The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-03-07


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nj ieaeherr recelse ~ rn,.h r.t hay.
= total u tuaG per hay, 1hr total
annual taxation u the dlsirirt iat
school, erhcol house purposes nn.l
Incidental expenses. aggregates over
e',0n. Hkillca mechanics, book.
keepers. accountants and snle.nncn
whose hours II labor average from
TEN ~ twelve hnMts per day do not
receive 10 much compensation lor
the FULL year ~ ~ pny our teachers
Tor iHu days service. II II II con.
tended that they have been ~ grcM,
expense IN money and loss VI time
In preparing FOR their work. - reply
TINT instead Of II being 30, the most
Of them have boon prepared In our
school, serving Ms In the capacity Or
teachers, ~ salary VI 30. as and
1lSS.3si per month VI ~ days. Aside
from all this the general prostraticn
IN business Of I'll kinds. tho unpront.
ablcncss of NIL kinds ol industrial
pursuits seem 70 demand y general
reduction In tho salaries paid nor
only To our teachers hut % other
public servants and officers. Many
of the rural districts 81 the coAnty
employ better talent. with amplcv
qualifications, md ~ numerous Nt-
tendance M any room In our public
school, ~ I less wages, besides such
teachers IN tho country having III.
conv~nIcnccs that should make their
wages more instead III less than "
paid In town. A reduction OF one.
thir,l from tho wages paid our prin-
clral and VI one.iourth 10 cach ol
tho others, would bc Just 10 the din.
trlct, and not unjust 10 the teacher,
measuring their compensation BY
what II paid 10 other Industries
with such reduction not n place In
the school would be vacated by one
of them, because there III no place
whore they Gun do better, and M
other industry that would pay 10
much Tor 10 few hours tabor. The
general depression IL testified to In
tho tuition from non. residents ioI
tho year ending February 2sth. 1878
when II was reported ii e2a2. aud 10,
tho year ending Fob'y 2sth. 1870. r.,
ported at ol27, showing 4 loss u 1ics
aud y corresponding reduction II
tho work required from our teachers
Thcn The wages paid our janitor, Ii
comparison with the price to othel
kinds Of labor, II simply outrageous
Hls labor commences after thu Close
Of school It night and closes before
school commence next morning
leaving him two thirds of each In,
Tor hts ordinary svocxtion. and 81
NO pay him ~ per report $3.50 pei
year. Or - pr month. And this 70,
whom others just = competent, oapa
bio, honest and true, asked tho worl
from tho board 81 y saving 70 III,
district Of ono. third the amount. th,
president of our school board 40
cllntng tho service vt tho reduce
compensation because, ~ he alleged
the applicant could not afford iii,
labor n thst price, as though eve,
the price offered with 4 family /.
support Was not better thun idlcncss
The janit0r works bat nine inonsh
In tho year. commencing III the I'll
when labor ID cheap because Ut
lack Of employment for All an,
closes Just ~ the season for labor Ii
tho harvest fields. Ut rcmunorAtiv,
wages. commences.
The remedy for these things lie
IN = change for better men On til,
school board, III place u those ~h.
90 out this spring; nen moro Ii
sympathy with the needs 81 tho pr,
pie. and alive 70 some remedy there
for. We know that two of ths r.
naming members 81 the board nr
hoart and soul with the people. Ii
their struggle for relief from opprcs
slvs And burdcnsomc taxation, an,
relief must come through q Chang
In tho board 10 others III sympnth,
with them.
~~s@s.e*@sssts <asep~ -~*e#4~s.-
II you aro seeking 10 borrow none,
at ten per cent on your farm. our nj
Vice ~ this. Make out and AcknDwl
edge decd In lcc simple to you
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