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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Money Lure of Other Professions Depicting
Ranks While Artisans Wages Are Higher
: in Most Industrial Centres
By Katherine Wright

T>ROM all parts of the country
comes the cry of shortage in the
teaching forces of the United
States. "The teacher shortage is con-
stantly increasing, and embarrassingly
large in some sections" declares DR.
P. P. Claxton, United States Commits
sioner of Education.
In Iowa there are 100 schools without
teachers. In Louisiana the State Super.
intendent reports the situation "a real
crisis" The public schools Of Ohio are
facing crisis unless relief legislation
is speedily enacted.
Everywhere the failure of young men
and women to register in training
schools is reported. From December,
1917, to February, 1918, the State Nor
NAL College of Georgia was unable to
fill seventy-tive vacancies. The problem
in New York is merely part of nation
wide problem, but unless protective
measures are adopted the public schools
of our state will be supplied with those
who are inefficient and unqualified to
give a high grade of instruction. At
tendance at New York City's three
training schools within the last few
years shows a reduction of approxi-
mately so per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
TEACHER VS.. PLUMBER

IF you pass this-plmnber's examinaton-you earn
$114O; pass ths-teacher's examnation-you earn
$780,"
The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News' recently printed it's
front page the examination questions for plumbers and for
teachers, with the above comment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Increased Pay Only
Part Of the Remedy

trade teachers salaries are ns-
'ionai peril" says William n. Allen,
the farseeing director of the rnsti-
tnte of Public Service in this city.
but the increase in paw is only one
OF many steps necessary to remedy The
shortage. If prominent men and wou,-
en- OF the country could be persuaded to
take an interest in the life of the pub
Tic schools a great point would be
gained. Let each man and woman on
Mayor Hylan's Committee for National
Defence agree to attend five COM
mencements in the public schools IN
this city. The encouraging effect upon
the teachers would equal any raise IN
ray. Why is not this possible? It 10
easy enough to get men and women to
attend commencement exercises In pri-
waite schools"
"How do you make teachers ?" Super
intendent Etringer was asked recent
ly. 1--WE don't make them." he replied;
1--WE let them grow" This is the en-
lightened attitude toward the years Of
preparation
The President Of the United States.
several governors, innumerable editors.
many Congressman werc-snd are stin
teachers.
Fifty college and university pre'i-
dents have agreed to present to theh
students during the school year the
serious shortage of teachers. the higa
rank of teaching rs patriotic service
the intangible rewards and duraDis
satisfactions of successful tsachine'
the rapidly increasing tangible rewsi
of teaching. especially for those VIZ
college training. the splendid trainius'
offered by teaching for the dsvsao
ment Of character. leadership and
ciaI ability.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
The Teacher Pay
And the Artisans

- teachers ct New Haven complain
that the men who build their school
houses are better paid than the teach
ere. According to the salary schedule
for adoption in New Haven on January
l. 1919. the man who builds with brick
gets 1880 year, the carpenter earns
$3.50 q year. the shop artisan 1880 a
year. while the teacher who builds with
brain earns only 81 900 q year, the very
highest wage possible for q grade
tearher.
Thus the plumbers, bricklayers. plas-
teFers, moulders. carpenters and ma
chinists exceed the teacher in pay from
20 to 90 per cent. In order that the
best results may be obtained teachers
work requires fine judgment, sound
sense, judicial mind, delicately bal
aneed sense Of discrimination, mental
freedom, an unruffied temper, perfect
roise, self-command and the ability to
direct others. Yet with constant and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
There Are Those
Who Object

The chief DIRECTORS are, Of course,
the taxpayers. The most conservative
and careful speakers among them speak
anxiously of increasing the amount Of
the city's budget and of the legal
and constitutional difficulties that will
arise with the possible necessity of
taxing real estate beyond the 2 per
cent designated by the constitution.
But this type Of objector is mild.
There is another and more virulent
variety who does not stop after wailing
over a heavier budget. He does not
confine himself to proving that real
estate in New York City is no longer
worth owning. He empties Walls of con-
tempt and hurls poisonous gases upon
the heads of the teachers themselves.
"What do you think" he cries. "of
minister who tried to put an exact
valuation in terms of dollars and cents
upon his services TO the community?
"In what other profession. pray, does
tho novice receive pay during the first
three years Of probationary service z"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23

Mrs. Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch,
director Of Greenwich House, says:
Boys at school should come under
strong, manly influences that tend to
develop similar qualities. At the same
time they should have the benefit of
feminine sympathy and guidance along
the avenue that eventually leads to
home. 1t is equally important for girls
to come under the control of both men
and women teachers.
There is one way in which women
teachers of to-day should use their in
huence--that is, in making the school
rooms and the schoo1houses more pre-
sentable looking, more attractive to the
eye. Nowadays surroundings are sup
posed to have strong effect upon
character. If schoolhouses and school
rooms were more artistically planned
and more inviting, perhaps it would not
be necessary to exert so much pressure
upon boys and girls to induce them to
go to school"
Meanwhile, at Jefferson City, Mo-, in
March, 1918, seven teachers we're
taking course in stenography, while in
Pittsburgh one private commercial
school had fifty public school teachers
taking a similar course.
In recent report Of the committee
on salaries to the Board of Education
OF the City of New York the statement
was made that public school teachers
are the poorest paid city officials. It
was shown that 1920 teachers received
less than 81 200 wear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
New York Teachers
And Some Others

The following salaries were under
consideration by the city Board of
Estimate and Apportionment at its
meeting on June ID:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
Average Annual Salaries
Probation and
Illiberal Salary

From February, 1915, to September,
1915, the Board Of Education in this
city made no appointments from the
No. 1 eligible lists, with the conse-
quence that there was an accumulation
of names running into the thousands.
This abnormal increase meant a long
postponement for many hundreds of
qualified teachers, and the uncertainty
of the time of the deferred appoint
ment induced many to go into other
occupations. Those who stuck to the
determination to be teachers were
obliged to endure long period of SUBJ
stituting at poor pay and with irregu-
larity of employment. +
No provision was made for the regu-
lation Of substitute service in a man
ner that would fairly admit Of giving
salary credit for such service when the
teachers regular appointment should
come.
Then, of course, there was the iilib-
eral salary schedule.
Thus it will be seen that the present
shortage has been plant of slow
growth. War has but aggravated the
condition and precipitated crisis.
"The state should take steps to i'm
prove teachers ability. Any improve
ment they wish to make comes now out
of their own pockets" says DR.. Percy
Stickney Grant, rector of the Church Of
the Ascension.
Teachers salaries must be raised.
Increased prices have practically cut
them in half" affirms William Mean
drew, of the Board of Education.
81 want to see teachers paid as much
as they can get," asserts John H. Flag
Ter, public spirited millionaire and
capitalist.
Yet with nearly every element in the
community in favor Of higher salaries,
there are still some men who object to
the plan, who seek to oppose any
amelioration in the financial condition
of teachers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-23
No W ''~~'Nos oVV OdyS.
maximum

Those on salaries Of $500 or 5000
during their first year Of teaching
spent:
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
LEMONS DO MAKE
THE SKIN WHITE
HOW TO MAKE A CREAMY LEMON
BEAUTY LOTION AT HOME
FOR A FEW CENTS.

Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
you with three ounces Of orchard white
for q few cents. Squeeze the Juice Of
two fresh lemons into bottle, then put
in the orchard white and shake we'll.
This makes a quarter pint of the very
best lemon skin whitener and complex.
ion beautifler known. Massage this fra
grant, creamy lotion daily into the face,
neck, arms and hands and just see how
freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and
roughness disappear and how smooth,
soft and white the skin becomes. Yes |
1t is harmless, and the beautiful results
will surprise you.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-one
years in all parts Of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled In the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient q good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
lnflamed parts, throw of the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Made in America and sold for
more than half century.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

Reduce Losses

dogs to the work. No consideration
should be given such dogs; they should
be killed as soon as their habits are
known.
RehabiIItatIno Industry.
The desirability of maximum in
crease in the number Of sheep is gen.
orally admitted and steps now are
being taken toward a rehabilitation Of
the sheep industry. But 1t is recog-
nized that one Of the most effective
means Of insuring the farmer a profit
on sheep Is to make and enforce laws
which adequately protect the farmers
flock, but in most Of the states the
present dog laws fail in their purpose.
In the publication mentioned in a
previous paragraph the federal special.
lists describe the need Of uniform legis-
lation and outline suggested state
dog law.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
No Longer ObIIpes.

"This druggist seems to be an affa'
BILE fellow. Why do you dislike hlmf"
HE doesn't uphold the fine old tradi-
tons of drug stores"
"Still, I'm In the dark"
"When a customer comes In for a
stamp he puts the transaction on low
commercial basis by pointing to a
stamp-vending machine" - Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
CANNES KEEP MANY
FROM GROWING SHEEP

Crop reporters In 80 farm
states submitted estimates In
1913 which showed that the
number of sheep in those states
could be increased $50 per cent
without displacing other live
stock. Such an increase would
place approximately 34,OOO,OOO
more sheep in these states than
there are now. OF 1,411 an
swers received to the question
as to whether sheep raising Is
profitable in the farm states,
1877 answered Eyes" OF 1914
answers as to the causes pre-
venting increase in the numbers
of sheep 531 said Dogs"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
Owners of CANNES Can Aid by
Supporting Fair State Laws
Regulating Menace.
BIG HINDRANCE TO INDUSTRY
Most Serious Loss ls Fact That Farm
ers Are Kept From Engaging In
Sheep Buslness-Dog-Proof
Fences Described.

Thousands of sheep are ruthlessly
killed every year by dogs. The none
tary loss Of more than million dollars
year to sheep owners does not cover
the most serious aspect Of the damage.
The fact that the dog menace keeps
many farmers from engaging in the
sheep business, even at this time when
there are urgent demands for more
wool and meat, is the most serious
result which may be attributed to
sheep-killing dogs. Specialists Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture are urging efficient state legisla-
ton as one Of the best ways to deal
with the sheep-killing dog problem.
Dog-proof fences also are described
and advocated In a recent publication
Of the department Of agriculture deal
Ing with this subject, "The Sheep-Kill-
ing Dog" Farmers Bulletin 935.
HIndranee to Industry.
That dogs are real hindrance to
the sheep industry is not only &C
claimed by the testimony Of thousands
Of sheep owners but is verified by
actual conservative statistics. An In
vestigation by the United States de-
partment of agriculture among sheep
owners in Is states east Of the Rocky
mountains shows that out of a total
Of 6,SS6. 492 sheep In the 5O2 counties
reporting, 34,8S3 were killed by dogs
in one year-1919-and paid for by the
counties. At the same rate of loss In
other farm states the total annual de-
struction Of sheep by dogs would be
1O7,7oO head. But these figures are
based only upon the number actually
paid for, and specialists Of the United
States department of agriculture say
1t is more than probable that the true
losses far exceed this. 1t Is known that
many sheep are killed which are never
reported to the county officials.
Sheep-k killing dogs work both singly
and In groups, but usually In twos or
threes. They do not limit their at
tacks to the fiocks Of the immediate
vicinity In which they are kept. but
travel for miles In all directions,
spreading destruction In the fiocks
WIN thCy tOihC III SOhtuSt' DC
cause their work is so often done I'M
der cover of darkness 1t Is almost i'm
possible to catch them In the act of
worrying sheep, hence they can seldom
be positively identified. The ways in
which different dogs attack and de-
stroy sheep vary greatly. Some dogs
simply kill one or two in a flock.
while others continue to attack until
all the sheep are either destroyed or
crippled. In many cases where large
numbers are killed they are neither
bitten nor wounded but simply chased
until they die from exhaustion. After
a dog has once formed habit of kill
ing sheep 1t seemingly becomes a
mania with him and he is seldom, II
ever. broken of 1t. He not only de-
stroys sheep himself but leads other
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
Government Fence.

inches higher a barbed wire; 8
Inches higher a second barbed wire;
Z inches above this third barbed
wire. Total height 81 inches. The
farmer who does not object TO placing
his flock in corral each night may
eliminate the necessity for building
dog-proof fences around his farm by
inclosing a small area with such a
fence and making practice Of placing
his flock therein at night
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

In another way, leading to the same
conclusion, from consultation of the
Department Of Labor's review of
prices. Taking 100 as the index num-
Der Of normal production In the de-
cade from 1890 to 1900, the increases
In prices of farm prducts have
slightly outdistanced the increases In
his needs. Pct.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
WHERE FARMING
IS PROFITABLE
The Future Of Great Possibilities.

Some idea of the great wealth that
the Western Canada farmer had in
view a few years ago is now being real
lied. The amount received from the
sale Of wheat, oats, barley, fax and
rye In 1917 was $270,0O0,0 900, while the
sales Of live stock at Winnipeg alone
netted $40,000,O00 additional. OF this
sum hogs alone gave over eleven mil
lion dollars. The increases at Calgary
and Edmonton were over 8K million
dollars.
This money, so easily earned. Is be-
Ing spent in improvements In farm
property, purchasing additional land.
buying tractors, automobiles, and In
proving home conditions, providing
electric light, steam heat, new furni-
ture, pianos, buying Victory bonds.
paying Off old debts, etc.
Over five hundred tractors were sold
In Southern Alberta In 1917. One
implement agent reports that the In
crease In his business in 1917, over
that Of 1915, was equal to the total
business in 1915. It Is the same story
uh VNcf thc COuHtTy. Anu IL 10 hoe
this evidence alone which proves the
advancement and growth Of the three
prairie provinces, but the large In
crease In the number of settlers; the
Improvement in the extent of the cul-
tlvated areas and agricultural. produc-
ton; the increase In value Of which
over 1915 was $77O00,000.
This wonderful progress that has
been made in agriculture In Western
Canada Is but the beginning which
marks the future of the greatest agri-
cultural country on the continent,
showing future of great possibilities.
There are millions of acres yet un.
TILED, and of land as good as any Of
that which is now giving its owners a
return Of from twenty to thirty dollars
an acre, figures that In many cases
represent the cost of the land, with all
cultivation costs included. 1t Is true
that the cost of production has In
creased during the past few years. but
the price of the product has also In.
creased to a figure which leaves a
large balance to the credit of the pro-
Queer.
The following tale shows how this
1910 lott
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
cutIeura ReautY Doctor

For cleansing and identifying the
skin, hands and hair. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment afford the most effective
preparations. For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept x. Boston" At
druggists and by mail. Soap 25. oint-
ment rs and 60.-Ady.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tn,
original little liver pills put up 40 year.
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

Pocketbook or Best Book-which is
to be your guidebook on life's jour
neyf
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
Married Life.

AS girl pictures It: A novel. a
rocking chair and box of candy.
As 1t really Is: A washtub, cook
stove and sewing machine.-LouiS-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

1t is a good thing to ask ourselves
once In a while whether or not we
are useful citizens.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

Our home, our birthplace, our ma
tive land.-Southey.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

Matrimony is an optical institute for
the blind.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18

We shall have all eternity to rest
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
FENCE PROOF AGAINST
VARIOUS QUADRUPEDS

Here are the specifications for dog
and coyote-proof fence which has been
designed and tried out by the forest
service Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture: Posts IN feet in
length, set 21a feet in the ground and
10 feet apart; a barbed wire stretched
fiat to the surface Of the ground; 8
inches higher a 38-inch woven wire
fence having a 4-inch triangular mesh |;
S7Ih
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-04-18
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

G1islNi1TS RGiiiDx c0.. CI1io1a0
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-10-15
THE FINANCIAL STACKER

This the last week Of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive and Mont
gOmey county lacks quite good deal Of going the top We
also short considerable War Savings Stamps quota
This due the fact that have number we-to-do
midst who have far refused to buy bond buy War Savings
Stamps contribute any Red Cross similar
Just what ought to be done with selfish sackers
know In many countless they have been waited upon the day time
gant committees composed Of leading citizens who determined
that who does not willingly do his duty shall be made to do it.
rightly said by Dr. Garfield speech Sin times
peace the country belongs the people, times of the people belong
the country This is also true Of property We merely trustees
charge of and when country calls every ought willingly
respond proportion TO his abilities Unless he does he not GOOD
citizen and ought to be held up to public
The Advocate has always stood for law and order does
cOtenance force intimidation m but want to those
who far lodged their plain duty that they eadng
dangerous ground They known and unless they redeem themselves
the eyes the public by coming forward and buying their share
government securities they will have only themselves to blame their
patriotic nehbors example other
matters into their hands,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-10-15
K Buy liberty BoNDS 8
BROTHER OF W. S. SMATHERS
DIES AT HOME IN TEXAS

Mr.. w. S. Smathers this morning
received telegram stating that his
brother, Mr.. J. Martin Smathers had
died at his home in Brentwood,
Texas, on Friday, October 18th of
pneumonia. No further particulars
of his death were given. Mr.. Smath-
ers had made his home in Texas for
a long number of years, and prior to
going to the State resided in Bath
county. He was the oldest brother of
Mr.. w. S. Smathers, of this city,
and Mr.. A. G. Smathers, of Bath
county. He was a big-hearted, up
right, conscientious man and had a
host of friends in this and Bath
county who will be grieved to learn
of his death.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-10-15
SPANISH FLU
CLAIMS VICTIM
Mrs. LOura Dean Faulkner Develops
Pneumonia Following Dreaded
Disease.

The death angel visited this coun-
ty Sunday morning and took from
those she loved and loved her, Mrs.
Loura Dean Faulkner. Mrs. Faulk-
ner had been a sufferer from Span
ish Influenza and pneumonia devel-
oped which caused her death. De-
ceased was about thirty-four years
of age. Besides her husband, DR..
Morton Faulkner, she is survived by
five children, four of whom are con-
fined to their rooms with Spanish
Influenza. Mrs. Faulkner was a
woman of lovely Christian charac-
ter, being a member of the Christian
church, and always took an interest
in religious work. She gave much
of her time to Red Cross work and
other war work in her community
and will be sadly missed by a host
of friends. Funeral services were
conducted this afternoon at three
o'clock by Rev. Clyde Darsie, with
burial in Machpelah cemetery. We
extend our sympathy to the grief
stricken family in their hour Of
sorrow.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-10-15
GOV. M'cREARY IS DEAD

That great and beloved politician
and Statesman, Hon. James B. Nc
Creary is dead. For two terms he
served Kentucky as Governor, for
three terms as member of the Ken
lucky Legislature and for twelve
years a member Of the National Con-
gress. Governor McCreary was the
"Old Roman" of them all in Ken
lucky politics and was so years of
age. During his long life of service
he was never accused of a dishonor-
able or unworthy act and the life
of that much beloved man, Hon.
James B. McCreary will long be a
shining light to thousands of admir-
ing Kentuckians. Death occurred at
his home at Richmond last Tuesday
after a brief illness.