The copper era., 1903-01-15
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TIE editor Of the Guardian i- very

TIE editor Of the Guardian i- very
 sarcastic in regard Co the proposition
 of tho ERA to have the Clifton school
 precinct created an independent dis
 trict by the legislature. He treats the
 subject with much lcviiy. most unbe-
 coming in a matter Of SO serious im-
 portancc to the people Of Clifton, Mo
 rcnci and Nctcalf where the scaoo.
 attendance has more than doubled in
 two years. Thi7 is matter which af-
 feet, the wcll-bciug Of every child in the districts named, and i- a subject close to the hearts of their parents. The ERA i- not vcr7cd in the law, but believes that justice should be done 10 all precincts. that all school children should have an equal and fair show for an education, and this certainly has not been the case in the Clifton pre- cinct. The average attendance here this year is about double what it was last year. yet our apportiOnment is based on last years attendance, which the editor Of the Guardian, and every other man, knows is an injustice. The Guardian quotes the law which applies to growing districts as follows:
 Section 2, same paragraph, also pro- vidcs that the uperlntcndent shall determine the amount necessary to maintain she schools of the county "based upon the average attendance Of the preceding year, and further provides for an additional levy of , per cent. d. reserve fund for the benefit of just such districts a. Clifton, growing and ilOuri7hinG.
 The ERA last year brought the at tcntion of the school superintendent and the board of supervisors to this paragraph, but (unlc7s our memory is dcfcctivcJ it was then decided that Clifton, for some uuaccountablc reason, could not secure the aid necessary to employ q sufficient corps of teachers, and nearly one-half, or at least a large per cent. of our children were turned which they were justly entitled. That Of course affected the apportiOnmcnt for this year, and 50 it will be next year, unless adequate relief is secured through the legislature. The Guar dian says:
 As the law already provides for just what the Fra asks it is plain to be seen that the fault i7 not with the law. In our modest way we respectfully suG- "cst, if we may have permission, that the wise editor of the Era find the real cause Of the trouble and then go 10 work tD remedy it. Of course if the Era k unable to discover the cause, we will lend 1t our feeble efforts, al though, contrary to this instance, we may never be lucky enough to be right again.
 .,nd that is just exactly what the ERA has done. Ut ha, found the real cause of tho trouble, and has gone to work to remedy it" in the only manner in which it can be rcmcdicd, and that k by the creation of an independent school district. Clifton, Morcnci and Mctcalf now contain almost two-thirds of the population of the entire county, school tax of the county, and more than that, and are certainly entitled to q sufficient number of teachers to ac- commodatc all of thcir school children during regular terms. The ERA ask, only what is fair, honest and right, | and what We should be entitled tO un- der tho law. It is not criticieinE the | county superintendent of schools, who i, an honest man, and k doubtless dis | charging his duty in accordance with | the law, but it knows, (and every | school child and parent in this district ] " i'll bear it out in the ,tatcmcnt) that | the Clifton precinct has been, and is now, being done q gricvous injustice.