Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-06-28

: one pupils in. her class There are he
! said 100000 children of school age
;. IN Virginia. The greatest asset Viz
g:r1ta has he said is her boys and girls
; He. said he would rather give his chill
drer am education than to leave then,
countless thousands of dollars and
grow up in illiteracy.
The average daily attendance in
the public schools he said is 350O00
and there ara $4,000 teachers, nine
per cent of whdm are men and the re-
mainder women. The avenage pay is
only S55 a month. The total number
of school buildings is $500 and $500
cf these are one room Schools and l.
600 orGy contain two rooms. Virginia
he asserted is 1vunning business en-
;arpr1s!s and that was why HE pre-
sented THESE figures. Continuing he
said "You must prepare to pay more
tales of else get better business Of
f:caalys. This is a prominently busi-
NESS age. There lis something wrong
(, in VErtgria. What 1t is I ann not pre-
paired to say. 1t can be cured." )"
In the year 1920 he declared the
federal government collected in taxes
IN Virginia fifty per cent more money
/ than Virginia. has given to the pub
| lie schools din ninety-njne years.
Regarding public roads Senator
| Thinkle said we must realize we can
cnEy construct with our ability to
pay. The people should he declared ex-
press their views ito the candidates. in
the Legislature ITO decide on the bond
issue. There was never a general as
sembly that has as much power as
the cne that will meet next year he
said. The speaker said the people
shou!1 send the best business man
they can TO rspresent them in that
body.
Continuing Senator Trinkle said:
"Whatever may be done by the peo.
Pile eft Virginia relative to a oond IS
sue | w;ll endeavor to see that You
get dollars worth of road for dol
lars worth of money. ! think the
thought that should be r1ppermost in
your mind is the judicial expenditure
of money"
Referring to the highway commits
sion he said he Thought it had too
much power. He added that he did
not thirk that any one man should
eNpe1ld it. Under the present law ne
does all in accordance with his own
Individual Judgment and there IS no
higher tribunal to go TO. propose
to call into conference the best busi-
ress men and work out the best plans
for roads. 1t is easy to borrow money:
pay day lis coming; we should have
the best judgment we cam have" !"
Senator Trinkle said the next four
YEARS means much to Virginia, IN fact
mere than any previous period i'm its
previous history The speaker decla.r-
: cd himself as in favor of law enforce
) ment and he promised their enforce
ment If elected governor. The COVER
: aoi, he declared should alt al times ap-
ply sound business principles. He told
his audience that the next governor
: will submit the ANNUAL budget and
that in the majority ,cf cases the re-
: Communications of the governor are
: adcpted without amy change.
1 Senator Trinkle told his audience CT
being the standard bearer cf demo,
} cracy' fcr the past twenty-five years
5 since he left the University of Vir.
giria Concluding he said he was III.
I :A:r no obligations TO jdo seekers an,
f elected would go into Office fres
+. and untraannleBed.
? "Thja meeting was presided over b!
d Capt. c. Keith Cartin woh declared i
was an horcr ard a'pleasure TO pre-
J. size over the meeting and he then; in
4 trcdueed Miss Lacy Graves who :;
: t-Mn introduced Senator TTfnisle.