Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-15

5, 1881. 80 = s-st. s-.-,e
ital so invested shall be exempted
from taxation. There. is no ,gooG
reason presented to my mind why
VIC shall amend the constitution O
the state and exempt any property
from taxation. Why should the
money Of the capitalist be exemp,
from taxation because he invests i,
in the bonds of this state, or of ths
cities and counties Of this state /? BY
many political economists it is con.
sldered the taxes levied on property
are for the purpose of defraylng the
expenses Of its projections, and that
property of all description should be
taxed In order to defray tie expsn.
ses or the government in making
laws for its protection, and the costs
and expenses ofenforcIng those laws
We can borrow money At a. low q
rate OF interest as 4 per ceut. per
annum, but our necessities are net
such, at this time, as to require the
postponement of the day of the pay.
ment of our indebtedness, in consid.
Grafton of a reduced rate of interest
instead of inviting the capitalists OF
this state to invest their money IN
state Orimunicipaf bonds, prefer to
see it invested in the developmento t OF
our mines, the building efrailroade
and the establishment Of mauufacto,
rles. Millions Of dollars wsrth ot
cotton arstransporred through this
state-some raised in it-and few
hundred bales only manufactured
here. We continue to import to this
state ireii and steel, aud Yet the raw
material from whichSit il produced
is abundant. aSheep-husbandry is one
or our great sources of Industry, Yet
but few W Glen goods are manufac.
tured BY us. We send the hides OF
our beeves away Go BE y mapufac.
tured, and they re.ret rned to us in
boots aud ahoes. Instead of encour.
aging all those who have capital Il
be money-lenders, why not, (if en-!
couragement is to- be given to- any,
encourage Investment ain miniiIg,
manufactures an aud in commerce .;,s.
o. CO a4ao EDUcATIoN.g Hatgw saoi
The number llof students u ut the
State University, the School of Mines
and the LINCOLN Institute, on the fret
OF November las is in excess. of the
number in any previous year attend
ing those instituti0ns at the same
date. The number, of students at
the State University in all it's de-
partmsnts r,is now 500. This zpumb,r
OF students is u sure test of the COR
rect discipline maintaincd, and the
meritoriouso standard of sedueatiou
adopted at the University, and is
testimonial to the good character of
the president and oIher members Of
the faculty as educators and instruc-
tore Of the youth entrusted to their
care. Atthe Normal schools fewer
students are in :atteudaucs than in
former years. This. perhaps. NAV
be attributed to the fact that those to
whom has sbeen entrusted the man.
ageinentlOf the Normal schoolslhavs
been more strict. ~ requiring the
student to obligate himself TO follow
the profession Of teaching in this
state,' after he shall have graduated.
Thissrequirement'5 is in accord with
the basis upon which the Normal
schools were esta ablished, and should
be exacted of the students by those
schools.s The scheols OF Mines and
Metsllurgy, at ROlla, are in a pros
perous condition. The frequent
discovery Of mines of the precious
metals in the territories, aud the de-
maDd in this state for mining eDgiD-
selves fo foffoMan h. prSfsssf;Sn 81
mining engineer aud geolegist. For
the first time in its history, the Lin
coin Institute has an entire corps
of cslored teachers. Pref. Page and
his assistant teachers, have thus far
glven general satisfaction to the
trustees, and the patrons of the in
stitute. The Lincoln Institute was
organized in 1870, and was establish
ed bv the money previously sub
ssribed fer that purpose by colored
soldiers, aided by few philan throp-
lists. After slavery was abolished,
and the negro was made 4 citizen and
entitled to all the legal rights 10
which other citizens were entitled, it
was deemed desirable to educate
some of their class to be teachers in
the public schools of this state, 80
that the cslered children should have
the { ms legal right to the public
None, and to obtain an education,
>, ich the white childrsn in the state
pc 'es ed. Provision. was made for
sep. y schools. aud in many of the
villaA and tewns of the state,
school, Tor colored children are reg
ularly I. Nght, aud are we'll pstroniz.
cd aud II. atainsd., The Lincoln
Institute, how -s-has struggled for
an existence. Tn. nth who re-
sorted to it to obtain an education
had a rugged pathway to travel to
support themselves aud to 5 devote
their time, to study, Instead of labor,
The Legislature did assist the Iusti.
tute. but the building did not belong 3
to the state. d A debt hadobeen incur-
red by the trustees, which enbar.
rassed the operations of the school
The last Legislature of 1879 appropri.
ated $15 900 to the support Of the In.
stitute, provided $4,000 should be
applied to the payment of its indebt.
edness. This appropriation was
contained in the general appropria.
tion bill, and was . grant to a cor.
poration managing charity. 10 The
constitution provides: "The general
assembly .ssn tI:, shall shall have no power tse
of public money or thing of value to
any individual, association of indi
viduals. municipal or other corpora.
tien whatever. The gram OF
money to the Lincoln Institute
was in violation of the part
of the constitution just quoted,
and as matters then stood, could not
receive my approval. l was ex-efficio
a member of the board of trustees.
The trustees were assembled, and
with no dissenting voice, it was re.
solved the buildings of the Lincoln
Institute aud it's school apparatus and
furniture should be conveyed to the
state. The deed was made, executed,
acknowledged and recorded, aud the
appropriation bill was then approx
ed. 1t is too soon now to be done,
but the Lincoln Institute will, il
properly cared for, occupy the same
position to the colored people OF the
state which the State University holds
to the white people of the state. 1t
was wise act TO place the Linceln
Institute under the control OF the
state government, where it can be
cared tor aud protected in the same
manner as other state institutions. are
protected and maintained.
requested the superintendent of
public schools to ascertain the num-
ber of students, on the first day OF
November in each year, fer the last
six years, III all the institutions OF
learning and education throughout