The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-16
A. c. COMMITTEE
PLANS CAMP A|GN
Supporters of Institution Adopt
Resolutions as Platform
for Its Friends.

Logan, Aug. 1.-THE Agricultural coll
lege committee met last night and after
considerable elaboration adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions. as sort of platform
upon which the friends of that institution
can stand:
whereas, An attempt is being made to
remove the Agricultural college and unite
1t with the University of Utah on the
present site Of the university at Salt Lake
Whereas, Such union of these instjtu-
LIONS, In our opinion, be not only imprac-
llcaDle put lnimical TO the best interests
or the state, therefore as supporters of
IIdustriaI education and friends of the
agricultural interests of the state. we
adopt the following principles as a basis
upon which to oppose consolidation:
tlrst-We appreciate the fact that the
revenues or the state are not equal to the
demands made on the state treasury for
educational and other purposes, and we
realize that these demands to meet the
needs or the rapidly growing institutions
OF learning, may have increased more
rapidly than the revenues Of the state
would justify.
Second-We favor the expenditure of the
least possible amount consistent with the
normal growth of the educational institI-
lions or the state. and we demand a fair
ana equitable apportionment of such
learning.
Third-We approve the following recon-
mendauons contained in the minority re-
port or the cOllege-uniVersity commission.
We recommend that the legislature
Ca) prescribe the field to be occupied
py each institution, limiting the distinct
I've work for each institution to certain
departments, so as to prevent as much
duplication as possible.
OBJ Determine the proportion of the
states revenue that can consistently be
devoted to higher education
(cl Determine the proportion of the
10 IL frr1,n
that each institution is entitled to-
Cd Make a statutory levy permanently
appropriating in the form of mill tax
the amount to which each institution is
fairly and justly entitled. the tax to cover
appropriations for maintenance buildings
and all purposes whatsoever
Fourth-We recognize that the Agricul-
tural college is a state institution, and we
contend that the interests of the people
OF the state can be best subserved by
maintaining the college as a separate and
distinct institution.
Local prejudices should not be consid-
cred and sectional interests should not
be unduly emphasized in determining the
pending issue. We do believe. however
state institutions provided for by the con
stitution is just and fair to all sections Of
the state.
Fifth-We believe that the field occu-
pied by the A. -icultural college should be
confined within agricultural and indus
trial lines. as contemplated and deter
mined by the law which created it,
The committee also adopted unani-
mously a resolution which declares that
neither w. J. Kerr nor Joseph Howell is
an issue in the present educational cam
paign, and frowns upon any discus
sion of them in connection with the coll
lege matter. The purpose Of this resolu-
ton is not clear to all members of the
committee. but TO many il appears as a
shrewd political move designed to let Con-
gresham Howell out Of the exceedingly
tight place which his contradictory state
ments have thrown him. Mr.. Howell is
away from the city and is said to
be DESTROYS of avoiding as much COM
mittee work as possible. He re-
fuses TO reply to the Logan Jour
naPs demand for an explanation OF
his inconsistent conduct, having made the
statement. il is said, that he would rather
live in seclusion the rest Of his life than
do so. but he has explained. or attempted
to do so, to the committee.