The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08

Nu The 800, NJ which, iln fNUrII4 Fnt hnlY
il cents lu addition 40 Give 1d vAlnfum
fund there ~ the schnH prI itt Hrd ono
iOnrh NJ the nccup tiY1 'uf. he inHahle
values u the state liat Puf Effo $50 O0l.
OuU, the rIllH thia ypar sut" 600 inUIe1se ui
over 800 10000, nakinsH toni 0i d Toast
500 OOU0O Nov n tlu ltuaIeiuin nDnl
fix the separate F'hu0l ins 49, w cents On
the 500, II " not unreasonable tU clutluno
With un Increase ~ one. O1rh in i9Ktu'"
values, and un iucrtusroi unr tIitd tue t1A
| that there mus uo = corresponding iHcreafh
Of Tue availHbp sChuol fund, Or tu Dee
| laincr, the tax On $i2n 100000 a. "a cents
| produced S3lb 600; Vhlle the Tux on 8 20 q.
| 90 900, AT ~ GEMS VIII pr0dOuce a52OWO
an increase OF 500 900. To tins must be
added the school pol TAX and one iourlh
Oi the occupation tax, 49, provides IA tue
constitutional amendment. 10 ~ also Tea-
| sOugb,e iu conclude, from the rapid nnuX
| of population and me iDCr-Hse ~ every
| line OF BUSH ess, that the pr1iepd3 from pOIi
and occupation tax will be largely in excess
| OF previous yenrs, Ia this calculation must
also be considered the probable increase in
the scholastic population. This will be met
| TO some extent by the number who Will
| have passed beyond the scholastic limllic
Of fourteen wears. tnd other depicting
causes. But ~ an offset 10 this, and ms q
source Of rtvehu" in the course OF year
| there will be over So coo 00O Of the perma'
| pent schuU' una invested IN county ooi DIS
at from - 5 per cent. interest, which VIII
| increase Ire available fund ABOUT Sl4pOUO
year The schools last term were main
tanned AZ months, and To Keep th .m up for
II months louger-or six month-shouid
not require more than about oDe-fourth
increase OF the available fund, while the
| figures show that, with tax OF 10 cents
and other natural increase, there Will be
| N( la.., D. If q hE
available school fund. All things consid-
cred, it will be hard to convince tha people
that the public schools cannot be main
| tanned for SIX months each year at tax OF
10 cents on the 500 of taxable valuation,
and the legislature will, after ample consid.
Grafton of the subject doubtless arrive at
similar onclusion.-[Mar Herald
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPH,
The prevailing evil is too much govern
ment, the besetting sin to misunderstood
and pervert is objects, The telegraph
would immensely increase government
patronage and besides give the party OF the
administration great advantages IN cleo
tions capable too of great abuse. OF these
elements there are already lar too many.
We do not see any force In the comparl-
sons industriously drawn and with much
minutenoss. between the telegraph in the
hands of the military governments of Eu-
rope and the free telegraph in this country.
In mileage, in progress, in cost, the adyap-
tages are so largely in favor OF this country
as to at once oppose the many differences
in situation, motives and circumstances To
any such in!erance as that II proceeds in
any considerable degree from the character
of the control. The monstrous iniquiiy
and frequency OF election frauds in the
United States demand the cropping away
of all measures which aid in their perpetfa-
ton, and the cautions Introduction OF new.
To place in the hands OF corrupt admins
tration, or within the control of an ambi.
tious and unprinclpled executive, so iaclle
and fertile power as national telegraph
system, would largely endanger the public
liberty, while on the other hand, the alb.
sence of competitive motives would greatly
impair its efficiency.-[San Antonio Ex-
press.