The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-02

city OF their fear and uemDllng
and peril. and will ease the heart
aches in the bosoms of many OF the
mothery Of those children. either Of
which is worth far more than the few
dollars 1t will cost the tax payers
OF the city In long and easy pay
jments.
! 1t should not b, forgotten. either
that in doing our duty to the children
land mothers Of keokuk. to say noun
ing Of the fathers of the children.
duty viii be performed in establish.
ling our loyalty to the progress anu
best interests OF the city. It has been
the professed desire to add to the
lsolid and substantial growth OF our
population Nothing can be great
er and prouder factor in that KIND OF
growth. than safe and sanitary mod
ern school buildings. That Is ABOUT
the first investigation Of solid ana
substantial citizen of family who has
in view a change Of residence to
more desirable locality. Modern
! school houses In sufficient number to
accommodate all the children OF
school age. comfortably and healthful-
lily is a factor far above all others in
securing the very bes: citizenship OF
1.-THE country. Study the matter and
see that the least trace OF the blood
of a single child shall not appear
upon your hand should holocaust
spread its dreadful results before
gathered crowd of keokuk's stricken
citizens.
| You are invited to inspect the
school houses for yourselves. They
have been pronounced unsafe by eS-
perts. who have pointed out wherein
| they are unsafe. You are invited to
inspect them for yourself in order to
satisfy yourself. II you neglect
these warnings and this invited In
spectton and deliberately hold the
blindness of prejudice and sectiona.
envy or jealousy and vote against
the proposition, it will be too late to
repent after the holocaust has sprins.
led that faint Of blood upon your
I hands.
( Men created in the image OF GOD
have no moral or humane right to
send or drive little children to an
unsafe school house and employ
teachers to endanger themselves
even to the risk Of their lives In the
same building, and stand erect before
God and fellow men with an apparent
consciousness that they are perform
ling their duty to the city by saving
the tax payers OF the municipality a
few dollars to be spent in some minor
Improvement That seems, sanely
considered, case OF penny wise and
pound foolish. or worse. Reckoned
| financially. calamity such as might
probably happen in one OF these
buildings would cost the city more
perhaps In funeral expenses for the
dead and medical attention for the
manned than it would. cost to erect a
new building on. the ruins, to say
nothing of the horrible shock and
frightful mourning in hundreds OF
homes.
It is question worth the thought
full and heartfelt attention of every
voter, question that cannot be
treated as financial or economic
problem, There is too much heart
and soul in it to be considered alto
igether from an economic standpoint.
1T stands alone, far above all such
The life, health and
safety OF the children of the city are
at stake, and the growth. progress
and good name of keokuk are in the
balance.
The mothers of the city are
aroused, not with malice but with
kindness and charity for all. They
have faith in the fairness and justice
of the men OF Keokuk. Look at it
from mothers standpoint. They
! feel that their boys and girls In the
public schools should have protec-
ton while attending these schools.
They should not be asked to risk their
buildings The only way in which to
remedy the matter and relieve the
minds and hearts of Keokuk mothers
lis to make the building safe. II the
mothers say it must be done, II will
be done: and they think that the men
Iof this county and this city only
need to be reminded. And these
mothers have arrived almost to the
iroint to proclaim: TT must be done.
VIII the men voters act the part OF
noble, fair-mtnded, humane knights
and respond to the tender and moth
lerly appeal made almost in tears to
have their dear children protected
from calamity. the horrors OF which
would be Undesirable.
A KEOKUK MOTHER.
! Keokuk, April 2, 1914.
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