Show f J I B Burdening the Taxpayer I 0 DR R. R JAMES LEW LEWALD ALD of St St. St. St Louis co con con- t suiting expert employed by the board of oft f trustees of f tIt tire the Utah state school for feebleminded feeble feeble- I minded has recommended d to the board that i for every five inmates of the new school there Ii be one j It n seems seems altogether out of reason that in inan inan an institution housing 1000 inmates em em- t. t would d be required ired Even with an average wage of tOO per month the salary roll would amount to per month lo 10 which must be added at least per 4 month for board According to records of the state m mental i hospital at Provo approximately 80 per cent 1 t of the inmates are arc engaged in some some- kind of work around the institution If as large a aJ aI 2 J I percent percentage ge of inma inmates es of the feebleminded t home could be gainfully employed the estimated estimated estimated esti- esti mated number of required could be I materially reduced Another condition that should hould receive the careful consideration of the bo board rd of trust trustees es is 15 the of well to relatives a 06 tendency m many ny of feebleminded entering an institution to shift the expense for their care onto the taxpayers of the state slate Such a condition should not be permitted and in every very case where the inmate I or relatives are not indigent the state should collect enough to cover the expense of care and instruction a |