The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-15
ADVICE TO TEACHERS.
Committee Replies TO a
Circular.

The following circular has been issued
20 teachers by the executive and legal
committee:
Many % the teachers have to-day asked the
members 81 the undersigned committee as 10
the exact effect ~ the propositions concerning
d settlement Win me merchant creditors suo-
u.tted hy circular sent % the schools this
rnlng. and the committee submits the fol-
l.p 1g statement Ia response:
... proposition submitted by the circular Is.
81 I...t mat The teachers give up al rights in
f.. 81. $50 now held hy the Union Trust Com
.ri The merchant creditors In turn give
ut1t in ans money that is now or may
Lera...f come into The school fund Tor 1885
= -.t the teachers salaries Tor either Nc
fcu.er December. 1855 have been paid.
TheI. f af present no money Ia the school fund
Cor t-at ftar and the only source outside o.
- c.r-f.f.. nal amendment from which any
considerable amount may hereafter come into
the -.... fund Tor ls9s-lhss is the collateral
Inheritance TAX. The state Superintendent OF
81. - las advised this committee that the
por ..r 81 the collateral Inheritance tax that
WILL come 90 san Francisco Tor he nscal year
lsss- ,e. Wll Dee from $4,000 20 $1,000 The
practical effect ~ The proposition OF the circular
d. fLcrcfnre that the teachers give up all
claim 81 aug portion OF the t27,Al now held By
tle Irlon Trust Company, and The creditors
slre az all claim 90 any part ~ the So 90 20
$4,000 expected from the collateral Inheritance
tax.
The committee does not believe that this
proposition Do as alvsntagecus az a division
~ the so sH in accordance with the original
eini.rD mise agreement under which the lnlon
Trust Company now holds the money. BY that
agreement The teachers and the merchant cred
t'ff were - divide between them any surplus
fhat should come into the school fund after
paying June salaries in proportion 10 their
claims. This would give the teachers about ~
Ier cent and the merchant creditors about &c
orlingly lr $4,000 the most probable hg-
.." should come into the school fund from the
areral inheritance tax this. together with
t.. 81 SGD would make 81 81 70 be divided
between the teachers and The merchant credi-
f.rs ard the share ~ the teachers. or ~ per
rrrt. would d. N1l2s. By the proposition q
o.. circular the teachers would receive only
f.r amount M fhe collateral Inheritance tax
500 90. The diherepce between $4,000 and
ST. 1885, rr sl3lfs. iE what the committee be
itFee The teachers would lose by accepting the
proposition RI the circular
fn rlDcluslon. the committee desires 10 say
simply that in its opinion. II should be In
sisted that the compromise agreement be car
r.ed out ln good faith bv both sides. and the
committee believes that 80 doing will be
u -t advantageous 20 the teachers than the
proposition submitted by the circular sent out
The statement IN the circular that this com
u'ffee haF NOT called the attention of the
teachers fo there being other methods u settle
rrarf than hy power OF attorney A. incor-
rrrt The plan ~ the circular ~ to-day is
nothing more shan the abandonment by the
teachers NJ an rights in the 81. s5l secured by
f.N conn mise agreement. and on page u 81
lfr printed report ~ November 10 this commit
fea SAVE. "f2uf they rhe teachers can always
esOape litigation. % they 20 desire. by aban-
lHrIn~ their claims against the fund" Re
tlectfuIly submitted
@ "a MURPHY CChairman).
LIZZIE X BURKE
EMMA r STTNCEN.
~ ID KINGSBrRY.
I o. T. BARTLETT.
COMMITTEES.
Professor Price 10 Wed.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Dec. IA
Professor George c. Price left the univer-