Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-04-09
HOW TO SAVE MONEY
STATE SHOULD PURCHASE FOOD
AMP CLOTHING FOR ITS
POOR CHILDREN.
DECLARED CHEAPEST PLAN
Judge Neil, Advocate of Mothers
Laws, Says That Cost of Mainten-
ance of Departments Could Be De-
creased Over Nnety-nine Per cent.

creased Over Ninety-nine Per cent.
Des NOTES.-THE expense to the
state of maintaining institutions for
criminals, paupers and detectives
would be cut SO per cent If the state
would only spend part of it's money
In seeing that the children of the
poor are properly fed and clothed, ae-
cording to Judge Henry Neil of Chi
cago, who spoke at a state welfare
conference at Iowa City.
Judge Neil was the chief advocate
and most ardent lobbyist for the pass
age of the mothers pension bill in the
Illinois legislature in 1911. That was
the first bill of the sort passed in
this country. Within two years nine
teen other states, among them the
state of Iowa, had passed similar
laws.
"And now" Judge Neil said, 81 can
go from one end of the country to the
other without going outside of moth
ers' pension states. But the passage
of such bills is only the arst step to-
ward Kidding the country to large
extent at least of its criminal and de-
fective classes The next step is to
make 1t compulsory for poor mothers
to take advantage of the pension In
other words, the state should provide
for, the feeding and clothing of ev-
cry child whose mother is unable to
do so properly"
Judge Neil argued in practically all
of the nineteen states for the pass
age of the pension bills. He went on
the theory that the state should not
abandon a child merely because it's
father did and that the mother Is bet
ter qualified to rear her own child
than an institution or some other
child's mother is.
1--WE always went on the theory that
II mother was not able to support
her children the state should take
them away from her, put them IN
some institution and support them
there. The maintenance of these in
situations was an enormous expense to
the taxpayers OF the state and the
child was not nearly so well cared
for as he would have been if his moth
er had been able to do it. He lost
the love and affection out OF his ma
ture because he was taken away from
! his mother and he could not love an
| institution
FINALLY some of the legislators
| were made to see that it was much
cheaper to pay the mother to support
| her child than it was to keep him in
1 T. r.yhAn hA Ell
laws were passed the result was that,
in Illinois, for example, where the
state had been spending SIS month
| to keep a child in a home, II had to
pay the mother only 81 to keep the
child herself and make better man
of him.
"What l am trying to impress upon
| people now is that the millions they
are spending to maintain reform in
situations, epileptic colonies, insane
asylums, dependent children's homes,
prisons and poor houses could be re-
duced SO per cent If the state would
| only spend part Of that money in do
ing away with child poverty. 1t is the
children who are starved and poorly
cared Cor who grow up to be detectives
and criminals and fill the state insti-
| tutions"
Firms Receive cIemency.
Upon the recommendation of Attor-
| ney General Cosson the executive
council decided to impose only NOM
inal penalties on four firms that were
subject to heavy fines for failing to
make their annual reports as requir-
ed by law.
The Independence Canning company
of Independence was allowed to pay
800 in settlement of fines in excess
Of $500. The Peckstein & Maggie
company of Keokuk was allowed to
settle $500 in, fines for 500, while
the Holstein Realty company of Hol-
stein was allowed to settle $1,000 fines
for s25. The fine of the Farmers
Mutual Telephone company OF Clarks-
| Vile was reduced from $50 to $40.
Townships Each Get $347.98.
Each of the 1643 townships in the
state will receive a remittance Of
| s347.9S from State Treasurer w. G.
Brown at once This is the share OF
each township OF the automobile lie
| ense money for the six months period
ending April l. The total amount in
the hands of Treasurer Brown, after
!. the deduction of per cent which goes
to the state highway commission and
| 7 per cent which is placed In fund
for paying the expenses Of the auto
| - ant ic
This is by far the largest amount ev-
err collected in any semi-annual period,
being more than 100000 in excess Of
the amount distributed a year ago.
No DOG Show at the Fair.
A. r. Corey, secretary OF the Iowa
Fair association, has declined to add
dog show to the fair programme this
year. An attempt was made two years
ago to put on dog show, but 1t was
not big success. The association
after considering the matter consider
ed that efforts expended in other d.
rections would bring better results.
A number OF Des Moines residents
having dogs had requested the fair
management to organize a show so
they might exhibit their animals.
! Candidates for Office.
Judge w. s. Withrow has filed nom
nation papers for justice OF the SUI
preme court. with w. s. Allen, secre-
| tary OF state. The statement con-
tains 1924 signatures and every
county in the state is represented Ac-
cording to the nonpartisan judiciary
law, nomination papers must re sign
ed by at least fifty voters from each
county.
Judge Withrov was appointed to the
supreme bench by Governor Clarke in
~--rs. 1919, from Henry county,