Evening journal., 1920-09-02
STATE BUDGETAGAN
URGED AT MEETING
OF DELA. BANKERS

: III .he Legislature be required to
consider and determine all items OF
such a budget-wthout having power
TO increase any item Of expenditure
before considering o.her business
And If .he Governor and his heads
OF departments be given the right TO
the door Of the Senate and 20 .he floor
Of the House Of Representatives 10
explain items of she bulge. and TO an
,swer questions relating thereto
"A means OF informing the citizens
Of The safe concerning business OF
The State will thereby have been pro-
vided Of the utmost Importance in
qualifying The voters 10 intelllgently
understand and determine such issues.
In conclusion, therefore, ! urge
The adoption Of an executive budget
system as a means OF economy; as a
means Of lowering taxes as a means TO
give The Stale its moneys worth in
desired results; as a means to prevent
executive agencies expendEg more
Than the amounts provided in the
budget, so that a floating debt shall
be Illegal and impossible: and as the
best known means OF informing citi-
zcns OF the affairs Of the state, so
they may best perform their sovereign
duty as voters"
Dean Robinson, OF the Woman's Col
lege, thanked the bankers for interest
already shown in the States Educa-
tional advancement and urged further
effort. In part she said:
Delaware has school sys EN-.
Five years ago she had schools be-
tween which there existed relations
Of courtesy Of a more or less binding
mature. but today every school is link
/ ed TO every other by community Of
Interest and uniformity Of supervision,
I from the first primary 10 the college,
I OF the advantages OF which no group
OF citizens can be more appreciatiVe
! than tile keen business men Of the
4 Bankers Association. Cooperation
and standardization are the watch
words OF our times in all business
operations.
ION the contrary, indvidualism has
been a characteristic OF the great
/ teachers of the past and IL has not
! been until comparatively recent
years that the value Of mutual as
sistancc and organization has created
professional spirit among them. This
ID
I The Federation Of Labor in some sec
t0ns. but thanks to Commissioner
Finley, OF New York State, for his
lruling that teachers are government
officers and have no right To combine
In unions
"As / think OF what members OF
this association have done as individ-
uals, AS / recall what the Delaware
state Bankers Association stands fol-
educatiOnally as shown by The pub
lshed reports OF resolutions adopted
/ know That no group Of men is
more keenly alive 10 the fact that
tOut OF the heart are the issues Of
illfe, that the strong sentiment Of de-
sire that an the children Of all the
people shall have the best that Is
In them developed by our educational
lsystem. and that no investment yields
larger returns than hat OF oppor
tunity placed in The hands Of ouI
! young men and young women who
viii return in good citizenship, il
willingness themselves turn 10 work
for the general good, a dividend tina
is thirty-fold, sixty-fold, one hundred
fold
Il wish to make a specific appeal fol
your interest in the furtherance OIL
/, education for positions tl the bust
mess world such as you yourselve:
hold. A larger number Of men at Del
aware College are asking for suct
preparation than for any other. Be
sides some Of ihe courses included IL
such department. such as economics
and sociology, are needed at the W0-
mems College or Delaware. Our youne
women are interested In life rather
than In getting a living.
Finally, whether you are inter-
ested in the schools for the sake OF
your own children or not, you can
| not escape democracy, and for that
reason we hope that you will Join the
parent-teachere association in your
district. The education Of our youth
needs not only your money, but your
acceptance OF your personal responsl.
ibllity for the education Of all th'
children OF all the people,
Eiaht Points for Fertility.
Dean McCue, director OF the STATE
Agricultural Experimetal Station
urged utmost eneouragement for tht
/ Tremendous movement on foot among
| American farmers today TO enter upor
cooperative buying and selling organ.
izatlons." He reviewed things Della.
ware should do for her agriculture aC
concluded by summarizing them, as
follows:
II. A well organized Board OF Ag.
riculture. which besides rs police anC
| regulatory duties. should embrace a
! Bureau OF Markets.
% Support OF the Farm Bureau
Movement.
80 announcement and favorable
4 legislation for Farmers cooperative
1 buying and selling associations.
"a. Adequate financial support OF
! the Agricultural Department OF Della
/ ware College
3. Adequate support OF the Aeri-
cultural Experiment Station.
%. Grant Levy Courts permission
70 appropriate monies for the support
or Agricultural Extension work In the
counties.
a, Provision Of funds to maks
possible extension work in poultry
"s The establishment OF test farms