Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-09

GOODS BOUGHT FROM SAMPLE
BY Keeping Two Samples Of Every.
thing, the State Board Of Control Can
Compare Goods Delivered With the
Samples, if Any Question as to the
Quality Arises.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Times es-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 9.-Members Of
the state board of control buy better
groceries for the state institutions than
they are able to find in the market for
their own tables. This may seem
strange, but it is true. The policy OF
the board is to buy the best that there
is at the lowest price possible. Buy
ing for thirteen institutions groceries
to feed 10000 people they are able to
buy the best there is at price which
second rate goods. But much OF the
groceries and supplies are better than
found in the ordinary market When
the board was first organized some
years ago, five cent coffee was bought
for the inmates and fifty cent cof1ee
for the superintendent and his family.
1t seemed to be the idea of the Separ-
ate institutions buying separately that
anything was good enough for an IN
sane person, as they would not know
the difference. Now the superintendent
has to eat the same as the inmates
and for that reason is as much inter-
ested as is the board of control in hav-
ing the best The board has two sam
pies of all canned goods and keeps
samples of everything else that 1t pur-
chases The goods are all bought from
sample AT first the board after test
ing the samples of canned goods allow
ed them to be taken away as after be-
ing opened the goods spoiled Later
when there was a question whether
the goods delivered came up to the
grade of the samples there was no
samples to compare. Now two cans
of all canned goods are delivered as
SAMPLES One is tested and the other
kept. BY keeping samples OF every
thing, clothing, shoes, blankets.linen
and everything the board is in po-
stion to compare the goods delivered
with the sample if there is any ques-
ton as to the quality. Not only does
the board refuse to accept any presents
from the concerns from which it pur-
chases supplies. but refused to buy
from the firms for private use of the
members. AS stated at the first the
members are unable to find in the To-
cal market i'm some instances as good
groceries as they buy for the state in
stitutions. but refuse to take advan-
tage of the opportunity to buy for their
private use from the same firms.
case showing the length to which the
board goes to provide for the COM
fort Of the inmates of the state 1nst1-
tutions is shown by the purchase of
seventy five couches for the Soldiers
Home at Marshalltown Iowa is about
the only state in the union that admits
the wives with the husbands to the
Soldiers Home The men being we'll
along in years like to lie down some
times during the day The women OBJ
jected to the beds being mussed up
when placed in order in the morning
The board bought seventy-five spring
wire couches for the institution.
There was a decrease of 22S,434
pounds in the shipments of butter In
the state for the year 1904. The first
figures given out showed a decrease
of over two million pounds, but errors
were discovered which cut this amount
down. Marshall county shipped 532,-
231 pounds during the year. an increase
of S9,978 pounds. The banner county
this year as last was Woodbury. which
shipped 5,37S,214 pounds. This was
decrease from 6,14S.916 Of the year be-
fore. Nine counties in all Shipped over
two million pounds of butter during
the wear. Polk county stands second IN
the list, with 3,271,425 pounds. Jones
county comes third with 2,s5O,641
pounds. The other counties In order
are Clayton. 2,577oSo; Lee, 2bo3,3ss;
Dubuque, 2,229,SS9; Delaware, 2,l73.-
563; Bremen, 2,109,607; Fayette, 2022,-
812 Seventeen other counties shipped
over one million pounds Lee county
made the phenomenal gain from 1885,
56b to 2,5Os,9S9 the largest gain of any.
The total shipments of butter for the
YEAR net was 76,S51.360 while the year
before the net shipment was 77,079,-
1874
State Printer Murphy received dur
ing 1904, s41,673,23 for his work as
state printer. He used $12,201.02 worth
of paper, which made the total expense
to the state s53,S74.25. The state bin
der received $25.230.09 for his work.
The amount both for the state printer
and state binder xceeds that of the
year 1903 This is accounted for by
the fact that the legislature was in ses-
sion during 1904, which very consider
ably ran UP the amount of printing and
binding.
The recent G. A. r. melting at Adel
which was attended by a large number
of members of the grand army from
this city. and the subsequent meeting
in Des Moines Saturday night at both
of which Commander r. 7. st. John
was present to install the officers has
caused some little talk of politics In
that order. 1t is claimed to have leak
ed out at the installations that Senator
s. II. Harper is the administration can
didate for commander next year. T.
A. Smith. is also said to be candi-
date The next encampment VIII be