The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-01-16

year. They found that boys who had
remained four years longer in school
IN order to take a technical course
soon caught up in salary with their
brothers who stopped at Ia and went
ahead Of them so rapidly that by the
lime they were 22 years old the sum
Of the four years salary Of the bet
tcr-cducatcd boys was equal to that
If the eight years salary of those
who had quit school at Ia. At the
age Of 25 the boys who had taken
four years extra schooling were on
the average getting 5000 per year
more than those who left school at
the age Of IA.
From the 25th year on the boys
who left school at Id would receive
practically no promotion, whereas,
hose who had remained in school till
l8, and had therefore entered the
higher grade industries and positions,
would continue to receive promotion
and increase in salary for many
years.
If, however, it is assumed that each
BOY continues for the remainder of
his normal working life to receive the
same salary that he was paid at 25
years Of age, the boy who quit school
a5 Ia would receive total life in
come of $26,GG7 while the boy that
remained till IS would receive
$38,9OO. 1t thus appears that four
years Of technical education, from ia
to IL years Of age, more than doubles
the earning capacity Of the average
Massachusetts boy engaged in in
dustry and richly repays both him
and the State for the time and money
devoted to his education.
Education and the Missouri Farmer
In 1912 the Missouri College of
Agriculture conducted survey Of
600 farms in Johnson county, Mo.
OF these farmers, 551 had only a dis
@rct school education, while lO2 had
received more than that 1t was
found that the better educated farm
crs operated 33 per cent. more land
and owned fourffths Of the land they
operated, as against three-ffths
owned by those with only district
school education; they kept one-sixth
more stock, worked ii per cent. more
land per workman, and earned II
per cent. more clear labor income per
year. Prof. O. X. Johnson, in con
Guiding his report Of this survey,
says
while otncr factors may have
played some part in this greater earn
ing capacity, yet from careful study
OF the organization Of his business it
appears that education must have
played very large part in his great
or earning ability"
To sum up: Any one Of these many
studies may not be conclusive, but
when all Of them point so clearly and
without exception to the greatly su-
pcrIOr earning power Of the educated,
the conclusion is irresistible. There
undoubtedly exists close causal con-
nection between education and
wealth. The schools, with all their
faults, are giving their pupils great
cr earning power than even the
strongest advocate Of education had
claimed. It is a fundamental law of
men and nations that earning ca
pacity Is based on education. 1t had
long been known that only through
a thorough system Of public school
and colleges can "a State or nation
be sure Of an adequate supply of
thinking citizens. 1t now also ap-
pears that the more a man or a State
spends on education, the more that
man or that State can earn. Knowl-
edge is not merely power; it is money
FORD FOR SALE
1917 Model Ford Touring Car;
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