Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-03

yearly wages Of hricklayers and paint .
ems In oklahoma are over $1,000, while .
pllstcrers and plumbers get owe. /
81 200 per year. Policemen and IRE .
men in oklahoma cities are much bet .
ter paid than the teachers. ana in
many cases receive annual salaries H.
excess OF ward principals or heads ~
departments IN city high schools
Steuogr4 pliers. bookkeepers. dress
makers, .uliliners and women engaged
iu other forms of service Of the higher
grade for which women are employed
all receive higher remuneration than
the W0m teachers in our City
schools The average farm latorei
considering that board and lodgius
are counted as a part Of his income,
receives more per year than the man
or woman Who teaches the school IN
the district where ne works. Ihe
questionable from which the salary
situation as t. oklahoma teachers was
obtaiued also disclosed that the aver
age Jaui,or IN the city schools of okla
h9Wa received Sj9O.0i. which Is $22.52
In excess of the average salary Of the
teachers in the building where he
sweeps the floor.
Teachers do not begrudse the wage-
PAID the classes Of Workmen herein
mentioned, they heartily approve
when deserving employees receive
wages commensurate with their labor
hut what We would like for the pubic
20 understand and appreciate Is that
teaching is uuderpaid when conf areG
either with skilled labor or profess
slOndl service Investigation has shown
that the average lawyer, physician or
dentist puts less into his professional
preparation than does the average
principal or hish school teacher IN
the city schools, yet the annual income
Ia.
0' these professions aggregates more
than does that Of the school man. TIE
Coaching of children. with all that dc
peuds upon II as real social service,
surely should be as we'll paid as that
4 other forms Of service The world
Today demands good service in every
field, It seeks. rs never before, for
workers specially trained-fOr paint
cTs who know how TO paint. for PRINT.
CTS who are experts; for carpenters
whose work Is enduring. for lawyer.
, pnl physicians who know their pro-
tcSsions. for men and women in every
| line who have mastered their oCcupG-
uons-it pays we'll for all these Vari-
GUS forms Of service. will 1t not alsc
pay for teachers who can teach-ro,
educators who are really skilled in
their work for a kind of service with
which, when compared In its essen
tlal value to The state and nation no
other service Is more fundamental or
important
in "A discussion of teachers salaries
u should he taken into consideration
that there has been but little increase
m teachers salaries, while the cost Of
living has advanced enormously. out
of Al counties replying TO this item
I I'm the questionable sent out, Il re-
ported no increase In the salaries of
rural teachers. while , : reported in
croases from l 10 l6 per cent, or an
average Of per cent City and town
schools Jared IN this regard little
better, as p reported no increase and
b3 reported increases ranging from
TO % per cent, or an average Of per
cent. Reliable investigation shows that
wholesale prices Of the necessary arti-
cleS OF living. such as food and cloth
ing, have increased in Oklahoma since
statehood by over 40 per cent, so that.
measured by wholesale prices.
teacher whose salary has remained
fixed at $500 since Oklahoma became
a state would not now have pure has
Ing power of more than s3i4.S2. The
United states bureau OF labor finds
that in 1913 wholesale prices were
1916 per cent higher than In 1904. |
Measured Low wholesale prices there
fore. a teacher whose salary has re- |
manned at $500 since 1904 would have |
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