The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-30
Senate Ways and Means Body
FrOWns on Expenditures.
Building Activities Are Pruned
in the Upper House.
INSTITUTIONS HERE To SUFFER
Appropriations Far Below Cap
per Recommendations.
Increase in Wages Is One Good
Sign of Betterment.

RuildinC activities during the next
wear at state institutions are going to
be frowned upon by the ways and
means committee of the Kansas sen
ate. This was indicated today when
the first important appropriation bills
of the committee were turned in by
chairman Walter L. Wilson of Wash
fngton. Appropriations for the To-
peka state hospital, the State Indus
trial School for Boys at Topeka ami
several minor appropriations were in
Guided in the bills put into the hopper
today.
Chairman Wilson stated that it is
his intention to allow the bucking of
the house ways and means committee
to interfere with the appropriation
measures as little as possible and that
the senate committee Will meet every
morning so as to dispose of the added
work caused by tthe refusal of the
house to cooperate. --
a total of $4,000 is allowed the
Topeka State hospital for mainte-
nance, repairs, salary increases and
buildings by the committee, but this
is considerably under the budget rec
commended by the state manager and
the budget compiled by Governor
Capper. Fifty thousand dollars will
be provided to take care of the deficit
caused by the high prices of the last
year and this amount is exactly what
was recommend for this, but in
practically all of the other items the
committee saw fit to tighten up the
purse strings.
Increase in Wages.
One hundred and thirteen thousand
dollars was the amount asked for sal
aries and wages, an increase of prac-
tically 33 Is per cent over the amount
used in 1918. ThesCommittee felt that
this was too much and reduced the in
crease to % per cent, making the APP
preparation for salaries and wages
100000. Two hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars was asked for
maintenance and repairs for the year
1920 and $4,000 for 1921. IThe COM
mittee reduced these. items to $780,
900 for 1920 and 100000 for 1921.
An appropriation of 5000 was asked
for the remodeling of ''N'' cottage
during 1920 and the committee recon-
mended that the money be not avail
able until 1921, when it is thought the
cost of building material and labor
will be less than in 1920.
Appropriations for 1920. and 1921
for the Industrial School for Boys at
Topeka also were sliced. The Capper
budget asked for a total of S267, 200
and the committee recommended that
only S1S4, 800. he appropriated Last
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the Capper budget asked for s95, 800
for 1920. The committee recommend
ed that only $4,000 be appropriated.
Building appropriations amounting to
$4,000 for 1921 were entirely elimi-
mated in the committee bill.
Appropriations for the official
state paper for the years 1919, 1926
and 1921 also were made in a ways
and means committee bill, the
amounts being $1,000, $500 and
$4,000 for the respective years
An appropriation of $4,000 for the
years 1920 and 1921 is recommended
for the proper displaying of records
and relics of the Civil war in the
Grand Army museum, and. an APP
preparation of $3,2O is recommended
for the payment of postage and dray-
age of sending out of the twenty
| first biennial reports of the state
! board of agriculture.
| The appropriation bills introduced
| this morning were declared an emer-
gency and placed on% second reading
so that they might be disposed of more
rapidly.