The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-19

~ leu are lalllilluT WltH tle plan uSeu
there. Each teacher pays one per cent.
of her salary. annually for. an estab-
lished number OF years, varying from
twenty to thirty-five years. retiring II
disabled mentally or physically with
an annuity OF half pay. The money SO
collected Is placed In the state treasury
or in bonded banks. where Ii may gain
more. . I, =. n. \
Many questions arise, many objections
must be met. One objection is that the
amount of work required in collecting
this per cent. would need many clerks.
Such has not been found 10 be the case.
Instead of having one per cent. deduct
ed monthly, which would require much
work, we can elect some easy month
when times are not too hard, and pay
our annual sum In one payment, which
will very much simplify matters. The
officers Of this association would be our
superintendent, two members from the
board Of education. and two teachers.
Before these all claimants for pensions
would be fairly considered. five decide
upon q state fund. we want n bill pre-
pared for our legislature OF 1899. z.
i Another question, is this method Just
to the young teachers who may quit af-
ter few years Of teaching? There Is
a plan for paying rebates In such case,
and It seems equally as fair as any in
surance company offers. Then, what
becomes OF the teachers, who are about
ready to retire and can pay in for only
a few years? I think some plan allow
Ing them to pay in a larger per cent. has
been permitted. Many OF these cues
tons must be answered later when our
plan fairly blossoms. or one thing be
sure, every plan will be made for the
benefit of the teacher There nre forms
OF aid associations, one for temporary
relief, and the permanent fund or annu-
ity plan. The question a business man
will nsk You is, What guaranty have
you that your permanent fund will re-
main large enough TO satisfy the de-
mands made upon 1t by retiring teach
ers:" We must answer this, or &C.
knowledge that our plan Is not practi-
cable. Let US look first at some of tho
temporary funds. Louisville, Ky,
teachers pay n tax, Of 81 per annum,
which gives them about $500 per year as
sick fund. with which they help sick
teachers. This Is very Unsatisfactory
scheme, for some teachers would rather
die than accept charity. The teachers
there are dissatisfied with the plan and
are discussing better method.
r y b. y.
In Baltimore they have an assessment
made upon the teachers at the death Of
one Of their number. In order to pay the
funeral expenses, or leave stipend to
the teachers family who may or may
not need 1t. This. too. Is considered a
poor plan. The teachers may find them
selves. with no deaths and no assess
ments during one year. and very heavy
ones during another. think we shall
all agree that we would rather pay a
definite sum yearly toward a definite OBJ
ject-a permanent fund. s.ef
Washington city runs two funds, the
temporary and permanent, and teach
er may belong 10 both. ~
The Philadelphia teachers have kindly
offered to assist us by any information,
Us they have now very successful
fund, established in 1890. They have a
permanent fund of more than 500, 900
to which they are constantly adding,
while they pay eighty teachers s42o per
year. Last April they gave Shakes
pearean festival which added eight or
nine thousand dollars to their perma-
nent fund besides the one per cent. tax
which they oil pay annually. They are