Morris tribune., 1913-04-25

either the Panama exposition or the
Put-In-Bay Perry centennial celebra-
ton it will have to be by private sub
scriptions. Both house and senate
committees Topped off appropriations
for each. And this was not all the
looping off it did. There were cuts
all down the line, including the uni
versity and the state immigration bu-
reau. The latter wanted $4,000 Yet
this same committee found time TO
add about $4,000 to the salaries of
various state officials. The excuse
was, that it was necessary to equalize
salaries and put them all on a perma-
nent basis.
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It comes on good authority that
Professor. Merica, the new head of
the Red Wing boys training school
is pretty much disguised with his job
and is contemplating retirement
Nearly seventy escapes in less than
six months and ten Of them in one
day is the record, not to speak of a
line Of INSTRUMENTATION that has COM
PEELED a. return to corporal punish
ment, The honor scheme has proven
failure. Frank Whittier, the for
mer superintendent, who was removed,
or rather resigned under compuIsion
after being bounded to death by manu-
featured evidence tending to show that
he was unfit, is now having his inning
With the big cities caring for their
erring boys the school is becoming
the home of incorrigables and young
criminals and prison discipline is
necessary for their control.
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Minnesota is facing the highest tax
rate in years, "a mills, with possible
increase to 3 mills, and the question
now being asked is, Who is respon-
sible?" The last levy made was IL
last October. State Auditor Iverson,
who announced the levy then, spoke
of the low levy in glowing terms, said
it was only the forerunner of still
further cut and the Republican state
campaign committee was so I'M
pressed that it heraIded the fact
broadcast. 1t is this campaign jockey
ing with the levy for revenue purposes
that is raising hob with the legisia-
tive finance committees now. They
simply cannot help putting the levy
back where it should be and do JUS
tice to legitimate demands For the
last six years every campaign has
seen some tampering with the levy
for political purposes and the state
has been living from hand to mouth
in consequence. If you or I could
have had the interest alone paid for
borrowed money during that time we
could retire comfortably Some day
the people will tumble
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For week now one st. Paul daily
paper has been giving top of column,
| next to pure reading matter position
to daily exposure of what it claims
are startling things in connection
with the purchase some years ago of
! several million dollars worth Of Vir-
ginia state bonds. They were bought
| much below par and are paying the
! state 3 per cent The inference was
| that the story covered an inyestiga-
ton being made by the house com
mittee on accounts and expenditures,
| but a majority of the committee de-
| MES that it is interested and the
| question that now prompts itself is
| What is behind the whole thing?'
| Some say that certain insurance COM
| panies want the bonds, with c0nse-
quent profit to themselves; others that
| the powers that be are after the
| scalps of r. c. Dunn and State Audi
| tor Iverson, who are credited with
gubernatorial ambitions. Both were
| concerned in the original purchase of
| the bonds. Be as it may there is
more than an attempt to put before
the public what the paper in question
| thinks was an unwise expenditure of
the peoples money and the truth will
! yet come out.
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The house committee which has
been putting in the past three months
| investigating the inspection of grain
in the state has completed its labors
It's findings are now in the hands of
the legislature. In brief it recon-
! mends: That original inspection of
grain be more liberal; that the sew
eral chambers of commerce and trad
| ing organizations diyest their proceed
ings of the present system of secrecy;
| that the railroad and warehouse com