Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-10

first obtaining the consent of the com.
! mission.
WORK OF THE STATE DAIRY
AND FOOD COMMISSION.
During the past two years the eff
! cheney of the state dairy and food
commission has been brought to a
greater state of helpfulness to both
the dairy and mercantile interests OF
our state than ever before since its
! creation. At least 100 more creameries
and 25 more cheese factories are now
| In operation. Every one of the Il,
creameries and 400 cheese factories
have been inspected once and many
of them twice during the biennial
period, and the excellence of the
dairy products is in a large measure
due to the efforts of the department in
assisting creamery officers and pat
rOns to better methods and especially
to the inspection and management OF
the state educational butter and cheese
contests conducted monthly from April
l, 1901, to May /, 1902.
Minnesota butter commands g. pre-
MUM in the Eastern market of 1 cent
pound, which, upon the output of
| $4,000, 900 pounds, means net gain
! for quality alone of $550,000. This be-
| ing true how earnest should be our
efforts to dot every one of Minnesota
eighty-four counties with creameries,
especially in the twenty-one in which
! none ere now in operation. No better
or more promising dairy field is now
i open to the energetic husbandman
than in Northern Minnesota, which,
with it's healthful climate, pure water
and luxuriant grasses awaits their
| coming.
Great credit, too, is due this depart
ment, for it not only advances the
dairy interests, but gives encourage
ment to diversified farming, which is
SO essential to our future prosperity.
Food inspections have been equally
meritorious and the results commend
able. Approximately 10000 food sam
! pies have been analysed by the depart
ment chemists. These samples have
been gathered from every city, town
and hamlet in the state by the corps
OF inspectors, and wherever the result
of any analysis has demonstrated tn
Illegally of any article, prompt and
vigorous means have been taken to
drive them from the market. Thus
the people of the state are sure that
the food they consume is free from i'm.
purities or injurious ingredients and
the public health thereby promoted.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
AND THE BUREAU OF LABOR.
The vast interests over which the
department of insurance of this state
has supervision renders said depart
ment one of supreme Importance to
our citizens.
A vigorous warfare has been waged
by the commissioner against all finan-
cia]ly irresponsible corporations, and
such as may have been found insolv.
methods were of questionable or
dishonest character. have, if Mime.
sofa corporations, been placed in the
wound up, and if corporations organ.
lied under the laws of other states
have been debarred from further bust
ness transactions in this state, there
by safeguarding the interests of our
people to the fullest extent possible
under the existing laws.
1t would be difficult to find a com.
munity where labor troubles are fewer
than in Minnesota While other ma.
tions and many sections of our own
country have been disturbed by seri
Gus strikes and lockouts, eliminating
in violence and bloodshed, and result
ing in the loss of many millions of dol
lars. both to labor and capital, our
state has been singularly free from
! nj o,o1o nj
| children; the unlawful importation OF
:; cheap and pauper labor has not dis
graced the records of any industry in
our fair state, Our fortunate condition
in this respect is due to our wise stat
! utory provisions. enacted in behalf OF
labor, and in the enforcement of these
statutes.
shall heartily approve any meas,
ures which have for their aim the i'm
provement OF the conditions of the
Iaborlng people, or which will give
them a fuller share of the fruits OF
their toll.
IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC EXAMINER
The Office of public examiner is be.
ing conducted with the greatest eff
cheney. This department is rapidly
growing liz Importance and the neccs-
sity of diligent and painstaking serv.
ice in the administration of the Office
is appreciated by the public. At the
last general session a law was passed
making it the duty of the public ex
aminer to examine the books and &C.
E! counts of all corporations which by
law pay taxes to the state on a gross
earnings basis. Under this law the
public examiner has been enabled to
examine the books of the different
railway companies and to ascertain
whether the amounts required by law
on gross earnings have been properly
computed and paid to the state These
examinations have brought large sum
OF money to the state treasury owing
to the discovery of errors and over
sight in compute alton on the part O.
certain railway companies.
The work of the game and fish com.
mission has been most efficiently per.
formed. Every effort has been made
! to prevent the unlawful destruction OF
! game fish, and no offender has been
permitted to escape. There have been