The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-07

Some Excerpts From the Report G
Secretary Upton of Penal and
Charitable Institutions.

State Beard OF Charities and Cor
rections. OF this city, has just
Completed the biennial report OF the
board to the governor and legisla-
ture, which is leplete with informa-
ton and full of interest % the
public While the report has lust
reached the printer, your correspon-
dent was permitted &c CLEAN some
facts that shows the various institu-
lions in the state are carried on in
very excellent shape. The present
board seems to have inaugurated
some very distinct policies which
they have carried out for soue years.
Quoting under the head of
s'Nepotistu, - the report says: "For
several years past. nepotism and all
kindred forms OF iavoritism have
beer abolished by this board.
Experience has proyea the wisdom Of
this policy and it will ue continued.
No member of the family of the
head OF any institution or relative or
member OF the. family of any member
of this board is employed in any
c~apaciuy at any of the institutions of
the state
In reference to local influences
over institutions the report says:
''Your board. has acted upon the
theory that the penal and charitable
institutions belong to the people Of
the entire state and not to any
partic ular community where they
happen to be located and should have
undu, influence in the affairs OF any
institution. either in the selection of
officers or employees, or. i'm the poll
cies OF its MANAGEMENT" The re-
port deals very explicitly with the
question OF politics being mixed up
witt the management OF the public
institutions, aud this policy has
been and will be adhered To.
The state carries S4O6, 600 in
sutance on the properties of the
penal and charitable buildings at a
rate OF about Sl.75 on the hundred
dollars for II. period of two years.
Two large buildings have been COM
pleted and occupied at, the hospital
for the insane. A new cell hall at
the state penitentiary containing SO
new cells has BEEN completed and
occupied. beside a forty-foot addi-
ton to the shopbuilding. The
buildings for the Irvine factory are
we'll under way. lit is shown that
at some OF the institutions farming
is an important. Industry. For the
year 1905 crops Ito: the value Of
Sl2, 500. SO produced and used
toward the maintenance of the
institutions. The last legislature at
the request OF the board reduced the
amount OF appropriations for several
of the institutions below those of
the preceding period. Notwithsuand-
ing this reduction large sums have
accumulated during the period
covered by the report beyond what
was needed for the support of the
institutions. The report shows that
S45, G2S was Turned back to the state
treasurer, being surplus funds at the
end of the year closing June 30, 1905.
This is Il business showing of which
the state ought to be proud.
The reports gives d list OF lands.
buildings, and other properties
which shows that the state owns
property to the value OF ST, 12S, 900,
and is divided among the various
Institutions as follows: Reform
Scnool. 1874, 045; School for the
Blind, s35 600: School for Deaf
Mutcs. 1868. 63S: penitentiarv.
1922, 7'56; hospital for insane.
$3.50. 600: Northern hospital. $3.50, 964.
The report calls attention. with
pardonable pride, to the excellent
standard Of economy an efficiency
which has been reached i'm The
various institutions without cXcep-
" ANCN't DtlOiC lu LlJClI IllSIOIS
have as great results cen obtained
with the same cost. or more approved
business aud Institutional methods
been brought TO, bear npon The
solution CT the problems involved in
the purposes OF each particular
institution.
The report takes up each institu.
tion and sets forth in detail matters
relating thereto. Concerning tin,
reform school it says: 'In some
respects this is the most importan-
penal institution in the state. Tn,
object OF the school is to take TIT
derelict boys and girls and by re
sJraint and education set their face,
toward nobler lives. Aside from
teaching them the common branches
of an English education, the hes
thing after all that can be done fol
them is to thoroughly teach then
the three great lessons Of industry
econo ny. and a wholesome respect