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

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So much for the -MoSoPoLIsT. Now for
one who knows:
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
OFFICE SEc'Y OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, }
BosToS, June lst, 1915.
Thomas Simpson,
DEAR SIR:-Ne have fire State Normal
Schools, for the annual expenses of which the
last Legislature appropriated S62,0 IL Is
proper to say that III the four old schools we
have advanced classes arhose term Of study IS
t,ro gears in addition to the regular course Of
tlco years. Proper provision for teaching these
classes increases our outlay for teachers sala-
res. Beside the above schools we support a
Normal Art School at a cost, this year, OF
| $4,000
Truly Yours,
JOSEPH WHITE, Sec'y.
That is to say, Massachusetts, appropriates
annually 81 900 for six Normal Schools, one
| of which is to train teachers III Art education,
so much dreaded by the ANTi-MoNoPoLIsT.
Surely "no man doubts her love for liberty or
intelligence. As Webster said, "'rhere she
stands; look at her." .s7l 900 annuallytor pre-
pairing teachers. The brains, the ganglionic
I, enter of American thought" Cool for We
ster; bad for Donnelly
Well, cali it 81 900 and then take the
census tables again.
Massachusetts, has !, 457,35 inhabi-
tants, with an assessed valuation of
81 ,59l 1851 She has therefore three
times our population, and nineteen times
orr wealh. Ii we spent. for Normal
Schools in proportion to wealth, as
much as she does, we would spend
1915 instead OF 100000. In other
words we spend nearly ten times as much
for Normal Schools as Massachusetts does.
Brother Simpson may we'll 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
ter He shows next that Illinois spends
S24, 69S, 80 per annum instead OF Sl2, 800
as the Year Book had it. But Illinois
has , $50 ,s91 inhabitants; or more than
five times as many as Minnesota. 1t
S24, 900 is her reasonable share for Nor
NAL Schools, ours should be one fifth of
that sum. to-wit: 5000, n S26, 200
less than lce dc spent,
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 OF
no great consequence one way or the
other. He concludes thus:
But it is simple folly t. attempt TO unravel
the tangled web OF error aud misrepresentation
that comes from the columns Of the ANTI Mon
oPoLIST whenever II speaks upon this subject.
This exposure 81 its t2llacles, lis MEASUREMENTS
and It's rank injustice, Is not a pleasant tas k,
but truth'demands it. Many more such dis
plays of thi> kind as il has recently made. will.
however render criticism entirely unnecessary
In the presence If our intelligent aud truth
loving people.
THOMAS SIMPSON.
Uinona, Jane IS, 1915
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 to trenty
four times more for the support Of Normal
Schools. than any other Stete in the
Un.on
Now we have some faith in Mr.. Smp-
son. A man cast in his physical mould
cannot be otherwise than air-minded.
|, reasonable and just: and we therefore
ask him to help US, in this era of high
taxes and hard-times. to stop this ex-
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 4 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
J Come. brother Simpson: we have
met your facts and arguments fairly
, and we have, we think. swept them all
!, away. Ii you persist in defending sc
: gross a robbery OF the people as the
: present Normal School system. we shall
ask you to raise a meustaehe, or wear
I eyeglasses or take to drink. or disguise
yourself in some way. so that you shall
not be any longer II astaken for the editor
OF the ANTI MoNoPoLIsT For If YOU
persist in lending the sanction of your
strong mind and handsome personal
presence to so great = wrong. we snail
, have to tell you story we heard the oth.
err day about Paris griseite- It seem.
an intimate associate of hers had been
!; found out in some moral delinquency
whereupon our grisette ..cut her dead