Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-24
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SALARIES AND
AMERICANISh

Il rect0rS IT Burlington was held .
consider the critical condition q on
/ school system. due TO uDdsrpa1C
/ teachers. Chairman HARNESS present
4 ed the problem as follows
This conference : called IN recoS
{ ritson Of the right OF Public Schoo
/ Teachers 10 have = material Ine1esSS
II SALARY,
We are fonv aware that there has
f been = change II the purchasing pow
/ 81 q the dollar
II IS not essential ar this time &C
fr6 al the causes that have Pro
eues6 this result IL IS the fact that
faces our teachers and ourselves
b. various aveauss q approach We
all arrive II 4 eo2cluSiO2 that our
dollar i worth about ffrx cents
when measured By the p-SE2r buy
Ing power
Wages OF unskifled and skilled
workers have been generally aG-
varcs6- hut there SIN remains \ vast
majority q incomes Which have rot
been adjusted There must BE uni
soruIev IN change IN all compensation
= Ee are 10 GvO51 the calamity o.
national u7hesvzL
Under The pre--zr coalition there
we're lzuelIs1ls Inequalities % com
cs-Satior- We know that we have
always hzd Froftss-S- parasites and
sther burdens for the people 70 carry
We kucv that the trend q the tines
-
for given quality OF service rendered
We know that or this new basis
there VII BE- rot n exactly Uniform
change q pay frou the 7rewar ba-
SIS. but Il vii be something differ
eat from the extreme condition that
row exists
We know that or law makers have
Suggested only Partial and sometimes
5esr-ctive cures but we are coE5-
dent that an investigation conducted
~ men competent b record o. se--
ice VII brz1S he neE-ied light AL
-sue1v f0- tha correction C the old
zct new irregularities o. reu-e-s-
s5Cr
TIE uszhod O. change viii not hart
Re people Il vii Ect hinder p-Cduc-
do1- = vii not kzII Industrial Efe.
~ Or VII predicate all lis colcl1z5Oz.
On the fitness for Sa-vica for ever
-z for re ob Or oFc@elf7zr2tfls
Fe-hut since ze are face 70
zsee VIII = condition thzt requires
prompt action let u take care q this
emergency
Our object II mentioning the
problems : 70 satisfy our
selves that Es are q the right track
= CIT co-Ss toward correct deter
g CIR @-iate problem
Or probe today Is 70 give our
teachers square deal
Z = for Is sS 0Ecers InCru.ted
system 70 act wisely n the present
crisis
IN the s<cher Of the public schools
re have the highest type o. Amer
fcz1isn- and consequently. spirit o.
tue devotion 10 TIE interest Of The
American hone On which American
ism = based
In our public schools we have the
most powerful engine for good o. Ill
L has : de1elGz5lzty OF acton II
I'll MT ]" svsE Z cannot easily
d stzupe5ed
The teachers have not struck for
higher salaries and they are not
Spreading unrest 6ocrne They
know TIE great Vo-er CT thar infu-
a1cs- not only q the pEpIIS Et0 II =
few years iii bs the ciEIzsa O. the
state and cozEtrE- but also E1e great
potency q their atr5ru5a II forming
TIE p1bIze opinion @ the family and
eoDumiEy-
Il < fc- - and for all good and
loyal Americans 70 recognize The Dow
- Ct Our sc10ols and the high value
- Cur teachers deals
We uEt hot peHt : Continuance
q this inequality CT relzlarzef0n that
places eze1 teachers ideals IN feo-
pGdE
We ezmOz evade cur responsibility
bE pleading existing eozt-sczs or
change u TAI rate. for that would
feed the repreSsed spirit OF
rebellion and unrest
Our teachers are rot bomb throw
ars. Or anything but the highest type
q humanity. but loyalty i hard TO
maintain against the frsis-e1t de-
q the body for ample rzinent
and other needs such - could be pro-
Tl6ed With the pay II other fields O.
Loyalty can live and even
thrive Under diversity. provided IL l.
lot subjected 70 the sicke1i1g thought
q u1fzir1sss and lack OF zpqreciz-
tioz-
This = Eo- ezre1essly set forth Ii
= = careful statement CT facts a. they
exist
We know that yemo1te-z are
genuine Americans. that th=F stand
for square deal and for maintaining
and ezs-E11g the strong American
ED O or teachers 50 that this power
d he public schools ~ II Continue an
engine for true De1oCzrT instead OF