Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-26

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fciency OF the plant. the communities
ton sets forth must, OF a necessity, be
kept up to certain standard. and the
only curtailment possible has been
made In the food supply. This is part
" because while the per capita allow
ance has not increased, the cost
Of food supplies has steadily gone up
ward. In a like manner the clothing
supply, both In quantity and quality,
has been AFFECTED.
Enthusiasm, Shown.
Enthusiasm was given free vent dur
ing the reading Of the communication.
which was later adopted, and the read
err, Captain Smith, was frequently In
terrupted by applause. To furnish the
money needed to give the letter wide
circulation q collection was taken up
by which $40 was raised. There was
just q touch OF the pathetic In this
feature OF the program. because the
collection was made up OF donations OF
S and Decent pieces, taken from purses
that showed much wear but little mon
ey. The communication, as adopted.
bears the signature OF the COMMITTEES OF
three chosen to revise It after It had
been read. The original draft Of the
letter was made by Captain ]. j.
Smith, and the revisions made We're
very fmmaterial ones.
Open Letter to Legislature.
"Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. Is, 1907.
ITO tho Thirty-second General AS
sembly OF Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Honorable Gentlemen: The members
OF the Iowa Soldiers Home, in mass
meeting assembled, resolved to address
an open letter to the Thirty-second
general assembly OF iowa, setting forth
the needs Of the home in the way OF
additional financial support tor the
home in the future. We are forced to
this course by finding that q majority
of the board OF control is opposed to
an increase Of the support fund for the
home. 'st 4s.sJ * 4 \; Il q
n "Since the per capita allowance was
fixed at $14 per month, nearly, Il not
quite, everything needed tor the use
Of the home has risen In value. The
running expenses have, in come cases,
more than doubled Two large wings
have been added to the hospital more
than doubling Its capacity. The mum
Der Of patients has increased from ~.
in 1903, to 129 In 1906: and when the
wing now furnished is added will be
largely increased.
"Ths old peoples building has been
trebled in size; the nurses hall has
been doubled: three new. boilers have,
been added within the past year: the
women's dormitory has been doubled in,
size and is nearly ready for use the
hospital will need at least SIX more
nurses; the dormitory will require a.
cook and assistant and more general
help, to care for the building and its
additional inmates.
Salaries and wages have increased
from an average of $27,040.s0 in 1902
ard 1903, to $42,S03.54 in 1906; the cost
of fuel and light from an average Of
$7,766.9o to $16.710.2o for the same pc
Rod, and household stores for the same
period from an average of $5,S50.96 to
39,248.33; shop, farm and garden sup
plies from $7,359.0s5s to $11,S70.0s, for
the same period.
Now add to these the additional
wages Of the new nurses at the hospi-
tai and the help at the women's DOR
mitory, with the additional consump-
ton of coal caused by the three new
boilers, and tell us where the money
is to come from.
Cost Of Food and Clothing.
The cost for clothing in 1923 was
$14.121.33 for each year, with men,
bership of 709. In 1906, with S79 mem
bers, the clothing only cost $13,409. OF.
In 1905, the cost of providing food
for the table in the main building was
$.15356 per man, per day. In 1906, the
same table only cost $.1404, a. cut in
the amount or quality OF the food fur
nished of over 20 per cent.
THE books OF the adjutant's office
at the home show that from the first
day Of September. 1906, to the first day
of January. 1907, the running expenses
OF the home have exceeded the income
by $1,01717.
yet. in the face Of. these facts, we
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