Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-25
THE BOYS AT S. U. I.
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Or the 424 freshmen at the Iowa
State University, 161 or 80 per cent are
self-supporting, while las or 50 per
cent are partially self-supporting.
That is an excellent showing and one
that may not easily be duplicated in
other states. That Is guarantee abso-
lutte that over 70 per cent of these
young people entered college not to
have a good time and to spend the
money that thei.- parents have been
laying aside in order to give their
Children I, good education. The young
sters who work their way thru school
are sure to rave a better appreciation
Of the value of time and money. than
the others, who go thru at dads ex-
pense. And of those 10 odd per cent
Of this freshman class, If tab be kept
upon them IN later years. it will be
found that they will work their way
onward and upward in the world, just
as they did in college. There is much
| talk here end there that college edu-
cation is handicap. OF course, that
is foolishness pure and simple. An
education Is always benefit, but the
bad habits that some young fellows
form in college are naturally handi-
cap for them. On the other hand, it
will be easy to demonstrate that
college education IL no handicap but
that It is a powerful lever when these
three hundred odd youngsters shall
have finished the course and enter the
real contest. When they come out
they will not be sitting around wonder
ing what they shall do. They will have
such little details settled before they
receive their diploma, and they will dig
just as hard after they get thru as
they did in college. And that does
not mean that they are going to have
no pleasure in their college life. They
will probably get more Of that than
the other fellows.
BOND ISSUES MAKE ROADS.
! I'd. w. Norris, in Des Moines Register
and Leader.l
Pasadena, Cal-To the Editor: Ev-
cry member Of the present Legislature
should be required by statute to pro-
vide a satisfactory answer to your
query as to why the people OF Iowa
should Wallow in mud for six months
out of every year, when practically ev-
! cry main travelled road in either Ohio
or Indiana is now paved with brick.
concrete, stone or gravel. Neither one
| of these two states raises much more
| in road moneys each year than does
Iowa, and yet each one of them can
show ten times the amount Of hard
surfaced roads.
| 1t is all 80 simple when man looks
into it that am astounded to learn
that any man big enough to represent
a constituency in an Iowa legislature
should propose to abolish the state
highway commission. He would never
| drea moi asking the Northwestern
Railway Company to abolish its en-
cheering department, from chief en-
| gireer down to division and local en-
gineers.
Bond issues are what 1t Is that paves
| roads without increasing taxation
| Special assessments against property
especially benefited and special assess
ment districts help to distribute the
road tax in accordance with the bene-
| fits to be received, but the bonds dis
/ tribute the cost Of a thirty year road
| Improvement over thirty years Of
| taxes.
| Putting 1t another way, the ponu as
sue puts thirty years Of road taxes or
the road In one year and thereby we
get q road that it worth while out OF
! the same amount of road money IN.
stead of sinking the money In the muo
and getting nothing for q.
say bond issues pave roads because
/ I have Investigated what it is thai
makes hard surfaced road possible
In every state where such roads have
been built and in every state 1t has
been the bond issue.
| have mentioned the system OF pavec
country roads in Los Angeles county
Now note what the county road com.
| missioner says as to their cost.
! asked him a few questions by lettel
and he replied as follows:
| 1. What per cent Is levied upon as
/ sessed values for your county road!
| and how much has this been Increased
IL any, since you began to pave YOU
! country roads?
A. The present levy upon assessed
values for road tax is 40 cents on eaci
500. This tax has not been Increased
but is heing SLOWLY lowered.
4 2. Do the tax payers complain abou
their road taxes and opposed pavet
roads, or do the majority favor themg
A. OF the 1853 miles constructs