The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-06

jIIosis: which Is re$ ping a harvest d
Who're titan sllo9 IoG our. ciEfzzsns
tEsyearly. Al state labora tory was a. q:
kfabIished out Or Ills fund in connec.
Elton with our tnty ersity. Ascompe.
tenf bacterfolo was emp oyedg am
i lie e;xpense sG oE this department. al
Iswyeil as tile salary of the bacterioio.
etst, are. beingfpatd out of this fund,
ljAny. and all kinds of analyses of wat.
fer and other specimens can be made
In this laboratory at no cost to our
i'citizenship or the local boards Of
EiheaIth. The sum appropriated b.
the legislature is hardly worthy OF
consideration when compared to the
appropriations made by the leglsla-
| lures OF other states.
Another item Is $5,332.20 in
creased expenditure in the admins
ltration of our banking department
for this year over that OF 1912. The
Legislature in it's wisdom, at the last
session, deemed it advisable and ex-
pedient to write broader and better
ilaw to take care of the increasing
demands made upon this department
by enlarging it's force for tile purpose
of guaranteeing more vigilance il
the protection of the peoples money
deposited in the state banks. .-=,.
"There is also slight increase in
the expenses of the office OF the for
est, game and fish warden. Two or
three salaried deputies have been
added to the force of the warden to
look after the prevention of the de
VISITATION OF our forsts, the protec-
ton of our game and fish and the
purifying of our rivers. Has this
been a good investment for the state?
According TO the reports or the
government s5,00O,O0O worth Of for
est property was destroyed by fire in
West Virginia during the year of
I'190S.
During the entire six years since
that time and since the establish
mcnt of a system of protection for
four forests. only $34S,115.S3 worth
of property has been destroyed.
"There has been an Increase Of
s13,519 in the expenses incident to
the defense of the Virginia debt case.
j This has been due largely to the eX-
l|penses of the Virginia debt commits
sion, enacted by the legislature at its
last session. This, OF course. was a
newly created commission and this
expenditure was. therefore, in ex-
cess of any money that was eXpend-
FED in 1912, and an item which
thing well spent by the representa-
tive men OF our commonwealth who
go to make up this commission. who
| have held positions OF trust and hon
i or in both the Democratic and Re
publican parties, and through full
land free investigation of this import
ant subject which has held the in
fterest of our people for more than
half a century, their efforts in be.
half of the people through the sup
porto + others will, believe, bring
large returns for the amount OF mon
cy invested in research and other
! work by this commission.
Another item is criminal charges
which have increased over the year
OF 1912 to the amount of 17,124.43.
This is matter wholly outside OF
1.-THE executives control or that Of the
state administration and is admins
tered through the different coun-
ties.
"Thc state university has cost
$74.925.16 more in this year than in
1912. This could possibly be better
=, explained by the candidate for con-
gressman-at-largc on the Democratic
ticket. A new heating plant has
been constructed at the University,
/ which has resulted in the, saving Of
several hundred dollars per month.
"SIS,S62.06 was paid out for int
provements at our deaf and blind
school over the expenditure of 1912.
$17,S3S.02 was invested in new
! building at the Industrial Home for
Girls. which was an increase over
any expenditure mare for 1912.
1S6,595.94 was invested in an addi-
ktional building for the tuberculosis
sanitarium. t,t ett'
approximately $4,000 more was
Expended on the different depart
ments of our normal school, which
am informed by. the Board OF, Re
Igents "a bipartisan body) was nec-
cssary in order to obtain the best
possible results at these respectiyel
institutions. Our normal school arej
increasing in size and the standard
of efficiency Is being raised, ] take
1t that the Democrats do not ques-
tion for n moment the standing OF
any of these institutions, and forI
them to condemn, thesee expenditures
is to repudiate their own legislators,
for they were in control Of. the ,legis-I
latpiH which passed this appropria7
tfon bill. taa
The Geological Survey cost IL
F1914 $12,OG4.72 over 1912. This isl
department in which our whole
state is largely interested. 1t isfun=