The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-11-07

The record shows that everything
and anything could get more atten.
ton and more sympathy from Dem
ocracy" than the public school sys.
tenn. We believe only one State wa.
behind North Carolina in the amour,
paid, per capita, for public education,
but in the matter Of singing on,
money where the gang" could
catch it, the Democrats put North
Carolina pretty well forward in tae
list. School teachers have had no
encouragement in this State under
Democratic rule. In fact. they know
that they get h" per month on an
average than the teachers of any
other State, and that the public
school term is shorter than it is in
almost any other State. These are
facts, and they are a result Of Demo
cratic administration.
Let's see what kind Of a showing
we can make. In the State of Mas
sachusetts the average pay Of male
teachers is $ll8 per month. This is
the highest average in the United
States. The average pay of female
teachers there is $4S per month. The
bleak and barren State OF Arizona
pays its female teachers an avers ge
of $74 per month and male teachers
an average Of 49,. Then come all
the other States, with North Caro-
lima at the very bottom of the list
her male teachers getting an average
of $24 per month and her female
teachers an average Of 81 peg
month. These average figures are
taken from the reports of all States
which make educational reports and
include the salaries of superin-
tendents of public schools in cities.
Alas, for the glory of North Caro-
lima under Democratic rule! One of
the original thirteen States-with a
historic record that makes her name
stand foremost in liberty's story
with a purer and more thoroughly
American population than any other
State (there being less than 1900
foreign born residents), she, in a
spirit of trust and confidence, put
her affairs in the hands of a Demo
cratic gang for too long a time, and
as reward for this confidence she
found herself flung into the mire and
mud of educational apathy and stag
nation and almost smothering in the
slough of educational dependency.
But mighty effort was made and
she managed to drag herself out of
this terrible bog, and now she sees
the roadway clearing and is moving
forward toa higher plane and broader
policy. When the Legislature of
1895 met it found the following gen
eral taxation arrangement.
For education:
On 500 worth of property. -. .1G
FOIL tax ................ 81 "a
For State pensions:
On 500 worth of property go. .O3A
For general State purposes:
On 500 worth of property. %. 20
When the Legislature of 1895 ad-
journed the taxes for the same pur-
poses given above had been arranged
as follows:
For education:
On 500 worth of property. 80. is
For State PENSIONS:
On 500 worth of property. .O3a
For general State purpose:
On 800 worth of property. %. .2lx
1t will be seen from the above that
the idea of the Reform Legislature
Was to reduce the general State fund
and to increase the school fund. It
found that the current expenses of
the State had exceeded the receipts bv
about 100000. 1t saw the necessity
OF making larger, appropriations for
increasing demands on the State
penal, charits BILE and educational in
situations. 1t also found values de-
creasing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in q
state of stagnation-people were still
the effects of the panic of
1893 which was brought on by bank
ers, with the aid of a Democratic
Congress, and it was impracticable,
under such circumstances, to effect
such a reformation in this matter a.
the Legislature desired.
1t did what could be done, how
ever, and with increasing opportun-
tiles will do more. The reform ele-
ment is pledged to the policy of
using the peoples money for the
benefit of the people. The old Dem
ocratic policy has been to "magnifv,'
a few men, give them positions, let
them spend the money and the peo-
pie be id. The more ignorant thew
could be kept the easier they could
be bossed was the prevailing opin.
ion of the old regime and thew act
ually enforced that course Of pro-
ceedure until some brave, independ-
emit men exposed them. Then the
people dismissed them from pova,