Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30

dlstricts which Il has examined over &c.,.
81 , %tors%.kns total q Over
than twice pays the cost Of all salaries
and contingent expenses Of the depart
ment Tor the two years But the recov-
minor part OF the work and value Of the
department to the public. The annual ex-
animation and constant supervision Of
the Investigation Of railroad and other,
In particular, the superintendence and
examination Of the state banks. trust
companies, savings and building and loan
institutions. saves and prevents loss to
the state and the public of one hundred
dollars for every dollar actually recov
for the departments support during the
past four years is warranted by the extra
labor thrown upon the banking section
Of the a19 alone The three hun
years ago, with $56, 600, 900 resources, have
g ao WI TO- to six hundred and seven, with
are tSe and SthsE words
new state banks with, ss4,Ooo,00 addi-
tiOnal resources. an increase of over
eighty per cent in the number of banks
requiring examination and supervision
whereas the additional state support of
the department for all purposes has in
creased only about half that percentage
Among the new banks are about one
hundred fifty former private banks which
the department has taken over and re-
ORGANIZED under state banking laws since
the last legislative session. Compared
thrown upon the department and the
large returns which it shows for it's cost,
the appropriation for the support and
equipment eq Pn;,es of this department.: instead
and this fact is recognized by the Mime,
sofa state Bankers Association, which
at at the Ia; last annual convention adopted a
increase the appropriation and force OF
the department, SO that it will be able
to give the states financial Institutions
single examination now provided.
The Labor Department and Employment
=. There has been additional support for
fs ss;s% Ct the Merk 1!st: lite limbs and
women, and the gathering Of statistics
for the intelligent solution of labor prob
lens. Free employment bureaus have
Duluth at which thousands of the unem-
pioyed have secured positions at a cost
to the state Of about thirty cents per
iaborer. Increased number Of inspectors
year have visited 400 manSfac act riss
labor inspection has become "A live and
effective force and Of practical value to
t e. great labor army Of this state. Child
for the first time enforced, and a good
many thousand children taken out Of
shops and factories. or off the streets,
lives and health of working people are
better protected, mill and factory ma
ch1nery is better safeguarded, factory in
ment is better guaranteed, and child
labor and truancy laws are better en-
forced than ever before in Minnesota;
ana l submit to- you as public-spirited
lars expended by you per annum to
secure these results is not "extrava-
gance," but public wisdom, foresight and
common humanity.
10 This An Extravasant ltem7
In four years, the state legislature sup
creased by about So 900 the ANNUAL Support
Tor the state dairy and food department.,
An industry which turns out an annual
product worth $25, 900 and has earned
Queer Of the finest giit-edged creamery
butter In the world, submit is worth
to to tn, the state at least the cost Of efficient
department upon whose efficient food in
spection and professional skill in the
chemical laboratory rests the protection
OF the lives and health Of 1000. 900 people
from food adulteratiOn, is worth, at least
to the people Of Minnesota, the extra
$4,000 necessary to make the department
s EN-, n. and competent. The total num-
bred creameries, the innumerabie dairy
barns. and all the stores, shops and fac
tories where food is made and sold in
the the eighty-fi counties of Minnesota has
ago to nineteen today. If nineteen in
spectors are an Extravaganza how
many would Mr.. Jacobson consider an
economy! believe that twenty-five in
SDeCtOrS would be
public point Of view. The value Of the
creamery butter product of this state
over 40eo. Ii stricter dairy and cream.
cry inspection by the state Department
and ITS force has added one per cent, or
one. hundredth part, to the market value
ment is paid for.
a New State Department.
One Of the new departments created by
the state is that of livestock sanitary
board, composed Of five members, three
Of whom are farmers interested in breed
ing livestock. Its appropriation in 1905
%as ); $1seSG2 wh ith was to ST.
preparation of 100000 to pay for diseased
animals killed by the state. Now, if you
look upon the disbursement side of the
ledger alone, this would appear to be
worthy opponent might deem as proving
his charges; but what is the other side
of the I aceou punt. ru!y 90 ner cent Of the
been freed from tuberculosis. The saving
to the state from removing tubercuiar and
glandered animals is worth thousand
board is introducing to prevent hog chol-
era will reach a disease which costs
Minnesota farmers a loss of half a mill
on dGilar Ssaa year. and many other de;
and suppressed. The saving is not only
to our great livestock and dairy indus
tries, representing millions of dollars in
entire population which consumes meat
and dairy products.
"A, "A substantial sub an increase Of public sup
cheney and broaden the field of activity
of the state health department.; to create
ana support the new department of state
tire marshal for investigating the causes
and reducing losses of fires, and thereby
reduce the states fire insurance rates; to
increase the efficiency of the game and
FISH icon commission mi to equip the department
ent effective basis is made q large reve-
nue. Garner for the state.
The Department Of Public instruction.
Let us now consider for a moment the
development of the department of public
and its increased work. The legislatures
of 1905 and 1907 saw fit to vote the de-
partment additional clerk hire and con-
ES' aad abou 5ee 9ea S Of
for conducting teachers examinations.
That represents the department expense
side of the, ledger. The Legislature of
1907 was likewise interested in school
development to the extent that it author
lied the department to disburse $4,000
additional for public school Libraries, SIG
900 additional aid to high schools, $4,000
additional aid to graded schools, and 1884,
600 additional aid to rural schools; and
I took pleasure in recommending and
approving the bills. Are these appropria-
tons for the public instruction depart
ment and for the schools "extravagance,"