The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-08
FOR LOCAL TAXATION.
state school Commissioned GIenn'-
Recommendation.

state school Commissioned GIenu'-
Recommendation.
State School Commission Glenn in ms
annual report 90 be submitted 90 the leg
stature this month viii r@ommcnt a
number OF important changes in the stat,
school system Oue OF hem rs. 20 al
taxation. which he deals with az consldc-
rable length and another 10 compulsory
attendance on the schools. In the matter
Of taxation the commissh homer says:
FL call your attention 10 the school
population Of each state. the total amount
OF school money expended hy each state
IN, amount raised In each STATE by heal
and by state tax. the amount eNp,nded
per Capits OF population. and the amount
expended upon each child enrolled In ,he
schools Of every state This Information
Is complied from the last report Of Dr.
william T Harris the United sta 80
Commissioner o. Education This report
shows that 40 The states IN che Union *
cept a small group 81 Southern states now
have nine months absolutely free term
for all the children o. school ag,.
Georgia has only q i've months terms
Massachusetts spends $50 every year
for each child enrolled I'm, D. lslAnd
SPENDS SIS g. New York 81 -. while t'eor
gia spends s. 81. As "a matter 81 fact Geor-
gil spends on her country children each
year less than - FOR each child enrolled
Georgia provides for each child Of school
age s. r. while Massachusetts provides
for each CHILD u school age S22ls Rhode
Island si462. New York SIS as Nearly all
of the Middle and Western states spend
ttah NJ IT, "A 1 e.
as Georgia spends The teachers ia these
systems receive three and four times as
much salary as our teachers receive In
Massachusetts an the school money is
raised by local tax, while in Georgia near
~ four-ffths 81 the money a. raised by
state tax One-fourth Of New Norks school
money Is raised by state tax. the other
three-fourths by local tax. In most 81 the
states from one-third 90 ne-fourth OF the
money Is raised by state tax ana the bal
ance h required by law 20 be raised by
local tax This Is true IN every section Of
tho country except ia the South. In every
Southern state except Louisiana, Arkan-
sas and Florida the money for school
purposes o. raised largely by general
state tax In Florida the state provides
81 .Os per child 81 school age. aud the coun-
lies raise S3.4i per child OF school age. In
most Of the states the state law require
each county or school district 70 FstsN tA'
local tax before e. can participate In the
funds provided by the state for the edu-
cation cf the children
The question I bring 90 the legislature
OF Georgia Is this. has not the time n"f'
come for the general assembly TO pass =
law requiring each county Ia this state
10 bear part OF the gene ral hurd -
Of taxation for the education Of the
chlidrene ! would not insist upon q large
local tax 10 start with but nobody could
OBJECT 10 general proposition Ike this
Require each county TO raise oy local FAX
az beast 0ne-fourth ~ much money rs
the state provides This small amount
would not be burdensome upon any coun-
Is To- the state Of Georgia. Even th"
small counties, many 81 them, have uo'
hesitaicd 70 tax themselves as much ~
Sl5C90 or t20OO In one year 20 build =
Court House or Jail. IL the peopir
can be- taxed locally 10 bii.d jail for
the children after they have Erowpr up
In ignorance and vice ard gone to tho
bud why should they no. tax themselves
to build schoolhouses and prolong the
So hool term and secure capable teacher
to save the children