The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-02-06
TO ABOLISH
FAT OFFICE
Legislature Fails to Make Ap-
propriation--Did Not Com
ply With State Law.

that portion of it's duties prescrib-
ed by laws which refer to labor
conditions in the state is one of
the principal criticisms contained
in the report of the state affairs
committee of the house of repre-
sentatives, says the Capital News.
/ The committee points out that
the constitution and the laws of
the state provide that the COM
missioner of immigration, labor
and statistics shall examine into
the labor conditions and report up
ON the same. No such effort has
been made by the department. ac
cording to the committee.
The report, after referring to
the finances of the department,
makes the following interesting
comment and recommendations:
"Less than One-half of the
money appropriated and donated
to this department was actually
used for exhibition purposes.
''The statistics gathered by this
department are not accurate on
account of the lack of the neces-
sary machinery and necessary
laws to gather accurate statistics
and the amount Of money expended
: by this department was very
small.
1.-The constitution and the laws
of the state of Idaho provide that
this department should examine
into the condition of labor in the
: state, and report on the same, but
no such effort has been made by
this department.
cit is but fair to the present
) commissioner to say that his ad-
: ministration is the first in the
history of the state to expend a
part of the appropriation made
G by the Legislature in the prepar-
4 alton of exhibits and the exhib-
4 iting of the same in the different
0 land shows and exhibitions.
No Account of Moneys.
i "The same criticism applies to
o this department as to all other
G departments examined by the
committee in relation to the per-
> sonal expense account of those
. travelling on behalf of the state
= We have examined the vouchers
G of the commissioner in relation tC
% the same, and all other employees
# of his office, but nothing could bt
4 ascertained from such voucher
D. as to how different moneys were
expended or for what purpose
Before any claim against the state
of Idaho is allowed by the boarc
,, of examiners, it should be ltemiz
ed in detail to such an extent 81
that such claim should show on it
face that the expense was incur
! red on behalf of the state of Ida
!, no.
:. "From careful examination o
- this department, and all its ex
. penditures, the committee is o
, the opinion that if this departmen
= is to be maintained, a much lar
= ger appropriation will be neces
:. sary than has heretofore bee
20 appropriated for the needs of til
:, department. Coming into com
c petition with other western state
~ of greater wealth and greater POI
~ ulation, expending very much Ian
. ger sums of money than the stat
eso of Idaho for the purpose of il
;s ducing emigrants to come With
o. their respective states, the stat
bo of Idaho cannot hope to compel
w in making a showing at the di1
- - ferent exhibitions with these di1
\, ferent states of the northwest.
es Much Dissatisfaction.
en- GA great deal Of dissatisfactio
exists in different parts of th
state on account of the fact ths
n some sections of the state an
hit some counties were not given pu
ne licity by this department, whic
the people of those sections deen