Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-14
COST OF RUNNING STATE SHOWS
GRADUAL BUT NOT MARKED
ENLARGEMENT.
"EFFIciENcY ENGINEERS"
MAY PRESENT REMEDY
Employed for Purpose Of Preventing
Additional Growth in Expsnse Ae.
eounts-kesr'y Every. Department. Of
State Shows Increasing Expenditures
Figures Not Alarming.
Special to Tinles-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 14.-When the ex-
pert efficiency engineers" working un-
der direction of the Iowa legislature
finish with the petty job of checking
up the agricultural department, they
will get down TO the larger and more
important work for which they were
employed. and consider the big prob
lem CO the cause of q steady increase
in expenses in the running of the state
government. especially the last three
or four years. Il was 10 ING uire into
this matter and TO suggest ways Of
preventing further increase and pos
sib,y reductions that the experts We're
secured a temporary diversion to
minor matter Vii. delay. bu, probably
not hinder much, this larger and more
important work.
The running expenses Of The state
Of Iowa fer the two years prior 20 June
50 last, iten1izeG under sixty three diff
ferert heads, included salaries and per
diem. travelling and other expenses.
purchase OF supplies, etc. aggregated
s2,515,l75.
STEADY increase Sno~ns
The expense account Tor StIe rEeT:-
Gus biennial period. as shown by the
vouchers on file. aggregated s2.i3o.12l.
The difference, sl7e,44S, is Tot very
much. but as II represents steady in
crease, 1t is sufficient tc cali attention
10 the fact that Iowa expenses are
gaining all the time. These figures are
before the members of the legislature
in the printed reports.
Some Of the Items making the In
cres Sc represent new things, as for In
stance. cos. OF removal from Office law.
and the autom obiie license collec-
lions.
|, The office Of governor showed an
actual reduction Of expenses III that
the cos. 1eos-1o was S43.225, and In
1902 $4l.e5e.
I, The Office of secretary Of state was
the reverse: 1sos-19 Sis7.s55. and 1870
- s,s2.5ss.
Treasurer OF state, was s4esee. then
s57.5s7.
/ Auditor of state, was sils,s9s. then
later s125.sss.
The four major departments OF state
therefore increased cost an aggregate
OF 1882 in the two years
The railway commissioners increased
from s4o.7ss 10 ss4,21o.
The cost of the military arm Of the
state increa sed from S512.c52 to $751;
s54.
The fish and game department went
I'D from $42.s21 to s142,43t.
The Thirry-Third general assembly
cos, sl5s,76S; the Th:rty-Fourth slos'-
614.
+ A big item of expense is the salaries
! OF district judges which increased from
| ss7o.70S to s3ss.e54.
! The cos, of the depar tment OF 'he
attorney general, for TWO years, is s3',-
300; for the board Of control admins
trarion, ssl,o57; for the super!ntend-
en-, public instruction, $so.sso; th7
state board Of education, s4s,2le; lol
/ the state board Of education examin-
ers, $1,000; and for the state library
s5s,os2. The custodian's payroll runs
I'D TO se4.745, ana general expense OF
state house, $3s,76i.
ltemizea Increases.
Wrapped up in these and otnsr SIN.
| liar figures. all easily accessible. il
! the. problem Of how to secure greater
economy in the business OF the state OF
+. Iowa. or greater efficiency and better
Its. II the total of the tables fo'
the two periods are compared thess
will be some indication OF the part'cu-
lar items on which the increase max
been made. The division is as foiio"s'
Salaries, clerk hire and per d1e!h
first period, s1,25s.SSs second pefloo
sl.5o1,T7. ,e 49,
s156,356.
Miscellaneous and office expenses
/ ses,55s and s15o,56o.
Printing by state printer. ssi.211 ane
ss2 ,25s.
| Binding by state binder. s55.5ss an
s4s,s5s.
paper stock used. s3e,2os and s2s.'
se7.
Cost Of engraving, 1911 and s2.76e.
Furniture, stores. records, etc.. $685.