The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-23
.TATE EDUCATION.
Facts and Fignres That Make Plain the
Whole Matter.

Whole Matter.
Com munlS4E@i
/. There are bout 31O, 900 white
children Of school age IL North
/ Carolina. OF these not more than
( 81. 900. being less than one tenth, g
/ to private schools, leaving - OJp.
or niue tenths, dependent upon 81 -
schools Nine white children ont 81
ten in North Carolina II educated a.
all must be educated by State aid.
2. The money that supports ia.
common schools "a derived fruH: ~
following sources: the poll tax, IT, b..
forfeitures and penalties, the Jig .oi
tax and school tax Of rs cents o.
every 500 OF listed property. The
schoo fund Is used exclusively Ton
the common schools, nor can it be
used legally for other purposes.
3. For the annual support Of com
mon schools III North Carolina Is re-
quired about $7Gl 900. The daily
cost of the schools Is about 81, 900.
II takes 44S 900 for four days.
I. For the annual supper of high
er education for the WHITES in North
Carolina is required 81, 900. as fol
lows:
The University, 100000
Agricultural and Mechanical
College, 10000
Normal and Industrial School j., 800
Cullowhee Normal School, LOO
Total, IA 900
This Is the annual appropriation
for maintenance, and does not IN
Olude repairs.
This money comes, not from the
common school fund. 1t could not
be added TO the common school fund
unless by a special act of the Legis-
lature. Even if it were so added,
and the State institutions for higher
education were destroyed, not four
days would be added to the length
Of the common school term.
). The $44 900 annually appropri-
ated for the support of higher edu-
cation comes from the general fund
III the treasury, but does not include
poll tax money, which is approuri-
ated to other purposes by the Con
stltutlOn. No man in the State con
tributes anything to support higher
education, if he only pays poll fax.
All that he pays goes to common
schools to support the poor.
The property in the State is listed at
$500, OOO,O 900. A tax Of ! I cents on the
800 will yield $4,000 being 81 900
more than is annually appropriated
to white education III North Carroll
ma. Therefore tax payers contri-
butte as follows to support higher ed
ucatlOn:
A man who pays only poll tax con-
tributes nothing. A man who is
listed OF 500 pays less than 7 cts.
a man who is listed at 81 600 pays
less than III cents. A man who is
listed at > 200 pays less than 81! cents
Nlne-tenthS of the tax payers in
North Carolina being listed at less
than i 900 pays less than III cents
to support the University, the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College,
the Normal and Industrial School
and the Cullowhee school. Instead
Of higher education being supported
by tax on the many for the benefit
Of the few, it is tax on the few for
the benefit of the many. Besides
the poor boys at the higher institll-
tlons are the ones that get the bene-
tit OF scholarships. loans, and labor
for self support.
q. In one of the largest and best
counties III North Carolina there
are 0,02J tax payers; and they con-
tribute as follows to support higher
education. Only 546 pay as as much
as l1tc, only II pay more than SIZE,
while 766 pay nothing at all.
Z. Higher education in North
Carolina costs the masses of the peo-
pie practically nothing, and cost
very few tax payers over 17!c. til
is the cheapest thing in the State
and yet the most valuable.
s. What North Carolina spends
for higher education may best be
seen by a comparison with the
spent by other States. The
following figures are furnished by
the State superintendent, and do
not include appropriations for re-
pairs, buildings, &c. They repre-
sent the annual appropriations for
North Carolina, $44,-
600; South Carolina, $l0I, 900; Vir-
ginia, $4,000; Georgia, SOL, 900;
West Virginia, $1,000; Connecticut,
$3.50, 900; Vermont, $32 900; Rhode !
island, $50, 1000; Pennsylvania, $780,
600; New York, 1906, 900; Ohio, $l23,-
600; Michigan, $35l 900; Minnesota,
500, 900; Illinois, $i54 900; Colorado,
$3.50, 900; Nebraska, 1896, 900; South
Dakota, $4,000.
The list is not complete as every
State in the Union might be added.
9. 1t thus appears from facts and
figures CD that North Carolina should
do more and not less for education:
(2) that the masses of the people will
get neither lower nor higher educa-
ton without State aid; CO that the
burden of supporting higher educa-
ton IN North Carolina, rests upon
very few tax payers and not heavily
upon them; "a that those who are
making the biggest fuss about this
burden are not helping to bear it. X