Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-02-28

t"p <"SSf uopcttuV beH"eN WI HN,
the bill every consideration which :hc
ar,ount Of labor and skill expended on
II would Justify STA hs,laaat
Mr. WHITE, In addition TO what
4 my friend, the Senator from Allegheny
II Dir. Anderson] has said, would just
add, that tho purpose of this bill is 10
remove from the board OF school di
rectors Of the different counties Of thc
Commonwealth, Il discretion which
has generally been given, and some.
what indirectly exercised. ia8 ~
/ ! would call tho attention of Sena.
tors to the fact that the amendment
offered BY tho Senator from Lancaster
\ Sr. Warfel1lsto strike oui Tie words
sunless 4 convention Of directors shall
see proper to add to the sum thus ob.
tanned, an amount from the State ap
propriaton 20 their own comfy
Now, the effect Of the passage of this
amendment will bo to make nuniform
rate of compensation all over the Com
monwealth, / hopc the amendment
will prevail. tlia a
Now, cali the attention Of the Sen.
ators TO the fuct that this bill adupls a
general principle it don't leave the
thing open us ii was left by the act ol
1919. ] think IL was-possibly 1853
by which it was left entirely to the
breasts OF the school directors OF the
convention. This provides for two
dollars per school and one dollar per
square mile, but where there are less
than one hundred schools the salary
shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.
Now this practically would make very
/ llittlo difference. II Senators will cast
their eyes over i they will see that II
makes u difference in but two counties
in the Commonwealth. The agsic-
gate amont Of salaries now paid is
sixty.ninc thousand five hundred and
1sixty-onc dollafsj tho amour, Of sal
aries under the proposition OF this bill
lwill be sevcniy-nne thousahd two
hundred and twenty dollars; with
the amendment Just suggested there
will be about two thousand seven
hundred dollars TO como of Of that
practically, IL viii be sevcnty.six
thousand dollars. Tho aggregate
amount Of salaries OF county superiu.
tcndonts, as fixed by the iricnnialron-
vcn,ions for 1868 Go 60, was as follows;
For 1868, forty thousand seven hun.
drcd aud sixty four dollars; for 1866
ffty.scvcn thousand five hundred and
sixty dollars; for 1869, sixty-niuo
thousand Eve hundred and eighty one
dollars; and increasing according to
this ratio, il will amount in 1872 TO ut
least eighty thousand dollars, aud al
the next tricnnial convention there
will be "a proportionate increase. Next
May is the limo for the triennial con
vention for the purpose Of fixing sal
aries and electing county superintcnd
cnts in the different counties OF the
Commonwealth 1t is therefore emi
ncutIy proper that this policy should
be adopted at this time.
Mr. STRANG / am in favor ol
this bill for what TO me is very con
elusive reason--it increasese the sal
AIRY Of the superintendent inmy county
just four hundred and flty.four dol
lars.
Mr. MUMMA. 1t does seem 10 me
that there is u tendency now, in the
Commonwealth, to run this thing OF
| free public education little strong
and thcro is some danger OF running
it into 5he ground, causing reaction
in The public mind in reference toit.
Now, the better way, think, is to
leave we'll enough alone the system
is working well, so far us know, and
while IN some places the salary may
be IL little low, as compared with 9th
crs, Believe il is not common thing
in this country TO compel men to take
ofliccs f they think the salary is too
low; | suppose in every locality men
can b} got to iill the position. But il
seems to me that this bill docs not
equal Ec the salary ia proportion TO
toe - Sount Of labor, and would ask
whct bra board Of shool directors who
know their county, its peculiar loca.
tion AID means of travel, and every
thing connected with the oiiicc of su
permit lndcnt, whether they are not
quite Il competent to ascertain and
pass uton the nmount that each intli.
vidna Superintendent. should be paid,
as thcIlsegislal ure .f as4tl
NoF, many things depend upon the
local. y Of tho county. Take, for in.
stanci, the counties that | have the
;, Lono1 TO rcprcscnt-mOre especially
the ciunty of Dauphin; our suporin.
tcndcht reaches all his schools by
railrqad, and believe usually has the
good fortune TO have u pass; | say he
can, for that reason, travel his county
for less salary, in proportion TO the
amount OF schools, ihan other superin-
tcndents may be able to travel theirs
for, whore the counties are not so fl.
vorably located as to railroad commu.
nications.
Mr.. WARFEL 1t docs not change
! tho salary of the superintendent OF
Dnuphin county at all
Mr.. MUMMA. That's fortunate for
me, because | might get u Seeding il
il did.
There is one other objection | see TO
\ IL; that whom you como 10 estimate
by the square mile, thcrc are counties
I IN the Commonwealth that have many
square miles OF territory in which
there arc no schools IL seems TO me
that that provision accompli,hcs any.
thing else but the propose that is
claimed for it. to wit: tho equaliza.
,ion Of tho salaries IN proportion TO
tho amount Of labor. You take a ter.
ritory that has no population, and the
superintendent is paid for each square
mile of country where there arc no
schools; That part Of it, seems TO me,
is calculated to produce inequality.
Mr.. BUCKALEW. Mr.. Speaker,
the money to pay the county supcrin.
icndents is substantially voted out of
the State treasury ly local authority
thai is, !. is voted out of tho general
school fund.
In nnv t,nriiculnr conntv tho school