Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-11

"ln 1891 our state expenditures
were about $2.G2 per capita. Expendi-
lures for l9l3-l4 will reach S. per cap
ita, being an increase OF 30 per cent, It
is reasonable to assume that as great an
increase in the cost Of county and city
government has taken place as in the
state government, and if so, car state
and local government is costing us 90
per cent more per capita than in 1928,
In other words, if the per capita cost
of our government was no more today
than in 1884 saving Of #l2,O00,00O
would result annually
Penal -Eleemonsynary Institutions
"Om institutions, during the past
four years at least, have been absolutely
removed from politics. The present Of
ficial heads have been selected solely
upon merit and have been left free to
select their subordinates. These men
hold the safety and welfare Of thou.
sands Of helpless people in the hollow
Of their hands, and It would be calam.
ity should their positions become the
football Of politics. There are in the
ranks Of all parties those who believe
in the old doctrine "to the victors be.
long the spQils," and who insist that
our institutions should provide bertns
for the faithful The great majority,
however, take a different view Of the
situation. and any attempt to throw
these institutions back in the slough of
politics, to become carrion upon which
the political birds Of prey may feed,
would find bltter opposition
"Our institutions are rapidly being
placed in a splendid condition through
the earnest cooperation Of officials aud
employees and rs a result Of their efforts
Oregon has been placed in u class by
itself, A visit to the institutions will
give one an idea Of tno high standard
which obtains.
''The total expenditures for all pur.
poses in connection with our penal and
eleemosynary institutions for the bieu
MUM ending September 30, 1914, arc
shown by the statement which follows,
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