The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-15
MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS
VIEWS OF REPRESENTATIVE COR
DON o. STATE AID.

L1e Believes JnaJ the oUaJe OnOuIu n D.
propriate the Utmost Amount That
Its Resources Can Sustain for Edu-
cational Purposes-W hat the School
Fund for the Next Two Years VIII
Be, and How Long it VIII Sustain
the Scholastic Importance of the
archaeological School.
Representative Gordon is very pronounced
in his views upon the question of state aid
for educational purposes II have always
been an outspoken advocate for the com
mon schools, he said yesterday, when asked
for his views in the matter, land for the
state to appropriate 10 them the utmost
amount that its resources could sustain"
Capt. Gordon went on to say that in 1887
the House passed bill TO levy direct tax
for the common school fund, which would
have added to the income it receives from
half the rental of the state road inspection
of fertilizers, liquor tax, net hire Of con-
victs, tax on shows and the poll tax. This
bill failed to pass the Senate, and hence did
not become a law.
What about the bill now before the
legislatu -eF'
"a bill has been introduced into the
House, but has not yet been discussed, to
give to the common school fund amount
to be raised by tax of OIL Of per cent
additional to its customary income from the
rents, fees, ETC., above named. During
the discussion of the general
appropriation bill in the House an amend
ment was proposed giving the common
school fund 100000 ia each of the years
1SS9-'90. This as reduced to Sl65, 900 for
1889 and S33J, 900 for 1890 and thus amended
the bill pa sed the House. If the Senate
passes the bill with these items unchanged,
the bill for the o.. Of l per cent will no
doubt be withdrawn"
THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FUND.
as the S165, COO for 1889 and $3.50, 900 for
1890, v hicl the appropriate III bill carries
for common schools, in addition to the
present school fundW
eyes,
"What is the entire amount of the school
fund with these appropriations added"
According to Commits Toner Hooks re-
port the school fund, which will be raised
from the specific funds which have hereto
fore be n only source of supply, will in
1889 and 1890 amount to a out $514, 900.
The total amount for 1889 would therefore
be $679, 900 and for 1890 1914 ,000"
"WIll these additio al appropriations for
schools require special tax for school pur-
posesf If not from whence does the money
come for these appropriations
1.-THE ways and means committee had not
reported the tax bill to the House W en- [
left Atlanta, last Tue day night, or if such
bill had been reported, had not seen it.
Hence | cannot say what percentage of tax
will be levied. If the ways and means
committee las only provided in the tax bill
for the appropriations in the appropriation
bill as il came from the appropriation COM
mittee then, of course, Il ere would have to
be an amendment to the tax bill while
being discussed in the house, or if the tax
bill is not amended, the committee would
have to introduce a new bill levying a tax
for this special amount, or there would be
at the end Of the fiscal year deficit in the
treasury"
"How many months in the year can the
schools be kept open if the school fund is
increased to the extent proposed ~
"Commissioner Hook makes these esti-
mates: $4,000 would SD tain the schools
one month; $4,000 would sustain them
two months; $500. 900 three months; $780,
900 four months; $1,050,000 five months,
and 81, 2600 900 six months. The school
fund being increased to the amount pro-
posed will sustain the schools little more
than three months in 1889 and little more
than four months in 1890"
us there not a gro ing conviction in the
legislature that the common school system
ought to be greatly improvedN
"Emphaticaly, yes.n
$40 you not think that better schools
would greatly encourage immigration to
the statem
"They would, most assuredly"
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCHOOL.
''How about the appropriation for the
chronological schooln
81 have felt more anxiety about the
appropriations for the chronological and
common schools than any other Of the inn
portant measures likely to be decided at
this session of the legislature. because |
knew there would be q strong OPP os ton
to giving anythi to the chronological
school, or adding anything to the
amount usually given to common schools.
j consider the establishment of state
chronological school with free tuition to
pupils from every county in proportion to
its representation in the legislature, the
most important step in practical legislation
that has been taken since 1884 The great
need in Georgia now is for men who COM
line the physical ability to handle tools
and manage machinery with tho mental
trani for leaders and directors of others
In the past and, TO a great extent, at
present, in every railroad, factory, machine
shop, mine and chem cal works, the heads
of tho mechanical departments are either
not natives of Georgia or, if they are natives,
they have been educated elsewhere. How
much better that there should be school
for such education in Georgia within the
reach of those whose means would not per-
init them TO 60 TO a gr ater distance to
obtain it. Georgia is called the Empire
State of the South not only because of its
extent and natural advantages of soil and
climate, but also because OF its extensive
system of railroads Civil aud mec lauical
engineers are ne ded for them. But the great
est development in the near future for Geor-
gia will be in manufacturing and mining.
Those who oppose stat aid to such schools
Claim that the constitution forbids the ap-
preparation of its money to any other edu-
cational purpose than for common schools,
and that until the state can afford to givs
these schools enough TO enable every child
to attend school as 10 as his
parents wish, they will oppose
helping what they call hi her education
Those who favor the chronological schools,
are almost invariably in favor OF liberal
appropriations to common schools and their
general idea Is, that because the state can
not yet afford to levy direct tax OF 81, 000,-
900 for common schools that is no reason
why it should not give the common schools
half million, or quarter Of a million, and
still be able give $4,000. toward tech
biological school
THE STATE Is ABLE.
Capt. Gordon went on TO show that the
condition of the states finances is such as
TO warrant appropriations for school pur-
poses. "ln the session of 1884 there was an
attempt to fund the interest due in lSS5-'S6