Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-04

RECEIPTS AND ExpENDIrrRFs
receipts from all sources......... sIo0s &c,
ENpenui,urcs mot including
| PrIuungl........... M 9ls i,
| surplus YOl sQl :
PUBLIC EDUCATION. $50
The commissioner repews b;s roo,.,,,
nnenualion that some measure of fed
eIaii aiu be extended to public primar,
education, based on the number of IL
iiterates reported by the tenth census
as q measure of immense importanc,
10 the presentand the future of the M.
| ton. ''e i'''
IN the recommendation of the com.
mission The secretary fully concurs. In
number OF the states adequate bro.
VISION Tor the education of children N
al classes has not been made. II l.
naruiy worth while to INQUIRE wbv
THIS has mot been done. The duty
on the part of the general government,
IL the same, whether such failure arises
from causes beyond the control of s,ch
state, or whether it arises from indif.
ference to the wants OF the pcople II
should not be the object of the general
government to build up national
school system independent of state
control, but to supplement the work
already begun i'm the several states, by
aflording TO the state financial aid
commensurate to the wants of tbe
state, and this can be more readily dc.
termined by reference to the tables
OF illjteracy than in any other way. In
many of the states the school svsten,
Is only lacking in efficiency on account
of the lack of funds to support the
schools provided for. In such coses II
is believed that u liberal appropriation
by the general government would so
stimulate the state system that the
states could be ultimately left to carry
on the work without government aid.
The appropriation by the general gov.
ernment should be made dependent on
similar aid by the states, and for a few
years 1t should be increased as the
state increases its facilities for its ex.
penditure, and then, in like manner.
the aid from the general government
should be gradu lily withdrawn, and
the state increase its appropriation in
proportion as the national aid is with |
drawn, and ultimately the state should
be left to conduct its school system
without national aid.
RAILWAY INDEBTEDNESS.
The Pacific railroads that were built
by heavy government subsidies have |
not paid their debts to the govern
ment, and some of them make no pro-
vision for its payment. The accounts |
of these roads with the United States !
are reported to be as follows:
TOTAL DEBT.
Union Pacific lnclud-
ing Kansas Paciflc):
Principal ........s33, 5l2 90
Accrued interest Sl,0S7,lS5 50
Central Pacific I'm
Guiding Western Pa
cific):
Accrued interest 25l2O,SOi n
Sioux City and Pacific
Accrued interest i,i6i2s7 10
a,oa2,Gl7 40
CENTRAL Branch Union
Pacific:
Accrued interest l,5iS,SOS ~
3,ii9Sos 20
Total Observation-Disclosures. I23,si5GC5 46
TOTAL CREDIT.
services per.
formed and money paid into
the Treasury:
Union Pacific ................. ,oiO 05
Central Pacific................... 7,653Sl3 "a
Sioux City and Paciflc.....,...... 12l35j 80
Central Branch Union Pacific l5g,,Si Oh
1 ,
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 2l,l6a292 81
alance in favor of the United
States, but not due until matu-
rity of the pricipal QS95'99l..... l02,H6y5l2 o.
THE UTAH COMMISSION.