we
nave spent much less money on our state
institutions than many of our sister
states. our educational and eleemosynary
institutions are, In the main, in gooa
shape, well and economically managed"
while our insane asylums are crowded,
they are all well managed and the pa
tents humanely treated and well cared
for. When the two new institutions. at
Pennington and Marshall, are completed,
with the additions asked for at other
places, our insane will have as good and
comfortable quarters as those of any
state in the Union.
I'VE desire to compliment Gov. Dockery
on the selection of the various boards
who have in charge the management OF
the different institutions. While they re-
ceive but little compensation for their
time and labors, we found these boards
composed of men interested in their work
and doing all in their power to aid and
r0m0t the usefulness OF the institutions
with which they are connected"
Caustic Comment Oh State University
Considering the fact that every member
of the committee was graduated from the
state university, its conclusions regard
ing the demands of the institution make
spicy reading. The last two paragraphs
20 are as follows:
This committee made a thorough and
detailed examination of this entire insti-
tuition. We are properly impressed with
its magnitude and its needs. owing 10
the fact tina 1t would be futile to at
tempt, in the short space allotted us In
this report, to give an itemized statement
of the university's needs and the reasons
therefor, we deem 1t better to make no
definite recommendations, but suggest
that the members of the general assem-
bly,, by means of the published biennial
report of this institution, and from other
available sources, draw their own con-
illusions regarding the amount to be APP
propriated.
1.-The board asks something over $780,
600. From other sources they Will receive
s66l. ,256. 1t is quite probable that this uni
versity could expend a million dollars
per annum but this committee is not suf-
ticiently impressed with its supreme i'm
portance that we would advise the turn
ing into its Golfers the entire revenue of
the state.
There are institutions in this state
which, within their sphere of usefulness
and service to the people are just as i'm
pOTLduL anu WuOSe waits dlG d5 ui6CHt
as the State university.
w would be more favorably i'm
pressed with the business and financial
Judgment of the men in control of this
great educational institution If, when
they come before the general assembly to
present their needs, they would indicate
that they had at least a partial concep-
ton of the amount of the estimated in.
come of the state, and that there are IL
other institutions in Missouri whose exist
ence depends upon an equitable appor-
tionment of the states bounty.
'In conclusion, we desire to m
that the Legislature deal as generously as
they can with the university, without do
ing injustice to any Of the other educa-
tional or eleemosynary institutions OF the
state"
The first part of the report on the st.
Louis insane asylum mentions the fact
that the general assembly has a%ppropriat-
ed money for its partial maintenanee
Dockery vetoed the 10000 set aside by
the assembly.
Notwithstanding this fact" say the
no report on the condition of the insane
in Missouri would be complete without a
visit to the st. Louis institutions, so we
made the visit"
courtesy of Superintendent Runge, the re-
port says of the asylum:
Here, in a building Intended for the
accommodation of $50 patients, we found
CIOMutu III ~ hIid Clls ptItlt VI
reason. OF these, 400 are males and 266
females. The lorg corridors between the
sleeping rooms are used by the patients
during the day, but they are so crowded
that the air in them Is of necessity foul.
Every inch of available space in the
sl~eeping-rooms Is filled with beds, yet
many sleep on the floor as a result of the
overcrowded condition. A temporary
wooden building has been erected, and In
this we found 81 patients, equally as bad
ly crowded.
The PO0rhOuse.
Leaving here, we visited the Poor
house. only a few blocks distant. only to
find conditions worse. Owing to the over
crowded condition of the asylum, 925 in
sane found lodgment here. Men, women
and children, not paupers, but insane, are
kept In the city 'Poorhouse.'
This institution is under the manage
ment Of Mr.. ID. G. Remers, a most affable
and courteous gentleman. who has under
his charge, in addition to the 1926 insane
1888 OF the city's paupers.
THE LOGO insane In st, Louis are per-
haps treated as well as they can be under
existing conditions. Without discussing
the question as to whether st. Louis OF
the state is at fault, your COMMITTEES de.
sires to call attention to the fact tina
there are here herded together 1000 human
beings, unable to think or act for them.
selves, cryifg aloud to the Christian civil.
ization of Missouri for better and more
comfortable quarters, where they can be
more humanely cared for and scientifical-
v treated.
"All the millions we may spend or
worlds fairs will never make OF oul
metropolis a Greater st. Louis nor OIL
our state a new Missouri while this I'm.
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