The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

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| So much for the ASr1-MoSoPoL1sT. Now for
| one who knows
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
OFFICE SEc'Y OF BOARD OF EDUCATION,
BosToS, June 1st, 1875
| Thomas Simpson,
DEAR SIR:-Ne have fire State Normal |
Schools, for the annual expenses of which the
| last Legislature appropriated S62 900. 1t Is
proper to say that IN the four old schools we
have advanced classes 1chOse term Of study IS
t,ro years in addition to the regular course OF
t1ro years. Proper provision for teaching these
| classes Increases our outlay for teachers sala-
ries. Beside the above schools we support
Normal Art School at a cost, this year, of
$4,000.
Truly Yours,
JOSEPH WHITE, Sec'y.
That is to say, Massachusetts, appropriates
annually ST. 900 for six Normal Schools, one
of which is to train teachers III Art education,
so much dreaded by the ANTi-MoNoPoLIsT.
Surely mo man doubts her love for liberty or
intelligence As Webster said, "There she
stands; look at her," (S7l 900 annuallyfor pre-
pairing teachers The brains, the ganglionic
/, enter of American thought" Cool for We
ster; bad for Donnely.
Well, cali it s7l 900 and then take the
census tables again.
Massachusetts, has 1.457 $50 inhabi-
tants, with an assessed valuation of
81 ,591 1888, 1i2. She has therefore three
times our population, and nineteen times
orr ,cealM. 1t we spent. for Normal
Schools in proportion to wealth, as
much as she does, we would spend
1876 instead OF 100000 In other
words we spend nearly ten times us much
for Normal Schools as massachusetts, does.
Brother Simpson may well say "good for
Webster-bad for Donnelly." For
Webster has ceased paying taxes, and
we havn't.
Our space is so limited that we must
condense the rest of Mr.. Simpsons let
ter He shows next that Illinois spends
S24 sos. 80 per annum instead OF s12 800
as the Year Book had it. But Illinois
} has , $50 ,S91 inhabitants; or more than
five times as many as Minnesota. II
$24 900 is her reasonable share for Nor
NAL Schools, ours should be one fifth of
that sum. to-wit: $4,000, n SIG, 200
less than ace dc spend
The rest of Mr.. Simpsons letter is an
effort to show that the three Minnesota
Schools graduate more teachers than
the Illinois school, This is not mater
ial to the line of our argument; and oil
no great consequence one way or the
pth IJa oc,.I.,Ja, .bnr.
But il is simple folly t. attempt to unravel
. the tangled web of error aud Misrepresentation
that comes from the columns Of the ANTI Mon
oPoLIsr whenever it speaks upon this subject
This exposure IT its tallacles, its MEASUREMENTS
and its rank injustice, is not pleasant tas *
but truth demands it. Many more such dis
plays of this kind as il has recently made, will,
however render criticism entirely unnecessary
) in the presence Of our intelligent aud truth
loving people.
THOMAS SIMPSON
WiHona. Jane IS, 1875.
This is simply laughable. We have
shown by Mr.. Simpson own figures that
the people of Minnesota are taxed in
proportion to We tn, from three 10 trenty
four times more for the support Of Normal
Schools, than any other Stste in the
, Union,
) Now we have some faith in Mr.. Simp-
son. A man cast in his physical mould
cannot be otherwise than fair-minded.
: reasonable and just; and we therefore
D ask him to help US, in this era of high
taxes and hard-times, to stop this ex-
D cessive leak. We have no ill-will to
) Mankato, Winona, or st. Cloud Let the
! Legislature turn two of the Normal
Schools into Insane Asyiums or Reform
$ Schools: and then let US give the other
school a generous support. And if we
: have any money to spare for the training
of teachers. let us give it to the high.
schools of the different counties.
5 Come, brother Simpson: ~e have
t met your facts and arguments fairly
e and we have, we think, swept them al
{. away. If you persist in defending sc
e gross q robbery of the people as the
r present Normal School system. we sha.
d ask you to raise msustache, or wea,
it eyeglasses or take to drink. or disguise
o yourself in some way. so that you shall
+ not be any longer n staken for the editor
7 OF the ANTI-MoNOPoLIsT For if you
persist in lending the sanction of your
= strong mind and handsome personal
: presence to so great q wrong. we shall
!, have to tell you story we heard the 9th
!, er day about Paris grise,te- 1t seem:
: an intimate associate OF hers had been
|; found out in some moral delinquency
whereupon our grisette '.cut her dead