The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 7, 1916, Page 17

OE 3 - $2.50. || Automatic A Chance to Frim State Payron - . 7 By Leader Staff Correspondent). ISMARCK; Sept. 2—The farm- ‘ers’ legislature, which nobody ). now doubts will be elected this fall, will have plenty of oppor- tunity to trim state expenses, besides carrying ‘out the farmers’ legislative pro- gram-and perhaps reforming tax laws. An instance has been discussed lately at_ the capitpl. In 1913 Insurance Com- missioner Taylor recommended to ‘the legislature the establishment of -a fire marshal’s department in his office, -to handle the work ‘ of investigating and -reporting fires, seeing that the fire pro- tection “laws are enforced, condemning and ordering removed fire traps and old, useless buildings that are a fire menatce, tracing down “fire bugs” and generally performing a useful and needed function of government in commection with the fire and insurance laws. Mr. Taylor recommended that he be made fire marshal as well as insurance commissioner, with no extra salary, and be allowed one extra deputy, who would be made assistant marshal. An -extra clerk and small appropriation for office supplies and traveling expenses would BIG PAY. / Employers are_willing to pay good salaries to those who are expert. At- tend the Union Commercial College, - Grand Forks, N. D, and become expert .in bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, etc. Send for_ our free.catalog and see i ¥or yourself the young men and women this - school ‘' has™ helped.’ * Board : only 51-2t. 1000 :: = :: Farmers in North Dakota Carry Life Insurance in the - 4.0. U W. WHY DON'T YOU? The reasons for their taking insurance may Teasons for your taking a policy. Better write us today for some cash loans. Paid up and extended insur- p $500 from $1000 to $5000 at 35 per cent Policies in the A. O. U. W. accumulate full . legal % ance options at the end of the third year and thereafter. Certificates fssued in any multiple of $500- from $1000 to $5000 at 356 per cent less than can be had from old line" companies. * Sample policy sent on request. Address HOME OFFICE: A. 0. U. W., Fargo, N. D, . ernor) . of $5000; then enable the new department to do business. - : TOO MUCH “PIE” TO BE OVERLOOKED _ But the administration politicians saw a chance of some extra “pie” in this. Here was a chance to create some per- fectly good jobs and add them to the governor’s’ patronage. Why let the insurance commissioner have the appoint- ment of a couple of extra employes? He was not considered an administra- tion henchman. What if it WAS logical to have the fire marshal’s depart- ment connected with the insurance department? The governor should be given the appointing power. It meant jobs for friends. This was good reason- ing for the politicians, and of course the legislature was subservient. So a fire marshal’s department was created, but it was not created as-recom- mended by Mr. Taylor.. While the act nominally placed the new department under the insurance commissioner, the details for its organization made it virtually a separate department. The governor was given power to appoint @ fire marshal and a first assistant mar- shal and the insurance commissioner ~ was given authority to appoint a clerk - for the department. Thus the governor was given two more fat jobs to fill. The " insurance commissioner could fill the $600 a year clerkship, because that was too small a job for the politicians to care about. This arrangement, of course, made an extra employe over and above the plan proposed by the insurance commissioner. The commissioner was not made fire marshal, but a'new. job was created. 8 The fire marshal’s department had an appropriation by the last legislature for the biennium -of $16,435, including salary - of the marshal (appointed by the gov- salary of the chief assistant marshal (appointed by the governor) of $3600; salary of the clerk (appointed by the insurance commis- sioner) of $1200; postage, $400; office ;supplies; . $100; . furniture and fixtures, _$100; traveling-expenses, $3600; print- ing, $200; miscellaneous, $235; fees to fire chiefs making reports of fires, $800. . A LITTLE MATTER OF . SIX THOUSAND A YEAR The insurance commissioner’s plan for a fire marshal’s department on just as efficient a plan, but without any political “pie” in it, would have cost only $10,000 for the biennium, which would have been " a saving of over $6000. Of courseé it is still possible to reorgan- * ize the fire.marshal’s department on the plan -originally. proposed before the poli- ticians saw' chances for. “pie” in it. The next legislature -can ‘make it a part of - the insurance department in fact, as well as in name, and do away with one $2500 a year salary and other expenses made 55H.P.Eng. 4HP.D.E 4 Plow Cedar Rapids See The NILSON *N!LS: ON”. that wss ac'know:ledgéd:jiyfl the jli;igeé to be and elsewhere. High grade in every detail. - investment in a tractor-today. Gl Tractor Before You Buy|| necessary because the two. departments are not running together. The depart- ment could be made efficient and just as valuable a government adjunct as at present by the following expenditure per biennium: $4000 for an extra deputy in the insurance department, $1800 for STATE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY a clerk, $2000 for traveling expensea and $2000 for miscellaneous expend< itures—total, $9,800. Present expendi< ture, $16,435. Saving, $6635. 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