Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-01-11

"a uI40AM8 wafer thS uHAsoASAeJ
pert help u'a ana IL. Ssnsat. resulting from
such sue H. corporation would be mutual The
means Of development in every phase Of
The state health depertment should be
authorized to inspect and control sanitation
Ras ne
sati;tactory The inspection service IN hotels:
on
But this department can accomplish little
when N is BY such lack ef supper.
tSs esa
funds for protsctine the health and life Of
mend for your most careful consideration the
''e 7 Daily lily ssa Focd department.
One Of the most effective departmentg in
aepaftment:, it, inspection service is uni
iormly good and this Is unquestionably its
not of IL.
degree many food Industries within the state.
ment and enforcement OF strict pure food
laws are essential in the interests Of public
Department OF Labor.
empo He .nS PERI principle by
est degree of mutual success can be secured
ony when the responsibility of protecting
ests OF both require that Industry shall con-
t. the the ea
accident: and in the second place, in case
such accident occurs it shall contribute
and in case OF death. to those dependent upon
hi For thi. gurgose the last legislature
ceoampensation aet. This commission has
aaa m
In accordance Herewith. recommend the
for the Se, Of sSsn a 6d
ep Ts t Of E Etnte tt large
revenue collected and disbursed in Mime
sofa sofa during the past year for state. county.
naE
fsT sassstiea :s:eeseo spP eslRs t%es
or about Al, 600, is enrolled in our high and
with Il per cent for New s'f England.
and ana as per cent for New York AS showing
onr yaro eaPta for
public instruction finds that we paid last year
sls7s per capita for 222 go pupils in semi
~ goo pupils in high and graded schools.
s sSl:sG per capita for about $500 in normal
sfts%dsnt and ;aa7ss per capita for ssss
cultural schools and college. The investment
IN our $500 school houses exceeds SIS. 500, 900,
past two years $40 buildings, at a cost of
s4.2oo;ooo Our permanent school fund today
from proceeds Of timber. mineral and agrie
cultural cultural lands during the past two years The
CONTAIN "cla ama the
NO state department has more important
functions to perform than that Of education.
ana yet there is perhaps not a department
today which is handicapped in its efficiency
J by such complicated executive machinery.
and the increasing multiplicity Of educational
institutions call for greatly increased admin
,strative r force and greater specialization of
work Thlrty-three states have enlarged the
scope and powers Of the state department of
public instruction by creating state boards Of
department OF public instruction in supervis-
ing q . school system which calls for the ex-
| and state appropriations annually. SUGGEST
that the time has come in our educational
history, when the administration Of all edu-
catlonal affairs should be placed in the hands
OF strong state board of education. This
board should be non-partisan and removed as
members six-year terms, terminating alter
h has one every two years The board menu
6ntes sho QUIZ have sReeaized training and
dustrial schools another in higher education,
tn sho shfd be- TO this
Of all educational affairs and institutions Of
the state with the exception Of the normal
appoint the state superintendent, the state Ii
brarian. and all inspectors in the entire
wise selected with reference to Educational
q9a!ihcations and without regard to political
an amlia a,tsa+ These considerations seem tc
the establishment Of such board and the
submission to the people Of the necessary
sion should be made with reference to county
boards Of education. SO that the county super
Intenoent can be selected purely with re-
ference TO merit and qualifications ho
legislature deems this inadvisable there
should be submitted for adoption by the peo-
county. superintendent to possess SPECIFIC
educational qualifications
1T, The advantages Of the consolidated school
system are SO well known as to make any-
th!ns put mere mention unnecessary. The
principal argument used against the CONSOLE
dation OF the rural school is that Of expense
me experience of eighteen hundred compIete-
~ consolidated schools and two thousand par
italy consolidated schools in thirty 1.-TWO states
OF the union. has completely demonstrated
that the average expense is very little above
items of Transportation Of PUPILS to and fron
the consolidated schools and the study of a
large number Of branches not taught there
into consideration, the consolidated school
becomes the cheapest school in our entire edu-
Department of State Institutions.
during the past biennial period there has
Of our state institutions and the state hnarG
OF control Is entitled to great credit for it's
WORK. 49,
The hospitals and asylums arc cronaaa
beyond capacity, and the legislature et should
provide for the necessary extensions. Per
s naRs the greatest neglect on the part of the
Tor women. The suggestion made by the
board OF control that a new institution be
PROVIDED with two separate departments one
women, should be adopted. as it IS essential dei
these inmates. ~
, Another the. question c: considerable Import
is the enactment of a law author;z;nr ~
J court, except in case IF murder, to impose
an annI ndster min sentence am firmly
tlons Tor murder in the first degree if either
J capital punishment were abolished. or i'm
upon the order Of the court or the unanimous
Regeneration com of the jury.
er nSr =: the purpose OF paroling prisoners con-
nned IN the state prison and reformatorv
tnere should be established a state board Of
p parole consisting of the chairman Of the
either the warden Of the prison or the SUPER
be. constituting the third member. 'A@'
o.. Inc Minnesota Inn state prison is recognized
construction Of buildings is progre a ine
rapidly: In the manufacture of farm ma
e etnn sd the ne state has taken an advanced
binders during the past season viii undonhto
edly demonstrate the Importance of this
some conflict has arisen with reference
inmates Of state institutions The taking ~
testlmony BY the board of control and the
state board Of visitors separately is dup,icaz
ton OF time and expense, and the 1eeisIatnre
should 81, establish some cooperation between
me ~ , Two boards that would make duplication
The population of Soldiers Home is ~
greater than year ago and H. greater than
Two years ago. Nevertheless, the total ex
penddture for maintenance for the fiscal wear
OF 1sO9 was 91O1 .SO5.17 while the cost FOR
$2.S47.49. "e'ioh OF
o,d Recent appropriations have not been sun,-
r renst 70 Keep INC institution in the best of
which would add to the comfort and haSpi
ness 81 those to whom we owe SO much.