The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-15
rRlf PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

| IN civilization N measured NY lhe hh
vance which they have made towards
establishing free, universal education,
The example Of Prussia 10 80 brilliant
and Worldwide In ils renown, that II
thrusis itself upon the mind as Illus
tratlng in grand proportions the truth
Of this proposition, while at the same
time II demonstrates In iis sudden aud
unparalleled eSaliallon, the possibilities
Of u nation Of educated people, FruS'
sa owes her greatness 10 her common
schools, What h true OF = nation, N
/ no in degree, of every smaller COM
munity The Same elements mingllng
| in their social and industrial life, eS'
pand the one, and quicken, and build
up, and enlarge tho other
We have u growing little city, young
In years, but with m enterprAing, onor'
gotic, publio'sprltod people proud OF
Dallas aud hopeful of her future With
many and great local advantages, sur
rounded by vast section OF productive
lands, rapidly hllingwith IN industrious
population, Dallas has the fundamon'
tai constituents Of II largo prosperity,
but she must supplement hor ngricul'
tura Labor with mechanical, No coun'
try ever grew rich which depended on
agriculture alone, and no interior city
can ever reach large proportions which
ROLES alone, upon being the market OF
exchange and supply for agricultural
products and agricultural labor We
must have mechanics, artisans and man
ulacturors; classes who create wealth ~
we'll M the farmers, and who, by fur
nishing the means Of interchange en-
ables az to keep the product the ontlrC
wealth, of both the farmers and the
mechanics, at homo.
Within the last quarter of n century
there has been n great change and adj
vance among the mechanics of Europe
and America, Whoever has observed
them, az class, in the United States
will readily agree that there are Ger
tain attractions which any town or city
must prosont TO command opopulatior
of mechanics
Not to mention others, the mcchOn
les must have churches, and must hay,
public free Schools They live, perhaps
more for their families, M n class, than
others. When adequately compensN
ted, their daily earnings are abuudan
to supply their families, and they live
comfortably and we'll Whether tn,
mechanic goes to church himself or not
he wants church for his wife aud chill
drcn to 90 to, and whether educated o
not, his sharp contacts in lifo max
him appreciate an education, and h
wants his children to be educated, an,
to have them educated he must hay
access TO free schools.
| Necessarily in place the size of Dal
| las, wa will and must have some me
chanics but even these will grow few
or, and the mOrait of those who sta
will sink in vigor and value as othe
places may present stronger induce
ments than Dallas to DIR aw them ava
from us; but to draw to her, and retai
in numbers sufficient to be felt and oil
served in our economic life that usetu
and desirable class, experts in arts am
manufactures, we must have free pull
lie schools. Now, what is the value {
such mechanics IN cash. Suppose W
estimate that mechanics labor
worth 50 per day, this for M expert
moderate, There are 1868 working day
IN year, taking off twenty>six day
for casualties, leaves three hundre
days at ~ per day is equal to 5000. Thi
is equal to the interest at eight pc
cent. of $500. In other words, eac
mechanic represents and is equal to Al
active cash capital of s, 800 or ten ar
equal to S75 600, one hundred to 800
600 and one thousand to S7,500,O0C
annually This is labor converted int
money, and to il should be added tn
products of that labor, Us niue
more. Then, from the labor {
one thousand mechanics we hay
fifteen millions of dollars, created an
nually in our city, and what is bette
still, kept here. Is it any wonder thJ
under such impulses Pittsburg, an
many other places we might nam
have developed in few years sue
marvellous wealth. In view of resul
such as these, what is the small tax, pr
posed, to inaugurate our free schools
, Many other considerations might
urged, but we have chosen to put III
question of our action as city, in III
election on Tuesday, upon the sing
proposition-o1T material interest
If we would maintain land advanC
values of real estate, if we wonld stim,
late our industries, if we would infus
new life into every vocation, if wewoul
press on and upward, lot us all--ever
voter in Dallas--go to the polls on Tue
day and vote for free schools. Let |
establish in our city these fountains
living water, free and flowing, at whic
oil can drink of the stream that quicl
ems the spirit that strengthens I'll
mind, and that puriiies the heart. Tht