The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-11
State Jag Cure Farm
Grilled In the Report


1911 Legislature which provided for
the construction of a beautiful home
at Willmar for DR.. II. A. Tomlinson,
superintendent of the state farm for
inebriates, is made in a report turn
ed into the house Wednesday after.
noon by the house committee which
recently inspected tn institution. DR..
w. T. Stone OF Park Rapids was
chairman of the committee.
Your committee feels that it is
the business of the legislature to
know what the people are thinking
and what the people are enduring
says the report, land also that this
body should make it clear to the
board of control as to whether they
do or do not indorse the policy of
the building of palaces costing from
$4,000 to $4,000 for the officials
of public charitable institutions. and
whether these public officials should
not be satisfied with accommodations
such as men of equal ability and
service provide for their own fami.
lies.
Praises Board of Control.
'The board of control is composed
of good men, doing a great amount
of work, and as servants of the PEG,
pie they are ready and willing to do
what the legislature suggests. Your
committee suggests that this ques.
ton of extravagant expenditure OF
state money in housing state officials
should be stopped by your disap
prevail"
In regard to the policy of the In.
stitution, the report says:
Patients discharge themselves af
ter they get tired of the institution
or are especially dry. Relatives are
notified and that is the end of it.
No attempt is made to get them
back. What the state has invested
is lost"
DR.. Stone was defeated recently in
an attempt to obtain passage for a
bill abolishing the farm for inebri.
ates and turning it into state tn.
bercnlosis sanatOrium
People Can Enact Laws.
The house and senate conference
committee on the initiative and ref
erendum bill submitted its report to
the house and, on motion of Albert
Pfaender Of New Ulm the report
was ordered printed in the journal,
to be considered early today. In .ad.
dition to settling the points in dis
pute, the conference committee has
redrafted the entire bill.
The section relating to initiation
and adoption of statutes by the peo
pie has been worded so as to make
it plain that only laws which the
legislature may enact under the con
stitntion, may be enacted by the peo-
pie. This was supposed to be the
original intent of the trainers.
AS redrafted, the clause reads
"The authority of the people to en-
act laws as provided in this subdi-
vision shall extend only to laws au-
thorized by the provisions of the
constitution"
Regarding Binding Irvine.
A bill passed the lower branch of
the legislature yesterday which
makes it possible for the state prison
binder Irvine to be sold at a discount
from the regular rates in cases where
large quantities are ordered. The new
law will not be effective this year.
Under the old law the warden and
board of control fix the regular
prices before March Of each year
for the several grades to be paid
by the farmers of the state There is
also a provision that the board of
control at it's discretion in case of
emergency may sell Irvine outside of
the state.
The new provision to go into eff
feet after the present season is to
the effect that the board OF control
at its discretion may allow a dis
count. The scale of discounts is
that for orders to be paid for ac.
cording to the times agreed upon
for payment there may be a discount
from the regular rates fixed of one.
eighth of a cent per pound for orders
not less than 5000 pounds, one.
fourth Of cent per pound for or
ders Of not less than 10000 pounds
and half cent for carload orders.
Increased Tax Levy.
That the next state tax levy will
be increased over the levy of 10
mills of year ago is generally pre-.
dicted. The opinion is that it will
not be less than two mills. The
threatened increase is because OF
heavy demands on the legislature for
appropriations. Much of the increase
comes from the state board of con.
troll, and members of the house and
senate finance committees say that il
cannot be ignored. They have al
ready cut off more than $1,0O0,00O of
the boards demands.
st. Paul, April 1.-THE senate pass
ed bill aimed at brewery owner
ship of saloons. Temperance men in
the Legislature hailed the passage
of the bill as a move which. followed
by similar action in the house, would
hit brewery ownership in Vita
spot. They wondered that there was
no opposition to the bill.
The legislators have since learned
that the measure passed by the sen
ate would not prevent brewery own
ership of saloons, that it would still
permit brewers or wholesale liquor
dealers to lease property for saloon
purposes. They learned that the
popular impression concerning the
bill, which was introduced by the
lsenate committee which has been in
vestigating brewery control of sa
looms, has been wrong.
Legislators who voted for the bill
and house members who intended tC
vote for the bill in the house learned
that the bill does not do what they