The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-25
Health Board Secretary Raps
Commission Plan
From THURSDAYS Daily.

|, degradation OF PUBIC neaitu WORK
In Minnesota" That's what DR.. III.
NJ. Bracken, secretary state board OF
health, calls the plan of the state
efficiency commission. which recon-
mends that the health department
be made a bureau under the pro-
posed department of public welfare.
In q bitterly sarcastic letter to DIR.
10. ]. Hagen, Moorhead, member of
the state board of health, who also
is a member of the efficiency COM
mission, DR. Bracken today assailed
the program OF the commission. lie
says in part:
Il wish to congratulate you on the
very efficient outline presented by
the commission for the degradation
of the, public health work. Further,
wish to congratulate you on having
such able co-workers in this proposed
degradation. II is enerally
understood, believe, that the work
OF this commission was largely out
lined by r. Dana Durand, professor
OF statistics. University Of Mime
sofa. The university Is further rep
resented by John II. Gray, professor
of economics and head of the depart
ment OF economics and political sci
ence. and A. +. Woods, dean depart
meDt OF agriculture.
Opposed Health Movements.
In addition to these learned rep
resentatives Of the university you
had also the wisdom of two state
senators who during their entire
terms of office had consistently OPP
posed every movement looking to the
betterment of public health matters"
DR. Bracken asserted that I'm addi-
ton to these the commission had
the support OF the committee on edu-
cation and public welfare, a group
of men deeply interested in educa-
tional matters only.
Continuing DR.. Bracken writes:
This outline OF degradation Is es-
pecially opportune, for II just comes
as the states OF New York, Massa-
chusetts and Maryland have so rec
ognized their departments OF health
as to insure the greatest efficiency
in public health work for their re-
spective states.
| ION looking the matter over care
fully II will be found that the depart
ment of public welfare Is TO cover
the work that Is now carried on by
the state board of control and the
state board of health. Undoubtedly
the department OF public welfare will
be quite similar in type to the board
Of control The board of health Is to
be made bureau I'm this depart.
/ ment This practically. makes the
board OF control The board of health
Is TO be made a bureau in this de-
partment. This practically makes the
board of health subordinate to the
board af control.
Or. sracken Suggests"
| Il would suggest that II 1t appears
that the legislature Is going to reject
the efficiency plan II should be pos
| sible for some member Of your COM
mission to introduce a bill placing
| the present board OF health under
the present board of control and thus
accomplish for this department, at
| least, the simplicity of operation
that your commission Is aiming at
| for the department OF public wei.
fare"
DR. Bracken closes his communi.
cation with the assertion that while
the great national movement Is to
change state health organizations to
make them independent. the eff.
cheney commission Is trying TO do
what Is directly opposite.
! st. Paul December 17.-One hun
| dred tubs OF butter were received
Tuesday by the dairy and food COM
mission for entry in the December
contest.
Scoring will be started Monday
by NJ. p. A. Sondergaard, federal
inspector, and James Sorneson. man.
! ager OF the Albert Lea State Cream
cry. This Is the first time that the
dairy and food commission has held
| butter contest In the winter.
One hundred tubs Is a big entry
for this time of the year" said
Joel G. Winkjer. dairy and food
! commissioner. and augu-s we'll FIR
the success of the cold weather
contests
| Four contests will be held in De-
cember, January. February and
March. Those entrants who score
ninety-two or more will receive d.
plomas. The buttermaker, with
the highest score in the four con-
tests will be awarded a grand prize.
The contests were arranged to
keep up interest and enthusiasm Of
the buttermen so Minnesota may
make a good showing at the ma
tional buttermakers' convention at
Des Moines in March. Minnesota
carried of the national prize at the
1913 show.
II. A. Fuller, organizer for the
! American Society Of Equity. orga-
nized a shipping association for the
Lime local union. Otto Guentzel Is
secretary of the association and
people wishing to ship stock from
that point should communicate with
him.
The Eagle Lake local union of the
American Society OF Equity shipped
two carloads of stock from Eagle
Lake on December Is. II. A. Fuller,
the organizer for the society, states
that the union has recently distrib-
uted from Eagle Lake two carloads
of coal at a saving of $3.50 ton.
John Anderegg Is business man.
ager OF the Eagle Lake union.
Cottonwood. Mimi, December IT.
James NJ. Panlsen, a farmer liy.
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