Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-24

teachers to 4 serious. extent. the ma
/ fa-1ty are coatin ing On. SerIa21ns IN
/ tAelr expen6 lures far eeScn6 the
point OF other workers
We are not mentioning sersnlpsns
As something exclusively praesfeed BY
cur taaeAs-s.-we are fallE aware
that II Is the most common practice
IN our henss-out We must remember
that lie teachers salaries have not
advanced IN any relation TO the de-
crease IN purchasing power OF the
dollar That the general Increase IN
pay elsewhere has constituted an
actual reduction IN the intrinsic value
q these salaries and that as true men
and women ws will begin setting our
house il order.
The salaries should be Increased
Immediately at least 81 per cent more
than the prswar amount for 3 given
experience and status Due eonsid-
Grafton must be given 10 the natural
advance IN salary that teacher
wo1ij have had at this time If there
had been no war On this there
shoGl6 be N least : fEty per cent in
crease. II should begin not later than
February 1St and earlier If possible
This Is not philanthropy This IS not
n needless action liz Is something
that Is necessary II We are 10 pro-
tect this country from the seeurge OF
the so-c2Gei radical trend OF thought
Not that our SalGried teachers
wr1ld be leaders IN dissention but
that they would actually see no fair
deal in our scheme Of government
when special groups can put over an
Increase or one hundred per cent or
more in remuneration. while others
not 80 organized must be content 20
suffer an actual cut by reason o. the
increased cost Of existence, due, 70
the raise IN pay forced by others
We can preach Aneric2nizatiOl I'm
III we are all ho2rse We can say
that al conditions Of inequality can
hs rscGfed hy our regular procedure
O. elections, law making and Law en-
forcenent. and that this can be done
BY depending On the intelligence O.
the American people We can also
90 down 20 the SslShore with brOOus
and optimism fully confident OF our
ability TO sweep back the sea; but.
gentlemen. we VII rot get results by
such methods We viz get results
by telling the pan fsets-that our
dollar does not buy 80 much - Il did
before the var. ths- 4 square deal TO
teachers Is Absolutely essential 70
keep the inner Ss1Se Of equity Of CUR
system o. government, that without
that true inner sense or 4 true inner
conviction Of possible equity our
teachers nay continue 70 preach true
ideals OF AEeric4EiSn- They may
strive 10 serve Loyalty. but their words 1
viii rot 1T their inner sense of jus
tee. and Ike al words that are not
backed Ep IN the heart. they wiz
actually produce an opposite elect
It i I'D TO the School Directors 10
carry forward this plan OF course We
all know that there has never been q
plan OF progress that has not raised
= fCck OF questions regarding the way
O. attainment and We also knew that,
On the other hand. there never was q
coUntrys need that could not be ale
Waited by = determined push OF Al
awakened people
When our people truly sense this
situation there viii Be q readiness on
the part q everyone. whether an un-
ce-pad wage Garner. an urderpaid
salary Garner Or a never paid house
wife u rise $ one body TO give the
teachers and Ane-icznisn : square
deal