Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-01
TR|NKLE PROPOSES
BUSINESS REGIME.
Thousand Greet Wythe Candi-
date for Governor at Bin
ford High School.
HE APPEALS FOR TEACHERS
Would Pay Those Throughout
State SIS Per Month for
Nine Months Term.
HE APPEALS FOR TEACHERS

State Senator l.. Lee Trinklc of
Wythe County, delivered II widely ad-
veriised address last night TO an
audience of perhaps 1000 persons.
one-third being women, in the audi
torium of Binford High School. The
meeting was presided over by Walker
c. Cottrell. of the City School Board.
who introduced Mrs. G. Harvey
Clarke. prominent in suffrage circles.
Following nfteen- minute talk by
Mrs. Clarke. Hiram NJ Smith. former.
United States attorney. was presented
by the chairman, and Mr.. Smith in
troduccd Senator Trinklc.
The meeting was little late in
starting. owing to the slow arrival
of the crowd. When Chairman Cot
trell raped his gavel. however,
there were few vacant seats in the
hall.
Those occupying seats on the plat
form. besides the speakers. were
James Pollard. Ben W. Wilson, o. Fl.
Hawkins. Barney Bowman. James p.
Jones. Ben +. Owen. Clyde w Rat
cliffe and Hill Montague.
Greeted Witt Applause.
Senator Trinlle's appearance was
the signal for 4 round OF applause,
in which the women joined. He was
Interrupted By applause at several
points during his speech. and at the
close number of his ardmirers re-
mained TO give him handshake.
The candidate declared the stern
realities or the day must be touched
upon. and the occasion demanded
that he refer to this as tho business
era. the day OF reconstruction and
the time for an awakening to be-
wildcring condition confronting the
people OF Virginia and the people of
the world
The state OF Virginia is n big
corporation" lie declared, and you
are the stockholders. The success or
failure OF tho concern remains en-
tireiy In your hands. II you select
a good business man to handle the
s-aino, ,easins sbusiness,5a man WIN
vii have ca pable men nrouHd him,
Will prove successful. You need a
young. vigorous man OF youth or
middle-ase to take charge OF the
corporation"
HtNtS StulCh income.
Ten years ago" continued Sena-
tor Trinkle, the amount OF taxes
paid into tho treasury from your
pockets. whether willingly or from
the necessity of the law, was about
S5,oO0.o00. very small per capita. But
in ten years of business of your cor
poration has grown to enormous pro-
portions. We are progressive no,
retrogrcssive. and now the amount OF
taxes paid into the treasury is some
thing like Slo.00o.o0o. The Governor
OF Virginia in the next four years
VIII have this enormous sum OF
'oney multiplied by four to spend.
" the proposed bond issue for roads
is added to this. the great sum OF
Sll5.000.000 will have to be ac-
counted FOR IN The next four years.
Out of this total Virginia appro-
PIRATES SI,b00.000 for schools; sl.500.-
600 to other institutions of learning;
100000 to charitable Institutions;
SS69.000 to old Confederate soldiers
and their widows: $1,000 900 for hos
pitals and ayslums. and last year the
sum of $7,osS,000 was credited to
roads. We want to see that we al
why's get dollars worth for dol
lar spent" This remark brought out
some applause.
Urges SS5 ns Teachers Pay.
Senator Trinkle said he was Hrnly
convinced that the minimum pay fo-
school teachers should be $50 a
month for II nine months session,
and that each teacher should have
not fewer than thirty-hve pupils TO
handle. lie said there were $4,000
teachers in Virginia working for an
average OF $3.50 year; that there
were 100000 children of school age.
5000. N
IN order TO give the teachers the
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