The Detroit times., 1915-02-18
PENSION Bull
PUSHED HARD
BY TEACHERS


| BY TEACHERS
tos~thsss srs- P-ss o.s,.
bf Michigan. shall receive from the
htate rund Q sum equal TO ons-half
pf me Average pay Tor the last ave
gsan o. service; but no payment
ehau - over $500 or under $500. De-
roit teaohers. aftsr no long q period.
would reoeivs the maximum, $500.
4 tea0h9 who has taught Is years.
INCLUDING Is years In Michigan. may
stirA Esosivtns from the pension
Puma proper proportion OF the
hmount that would have been paid.
PAD ne teacher retired at the end OF
Tsa0hers who have taught IL years,
md have become physically or men.
ally mnpacitatsd. may BE- retired By
the pension board, receiving an
amount based on the number OF years
pf their service.
Nearly Ill the members Of the
WAYNE county delegation have pledg-
% the1x support to the bill. All the
bonatoru are for it except Senator
Hilsendeeeu. who, because OF his III
hess. has NOT yet been approached by
lhs teachers. All the reprss sntatives
Ars Tor Il except Ashley, Jerome,
Maxts and koehler. some Of whom
havs not yet told the teachers how
hey stand.
Detroit teachers. II the bin becomes
law, must Contribute the securities In
lhs1r pension fund to the state retire
nsnt fund. This they are very will
ng 30 do. because OF the advantages
rhich the proposed law win bring
hem.
Instead Of paying go q year. the
Ieachers win be assessed according
: o their term Of service. For the
lrst ave years. they will pay one-half
" one Per cent OF their salaries, but
Dot more than IS: for the next 10
FEARS. one per cent, but not more
han $40: for the next 10 years. two
ber cent. but not more than $40.
Thus the bill provides for grad
lated tar. which Is recognised as q
ust method, since salary usually In
Sreases with length of service" said
ar. Miller. 1T IL also Just that the
carer one comes to the pension, the
aore one should contribute.
We believe that the state. by talk.
ng over the pension system. will put
on irmer basis than we now have
Detroit. II were an actuary,
jould doubtless figure out the ad-
iantage which will accrue to the
bachers; but insurance men have
pld US that the provisions Of the bill
<re good"
Fred l. Keller, state superinten-
lent OF public instruction. is one OF
ne foremost advocates of the bill
{he measure was drafted by Judge
frank l. Carpenter. of Grand Rap
Us, former justice or the supreme
purt. The teachers have also en-
isted the support of ELIZABETH NJ.
Ierfurth, secretary of the Wisconsin
htirement fund board, whose speech
favor OF teachers pensions, before
ne meeting OF the State Teachers
FEDERATION. In Kalamazoo, last fall,
as been sent out all over Michigan.
Miss Herfurth said that a federal
hvestigation had shown that In A or
be 48 largest cities of the country
thool teachers receive less per year
ban municipal street laborers: that
he herself had found that In Wiscon-
IN. teachers are more poorly paid
han domestic servants; that one
bird OF the teaching force deserts to
ther occupations, each year, thus
lasting. to q large extent, the efforts
the state normal schools, expen-
lively maintained; that "a fuctuat-
!g mass Of cheap, underpaid teach
10" Is found In the elementary
thools, where SO to so per cent OF
be pupils do not get beyond the
kurth grade.
Teachers out OF school work, at
p age when men and women In the
hsiness world are In their prime,
land helpless as regards the question
earning q livelihood" concluded
Iiss Herfurth. Consequently. IL life
prk In teaching is one OF the most
hluable assets of the school, and IL
us valuable asset depends In q large
I easure on q provision for the teach
I o. future support, II becomes but
4 rsiness policy of the state to insure
70 security Of this asset OF worth,
meeting the future requirements of
3 teacher through the establish
ent Of o retirement fund system"
The only financial obligation laid
the state by the bill Is the con-
lbution OF sufficient money to meet
ifciencies In the retirement fund.
his, II Is figured, will be very
hall amount.