The Irish standard., 1915-01-16

hat it is different from government
in its necessary methods. A state
board of education is to appoint the
director who supercedes the present
state superintendent. The regents
likewise, who come under the constitu-
ton, are to appoint the president of
The university.
But that there may be single over
sight of the states education forces,
the board of education and the regents
are required to meet as an educational
council, to do two things:
To thresh out questions where there
is common ground between them.
To consider the educational budget
as a whole.
And it should be noted that if they
agree on the budget as whole, they
must be pretty we'll agreed on the &C.
tivities for which the budget provides
Practical unity is attained by this
Now to glance at the departments
and what they contain:
Public Domain.
This includes under the director of
public domain: Lands and mines, hav.
ing control of the material resources
owned by the state; forestry; game
and fish, to cooperate closely with
forestry; highways, under highway
engineer; drainage and waters, to
conduct drainage operations for the
state and develop such waterways
projects as the state may manage;
buildings, to have oversight of build
ing operations for the state.
Public Welfare.
This includes under the director OF
public welfare: Superintendent OF
institutions now under the board OF
control; commission of health, now
under the board of health.
Notwithstanding the acknowledged
merits of the board of control, there
is strong argument for single re
sponsible executive with capable as
sistants, in place of triumvirate. 1t
is in the form of organization that
any business concern would unques
adopt. If the institutions are
to be considered separate from the
state government, there is good rea
son for retaining the board of con.
troll in its present form. But if this
field is to be considered a part of the
the single responsible
head is to be preferred.
With this department so organized
the functions of the health depart.
ment are closely related. There
seems to be every advantage in bring.
ing them into one department.
Labor and Commerce.
This includes under the director
of labor and commerce.:
Commissioner of Banks.
Commissioner of Insurance.
Commissioner of Labor.
Commissioner of Standards, to in
clude weights and measures, grain in
spection, food inspection, etc., the
state fire marshal to be associated
with this department.; boiler inspec
ton to go with factory inspection.
In place of great deal of confusion
a high degree of cooperation may be
accomplished in the various branches
of the inspection service by bringing
them all into one department.
Agriculture.
Because the state does many things
relating to agriculture, because they
all fit together and do not we'll fit any
where else, and because agriculture
is the most important industry OF
Minnesota-and will be as far ahead
as anyone can see-agriculture is
made separate department of state
Here we find dairy inspection and
creamery inspection, live stock sani
tary, orchard and nursery, seed, bees
insects, all the state police work that
relates to agriculture in the field, all
the state work that has to do with
agriculture apart from the agricul
tural school, the promotion of better
methods as we'll as the suppression Of
what is noxious to the industry. AL
ways distinguishing promotion from
education.
This department, under it's director
includes:
Commissioner of Animal Industry
dairy, live stock, sanitary, etc.
Commissioner of Plants.
Commissioner of Exhibits, including
the state fair and state aid to agri
cultural societies.
1t Is believed that this can be work
ed out so happily that the State Agri
cultural Society will continue to bring
the fair all the voluntary support thai
has made it a national success, while
it's management can be steadied b,
making 1t directly department of the
state.
Civil Service Methods.
With this plan the efficiency com
mission proposes civil service sys
TEN under which every applicant fol
Office, with very few exceptions, shall
submit to q test Of qualification The