The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-22
snlnna STUDYING BUDGET.

The state DuuSel mas DeSh NOhPi
and Gov. Cox took the big volume
with him to a joint session of the as
sembly and went over the items in II
with the members.
The budget is the governors. made
under his direction, studied ana
pruned by him and bears his approval
and recommendation. The date OF MS
appearance before the assembly is not
certain, being dependent on the COM
pletion of the printed budget, but II
will be Tuesday or Wednesday.
The budget totals more than SzO,-
600 900, but is inside the estimated
state income az made at the once OF
State Auditor Donahey.
Gov. Cox has taken the position tnat
in the face Of advancing prices, with
state supply of cash that has its limit,
and with a national situation that may
bring changes at any time, this is not
| the time to introduce financial innoVa-
tions. In some cases the pruning OF
appropriations has brought protests
| but the house and senate finance COM
mittees will probably not seek to r;p
up the budget extensively.
In the budget are two items amount
ing to half million, which are put in
as safeguards. One of these is $685.
900 to the Ohio national guard for
food. riot and war; the idea being to
relieve the general emergency OF this
possible charge The mention OF war
! is with the thought that II call IS
made on Ohio for troops, there may
be state expenses preliminary to the
assumption of obligations by the ma
. tional government.
If this fund is not used 1t goes TO
= the state emergency board. The 0oard
I 10 provided with $250,0OO for general
: emergencies. To meet the rising 1000
prices an extra $25O,OOO is given the
i board of administration If 1t can de
: monstrate TO the emergency boarC
that conditions justify it's use.
e The general institutional appropria
u tions provide higher pay for the low
o salaried employees, but nothing To-
those higher in the pay scale.
Is There has been adopted hbera
d policy with reference to two conul
II tions that have been the cause o
IS much trouble, the inadequacy OF IN
he state institution for feeble-minded, an
or the hospital for epileptics. The inst
lg tution for feeble-minded gets fou
le large new building groups entailing II
az OUTLAY of $600000 so arranged that III
IL. per capita cost will be lower than eve
lie before in the state. The hospital !G
epileptics will be materially enlarged
Progress is to be made in the ne
IL prison farm near London, the prlso
il commission being given $4,000 II
'o- the preliminary work.
re In other department eXigencleS
ty the situations that now exist mai
lat some increases necessary. The Sta
en- industrial commission gets $5O,OOO e
We ira to enable it to care for Its "or
be which has been increased by the enc
he nous industrial activity now goll
ks, on.
ri In connection with the supplies I
the educational institutions the sta'
lrd ment is made that all have been Vot
ov enough to guarantee no decrease
not the work, and the heads OF the
it leges and universities are well sat
the fed.
he One final advantage to the agrlc
,ro- tural interests will be an appropr
ary tion whereby those whose live stock
by slaughtered by the state to check q
the ease will be paid before the gene
we'd assembly NETS again.
un- Would Harass Public Utilities.
-ed. To the series of bills pending u
the will harrass the public utilities OF
low state has been added another. Sc
tor Timby of Ashtabula introduced
that is exactly the converse of the
nee nous Behne bill of two years ago.
it's Behne bill sought to make munici
de- ownership exceedingly more dime
ated while the new Timby bill, which
lich backed by the public owners
sur forces, makes it easy.
,usi- To Relieve Freight Congestion.
ums Radical measures will be emplo
bv Ohio to relieve the freight cont
ton on the railroad lines in the 81
loga unless the systems speedily den
park strate their own ability to remedy
ects situation.
ting State officials are convinced
and congestion has become q real men
stem to life and property. With thousa
land. of cars of coal standing idly on
S. tracks of the roads and with IN
to thousands of people practically ou
ouse fuel in mid-winter. the full super
atch ory power of the state will be inVc
state to get the cars moving.
sisla- Railways are to be given one n
the chance by the utilities commisslo
lsing handle the situation themselves.
s. It If the railways do not get FIRE
will moving state supervision or state
,al troll will be invoked at once.
Science Bill snagsed.
1t on Terrelps bill to permit Chri!
pro- Science healers to practice hit
{ the in the house, where 1t landed
three passage in the senate. Led by
one Ellis of Geauga county, the phys
have members made fight to have 1t
; the to the public health committee. "
it is they are strong. They won by
of so to A.
ee in A dozen legal representation
e ap- corporations on the lake from
J nec- Cleveland appeared 10 hgnC
.lp of Fleming bill that municipalities
ioner, lake front. Another nearing Is
held.
Hopes for Early AdIournmer
rovid- From the executive cnamDer
-1aN
g and said that Gov. Cox stiII hopea Il
nation adjournment Of the legislatur
place March l. This only gives tne