The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-06

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provements at the ltasca state park,
etc.
| Increased Levy Explained.
"The increased levy for state rev.
enue purposes is accounted for by
the following increases I'm appropria-
tions by the Legislature: State in
situations recommended by board OF
controD, s750.000; special aid for
schools, s56O,00O; tuberculosis sana-
toriums, including the enlargement
of the Walker institution, s675,0O0.
These make total of nearly two
million dollars for the two-year
period, one-half of which would be
provided for in the levy for the
current year, which accounts for
the increase of sS75.OOo In the levy
for revenue purposes. at
Items which go to make up the
s5.2l0,000 levy for state purposes
for 1913, include the following:
Special aid to public schools, public
| libraries and training schools, $1,624,-
600; one mill road tax, s1,370,000;
special leyies for state prison, his
torical building, soldiers relief, etc,
s6S5,000. These sums total $780,
900, approximately. The remaining
s1.432 900 Is necessary TO provide for
the various expenses Of the state
government not covered by revenues
from indirect taxation.
Show the Rate Increase.
H.. -
rate over 1912 Is Las mills divided
as follows: State road tax, .75:
revenue, G; historical building, etc,
L. or the total 1913 levy of sos
mills, 90 mills Is for school pur-
poses. lin this is included special
state aid and the one mill school
and the university taxi; one mill
for roads and one-half mill for state
prison and other building certificates
of Indebtedness, leaving less, than
one mill for general revenue pur-
poses"
Mr.. Rines' figures probably will
not be disputed. The only contro-
versy is as to the wisdom of the
policy OF granting increased state
aid to such projects as roads,
schools, county fairs, sanatoriums
and the like, that are of a local
nature.
Respose to Popular cIamor.
The legislatures year after year
have responed to popular clamor
for state aid for multitude OF pro-
jects. A limited amount of state aid
may encourage improvements in
schools, roads and other improve
ments but too free opening of the
purse strings may tend to carless-
ness in expenditures without the de.
sired results.
In the meantime the discussion of
the expenditures of the last legisla-
ture has awakened many taxpayers
to realization of the fact that they
have to pay for what they get,
whether their money Is handled
through the state or local treasures.
At any rate IL is quite probable that
the next legislature will be less lib
eral with its funds.
From Tuesdays Daily.
That Mankato is not behindhand
In the production of a mechanical
genius has just been demonstrated
anew in the coming out of A. c.
| Dunn, a young man OF this place,
with a novel door catch and con-
troller, which he has invented. The
| new apparatus has been entered
in the patent office at Washington.
Mr.. Dunn is expecting the patent
papers almost any day and when
they are received he viii immedi.
ately proceed to manufacture the
apparatus and have 1t placed on the
market. He expects to have the
plant running and the apparatus on
sale about two months hence.
Serve Dual Purpose.
The device is SO arranged that
its parts work individually or serve
dual purpose, One of the parts,
a door-catch, is unique two-piece
continuance to be used on screen
doors. II works automatically, serv-
ms W pflnS the uoOT INTO proper
position and hold It there. thus elm
mating the disagreeable feature of
having the door partly open, unless
II is fastened by hooking. The part,
which has been named the controller,
serves an altogether different pur-
pose, the object being to prevent
the door from slamming. The in
ventor has been working on this
dual-purpose continuance during the
past two years.
VIII Organize Company.
Mr.. Dunn will organize a stock
company and sell stock, getting to-
gether enough capital to manufac-
ture his contrivance and place Il on
the market. Already several Man
kato men have taken a keen inter-
est in the project and have ex-
pi essed their willingness TO incor.
porate in Mr.. Dunn's company. Mr..
Dunn has appeared before the ad.
yisory board of the Mankato Com
mercial club and has shown the
commercial value OF his invention.
The board took to the contriyance
very favorably and appointed Sec.