Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-03-18

various STANDARD oil subsidiaries. al
though 1t also has large holdings of
the securities Of many other corpora
tious heavily interested iu West Nir-
ctuia properties and industries This
board pays SS.500 per year Tor the
maintenance Of rural school super.
visor in West Virginia. and also $4,000
for the maintenance Of O high sChOo,
supervisor. I'm part, amoug many
others, they hold securities as fol
lows. tandard oil subsidiaries. So.
159,5761t; Baltimore and Ohio XII
road S1S7T43,20: International Har.
vester Company, $250,925t5; Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. St905, 210SS: United
States Steel Corporation, So. 059053.
~ Western Maryland Railroad. 81
S2,7561f: Carolina, CliuohHeld Coal
Ohio Railway. $S3975t9S: Clnch.
field Coal Corporation, $23S125. Ceu-
trail Leather Company, $49Q. 166.2T:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. $tS4..
1880. Norfolk aud Western Rain.
way. SI6S699. When the interests ol
many of these companies in many
OF these companies in West Virginia
are considered unfortunate that a cor
poration holding SO many of their
stocks and bonds should maintlin
within our state representatives con.
trolling in any degree our school sys
tem."
tias this situation ever had any bad
influence in the state
q do not know In 1911 Mr. shaw.
key made supreme effort to get the
legislature to levy a production tax
on oil and gas. and tried to enlist the
support of every teacher in the state
IN bis effort to force such a measure
through Two years later when the
next legislature assembled he did not
renew the effort, I'm fact he practi-
cally recommended against sucn ae.
ton in his official biennial report
It is a strange fact that in the mean
time he had secured the appointment
of high school supervisor for the
state, and this high school supervisor
is supported by a corporation endow
ed by John D. Rockefeller, and which
holds nearly ten million dollars worth
of the securities Of the Standard on
subsidiaries which are so heavily IN.
terested in this state.
or what use other than political is
this organization
BY means of his large organization
legal and otherwise, Mr. Shawkey IL
able TO be away from the state mucn
of the time holding Institutes. max.
ing speeches and attending conven.
tons all over the country for his per.
eonal gain and profit in various ways.
II Is estimated that he spent more
than three months last year away
from the state in such activities BY
means of the publicity thus secured
he gained the election to the presi-
denCy OF section If The National
Teachers Associations and rs this
week in Detroit holding their annual
meeting He has devoted most of his
time recently to this organization I'm
doubtedly the real educational inter.
ests Of the state suffer much from his
frequent and long continued absen.
| oes."
What sort of campaign will you
undertake?
II expect to make an active and Wig
orous campaign, | have received
much unsolicited support and eucOur.
agement and expect a little later to
ask the local board Of education for
a leave OF absence in order to make
a trip throughout the state, so soon
as get Eany important matters in
the local schools adjusted 50 that
can be absent. have only touched
upon one phase Of the administrative
holds nearly ten million dollars worth
| expect to take UP other very inter
esting and important phases OF 1t lat
or On In fact ! have under consid.
GRAFTON the matter of challenging him
to a series OF public discussions of his
record in SEVERAL OF the leading cities
OF the state. as for instance Wheel.
ing, Pafker9burg, Huntington, etc
Are you personally against this sys
TEN of supervisors?
NO, / would not have it understood
that / oppose the present system Of
state supervisors | believe, however
all such officials should only be insti-
tuted in accordance with specific
statutory regulations by the represen
tatiyes of the people. However, as
George Washington 50 clearly saw
long dalliance with official power
makes man come TO regard the law
lightly"
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