Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-20
BOOSTERS
HAVE VERY BUSY DAY
Make Talks at Public Schools,
VIII Be Dined by Com
merciaI Club Tonight

Everything is now in readiness for
the dinner to be given this evening at
o:I3 O'Clock at the Marion hotel by
tne members of the commercial club,
to welcome George f. Hardy, executive
secretary of the Portland Chamber of
/ Commerce. Already over $50 of the
club have signified their intention of
attending the dinner as there seems to
be general interest in Mr.. Hardy, as
to whether he will bring from Portland
any ideas of practical benefit to the
citizens of Salem, and for the CONNER
cial club. w. NJ. Hamilton, president
of the commercial club will preside, and
short talks will be made by members of
the club, besides o. NJ Plummer and
d. G. Freeman, who are here from
I Portland, in the interest of the Manu-.
tacturers' and Land Products show, to
be held in Portland for IS days, begin
ming next Monday.
Talsed at Schools
| This afternoon, Mr.. Pmmmer and
Mr.. Freeman gave short talks at the
three junior high schools and at the
senior high school Eeach of these men
hold prominent positions in Portland
and might be termed representative, as
well as successful business men. Mr..
Freeman is industrial commissioner of
the Hill lines, with headquarters at
Portland and in his work Of publicity,
travels extensively and is naturally in
touch with the general conditions in
the state. His talks this afternoon
preached the gospel of "know your
/ own Oregon, and one of the best ways
to know the state, would be to attend
the Manufacturers and Land Products
Show at Portland, not so much be-
cause it is in Portland, but from the
tact tnat at this show, the resources of
the state are fully shown.
Value of Education.
In his talks to the schools this af.
ternoon, Mr.. Plummer emphasized the
educational value of the Portland Land
Products show. Aside from urging
state pride and desire to know what
the state can produce, he discussed the
value Of higher school education, and
the money spent in securing better
education, from a standpoint of income
IN years to come. To prove tnat the
greatest investment in the world for a
young man was to continue his studies.
he referred to the earning capacity of a
young man in after life, with certain
degrees of education. If the boy stops
school at the eighth grade. with this
amount of education, for tie next 40
years, on the average his earning ca.
pacity is $500 annually. If the same
youth continues mis- studies and grad
yates from high school, his earning
capacity is averaged at $1,000 for the
succeeding 40 years. If the young man
secures a university educa&on, his earn.
ing capacity might be averaged at
$500 year.
Makes Some Figures.
by comparison of figures, Mr..
Pmmmer demonstrated that if the
young man went through the high
school instead of dropping out at the
eighth, grade, this extra time spent in
the school room was worth to him. on
the increased average of what he would
earn IN 40 years, fully 500 day. And
II the young man continued through
the university, his earning capacity.
compared to that of boy VINO dropped
out in the eighth grade, was so much
greater, that the time spent in school
was worth $50 day.
That Mr., Pmmmer's opinions are
worth consideration may be noted
from the fact that he is not n mere
ttheoriSt but at present is a member of
'ne school board of Portland, manager
OF tne Pacific International Livestock |
exposition, secretary and treasurer of
the Portland Union Stock Yards com. |
pany' and holds one or two other posi- |
tlonS of prominence in Portland