Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-12-11
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just ut ,hs. tim, tiiere saei n- ia
ho u general sra,c,,v Ut tcAc"l i
tesohels in Iowa. What is 'hni
cause of this sclrcity9 This ls ~
question easily answered if We ex-
anime the conditions surrounding
tie question. The. wages,paid for
the teacher as a general thing is not
lin proportion to the labor demand
ed, and far below the increased ex-
pense of living, and the other fact
that many other professions pay
better.
Another potent reason, and a
great wrong is the discrimination
against female teachers. Ii any
man can give good reason why
lady should be expected to teach a
school for twenty or twenty five
dollars per month, while man is
given from forty to sixty dollars
per mouth for the same service,
! we would like to hear his reason.
1t is quality usually that governs
. the price and not sex; if woman
can chop cord of wood is not the
labor just rs valuable is if done by
a man? A woman is not to be con-
demned for being woman, Meth
y er should man be paid premi-
/ UNI for being man neither are
9 responsible for their sex, and when
. we want teacher, it is not just to
. say: we we will pay for lady as
: teacher S25 per month, or for q
man teacher 1865 per month, when
. just the same labor is to be rem
8 dered. The fact lie, no doubt, that
8 both men and woman are drifting
s away from the school room be-
s cause of insufficient remuneration.
81 We pay our county officers from
: 81 200 to 81, 800 per annum, when
E the fact is, it requires a greater
{ jamoupt Of talent, energy and in
{. dustry to properly all the position
; of school teacher than IL does ia
Z fill any county office, and the re-
2 suit is that our young men and
: women drift With the tide and &C
z cept positions where reasonable
z consideration is paid for labor.
z To secure teachers, nothing is
3 necessary but a spirit of justice
Z on tho part Of the school directors
: whose duty 1t is to secure the best
: by Offering wages in proportion to
: the service required.
Z We do not desire to be understood
2 as advocating extravaganza on this
: subject, but when we consider the
: advance in the cost Of living, and
- the other fact that education is the
most important matter to be con-
sidered, for upon it depends the
advancement, and elevation of 30
"a ciety, and the stability and perpe.
tnity Of the government, It'll OF vi
tai Importance to all that the bes
= teachers be secured, and 10 have
"a such, we must expect to pay sucE
e g wages as will secure the best, Of
N both male and female teachers
~ and this can be accomplished only
e be making teaching a life profess
!. ion at living wages, and this viii
- insure the best talen.
We must strike out the sex clause
in the employment of teachers
70 basing wages alone on qualifica
=. ton, and then we will hear nj
~ complaint of want of teachers, hu
men and woman will be proud te
make teaching their life work. NJ
- calling is more honorable, nor i
NJ ~, any other profession 80 intlmatel.
m connected with the best interest O
ad society, and to secure the best, lie
on the pay be consistent with the i'm
1, portance Of the work to be done
ny then will our Public Schools be
: come the glory of the State an,
coming generations will rise up t,
,r- call you blessed.
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