The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-09


ont u bottom. One system is in the
schools and should be out, while
the other is out and should be in.
The common school is secular in all
that the term implies. II is secular
in the sense of being state insti-
tuition and receiving its source from
the state. IT is secular since is it
temporal and was established for
the common people; TO them it
eternally belongs and TO them it
shall he restored This can only
be accomplished through unity Of
purpose and action with the state
unit.
In the early pioneer days, the
school house and meeting house was
the center of all thought and prog
ress. Gradually through the de-
velopment of the country, localities
and neighborhoods lost their original
Significance. At present, we see
greater strides and no limitation
but our education, moral and scrip
tual progress is not keeping step
with our industrial progress. There
Twill soon be vast areas of territory
in which every country boy and
girl will be within walking distance
of electric lines. With advance
ment in everything else, why not
have our children become beneficiar-
les in human progress9
In our cities we have syndicate
stores ten cent stores-this insti-
tuition renders valuable servir in
distributing prison made goods
made by contract labors. This in.
slitution is Successful because of
its systematic operation. We pro
pose 20 lift up every hoy and girl
f! in the state TO level with prison
made goods by syndicating every
school in the state. We would open
every school house door in tht
slate to all children Of the state
upon equal terms.
We demand that each boy and
girl in the state shall stand in all
the Importance and dignity of a
postal card. Back Of every post
office is one federal fund. We de-
mand that back Of every school
house in the state there shall be
lone common school fund. IT is
conceded that The public school i
state institution 10 the extent Of
one-mill. A few illustrations will
show the rank injustice of thi-
, method
A populous rural county has u
school enumeration of $500. It's
female teachers receive thirty one
dollars per month. The special tax
rate of this country is $50 mills
Another county has a school enum-
Grafton of 1900, The female teacher
receives thirty dollars per month
and the special tax rate is Q AZ
mills. The number of school houses
vary according to area and not
Ilccording to population. School
houses are as close together in
sparcely settled counties aS in pop.
ulous countries II is evident that
tthc wealthy county is receiving
double the amount Of state furd'
for each school that the poor coun,
: ty receives but the cost Of main.
, .aining each is practically the
same. The difference between 3.6C
: mills and 6.23 mills the state aver,
age, what each would pay under
state Capitalization, or 2.73 mills
: lis subsidy that goes from the
state fund into the pockets of the
taxpayers Of that wealthy county,
If this state aid was withheld, the
ocal taxes would increase as there
would hardly he a ceYt Of wages on
thirty one dollars per month. Il
this aid was increased, we have nc
= evidence that The teachers of that
+ county would be the beneficiaries
Since that county is now enjoying
a subsidy, we may infer that the
t residents Of this county would en-
joy receiving a greater subsidy.
{ One other Illustration. A certain
] county has an enrolment of eighty
eight per cent of its enumeration
, consequently il receives one dollar
, and ninty-throe cents per pupil.
Another county has enrolled but
sixty per cent of its enumeration
consequently it receives two dol
lars and eighty three cents per en-
lrollment. II is apparent that any
increase in taxes under the present
system, increases in greater proper
tion, the injustice existing between
counties receiving subsidy and
those that are Struggling hopelessly
lon.
| The public school, is by its very
value state institution and should
oe supported It's all other state in,
, stitutions are supported. We would
increase the one mill tax TO rate
, that would warrant the abolition OF
all local taxes for school purposes
This would in itself create one
common school fund from which all
Icohnol avnancae would 10 ,.o:l MI: