Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-09

be turned to the future" he has shed /,
light on this outrageous proposition
that tho adSoeaes Of this measure are
well organized. The gangs. associa-
lions lions and niunderers that rule this
stand In serried phalanx 70 sweep the
treasury. then to impose upon us an
intoicrable burden of taxation and
bonds. which Will be a standing menace
and curse to distant ages. We are
told to get out Of the mud. That Is.
we must set out OF the mud OF mother
earth to nounder In the boss and
morasses OF finance. In my Judgment
II Is best to endure little Of mother
earth mud while longer. until we can
highway. SO rs 20 avoid fiounderinE on
either road. But. they shout. 1t Is
good Investment. Granted. provided we
row. say $4,000. 900 at 8 per cent, pay
able In say twenty years. il we pay
principal and interest at the end OF
for a road costing ,2o,o0o.ooo. and II
the time Is longer we pay more. Jmdg,,
ing by the past, il VIC are permitted
oSe the enens 20 ns ooS behind ~ f
will be three times twenty years. In
all this cry about bonds and higher
taxes not once has the taxpayer neeh
Grafton. They 20 upon the principle
that they may take who have the
power md. they may keep who can;
The fact is, nine-tenths Of the tax
payers do not know Of any contem.
plated amendments. It's the work Or
the "pussyfoot." still hunting, politi-
clan. But the roads are not the only
emergency Some one idea politician
is shouting emergency for the schools
We are told TO progress and have bet
;eac iu9' more re" salary al We have rolled
on the wheels OF progress fo- many
years. until we have progressed to the
verge OF anarchy and revolution. We
have progressed from the log school
house TO the four-room painted one,
with what results? Compare the pro-
lies ten TO one in favor OF the log
school house. Same case with the log
cabin and the Fifth Avenue mansion.
What. then. is the result of our so
result show that you have added one
iota 10 the prosperity or happiness OF
school pupils, with loads of learned
lumber in their heads" added any more
to the bettcrment OF our country than
the log school house pupils?
Those minds fair science never taught
to stray
Far as the solar walk or milky way"
But, the poorly paid. overworked
can see they work about four or five
do not aeems to be In bad health from
overwork OF to need the necessaries
or Injuries of life Many of them roll
TO and fro in autos and in dress appear
like the ship of the lord OF the isles.
streamered with silk and tricked with
gold" And yet. as the clown said.
they are not happy" A prominent
writer has we'll said as to what ia
taught, in these schools. viz: Smatter
ings of everything any fadist or the
orist or expert or highbrow CRATER
may choose to suggest and thorough
grounding on nothing has been very
general school policy. And vet. like
oliver Twist. they cry for more Yearly
the taxpayer has to throw more SOP
20 inns Ceroerus. 1t IS time the people
TINS bond and taxation business We
nave plenty OF schools in this State.
Any one who wants an education can
get 1T. In conclusion, I will saw 7 am
no Bolshevist or Socialist or revolution
Isl. But II the gangs and plumber
Dunds or this State. year after year.
are TO lay upon the shoulders Of the