The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-07
BOARD OF CONTROL

At the last general session a bill was
passed now known as the board Of control
BILL and pursuant to it's provisions a
board was appointed and Immediately
entered upon the discharge of its duties.
The wisdom Of the adoption of the board
of control system has been amply vindl-
Gated. A brief year Of the administration
of the board has passedfand Its work has
surpassed the most sanguine expecta lions
of its friends. Prompted by the same
abiding faith that recomm ended it's Gre
alton, which has been strengthened a
hundredfold by its splendid work during
the past year, it Is safe to predict that the
board of control system will be pernan-
emily maintained. The success Of this
system In Wisconsin and Iowa, coupled
with it's effective work In our state will,
In my Judgment, eventually result In Its
adoption by every state In the union. The
system has proved so satisfactory in the
state of Wisconsin that Governor La Fol-
lette used the following vigorous Ian
guage: s'- &.
"Any party that goes before the state
with plank In its platform advocat-
ing the repeal Of the law will be buried, as
it should be, in ignominious defeat
There seems to have been a question in
the minds of some of the members Of the
last general session of the legislature and
Of many of our citizens, as Expressed
through the public press, as to whether
could be justified from a humanitarian
standpoint. If there is any criticism that
was made against the establishment Of q
board Of control that has been forever
| set at rest, it is the one just suggested.
A careful perusal of the report Of the
| board of control, showing, as it does,
what has ben done along humanitarian
lines, will convince the most skepticai
| that the care Of the unfortunate inmates
| Of Stot in 1oS Io
greatest attention at their hands. It has
given practical attention to the subject
| Of dietary at the different state institu-
| lions and has employed. an expert to
visit the institutions for the purpose OF
teaching employees the proper method OF
preparing food and how best to serve the
same to inmates. The same class Of food
is purchased for inmates as for officers
and employees All articles of food are
required to be pure, wholesome and pala~
table, and the dairy and food commission
er visits the different institutions and ex-
amines the character Of the supplies, an6
sees directly to it that any food product
unfit for consumption or failing to com.
ply with the requirements of the law is
rejected Thus the intention Of the boart
1 to protect inmates from unwholesome
food products is apparent.
+ firmly believe that ;the institutions If
charge OF the board Of control have never
been In a higher state Of efficiency ant
that the inmates thereof are safe In The
4 hands Of the board, and do not hesitate
to say that the great saving to the stat,
has been Brought about solely by the new
departure In the purchase of supplies an,
by enlarged and Improved business meth
DDS, and not In the least at the expens,
of efficiency.
Il The impression seems to have gone on
that under the present system our hom
markets are Disseminated against an,
that markets outside Of our state are I'M
necessarily favored. find the followin.
, table in the report, which speaks 70
itself:
1soo19o1. 1eo1-1so2
where Institutions are 5s
located $301, 1865. O3& $40. TO6 4
Purchased in towns sssss-5s95 l5sz1s'ss5
: outside of institutions 81 -
towns 226s5; 3}7 60 z
) Purchased in other IS
states 7.ss5o.e7 50, 1880
Totals go i. $685., o5s.so <57s, 547.5
9 The figures for 1s00-l9o1 being compile
! ! by the stewards from institution books
I and for 1901 1902 from the books of til
board of control. These figures sfol
& that the board of control not only p1ir