San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-02
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.

school age now within the state
limits, leaving for later considera
ton the education of later genera
tons, is one that is characterized
by such practical wisdom that the
LIGHT feels moved to commend it
without reserve. There is no guar
antee that can be given for the
future equal to that Of wise &C
ton in the present. Educate the
present generation Of children and
| they will see to it that the educa-
ton of their children will not suf-
fer. The legislature has acted
wisely. AS Texas grows in wealth
it will be easier to provide out Of
the taxes Of the people for the
proper education of the children
than it is now, when the country
is so sparsely settled and so much
OF the school tax falls on the hold
ers of large bodies of state lands,
that yield so little revenue to the
renters as to render any heavier
taxation not only burdensome,
but impracticable. 1t is certain
that millions of acres of these
lands will be surrendered unless
taxes are diminished or rentals
fall, and under these circumstances
to add to the taxation now rated
would be a most unwise policy.
This transfer of one per cent Of the
permanent fund to the available
fund is an act Of justice and wis.
dom that will be appreciated by
those who are intelligently alive to
the needs Of the available fund,
and who realize that the present
questions are the ones to be first
dealt with. Educate the children
This is the first duty Of the state,
and it is not wise in ate mpting
this to put in pawn all its success
simply for fear of some future ex-
igency. With the spread Of edu-
cational work and the increase of !
the general intelligence will come |
that very condition out of which |
future provisions for education will
be assured. Education educates, |
in this thing as we'll as in all
things else. Texas need not fear
for the education of the future If
the education of the present is
wisely and we'll provided for and |
consummated.
If San Antonio cannot get that |
snowy blanket that covered North |
Texas then a good soaking rain |
will fill the bill. Either.
San Antonio would gladly take a |
new departure if she knew exactly !
how. She would do it in her
methods Of advertising herself, in |
her methods Of government, in her
economies and in much else.
There is no subject that engross-
es the attention of this state that !
is as much talked over before cleo
tions and is as much neglected af- !
terward as the subject Of improved |
roads. |
The good public roads in this
state are much In the same condi-
ton as the floor Of predition, paved !
only with good intentions. That is |
not the most durable material for a
good road bed.
Suchlchanges in the city charter
as will admit of the city voting on
the question Of separate school
administration, one absolutely dis
tinct from the city council, are i'm |
peratively demanded.
This year starts off in a rush for
the pennant for murders, arson,
rape, railroad accidents, disasters
at sea, and destruction Of life and
property in almost every conceIv-
able way.
Ii Uncle Sam concludes to take
possession OF the Pacific railroads
and run the lines that form it,
there will be big job added to the
ordinary work entrusted to gov
eminent.
Mexico has gently intimated to
the administration at Washington
that it has enough of it's own bust
ness to look after without super
vising the affairs of the country be-
low the Rio Grande.
The man who wires the st. Louis
papers that this section of the
vineyard has had rains ample to
put in the crops in first-class con-