The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-02
Interesting comparlsonsM Made
by ]. c, Hlppson Cost of
County Schools.
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1I%'NA ANffN 'NetAfANHN Ss - ASr
perfumery and cosmetics. confec-
slonery, tobaceps ice cream, chew.
ing gum. soda and mineral waters
than the Total expenses Of the
schools OF the county, but yet a
reaction against schools has been
shown. according To J. @, Hupp.
superintendent d the schools Il
Falrmont pistrict, who today made
public figures showing that the cos.
oil luxuries greatly exceeds that
OF education e
Ia his statement today, Mr.. Hupp
questions Il ewe should not first
insure the children Of our county
an opportunity tor the best we cal
give them, an opportunity for edit
cation HIS statement reads az
follows:
From various causes, one o.
which will be discussed later, there
Is now areaction In West yirginiI
against the paytfent Of school tax
cs and against schools In general.
| wish To present "a few authentic
iigures from which the people may
be able 70 lind materials for con-
PARTON. These figures may also
assist IN arriving at conclusion
relative 10 the statement that we
are paying too much for education.
In this discussion wish to ap
portion 70 Marion County its share
OF various conmpdI ties, based on
IT'S relative population, any. or al,
oil which eolnmpd titles 1t would %
able to do without In case OF ne.
cessity. or IN case 1T desired othe:
things more than these things.
do not advocate that Il be thus de.
prived but suggest that we could
lose number Of these items and
no great hardship result. In fact,
there Is a Likelihood that the SUN
to all OF the health and happiness
in the county wouId he much IN.
creased were we to spare some OF
These articles.
THE population OF our county ~
tlie last census was 81 ,571. The u.
tai population Of the United States
was i0bsfI0i62e The fact tina:
Marion County & made IN largely
OF small towns and coal field settle.
fnents makes Il highly. probable
that we viii use q lar er proportl ion
Of the articles named below than
our share since The entire country
consists OF almost one: shalt farmers
whe live III many cases falsremovAd
from markets Where these thing,
may be readily purchased.
Sts,s5 Per Capita. =
Marion County spends this yea
for educational purposes Of nj
kinds including new buildings now
under construction. maintenance,
payment % teachers, etc., au
amount equal 10 $1s.s5 for each in
dividnal in the county. Ezra +.
Towne. professor Of economics IN
Worth Dakota University, states
That $50 per cent Of our population
IS II Years old and over, Thus u
few more than half our peop;s
may be considered taxpayers. This
means q little more than double
this $is.sh! or $3.50, as the amount
each taxpayer would pay. SUP.
pose we call this amount $40 to
make II tatr to all concerned. III
other words Il d mans school tax
Is less than $40 and he sends one
child to school some one else Is
paving for part OF the expense oi
educatins HIS child. II he sends
two children TO school be must pay
$50 70 meet hi own expenses. II
he has five children he must pa3
500, etc 10 NE take this by dis.
lricls we will lind In many cases
a stiil greater discrepancy between
What man pays and what he gets.
Then, lust what argument can a
poor man have against his school
tax And most OF US are relative
~ poor people. The Weather man
cisu we'll afford TO pay, the amount
allotted To him.
Severe criticism OF orr school
tax bill by d number Of men wha
We're smoking &C the time caused
the writer toSwonder how our tax
hill would tally up with the Marion
County tobacco bill. Taking our
population and averaging 1t with
the total population for the United
States, gives JUS the following fis.
,lres: The figufesfare all taken from
the census reports OF the United
States, Kindly furnished by Con.
gressnatl BENJAMIN Rosenbloom.
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