Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-31
The Sentinel and Maine Teachers.


Secretary Of state state Printer Da-
Wis personally como lcted organ has
settled the whole matter for all time,
1t is To be like the era for which the
Indian wished-all the rum he wanted
and then a little more rum. 1t is to
be brought about through the teach
ers of Maine The Sentinel has sud
denly awakened to the fact that it
thinks almost as much OF these teach
ers as it does of the rum sellers. Both
classes must be better paid and there
is only one way to do it-sell more
run. The Sentinel figures that license
states pay their teachers higher salar-
les in the aggregate hence we must
have more rum in order to pay our
teachers better wages.
That logic ought to hold you. Il
least till after election, and that is ALI
the Sentinel and the other Rum Trust
organs care about. Not an ounce Of
principle or a drop of human kindness
enters into the fight from that side;
any method TO win for the rum crowd
and then any method to get you or
your son or anyone else who will buy
rum.
II the Sentinel had the perception OF
a blind rat or the honesty to Civ,
voice to wafTf r6arcefyes it would
state to It's readers the truth concern
ing Names teachers as compared
with the teachers or other states. Bu
ninety nine per cent. OF the Sentinel
readers win undoubtedly recognize In
sophistry of its position.
Names vast rural population is wide
ly scattered and cost vi living cheap
making ii possible for teachers TO save
more of the money (Which the Senti-
mel would have spent for ruln) thai
is possible in the more densely popu-
lated portions of New England. Thest
teachers understand what the Sentinel
could not. because they are blessed
with gray matter which Mr.. Davis pr-
gan has never given evidence Of pos
sessing, that eYen the small salaries
paid in Maine are worth more in the
end than the higher salaries paid 10
other localities.
The Sentinel gould not be expected
TO understand, either, that it is WORTH
Eometlung 70 these young men and
women of Intelligence and character
tof which the Sentinel has neither) t,
live in communities where there ar,
neither saloons, buns nor alcoholic
degenefates.,
1t Will be equal to quite an increas,
in salary to these earnest workers Z
have Maiqe reagirm her stand in ad
vance Of the :segld on moral questions
TO see the lgws against evil better en-
forced, aud some of the most activ
agencies against law and o,der thos
encouraging disregard law. go out OF
worse than useless existence.
Here, is the Sentiners uplifting edi
torial pertaining 10 teachers:
at least one of the prohibition orator
has had much to say in his speeches cor
cerning4 the production Of teachers
Maine. He speaks as if teachers weI
one of the staple crops of this state an
concludes. to hIs own satisfaction. I
least that Maine makes good shown
because there are so many teachers an
that therefore prohibition is success.
Let's lock at il from the standpoint {
the teacher.
The fact that Maine pays its teaches
less than any other New England stat
with the single exception of Vernon
may not appeal to the Maine teacher I
an unanswera BILE argument in favor
prohibition. The following statement I
the average monthly salaries OF teacher
il taken from the report Of the lniLe
states ycommissioner OF Education Is
Maine, ss6de; New Hampshire. SAG {:
gerusorsp $&s.G: sMa3sachnsetts. SeS z
Rhode Island, $6g, e. Connecticut, s5I ~
prohlbition does not seem to haze ms
Il possible for Maine to equal the pths
New Eng!sng states " ~ osenooi "a