Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-02

IT is STRANGE that the generous hearted American people, who poured out
i their riches SO prodiesly in response to every patriotic. every charitable appeal,
am to very group that helped win the war, should have neglected % properly en-
courage and reward the services of ne of the noblet professions in the field ofhu-
man activities profession that in lofty ideals, in unsd6sh principles in sacred
responsibilities, stands sde by side with the ministry OF the Gospel itself.
such words as mayb e granted to is, some measure Of consideration for the foster
fathers and mothers ofo r chldren-the schooLteaches Of the United States Of
America. Flint M#@ #"s IT,.
There is n o class of workers of whom We demand 81 much. We commit into
der and formative years o. their lives, and they, receiving these children can indeed
be said to hold in the hollow Of their hands the future OF America. We expect these
devoted men and women to watch overa and care for W M and daughters as tho
they we're ther veryo wn,t to drill them in the arts ant sciences to train them FOR
business and for citizenship, to instruct them in manners and in morals to do for
them those things which we would do had We the training andthe leisure:
No class has assumed 81 heavy o trying a burden and a responsibility with
such willingness as these consecrated men and women. No class has performed its
increasingly heavy tasks more devodly, more consciniousy, and with less
thought of sell. No class served it's country more intellectually, more loyalty,
during the trying an" tenpestuous times of war, day by day pursuing its round Of
duty, day by day helping the oun people, and through the children thu parents to
ethics struggle in its true light thuss securing the cooperation of the community
in every measure ndertaken by the Government ito win the war.
Truly they have made the nation their everlasting debtor. Truly had they not
done their work $ o we'll this republic would lot outlast tn: sa ola generation.
What then have the teachers received at or hands in return? They have re-
ceved little Of homo. and somewhat less Of pay Other classes have proAred; 9TH
er classes through powerful organizations have secured generous wages. The
teachers have n spokesman, however, to demand eventh esimpe justice Of living
wage so to them we give their petty pre-war pttance sc meager, So ptifury in
adequate that itp places a burning brand ofs shame and disgrace upon this nation.
The nena and women who are making the Americans of tomorrow are being
treated with less consideration than the janitns who sweep out the buildings in
en- to the scrubwomen employed in the public buildings of the United States Gov
ernment Normalschool graduates receive less salary than stretsweepers; high
teachers less for instrucdng the farmers children than he pays his hired man to
feed his hogs. ":#% @
In a certain town of Illinois, for instance, the average wage Of fifteen miners for
on month was 217 while he average monthly salary of fifteen teachers in the
same town wa $55 In another town MINER who, by the way was an enemy alien,
the same twn va $765 We welcome with all our hearts the long debated recogni-
same workngman will be the first to join with US in asking better pay for those who
teach his children. -4---~