The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-01-22

lars worth oil cru0e OIL, eignty pei
cent Of which is owned by prosperous
million dollar corporations.
3. A small tax on the refineries
that turn most of this one hundred
and twenty million dollars worth OF
crude oil at slight expense into from
three hundred to five hundred mil
lion dollars worth Of gasoline, kero-
sene, lubricating oil, etc, on the
packeries. the lumber companies. the
Ignite, sulphur, and other corpora
tions doing several hundred millions
of dollars worth of business annual
ly in our state. Neither the refiner-
les nor the other corporations men
toned pay any business tax at all IN
Texas at present Such taxes are
lust and are collected in most pro
gressive states and nations.
4. There are 100000 automo-
bles in Texas, probably a hundred
thousand of which are expensive
pleasure cars, pure Injuries. owned
BY those who are able. and who
should be willing TO pay small tax
for the education Of the children Of
their state
3 There are over 500 estates in
Texas valued al more than a million
dollars each. PROBABLY over two thou
sand valued at over five hundred
thousand, and ten or twenty thous-
and worth over one hundred thous-
and each A moderate graduated in
heritance tax could raise the entire
ten million a year for our schools
without touching an estate worth less
than hundred thousand and with
out retarding enterprise or dong
anyone an injustice.
There are other and possibly bet
ter ways in which the needed money
can be legally raised The above are
specified merely to show that there
is plenty Of sources from which to
raise lawfully and justly money
enough to educate the children Of
Texas. IL we will just determine TO
raise IT,
Enough Votes to Do H.
There are about ten thousand
mothers club members, more than
thirty thousand federated cub mem
bers, more than twenty-nine thous-
and teachers. and more than five hun
bred thousand mothers and fathers
Of children IN the public schools. chill
dren who have no other chance OF
an education II these schools fail.
All these men and women have votes
and can get from their legislators
any reasonable thing that they de-
termine 90 have.
The Remedy
Let every mothers club and ev-
cry federated club discuss this mat
ter NJ once and express itself and
send O demand 90 the Governor and
to Us representatives that the Leg
islaturl be assembled and our schools
be supported adequately. Ask the
Governor, the State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction, and the heads
of our institutions OF higher learning
in the meantime to call state mass
meeting and appoint a patriotic
10 work out at once a
definite plan to present to the Leg
islature Then. when the Legisla-
ture is assembled, write your repre-
sentative and send his friends to
Austin. II necessary, to help him
lknl lnt opl'SilioH VI th'rt iHA'i-
ests that put money above children.
Let every school hold a rally at once
and put the situation before the par
ents and have them inform the Gov
ernor and their representatives that
they want their schools supported,
and supported adequately. right now
before they are ruined
Special Session Necessary.
We called a special session Of our
Legislature once 10 stop prize
fight Surely our schools are infin-
tely more important. Let every
friend Of education, every citizen
who loves Texas. every patriot who
wants to keep faith with those boys
who died that the world might be
made safe for democracy join active
y IN this demand for action. and
here will be action II We sit still
md let our schools 10 TO pieces for
want Of funds 10 a state that Is TEEN
ng with wealth and luxury, We shall
how that We are not fit 70 live IN a
democracy but need a Kaiser 70 tell