Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
RETRENCHMENT COMMITTEES "a.
voRs ADJOURNMENT UNTIL
OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
EFFICIENCY ENGINEERS NOT
READY TO REPORT UNTIL THEN
Committee Proposes That Legislators
Return Without Expense to state and
Act on Report Of Experts-PoIiti-
clans Bumped in Preliminary Report
Submitted.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special 10 i ines republican.
Des Moines, April 4.-Reocss OF the
Thirty-flfth general assembly until
October or November
Return without expense to state. no
/ poy for members, few clerks.
Consideration Of repor, al that time
Of committee on retrenchment and re-
| form.
| Adoption Of laws for greater effic-
iencw and economy in regard 70 finan-
cia! affairs of state.
Adoption Of better bookkeeping
| methods for the state board o. agri-
culture, but no other change.
These things are in the special re-
port made to the legislature today by
the statutory committee on retrenrn-
nent and reform, in connection Wi;
the work Of the efficiency experts and
accountants who have been at work
during the session on an examination
into the accounting methods Of the
state officials.
The main feature OF this report is
that in a gene al way 1t Is founl That
tle efficiency engineers and account
ants VIII nc: be able 70 complete their
examination in time for -:on before
the date Of adjournment. :i:at they Rave
al, eady shown BY what the. Ilate done
lt:.. y rel ort will be made that viii
form the basis of very important econ
onies IN state affairs. and that II is
wise thing for the legislature to have
the work continued to a conclusion and
a special session held 20 consider the
nc
Can't Finish in Time.
There Is no specific report on the
work done in the various offices but
general report indicating that it is 2
physical impossibility to get thru row.
If the state is to get any results from
the expense Of the investigation there
must be some way OF acting after the
report is completed. The suggestion of
| the committee Is theref)c for 'ecess
until In the fall when the report, print
ed and in the hands Ut the members.
can be ACTED on inteilizenty. with
nothing else In the way. 1t is proposed
that the members return without any
!! per diem or mileage AMI that the MY
employees retained will be the des"
clerks the door keeper and the SER
geant-at-arms.
1t is proposed that the committee ne
empowered to have prinled summaf!
or brief OF the report of the efficiency
engineers and have the same In the
hands of members OF the legislature at
least thirty days before the :econVeT-
ing os the legislature.
Politicians Turned Down.
In regard to the state board Il ag'i-
culture the committee makes a r"pOrt
which approves the Suggestions 81 IN"
efficiency engineers as to better system
Of bookkeeping and minor matters as
to the detail handling OF the business;
but which distinctly and emphaticatiy
disapproves of the scheme Of the po!-
ticians to have the board Of agriculture
elected by districts or 10 have The .iZe
of the board reduced. The committee
also specifically finds there Has been no
financial irreeularity or misuse OF
money. The efficiency engineers recon-
mend a system of double entry DOOR
keeping for the accounts of the state
fair, stores system. new paErcl'
system. definite rates for concessions
rules for the superintendent OF tHs
grounds a board attendance book anu
record. the physical inventory o, Tie
property each year and makH'S 'he
boards financial year commence June
30 instead Of in December. These de-
tails are matters easily attended to ny
! the board.
| The retrenchment and reform COM
mittee has given great deal OF tlHle
and attention to the investigations ano
has worked hard with the efficiency
engineers to get a report out at this
time, but it can not be fully completed