Show I WATCH THE APPROPRIATION LEAKS APP I A A FEW FE of the mem members ft n bers bors of ot the legislature think they were wert selected to t f see that the states revenue rev nue Is disbursed as quickly as pos possible pas possible sible sibl without regard to the use to which the money mane is put or where it I Is Isto Isto l to come from The legitimate demands of the states educational and administrative Institutions InstitutiOns tons provide fixed charges which will wi require alt all al the revenue available from froma a reasonable levy and the legislators legislator can use their energy to better beter adan advantage advantage tage Uge economizing than In the Invention of new lew ways way of dissipating funds fun ls For Instance there is a measure before the solons providing for the te establishment of ot a number of ot experimental farms the he locations to be distributed so 5 that va various varIous Various rious districts will wl have these experiment ment rent stations The idea of agricultural experiments Is le good goo the plan to scat scatter scatter scatter ter the stations is bad in several ways Better Beter results can be obtained at less expense by concentration of energy en rg than by o D division of stations Five farms fars would of course provide that many desirable political Jobs but the taxpayers would get more return from jone one first class station JY k man managed m maged managed aged than from number er scattered about the state 4 The Agricultural college is I already alre dY dohig great geat work for the northern part part of the state the horticultural station in Washington county count is doing good work there the government g Is experimenting exper experimenting west of this city ly in a most profitable way There is no ncr no need of more than one additional station and before the session is over tIle the tle legisla legislature ture will wl find it i has no money to spend on such luxuries as s branch farms in five different sections of the state The schools the state university the Agricultural college the executive of offices flees the national guard all al should be beglen given glen ample funds Iund The state school of mines particularly should be given money with wih which to enlarge enlar e its Is field feld and make it i the center of mining stud studies studies ies les for the whole country countr Let these institutions have all al the money they need for their progressive development but watch the leaks the small smal jobs put through for the benefit of some in individual Ini individual t i legislator or some clique bent benton bent on gaining personal popularity popularly at the 1 I expense of the public treasury tr as lY u |