Milford chronicle., 1919-10-24
DELAWARE'S SCHOOL LAW A
BENEFIT TO THE POOR MAN

The poor mans children are the
ones who suffer from poor schools
The rich can afford to send their chill
dren away to school in order TO give
them the advantage Of the best educa-
ton But unless the boys and girls
Of the poor man-and the average man
is poor in this sense-have good
schools in their community they are
doomed to go through life without O
good education.
Delaware's new school law is essen
TALLY a school law for the poor man.
10 provides for good primary schools
in every neighborhOod Il provides
for good high schools in every COM
munity and sets forth that il is TO
cost the poor man absolutely nothing
10 send his children to a high school
no tuition. no cost of transportation
Without any extra outlay on his part,
his children are to receive the oppor-
tunity of schools as good as any which
the children of wealth enjoy.
Those opposed to the new law are
making a fuss about the high salar-
led officials" created by the law. As
a matter of fact the salaries paid the
school officials of Delaware are not
as high as other States pay. But even
though they are high, il costs the poor
man nothing. The tenant on the farm,
the small landowner trying to pay on
a mortgage, the small gardener, the
workingman in the town. or the small
merchant trying to make both ends
meet. do not contribute penny to the
"high salaries school officials" OF Del
aware under the new school law.
All of these officials are paid by the
State of Delaware out of the income
tax. which is paid by the wealthy men
and women of Delaware. Not cent
of these salaries is raised by local
taxation or comes out of the pockets
of poor citizens.
The day has passed when the unedu
Gated boy can make his way in the
world There are many old men to-
day who are rich who never had much /
of an education. But they had as I
much as the average boy of their boy .
hood days had. Lincoln had but little /
as it was as much as the average boy
Of his day had.
Lincoln could not start out today
with the meagre education he had and
become President, No other boy can
start today with poor education and
hope to win a place in the world, be-
cause tine average boy Of today has a
good education. No farmer today
would attempt to get along with the
arm implements his grandfather used
before the Civil War. Neither can the
armer boy of today, who is to be the
armer of tomorrow. get along with
he old fashioned education Of his
Riches in farming, just like riches
n any other work will come TO the
nan who knows the most who can
10 things with less cost and less waste
Who has fewer crop failures, less hog
holera and better live stock who can
meet the "city buyer" and be as smart
S he is, know as much about the mar
cts and the real value of things as :
he man who is able to read all the =
and obtain news and !
from the four corners of
he globe.
Only good schools can give the farm
r boys of Delaware the education !
nat will enable them to meet on an !
quality the men of tomorrow The
ew school law gives the farmer boys r
Delaware such schools and places a
y far the bulk of the cost of running
iese schools on the taxes of those n
no are most able to pay. n