The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-02-09

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the decision would be momentOus one
to the college. The case was to be tried
before the great iurist, John Marshall,
and the counsel for the state We're
among the ablest lawyers in the land.
Unknown to fame, with no precedeuts
to guide him, the young attorney rose to
present the case of the college He sat
down after having made one Of the
most mastery pleas in the history of
the American courts. The judges and
Jury were in tears, and this New Eng
land farmers son had laid down prin-
cipes Of law which have guided the
courts to this hour. The years passed
on, il was 1880, and great contes, was
being waged III the United States Con
gress. All the learning and eloquence
of the most brilliant orator of the South
had been invoked in support of the
doctrine that the union is merely a com
pact of the states, to be broken by either
at will The city OF Washington was
full of excitement. 1t was known that
the senator from Massachusetts would
take up the gage of battle thrown down
by the southern champion. At an early
hour on Tuesday, Jan. %, crowds Of
people We're hurryiug toward the
Capitol At twelve o'clock, the time of
the assembling of the Senate, the
chamber was filed to its utmost capacity
with an eager, expectant throng All
eyes We're turned upon the Northern
champion rs he arose to address the
Senate. No pen can describe the earnest,
almost awestruck attention which
characterized the audience which
listened to this most memorable speech
in the Cnited States Senate and when
he ceased speaking, Daniel Webster had
earned the immortal title Of Defender
of the Constitution, and had given us
Liberty and Union, one and in
separable now and forever. Who now
Hampshire farmer and his wife was
justified? | willingly grant you that
not every block of New Hampshire
granite could by chiseling and polishing
be made into beautiful monument.
but without the chiselng and polishing
they would all be worthless. Without
the careful training of great teachers
Daniel Webster would never have held
IA senate spell bound hy h!s '@ bless
eloquence nor have won imperishable
fame Such training could not have
been given by half starved mental
dwarfs.
We, the people must understand that
the icocbiog torcc u o,u' stat must IN
morojdg and ntciicGmiilg bc oboro that Of
Hc orpop home, else it will drag down
to its level from above rs much as it
will lift up from underneath.
Tins far have not touched upon the
financial stupidity of employing cheap
teachers We, in Wisconsin, are reap
ing some of the harvest of our scanty
sowing OF fourteen states in the central
northern group, Wisconsin spends the
least money per capita for its schools of
all save one only Missouri can boast
that its schools cost it less per capita
than Wisconsin. The result 10 Us is iu
evitabe If WE continue to pursue this
policy the productive capacity Of our
children will steadily decrease and we
shall pauperiZe our children Just in pro
portion 10 the parsimony of our eXpendi-
lures for educational purposes. A low
scale of teachers wages will keep ont
the best talent and cause the most
competent to seek other more remuner-
atve employment. No business can
allure to it the best talent when the
most tempting thing ii has to offer after
years Of pahant toll is the Potters
Field.
In Wisconsin the average wages per
month, for school year Of seven
months, of women il S:}3. 49, This means
an average for teachers in Wisconsin
outside the cities, of $40 3C per month
for the calendar year, ont of which the
teachers are supposed to pay for board
and clothes, for doctors and dentists
bills attend educational meetings and
summer schools that they may keep up.
to date in their profession, pay for the
summer outing and lay mp money for
old age ana the inevitable Rainy Day.
There are kitchen maids in this city
who are better paid than any lady
teacher in the county outside the high
school Can any sane man hope to So
cure competent instructors for his
children when servant girls are better
paid than the teachers areY The average
daily wages for an eight hour day in
eight of the common trades in seven
teen Of our large cities is ~ 80 while
the average daily wages Of male
teachers outside the cities in Wisconsin
based upon the calendar year is + 40
The average wages Of hod carriers ana
unskilled laborers in these seventeen
cities is S213 per day, 81 per cent.
higher wages than this class Of male
teachers receive in this state Is it any
wonder that in Chippewa county with
l65 teachers in It's district school. only 1
men can be found who are willing to
enter this field Of teaching Under
guch n low scale of WAGES if does not
take a prophet nor the son of prophet
to predict with absolute certainty that
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