Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-29
SCHOOLS DEPEND
UPON AMENDMENT.
ASSERTS DUNCAN
DECLARES PASSAGE ~ ONLY
nOPE FOR BETTEk EDUCATION
IN TENS
Ry NJ. n. DUNCAN


az of Texas, hut her future material
intellectual. and spiritual welfare. loi
the Amendment not 10 carry un Nov
'mbcr would mean that "a majorit,
ot the people Of the State are Oppns
I'd Ia public cducIiiOi. II would mean
TINT they are either IN fuvur IT clus
ing the hools cntirtlN 90 of hav.\r
them taught by incompetent untruin
al aud inexperienced teachers For IN,
Amendment "a fail 20 carry would be
q vcrltahlc calamity that II would take
The state years To- Get over aud. fo.
this rcIgan. every man ana woman in
ia estate who cares at all lur it, hon
or or welfare will de- all In his ~ her
power Ia get others tu understand the
Amendment an dio vote Tor II on Nov
cinher 3
:.--Tho Amendment does not raise
taxes. hut merely gives the right ~
vote what they want a. for the support
Of their schools l; n the lo'nl option
meal, ute and gives tho people the pow.
az a. support their schools OF not sup.
port them as they NAV choose This
privilege is now enjoyed by only about
iifty al the larger citi,s 81 ;hc State
aud II denied the common ana indc.
icndcit school districts When YOU
vote Tor tho Amendment, ynu vote Ia
mako the viii of the people supreme
aud not o. handicap such viii hy out.
ido authority.
5.-Sone people may object to the
Amendment hc,aRc l. dies not place
q limit ON school taxation In lrggri
10 such objection IL may hc asked
tlad ii the people themselves a.. not
10 determine how much ihcy may vote
for htcir schools. who N ii determine
Ia rthem. Tho people are. or nr sup.
posed Ia l". supreme aud they certain.
~ are NOT IN favor NJ letting others
dictate To them ~ q hon much they
shah cypond for their public schools.
when every iighl ami liberty they pos.
scss depends upon public education.
They who control tile schools control
tho liberties of the people, and The
man or woman who votes nrains; this
Amendment hccause II does not limit
him IN the amount hc may cXcpend Tor
education ~. az th. same time. voting
Tor voluntary scrvitudc.
The wealthy property holder who IN
able To- educate his children In private
rchuols and Is unwilling to- help edu.
cate tho children of his ncighhor may.
In way. consistently vote against
who votes against Il IN VOTING agdins'
himself. However. ii the wealthy prop.
cry owner has VISION enough. H.. viii
also scC that the valuo 1T his srcper.
~ depends upon public education. AMI
there IL not lar sighted man NJ
wealth al a., country who would not
rivr ninC.tcnihs of All his possessions
o. avoid the conditions nf such cuii'i.
tries Mexico. Persia Turkey Elssin
and China. where they have M public
schools
l-lf the Amendment carries. the
Legislature viii, It ill.,, next session.
enact law making u effective. Then
IL ~ up To- H., people of ccnh district
to say whether they will raise the
fchool tax rate In tnci r"wn particular
oistrirt "a not, ~ conditions now ARE.
the only way Ia get more money Tor
the ScholS H. 10y increasing property
valuations and, as y result, such val.
raticns have h"cn increased. IN many
eases, beyond what property In actual.
" wcrth and wholly ont ut proportion
To- the valuations tn where they will
not he oLt At proportion To- what they
ara IN the state and county. llwcvcr.
the ratification of tho Amendment IN
its,lf viii Ia no way affect the present
school tau rate In any district That
rate vii remain what II IL until the
people e III" district chaurc 1t hN a
maioriy vote.
S.--lf the Amendment should fail ,o
hc ratified by the people. IN. schools
of Texas would ho completely demon.
allied. The four nillion dollar appro.
rriaIion made hv, the Legislature las,
sptlng was a temporary cXpcdicnt Co
tide us over until the ratification Of
this Amc ndmcnt unl should tho
uint ndmcnt fail of ratification this
fdl, tho people thus expressing htcm.
tClNCs ~ opposed a. more money fnr
the schools tho Legislature certainly
would not = contrary to the will of the
people and make another appropria.
,ion. The schools would thus be- with.
out funds, the hest teachers would con.
iinuc 10 leave the State and soon only
~, poorest teachers would remain.
Even last year uaia.eOi soNO0 chil.
drcn IN the Staic did not attend school
because ~ taCSh"r vt any Kind could
De- found Ter them. and more than 400.
uO0 children ~ tho ~ were taught
Icy incompetent. unframed and mex.
rcricnccd teachers such u situation IN
- Disgrace L. the state and the pco.
PIE who love cducation will de- al In
their power ~ wipc out such disgrace
by working and voting for this Amend.
mont.
G.-TcNas nov stands l9ih among
the states of the Union In the amour;
she eNpcndS Tor public education. only
one other state has as low tax rate
virginia Monty every stat" IL incrcas
lng iiS expenditures for education and,
u TcXas does no lie ~ shc will SOon
stand 18th among the 'ltcs Instead ~
18th N would certainly he n disgrace
tor that state that stands first In si2c,
lirst IN agricultural products third ~
III md seventh m wealth. to sand mst
IN Education.