Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-11
DAILY DEMOCRAT
THE Paw OF TRACaERS.
An UpfoOt Discrlninutlo0.

Al Usjass Discrfninntien.
A writer in the Cincinnati Gazett: calls
attention 10 the uojust Discrimination that
prevails in that city and the same inde-
fsnsibls fact sxlsts "a oil large ciiiss =
sgainst women in the matter OF wages paid
70 teachers 10 public schools:
Men begin to teach there. in tae sane
position as the lady assistants, At . sslsry
Of $500 . year, which is increased vloO
annually until it reaches 300. women,
having enjoyed equal or superior advan-
tages. possessing equal or superior ability
and doing the same work just ~ weli-nay
be b.,,.r-brgin With e40O year. which
u augmented W the slow preesss o. 100 .
year until it reaches 500. Thus the nrst
year the man gss 500. ths second year
el6e, The third year $500, the fourth year
$50, the 6fth year 500, the e'xto year
$50 more thsn the woman. which IN elk
vesrs smosots to $3.50, which would Be
ouits A much to her - 70 him in paying .
board bill, or confersinR some comfort On .
depeudspt and invalid mother.
In respect 10 The rsmuneIation OF teach
ere Of beth sexes, We are sill lar behind
hand in this country. Our scnooi boards
AID educational authorities are very slow
10 understanding the fact that the occupa-
ton Of The teacher 10 enc Of the very hrst
10 Importance, and should Be compensated
accordingly Our teachers ought to Do the
most cultivated and polished members OF
socisty, that chidrss and youth IN the
school room nigh, have constantly before
them examples worthy OF limitation. 10
secure such persons - teachers. more ludg>
msnt must bs exercised BY the school gu.
liberties. aud more liberal compensation
must be made. We have before US list
Of salaries Of teachers 10 all ports OF tho
country, . synopsis Of which will give an
idea Of their remuneration
Boston-62 men, average pay g, 200 !;
COS women, avssgs pay $3.50 per yesr
CIncinnati-60 men, average u ,ooo; 500
women, average t575 per year.
Ohicsgo-2S men, average 2,ooV 2sS
women, avsrsgs 300 per year.
Louisvills--8l men, average u ,O00; 1913
women, average $3.50 per year.
Bsfalo-36 men, average VI ,2uU 20
women. average t476 per year.
Washington. d. CO men, tl,2oo; "
women, 8475 per year.
Milwaukse-26 men, $3.50; % women,
ears per year.
Newark -ls men, 1926 lis women,
$500 per year.
New York-l76 men, S., 200; 1905 NO.
men, $3.50 per year.
Pennsyivania-6,s4 $40 men,$S5 81; $500
women, &27 81 per mouth.
WISCONSIN, Total, 1851; men, $40 70 !;
women. t36 "a per month
Ninpes,ta-729 men, sJ4 Gl 1887 wo-
men, o22 s.
Io.s.-s,s7 men, ea5 So; e,ss7 women.
ga g. per month.
ohie-s.s,s men, sss 81; 1920 women.
323 so per month.
S.p Francisco men, e554; 1873 wo-
men, 500 per aununi
As,n.-7l men, $2s 70; 1871 women,
go per msnth.
The highest pay for men is q, 900. which
10 received BY teachers 10 Boston, and the
next highest. $4,000, 10 paid t. twenty six
teachers IN tho came place. Wsmsn re.
ceivs much less, and their highest salary
is - fellows In st. Louis, $1,000; Bos-
ton 81 900; San Francisco. 81 800 Gin
cinnsti, Sl,05s; Chicsgo. &l,lo0; Louis
vills. 81 $50 Buffalo. tl,O75; Milwaukee
$500; Cleveland, $500; Tsled,, $3.50 !,
Newark, $500; Detroit, $500 Ina large
number Of other places the hie hest female
salary is less than $500. In New York
City, before the war. the highest salary
for males vas 81. 500, and about 5000 for
females. Atpressnt it g 81. 500 and 50 900
for males. and 81 900 and 81 ZOO for f.
malss. This With oil the absve figures,
include piincipsls Of whom there are new
forty nine males and 1873 females in that
city. Who have taught frem eight to fifteen
years.
These figures are very curious in some
respects. They show that while Boston
pays its male instructors most literally, it
10 far behind the Wcst in its appreciation
Of women. Nearly ali the large Western
cities surpass it in this respect, including
Buffalo and Louisville. New York stands
third on the list, while st. Louis had the
credit Of taking the lead in its appreciation
Of female educators. The proportion Of
women employed - men, varies largely
in different States. In Maine. Ma.sachu.
sets, New York, and most Of the Western
cities. the former largely predominats Ia
the fret I've instances the proportion being
OiHus ~ WV. ytV0uio, - VIZ
ether hasd, the difference 10 not - great,
and in West Virginia the me are in the ma
jority.
The Charlton Demoeratof the 3lst ult,
speaks Of . case Of Are and damages sup
possd to have been started fer the purpose
Of protecting property: During the past
wssk, tho ires upon the prairies in this
county have destroyed considerable prop
erty. On Monday, English township was
visited BY a sea Of fire. and much damage
Was done. Campbell Courtney, . farmer
lost about co bushels of wheat and 8 or 10
tons Of hay. g. W. Wise lost 8 tons Of
hay aud about 500 rails a. D. Mitchell lest
almost half mile Of fence: Thomas Hall,
several tons Of hay Peter Brown, q quarter
Of . mile Of fence. and William Doug las
was loser 70 the extent of bali q nile of
fence. Other parties suffered less serious
losses II Ia said that Robert STANLEY start