The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-03
TAXES MONEY TO
RUN THIS BOARD
pillar of Fire to Him
Who Essays to Till
the Soil.
DON'T LET CASH RUST
Agriculture Board Has Com
troll Over Large Sums of
Public Money.
nv &. w. Il. KINDS.

,cr,c,,plrc Is Oklahoma's greatest
,ndus,iy and It naturally follows that
ho rate board of agriculture is an |
,pportant arm of the state govern
mont Also, It is imperative that |
,bo hoard be well financed In order
,o keen ahead OF the great multitude |
=, farmers and be a pillar of fire by |
night that the husbandmcn may see
and understand what is best 10 SOW
sod how to get the greatest reward
IN. the sowing.
H. the board directs and demon
sNues. money must be obtained for
,h, direction ana demoGstfatlon,
and II requires innumerable people,
sble and ordinary, to Keep the
s,,to's agricultural board at tho
yery pinnacle of efficiency, in both
#. fields of expenditure and demon
stratiOn
Very few people understand the
magnitude II this state department
and the hard labor required to keep
q mnctiuning. This is true both AZ
how 10 keep the work mapped out
in efficient operation and also az
10 knowledge of what fund TO draw
ON 10 Keep lne outgoing ON cquable
and Just basis.
no branch of the state govern.
ment requires more assistance, and
sim each succeeding legislature piles
more.dutics on the board. The 1913
legislature added that of bee inspec-
nSp. hard because the bees are wild
ah also because they are scare. As
an initial incentive to make the
board Of agriculture get down to
business and work like the proven
bal busy bees. an appropriation OF
$1,000 per annum was voted, but
This can be enlarged In the event
more bees are found and the bee
Inspector finds the little rascals show
the proper breeding.
The $4,000 yearly Appropriation
for trick eradication OF other days
has been eliminated, and that has
done much toward relieving the
strain on the state treasury. The
actual appropriation for the last fis-
cal year to conduct the department
was only $2s9,500, although II must
not be construed that this amount
included the cost OF maintenance
OF the Agricultural and Mechanical
college at saltwater, or the four
secondary agricultural schools To-
Gated at Goodwell, Lawton. Tishom'
lingo and Warner. Appropriations
for those Institutions come under
different headings, although the
board OF agriculture controls these
expenditures Some Of those school
funds are special and the feaeral
government contributes a widows
mite for the maintenance OF thf
great A. and NJ. college. second "
rank within the state OF Oklahoma.
What The Record Shows.
The 1919 legislature appropriated
for the use of the board OF agricul-
ture for the fiscal year ending June
30, for the following purposes:
President John 4. Whitehurst' 4
salary is fixed by the constitution AT
1880 per anSum, and the secretary
is allowed S2,l00 per year. Or
course financial secretary Is re-
CURED, and the allowance Is 81,
500 per annum. The minute clerk
draws $500. but the superintend-
end of statistics receives Sl.62O'
having long hours for duty. The
board handles much produce and a
Shipping clerk is employed at sal
ary Of $500 per year. All OF these
front office workers are forlfp
behind four stenographcrs who are
each paid a salary of $1,000 per
year
The state veterinarian is paid a
salary of Sl,400 per annum, and the
Chairman of the department OF feed
Inspection requires $4,000 per an
hun. The latter Is assisted by five
feeS inspectors who each draw sal
ars'of $1,500 per annum and the
legislature appropriated $l2,5oO as
expenses for those inspectors OF feeu
for stock.
The chemist for the agricultural
experiment. station " paid $500 pei
annum while the overworked clerk
and bUokkeeper for the dairy de-
pertinent receives but $1,000 per an
nun.
The two dairy inspectors each
draw sl,500 per year, but OF course
require an expense account In ordei
10 reach their various destinations
Evidently the livestock superin'
tendent is inconsequential, as he II
allowed but $1,000 per annum, while
The two orchard inspectors eacf
draw $500 per annum. This cal
be explained by stating that live
stock can be found everywhere
while the orchard inspectors really
nave to go out and hunt Tor OF
chards. In addition the orchard IN
spectors have an allowance for eh
penses of $500.
The legislative idea of expense ac
counts varied considerably. In ad
dition 10 those already enumerated
me veterinary surgeon - allowed
N9OO per year; dairy inspectors
$4,000, but the livestock Inspector
were given the rather magnificeh
sum OF S65.00O,
Hog cholera was prevalent wher
ihe legislature was in session anC
President Whitehurst 3 board wa
voted a yearly allowance of $1,000
70 eradicate the maiady.
The board allowance for mileaB
and per diem all members but th'
president being allowed pay only 10
Whdt time In service) is $4,000 pc
year. However. this is alleviate'
oy contingent fund OF tS,oOo
which can be briefed as the author
w TO spend money for things th'
legislature could not think OF a
me time 1t was in session. tn
.oard makes frequent reports an'
sso,gOO was appropriated 10 permi
Nhe'r publication. Another $500
was allowed for payment To owner
VI lmals killed by direction OF tn
savt veterinarian.
some minor appropriations wer
nhae, such as 5000 for seed in
aapeeuon, that being in accordanc
I'm a law passed by the 1919 leg
aature, when hubbub arose owe
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