The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-07-23
THE SHAME OF III


of harmony with the usual trend, in
Georgia for the past ten years or
more along educational lines, as to
be almost unthinkable.
Can it be possible that the great
state of Georgia with only total
bonded Indebtedness of something
like six million Of dollars and the own
er of one piece Of .propertythe Yves
tern & Atlantic Railroad, valued at
around fifty millions, is seriously con
templating such a crime against ev-
cry child, every lad and iassie in the
Yet that's the program, heralded I'M
blushingly from the legislative halls
in Atlanta and from every county in
Georgia there is laundering protest
against this step backward and
against the future men and women of
the stated
We agree heartily with our esteem
ed contemporary of the Atlanta Con-
stitution, who in discussing this sub
ject says, with pardonable degree
OF emphasis:
"While members Of the Georgia as
sembly, in both branches, are found
ering about trying to find methods for
raising emergency funds to meet ac.
crued deficiencies, including the
states obligations to confederate sol
diers and their widows, the informa-
tion Is published that the house. APP
committee has decided
to reduce the fund for common
schools this year $1,e00O00, while
$4,000 will be sliced from the pen
sion sum-
"SureIy this cannot be true-not in
this state Of Georgia with balance
sheet of assets and liabilities that
shows assets of a purely private ma
ture worth at conservative, liquid
valuation at least ten millions Of dol
Lars more than the combined total of
her public and private obligation; her
outstanding bonds and al. her current
debts.
at is also stated that the appropri-
ations committee Is preparing star
walton schedule for all the institu-
tions OF Georgia, the university, the
State College of Agriculture, the Geor-
gia School Of Technology, the voca-
tional, corrective, eleemosynary and
other institutional undertakings that
mean SO much to the material wealth
of the state as well as to the educa-
tional advancement OF her young men
and women, and her unfortunate
wards
Surely this cannot be true with the
bold, outstanding fact facing every
member of the legislature. and every
citizen to whom they are amendable,
that Georgia liz one of the wealthiest
state In the union. when the valua-
ton of what she owns of a private,
tangible nature Is paralleled with
what she owes OF public and private
nature-a state richer by far, In COM
parison, than any of the two score or
more sister states OF the union that
rank ahead OF her In education>
What would any business corpora
ton do IL 1t owned healthy, liquid as.
sets of $20,0OO.O0O with mortgage en-
sumbrances OF less than $e,000.000
and floating obligations, all told, OF
less than s4.OO0.000?
1T would borrow the money, add to
its bonds. and adjust a sinking fund
from It's income for retirement.
There is not board of five direc-
tors OF any great industrial or flnan-
cial institutions In America that would
not solve such a problem as Geor-
gias legislature Is laboring under
today In five hours, and solve 1t with.
OUT starving single paying branch
of It's great establishment.
Does education pays Is the invest
mont In brain development, in voca.
tional. and technical and educational
training paying Investment
"one hundred and thirty-six years
ago there was written into the charter
OF the University of Georgia the fol
lowing words
lit should. therefore. be among
the hrst objects OF those who wish
well TO the national prosperity 10 Ell
courage and support the principles OF
religion and morality. and early 70
place the youth under the forming
hand OF society. that by Instruction
they may be moulded 10 the love OF
virtue and good order
rs the love OF virtue and good or
der moulded into the youths Of Geor
gia paying Investment
Ask any mother. Ask any father
But IN the material things does ed
ncation pay Does technical training
make better engineerg Does tbs
teaching IL scientific farming make j
hotter farmers nxaeS the teaching a