The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-24
THIS WILD ORGY OF SPENDING"

cprAkfSG o n az apsercac In santa re Tuesday. Governor Mcehcm
- All that he sw no reason Why educational costs should =, b Hhtaed
rcapnh for permhdng an educational dollar 81 public money Il be wasted
man Il tefnt3he waste OF any other anhle aoiar pr dime.
A pronAntfn livestock grower vho eepid. not nuepd the conference sent
a tcleeran1 asfaE that "rhs wild orly 81 rnenfine must he Hoppsd"
Just vhefva this rwnd. orn1- Of IaprndnGy 80.
We haven't seen Il Ia AIbuqntrqUcl SHOOK by all standards Of edu-
oaionai enFasncy Ne need "a, spend more none here than We ire spending.
duced Everybody h. in sympathy with the livestock men 81 wanting
lower axe in the extremity OF hard times they are passing through. Every
cnf1ency and lower axes and better methods OF spending public money.
But isn't Il time q get away from broad genernltue~ like wild orgy
and similar broad. not 10 say iraNAt tenent ana uo~h 70 "e'"'
a o where d spending cease 1 o be necessary and becomes a n ORGY
rp 10 TN Inn We achieved statehood this state. or territory. spent next
10 nothing on schools with statehood we acquired a healthy American
desire for adequate. free educational ncntties We Jumped NJ legal cho
term from i've 10 seven to nine months Everybody cheered. Everybody
sad "a he school forces" 80 o Il and provide an adequate educational plant
Rememssr. " To- had n school plant 10 start with. Ne had nothing
We told the Achool WORKERS Throughout the state 10. get busy. They
did Now with the pinch o hard times upon us w show a disposition as
harashps through which W have been and are passing
We take a loo. at the TaxpayerE asocauone terrifying chart and
cen in ten years We absolutely forget that ter years q We had no edu-
auona coas to speak o. We had less than IN average OF Ave months
school throughout n state and II wasn't much in ths way Of schooling At
that We had school houses without Windows or doors pr floors. a per
centaeeo OF Ihterncy that made us shudder We have plenty OF the latter left
In this matter % educational expense. II should be remembered that the
percentages Of Increase arc figured iron zero upwards OF course't they're
lot Of school houses have besn built whore they were not needed
Doubtless there has been waste and axfravaganoe In every county. But
Nw Mexico nysaock and wool marked 10 pieces; nor was the wild orgy
OF spending and speculation and useless expense Of the bis years Il 1918 and
1871 confined 70 educational work
let us have economy by all means Let us cut the school cost outlay
~ the sat ten or osn twenty per cent ~ we can; let uS put the valuation OF
livestock and sFeAng lands ana every other kind of property Is low az " can
and worry aioag with the leRet possible tax rate unti things ease up a
BIZ. as they will before very Ions.
Hut let US be sure moi 70 feecr as taxpayers and public onichls as
public eensors and ~ sathatciars that There are counties in this state m
which IL has been necessary 70 cur the school term to seven months
In other words. let ua oconomize! Ht Is do everything in our power
for every industry that needs help; %, Ht us be reasonable about H.