Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
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RowLEv CROWD REFUTED az
LEGISLATIVE RECORDS.
CLAIM soLpLY PUT FORTH
or USELESS JOBS CREATED
Record Of Legislature Shows Thsrs
Wsrs Not Hundreds, a. Claimed
Several New Judges Added, Insur-
amos Department Made Independent,
and School System strengthened.

A08 OOAucSs Jdns 1Ss-11OW' many uSW
state offices have been created by ac-
ton Of the last legislature? What adj
ditional burden on the state treasury
for salaries Of the servants of the
state?
Mr.. Rowley, who wants to run for
Office because he failed to land dep
utyship and connect up with the state
payroll. has made the state expenditure
for salaries and officials an issue, by
referring rather slyly to "the creation
Of nearly $50 new offices by the last
Legislature and IAN increase in salaries
to the amount Of fully 100000"
Newspapers down in the old reserva-
ton have elaborated on this, the one
at Fairfield being more modest than
Rowley and placing the number at
nearly 200" The anti paper at Abba
is more specific and solemnly declared
that 'between 100000 and 100000
more is required by the state to pay
the salaries Of the new offices created
by the last legislature
New Offices Created.
There were some new offices created
by the last legislature. Here are the
chief ones:
Industrial commissioner in charge Of
workmen's compensation law, at $4,000
a year. He has a stenographer on pay
at 5000 year. No other force.
Three new district judges-at Water
loo, Atlantic and Sioux City-total sal
airy paid by the state $10,50O.
One additional justice Of the supreme
court, pay $4,000.
Administration Of the blue sky law
for the protection Of the people against
fraud in sale Of corporation stocks,
four persons aggregate pay $500.
County examination system, one
chief at 81, 800, six examiners and as
sistants, expense about $4,000, to take
the place Of the imperfect and often
more expensive system of private ex-
animation Of county accounts.
One clerk in state board of health.
$1,000; with members Of the board
changed from per diem to salary basis.
and number reduced to five. An actual
reduction in expense for that office.
One state epidemiologist appointed
by the president Of the state univer-
sity.
A superintendent Of weights and
measures in the Office of the dairy and
food commission, salary $1,000, and an
additional inspector.
4 Woman Inspector Of factories in the
state labor bureau. $1,000.
Increase in pay OF superintendent OF
public instruction and addition Of three
Inspectors at $4,000.
Change Of deputy game wardens
from per diem to have three Of them
district inspectors on salaries. No in
crease in expense.
Three members of state highway COM
mission, on nominal salaries, with cler-
ical force.
Insurance Department. Divorced.
After July next the state insurance
department will be separated from the
state auditors office and the head Of
the department will receive increase Of
pay from $1,000 to $4,000.
These are the main changes made by
the legislature. There were, probably,
a few other minor changes in salaries.
some increases and some decreases, the
one about offsetting the other. In sew
eral Of the state offices there was
actual reduction in the Office force. 1t
may be that an effort will be made to
show that the few deputy county SUI
perintendents which the law has au-
thorized where they are needed are a
burden on the state. but this is not
true, and in practically every case it is
simply a change from clerk to a dep
utyship in name. The change from the
designation Of county surveyor to
county engineer and removing this
from the list of elective offices was not
the creation Of a single new office.
This is the whole story of the near
ly ESQ new offices" and the fully $780,
900" added burden on the state treas
ury.