The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-03
CLAIM SAVINGS
ARE EFFECTED
IN INDUSTRIES
Industrial Commission Reports
Outline Savings Reported in
Mill, Home Builders
GATHER LOOSE ENDS

ance within the last three months, &C
cording to reports of the various in
dustries before Lewis F. Crawford
secretary of the Industrial Commis
sion. a... .. -
Operating expense of the Drak
flour mill has been cut about $400 pc
month or at the rate Of $4,000 year
Expenses of the Bank of North Da
kota, exclusive of the farm loan de
partment, have been cut from $7777.4
in November to s3,993.00 in March
Expense of maintaining the HON
Building Association, as compared tt
November under the former admins
tration, when there was, as now, nj
building operations going on, has beel
reduced more than so percent.
The Drake flour mill has been op
Grated during the last three month!
continuously except for a. few days
When the new administration tool
charge the manager of the mill saif
that he desired to make success o.
it and suggested methods G6f conduct
ing the mill on a buSihessIlike basis
Among 4other things heS said there
should be no politics. The manage,
voluntarily accepted a. reduction r.
salary from s275 per month to SITE
per month and began to cut down ex-
penses as much as possible, upon or
ders of the Industrial Commission
We're taxes, interest on previous loss
and one or two other items charged
against the miHoit would not be max
ing a profit, ,Bbut without these char
ges it has about broken even on Op'
Grating expenses, 1t is said. There was
a large stock of flour on hand when
the new administration took charge
of the mill. The stock has been re.
duced about 200 barrels.
Economies Effected
Among the economies effected were
requiring banks to pay interest on
daily balances, which amounts to
about $1,000 per year. Twenty thous-
and dollars, which had been placed
to the credit of the mill by the Mill
and Elevator Association, was trans
ferred to the Grand Forks account,
reducing the interest charge approxl-
mately 800 per month. Other econo-
mics have cut the expense about $400
a month and the mill is producing
just about the same amount of flour,
according to Secretary Crawford.
The Home Building Association has
presented mainly problem of salvag-
ing. Operations had ceased under the
Nonpartisan administration, ana it is
held that under the law the assccia-
tion cannot be revived withou.. q
change in the present laws which pro-
hibit issuance CT bonds until so per-
cent of the cost Of a house has been
paid.
I Manager Diehl has been gathering
up loose ends of the business He
has salvaged and sold cement
sacks for about 500. They had not
been turned in for credit and had they
been properly taken care Of should
have brought about $500, Mr.. Diehl
says. There are in Fargo, he said,
sacks which were found half
covered with rubbish which should
have been returned to companies ami
credit of about $400 obtained. These
will be sold.
Lumber stored in the open in Man
dan, Bismarck and Farog was disap-
pearing rapidly through thefts. These
stocks have been sold. A considerable
amount OF lining material in Grand
Forks and Bismarck has been placed
for sale on consignment. A lumber
shed was built by the former manage
ment In Fargo on ground owned by
r. B. Blakemore, then manager OF the
association. The shed, though sup
posed to be 2 temporary shed, cost
about $3,S18.00nand had a concrete
foundation! Rent Of $25 per. month
was, being charged for the lot, and the
building was idle. The association
was asked to vacate the lot or buy 1t.
The shed would have been almost
worthless for moving. The lot was sold
and the building with it.
- Loose Methods Found
Loose methods of keeping accounts
alson were found. Mr.. piehl said that
he found loose credit slips lin various
desks in the office Of the ef0rme,r man
agement.F These were pfesented to
their proper place and9 the Home
Building Association has received the
following amounts: $500 from the
penitentiary; $32.72 from the state
department, and scme 9TH
er bills for money due the associa-
tion, which were found in desks. are
in course of collection. When material
was, sold by the former administra-
tion, according to Mr.. Diehl. only a
bank entry was made. There are no
vouchers by which the items Of ma
terial could be traced. Under the new
system itemized vouchers are kept
for every sale. :, Il
Included in the material still on
hand are window weights in the
amount of two tons which, accord
ing to Mr.. Diehl, arc too large for
windows used in houses built by the
association, and could only be used
in store buildings.
The office rent of the association
has been reduced about two-thirds.
The expenses of the Bank OF North
Dakota have been cut Expenses of
the farm loan department have in
creased, as there were but one or two
persons employed in it under the
former administration.
Little saving can be effected on the
Grand Forks project, it is said, be-
cause most of the contracts for ma
chinery had been let. One contract, for
betting, was not let by the former ad-
ministration. 1t will be le. at saving
of about $4,000. ~, ~
90 Ann nnn M -..,