Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-08
PLAN OF STRAIGHT APPROPRlA.
TloNs PROBABLY WILL BE
ABANDONED.
MUST APPROVE
EXPENDITURES OF OVER 5000
Critics Of State Fair Board Receive Re.
buff-Fault Only to Be Found With
Accounting Acknowledgements
tion Of Report of Efficiency Engineers
Repairs for State House.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April S.--A millage tax
for building and lands at the state in
.stitut!ons instead of straight appropri-
atiors is TO be the order for the future.
The committee on appropriations has
agreed upon this plan and presented it
in a bill which probably will BE adopted
at once.
The bill calls for a tax If a half mill
on all the property of the state for d
period Of five years. This will net for
the purpose of the state institutions
about sl,S0o,000. For the present it will
yield about $4,000 a year.
The board of control will have the
use of this money 10 be put into land
or buildings or equipment but no part
can be used on any inprov cement cost
ing more than $1,000 without the APP
prevail first of the legislature. In this
respect the handling of the money is
safeguarded the same as the miilage
taxes fer buildings at the state col
leges.
The fact of the matter is that many
of the buildings in use at the state in
stitutions are a disgrace TO the state,
said Chairman Mates, of the commit
te. The board keeps coming TO us in
session after session asking for appro-
priationz for this building up process
We recognize the necessity for the
building and that the sta tie ought to
have them; but we are forced 10 deny
the board that which il ought 10 have
simply because there is not the money
on hand so We can make the appropr!-
ations. In this way We provide build
ing fund from which in due time these
institutions can be brought up TO the
high standard the state ought TO have.
disappearing State Fair Board.
The bill to consolidate the agriculture
al and semi a gricultural and industrial
departments Of the state under one APP
pointive board Will be urged 10 vote
in the senate in a day or two. The
bill 10 appropriate for the various de-
partments to be consolidated was pre-
sented yesterday. 1t provides for but
one new item, that Of insurance Of the
state property. The bill TO forbid any
and all kind of free entrance to the
state fair was disposed Of after an hour
and a half of wasted talk II the senate,
and laid on the table.
II regard it a great injustice TO the
state fair the way the matter has been
treated especially in the Des Moines
newspapers" said Senator Allen in the
debate. They have given out an en-
tirely wrong impression as 70 the re-
port Of the efficiency engineers. They
have sought, with big black headlines.
70 lead the people of the state TO be-
lieve there has been discovered very
bad condition Of affairs in regard to the
finances Of the fair. Nothing of the
sort has been found All they did was
TO point out the need of improving the
accounting system. The report is not
and can not be SO considered as con-
deTnnation Of the fair anagement.
Senator Chase made the fight to reg
ulate the distribution of tickets 10 ex-
hibitors and others at the fair; but
rather spoiled his case BY an admis-
sion on the floor that he had not at
tended the fairs and did not have any
personal knowledge as to how many
people attend. He also insisted that
there should be no tickets provided for
state fair guards. and said that the en-
tire policing of the fair should be by
Des Moines policemen.
Senator Doran declared that if the
continual criticism CT the state fair
without reason was continued an effort
should be made TO take the fair to some
city that would appreciate its advan-
tages more and give ii fair treatment.
Senators Spaulding. Anles. Mates
and others came to the defense of the