The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-03
Education and Prosperity.

knowledge IS power, knowledge Is wealth
Time was when the Farmer could till his fields
in the same old-fashoncd way and with thesamle
old-fashioned implements which his Fathers nsed
before him, and prosper. But that time has
! passed. Educated labor has been brought into
= the field, and he who would successfully compete
Whit, must lay aside the worn out customs and
s ideas of the past, and call to his aid all the en-
alightenment which the age has thrown upon his
: work. Labor has ceased to be a mere work OF
the hands, Success in any calling requires that
we labor also with our heads that we thorough
; by comprehend the nature Of our work, and sub
jectit TO the direction of an enlightened under
; standing: ada aaaT baibgia 7.snoiva4q
The Farmer who can analyze the soil which
he cultivates, and can tell what crops and fertl-
HIizers are best adapted to it the mechanic whose
stroke is directed by a mind thoroughly in
structed in The principles Of bis trade and stored
with the accumulated experience Of the past,
eiboth have great advantages over their Ignorant
competitors. In the great race of life, whatever
be the goal, he who starts with good education,
:, an enlightened Judgment and a vigorous intel
lect, has long start ahead of all others. With
increased competition in the various callings,
and with the increased experience of each sue
ceeding generation, the time israpidly approach
ing when success in any reputable calling will
depend upon the intelligence of him who pursnes
ut. ignorance cannot compete with knowledge
mere brute force with educated labor.
l9l 9The power, wealth and progress of a nation
increases with the education and enlightenment
= of the masses. That people will progress most
rapidly in all the elements of prosperity, where
knowledge is most thoroughly dtused among
the laboring classes, and the brain is brought TO
aid the hand in its everyday toilinG sg8idf
Among the numerous curses that follow in the
train of slavery, there is no greater than the ig-
norance which it encourages. While the Free
States were dotting the land with Public School
Houses, like so many jewels set in the crown Of
their glory The poorer people Of the Slave sec
ton were left to grow up in stolid Ignorance,
bound in slavery more AFFECT than that Of their
{: coiored co-iaborers And to the popular intelli-
gence or the North, is owing, more than to any
thing else, her vast development in wealth, pros
perity and refinement. .T9asilal'i 24.5 -
gls4In looking over the Educational statistics of
the country we are met by such facts as these -
In, 1850 the whole number of children Of school
age in N Hampshire was ll2,96S; in South
Carolina, ia, 282. The number actually attend
ing school in the former State, was SO, 1879; in
the latter, 10, 1872 or only about 0ne-sirM Of The
abhole number Georgia with population twice
as great as ~ Jersey, had only about half as
many children attending School. Mississippi
Z with population of COG, 500 had only ls, TAG
children attending school, or about per cent
p of the entire population. New Hampshire with
g population of BIZ, 976, sent SO, 1919 children to
school, or about 80 per cent. ofthe entire popu-
lation. In 1860, there were in Maryland 49,
426r native adults who could neither read nor
write, not including slaves, while Massachusetts,
with nearly 600, 600 more Inhabitants, had only
1861. The difference in the number and cirenlat
tion of Newspapers, the number of books, print
ed &c. bears about the same ratio in favor of
the Free States And when we consider the
wonderful prosperity of the North, and ask our
selves why with better climate and superior
agricultural and commercial advantages, the
South is 50 far behind her in all the elements of
nwealth and progress, we may read The answer in
such facts as the above They prove9conclnsive-
sly that labor is most productive where it it best
educated THAT wealth follows knowledge; and
that the best way to- enhance the value Of oar
property, and to increase the prodpct Of our Ia
Dor, is to invest liberal portion Of our wealth
III, Public Schools, libraries and newspapers =
The greatest liberality here. will prove the high
est economy. ea.j f.o ro5.-a. r, ~ .q..;s.f W /