Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-22
Decided Discrimination Against
Lower Grades In Matter of
Teachers Salaries
THE DAVENPORT INVESTIGATION
An Exhaustive Inquiry Into the Cues
tien of Teachers Wages There Re-
suited in Substantial Increase in the
Grades-other Reports Being Pre-
pared-Reform Making Progress.
Special to Times-Republlcan

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Des Moines. May 22.-The matter OF
raising teachers wages in the state OF
Iowa has made progress that is re-
garded by educators as very satisfac-
tory. The increase has been general
all over the state, though there is evil
dence to support the theory that the In
crease has been q little more in other
and southern Iowa. In this city, as u
result Of the agitation, the pay OF
teachers was increased on an average
of SO or 81 month in East Des Moines,
and somewhat more in the west district
The work SO well begun by the teachers
in their state association last winter
and year before is only now bearing
fruit, though it is the intention of the
teachers to keep up the work until all
that Is needed is accomplished. A
committee of the educational council
has In hand the preparation of report
on this subject for presentation next
the best work that has been done in
the investigation of the question of the
wage system for teachers was in
Davenport, where committee of the
board made an exhaustive inquiry,
which resulted in substantial increase
in the pay in the grades there. The
essential part of this report is OF gen
eral application in all cities of the
state. The report included this:
Thru the kindness of the secretary
Of the board we have procured infor-
nation as to the salaries now paid in
fifty-two cities Of the union, the small
est of which has a census population
of about 1900, and the largest CEN
lsus population of about $4,000,
, Eer;i .,,fsrsp sssrpesss i would b s92
bug the work and pay OF tae individual
teacher In a graded school need not be
much affected by the number of teach
ers and schools in the city. We have.
however, compared with the salaries we
pay in the several grades, both the
average annual salaries paid in the
whole fifty-two places and the average
paid in the seventeen, which may De
said to belong to our class. having a
population of from $4,000 to DO, 600.
Almost everywhere the second, third,
fourth and fifth grades receive uniform
pay. The few exceptions would affect
the average scarcely perceptibly, ana
SO we have considered these four grades
together.
..Nineteen Of the fifty-two places have
but nine and half months school and
the monthly average of all would diffes
somewhat from the yearly averages
paid; but of the seventeen all but three
have ten months school and OF these the
monthly as well as the yearly wage
may be justly compared with ours.
There is some difference of opinion as
to whether the yearly or monthly wages
should be compared The teacher can
as rule, do little towards piecing
out small salary by outside work IN
vacation, be it long or short. on the
other hand, something should certainly
he allowed for the extra weeks OF WORK
required of the ten months teacher.
1--WE have prepared a table by Whlch
both. the average yearly and monthly
salaries Of all and of the cities OF our
class may be compared with ours.