The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-01-15

banks we're so-called savings banks
with deposits amounting to $3.50,
600. II is significant fact, tina
about 68 per centum, or $4,000, ,00t
Of tie deposits of the eighteen broker
savings banks, was invested in dis
counts upon ordinary business paper
These figures will convince you,
think, of the Importance Of drawing
the line between the two classes Of
institutions, and creating an officer tC
enforce the law, and close up all fail
ing institutions, before the ruinou:
consequences of eoncealment of insol
vency and desperate efforts to re
trieve losses have involved deposition
10 an almost total extinction of secur
ities.
EDUCATION.
On the subject of general educa
ton, shall merely repeat my cou
currence with the views of the Sup,
erinte1dent of Public Instruction
and indorse his request for a revision
and digest of the school laws, the
passage of an act for the compulsory
education of vagrsnt aud friendless
children, and the adoption OF . sys-
tenn of industrial training.
The act prepared by the Saperin-
tendent of Public Instruction for the
education and support of vagrsnt
and fFiendless children, is in accord
ance With the recommendation O!
that ofhcer in bis report of 1871, and
with the views expressed, from time
to tine. by the present Administra
ton. Although it has been publish
ed and discussed as "A Pennsylvania
plan OF compulsory education" an
examination of its provisions will
show that it is best defined by it,
title as "An act to provide education
and maintenance for destitute and
neglected children" its main object
being to compel the local authorities
to provide shelter, food, and clothing
for and 10 educate, empoly, and ap
prentice children without parents Oh
friends, and those whom parents OF
guardians, either through poverty Oh
crime, habitusllv neglect 10 the lat
ter case, if the parents or guardian;
are .pecuniafily able, they may b.
6sed and compelled to give reasona
Bile security for the future suppor
and education of the child, or to pay
6 part, or sll, as able, Of the expense
of its public maintenance. l canno
see any valid objection to the passage
Of such a bill. Most Of those whom
the plan includes will be homeless,
aud parentless children, and, surely
no one will deny their claim to tht
home the bill provides. The few 9th
ers who come within its scope will b,
found, for the most part. OF vicious
and criminal paFentsge i shall no
debate the natural rights Of individ
pals 10 the parental relations, since
am, for my own part, srmly persusd
ed that the social righs ss of adults ent
with the right to illimitably propa
| gate beggars aud criminals, and stoI
short of the privilege to educate
them.
| On the subject Of industrial ant
technica. training, 1 wish only Il
call your attention to it's relation Il
the larger labor question. As th'
frontiers Of civilization recede, tb,
difficulty Of transferring the surplus
population Of our labor centres il
yearly increasing. Our mining ant
manufacturing districts are eonse
quentIy crowded with capital and Ia
Dor, which the present diversities o
industries cannot absorb. The natu
raj spread of population tends. in ,
measure, to restore the equilibrium
but the period of growth is probably
reached. when il is necessary to fnt
employment for an increasing popu
laIion. Nothing, it seems to us. vii
SO much extend the sphere of Aetivi
" ss q system os industrial educa
tip1
| Sueh system would be costly
and the return to the State, in th,
extension and elevation of its indus
tries. and the diGasioa Of create
comfort and content among the peo
pie, cannot be accurately measure,
10 dollars and cents. That the mae
rial gain in the increase Of the valu,
Of manufacturers, and the decrease il
the cost of maintaining order. woul,
! balance the original outlay, and tn
annual appropriations necessary II
establish and support the system, i
probably toe much &c assert or expec,
Bot when xe consider, tba, in th'
last eight years the State has expend
ed $S32. sos 80 over and above th,
ordinary militia expenses, 10 The cup
preston Of riots, which are not to b
considered ss The results of an anos
ually lawlsss disposition, but rathei
as the desperate struggles of ignosan
men to cut the Gordisa knot Of dil
6eulty that only the utmost skill an,
patience viii ever enable society 4
unite, it will be acknowledged tha
the gain, in that one item alone
would 60 . considerable way to~sr,
the support Of the system.
i Cou6ning the problem to Pennsyl
ssnis. it does not seem possible t
adopt any quicker or better measur
thaa 10 increase the value and varit
.Iy Of production. and improve th
bread winning powers Of the laborel
In other words. TO diduse the tecl
!. Meal and artistic knowledge vbic
increases The Ispsdity and beauty
, and thereby decreases the cost Al
widens the market Of the manufae
ured article, and to foster the INTEL
gent cooperation Of lsborera, anon
themselves and vihh capital, SO as
utilize 70 the best advantage th
ieissa wages. For there is ekilI
living quite a. important ~ . skill
earning. And probably there 10 D
thing the American people are mon
in need Of learning
i Ssch appears to me to be the psrl
; mount reason for . system Of indu
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