The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-28

1er and cosmetics as is spent in Whole country on public instruc- Qe think we believe in education" Dr. Claxton. "We talk much I it and many of us have be- |d that we pay much for it; that
 fact constitutes a very great bur E No doubt we do believe in edu- :a in a way, but we have not and st pay much for it."
 s Spent Less Than Billion. q Claxton backs up his argument we pay very little for public edu- In with some rather startling and .inating figures. For instance, in the last year on which figures Available, he shows that the total nded for public education in the ga States was somewhat less than ]0 100000. Figuring on the basis loo, 100000 population, that ants to about $10 head
 xo years later, acording to Dr. fon, in 1920, American women [ on face powder, perfume and Ietics alone the. not inconsiderable zof $750,000,000, while American 1and women, too, it is presumed) q on cigarettes the sum of $800,, DO. For cigars there went S510,- 0 and for tobacco in other forms Ter $S00,000,000, making in all 8 900, which went for tobacco in 1Rle year, or more than twice the 1nt that was expended on educa- Inxuries Outdistance Learning. n American people spent half a n for jewelry in 1920 while they kspending billion for education, m these dry and arid days $350,- DO went for soft drinks.
 1t bad as these figures may seem, e are to come. For Luxurious Ne"-whatever that may mean |Ticans got rid of some $3,000,- DO last year, and for "ioy rides, 1nre resorts and racing" like |tnt. Even ice cream and chewing
 have not escaped Dr. Claxton's ling calculation, and his arithme- 6scloses that $2,500, 100000 was t for ice cream and $50,000, 900 for ang gum.
 E is interesting" continued Dr. 'ton, to compare some of these 4 with the expenditures for edu- lA The amount paid for the face 1er, cosmetics and perfume is only DO, ,000 less than the total amount 'nded for public elementary and Mary education in 1918 and with <b0 100000 of twice the total unt of salaries paid teachers in M elementary and secondary |6ers' Pay Less Than Jewel Sales. |he amount paid for jewelry is n $100,e00, ,000 more than the sal
 pf teachers in elementary and |schools in 1918 and is more than @tal of productive funds of all Wed colleges and universities in
 Year.
 |1e $50,000,000 for chewing gum 70 and half times the total ex- Htures for normal schools and al- { fexactly the same as all state and
 Appropriations for higher educa-
 Fur Sales Greater.
 |he $300,000,000 which went for
 lhst year is more than twice the
 ef all higher education, and the 10OO, 900 paid for soft drinks is than two and a half times as ! 1t is more than the total value qHege and university buildings, in- lng dormitories, in 1918.
 71ppose that in some moment of Enthusiasm and patriotic devo-
 {he people who use tobacco had "a among themselves to smoke Cigarettes instead of three, two
 H instead of three, and had paid
 N support of the schools the mon nps saved for the year, the salaries '|eachers in schools of all grades |* and private, could have been in
 eu by more than 120 per cent.
 n tobacco in various forms we 54more than we have paid for
 education since the founding
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