The state herald., 1907-09-06
THE SCH00LH0USES
WHAT THEY MEAN TO THE PEo-
PIE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND HOW THEY ARE BUILT
II 10 the Money That stays at Homo
Which Makes Good Ones Possible
"A Simple System That
Works.

! town and those of the country dis.
tricts. You know what they mean to
you and to your children.
They represent the difference be-
! tween ignorance and enlightenment.
They mean to your children the differ.
ence between signing their names
with a mark or In writing. They
represent the difference between the
civilization Of the twentieth century,
as this country knows 1t, and the bar.
barism Of benighted Asia or Africa.
You want the schoolhouse, do you
not?
You would willingly make sacrifices
to keep 1t. would you not?
You glory in the free educational
system Of this country. do you not?
But. Mr.. Citizen. did you ever sit
down and consider carefully what
1t Is that makes possible the school.
houses Of this country: the school.
houses that stand as beacon lights on
the tops of thousand hills; the
schoolhouses that carry cheer and Ell.
lightenment to the hearthstones Of
the homes Of n thousand valleys?
1t is the taxes that you and your
neighbor, and your neighbor's neigh.
Dor pay into the school fund year after
year. 10 1t not?
And why do you pay It?
Because you own property-real es.
tate. bonds and mortgages-and be.
cause that property is valuable.
What makes your real estate val
liable?
1t is the prosperity OF the commu-
nifty. As the community grows and
prospers the value OF your property
increases. AS your property increases
In value and you write your wealth
In thousands instead of hundreds, the
amount you pay into the school fund
increases. When the school fund In.
creases the old building gives place to
new and more modern structure. In
which your children and your neigh.
bor's children secure their instruc.
ton. And. again, the erection Of the
new building but adds more to the
value OF your property.
II is an endless chain system that
builds villages out OF cross roads.
and cities out OF villages.
Who are you. Mr.. Citizen, and who
is your nelghbor and your neighbor's
neighbor, whose contributions to the
school fund make the schoolhouscs
possiblef You. and your neighbor.
and your nelghbor's neighbor. are the
farmers, the merchants. the doctors.
: the blacksmiths. You are each and
every man who 20 to make up tho
community In which you live. and II Is
only when you work collectively that
you accomplish results-that you build
up new schoolhouses.
And how shall you work colleo.
: tlvely'
by a simple system OF boosting one
another. You. We will say. have
oats TO sell-your neighbor buys them
Of you He. you will say. has dry
goods TO seil-you buy them OF him
II is this system OF mutual help that
makes the town grow into the city.
that increases the price OF real estate
In the town and In the community sur.
rounding It. tina, builds new school,
houses.
The dollar that Is unnecessarily sent
away from home never bought so
much ms nail for n schoolhouse. never
put a shIngic on Its roof.
But the dollars tina, are unneces.
sarily sent away from home send back
to the community which they left
only ruin II is these dollars that
prevent the replacing OF the leaking
root. the broken door hinge or the
worn out desk
II is the dollars that are unneces
sarily sent away from home by you.
and your neIghbor. and your neigh
bor'a ncighbor that decrease the value
OF your. and your nelghbors. and
your nolshbor's noighbor's real os.
tate. That makes the school fund
grow less year after year That forces
the discharge OF the competent teach
or for a less competen, one. That re-
duccs the standing Of your schools
in the educational system OF the eoun
try.
Work II backwards. send your
money for the things you need away
from home instead OF spending II st
home. and the system that builds VII.
lagos out Of cross roads. and cities out
OF villages, that Increases tho yaluc Of
your real estate and permits you TO
write your wealth In four figures
whore previously three figures were
enough. and you will make Of the
thriving little city but a village. and
of tho village but n cross roads.
DO you not believe. Mr. Citizen. and
do you think your neiEhbor and your
neiEhbor's neirhbor should believe.
that II pays bes, 10 keep the dollars
In the home community, Keep the
system moving forwards. help to
make q city of your viiiaG. floos,
your towns interests and you boost
your own,
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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