Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-01-09


The state board of public affairs
in its report TO the legislature will
say that half a million dollars can
be saved annually in me a6ministra-
ton of state affairs. Ii points out that
100000 can be saved in the admin
istration of state normal schools, $780,
600 in state printing. twice that
amount in the administration of the
state university. and 100000 in gen
eral state administration.
The report, however, does not lay
especial stress on these savings. More
attention is given to what is termed
"a program for social and economic
developments and for the attainment
Of greater efficiency in state admins
tration."
Reports on the survey made of the
university, the normal schools and
the high schools and the investigation
of state printing are to be made sep
arately to the legislature Investiga-
tons of the board on the problems
of farm ownership, rural credit sys-
TENS, farm tenancy and the distribu-
ton of agricultural products are dis
cussed at length, while the work of
installing uniform accounting systems
in the state departments and various
state institutions is reviewed.
Several Investigations" says the
report, were made and hearings were
held to ascertain what proportion of
the price paid by the consumer of
agricultural products goes to the farm
er for that product AS a result of
these Investigations the Sheboygan
County Cheese Producers federation
was organized The members Of this
board believe that such assistance as
was rendered by this board and the
University of Wisconsin in the organ
ization of this cooperative association
made it a model Of its kind and a bene-
fit to the dairy industry of Wiscon-
sin. During the eight months this
organization did business it handled
$780, 1916 pounds of cheese, for which
its members received S7S4,277."
According to the boards report
20 separate Investigations and surveys
of as many subjects were conducted.
Following is a list of more import
ant subjects investigated
Farm tenancy in Wisconsin, rural
credit conditions in Wisconsin, state
loans to farmers, distribution of She
boygan county cheese. distribution of
Wisconsin cheese distribution of Wis
consin potatoes, possibility of adopt
ing a state brand to standardize Wis
consin products, agricultural co-opera-
tion and cooperative methods, survey
of Wisconsin normal schools, survey
of University of Wisconsin, survey of
Wisconsin rural schools, survey of
Wisconsin high schools, departmental
and institutional accounts, accounting
records and cost systems and reports,
statistical study of food costs at the
state charitable and penal institu-
tions, budget practices of various
states and nations, prison contract
labor, departmental organization and
efficiency of state employees, feasibil-
ity of a central board of control for
all public educational institutions,
efficiency and cost of state printing.
Reports of the survey of the univer-
sity the normal schools and the high
schools will be presented to the legis-
lature, together with a report Of the
feasibility Of a central board of con
troll for all public educational institu-
tions, efficiency and cost of state
printing. state receipts and eXpendi-
lures from 1903 to 1914, and the state
budget for 1915 and 1916.