Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-01-08
EcoNoMY m SCHOOL ExPENDITUREs.

teachers organization beginning campaign
schools of the The vorac-
appetite school system apparently not be satisfied
The mines win add sufficient to the income
counter balance that lost through speculation in farm land mort
cages with the permanent fund capital Returning pros
Deriy viii tendency indemnify the
fund for its losses this is insufficient The teachers
ton for the benefit Of the schools and them
selves individually oil tax for the purposes and other tax
which shall give the individual school districts
and rebound TO the glory Of the state and increased salaries for
teachers.
many years ago the Sage survey Of
the schools of the nation and in it's report placed Montana first
scholastic aanents in the amount of money spent
each year each individual school child That is-Monana
spends with limited population undeveIoped wealth
each school child than the State Of New York with assessed
valuation per capita several times that of Montana
To attempt keep Montana the head Of the list per
a expenditures is to mimic the fellow with few dollars burning
his pocket who insisted paying for axes dinners and
smokes for a party of milionaires.
School members joined the
demanding taxation school purposes chiefly
because believe they have experienced the of the
heavy past years perfectly loyal
school system realize that schools everything and that
too heavy taxation win send the children of the farmers home
school with oveshoes and with ragged
Unfortunately rule teachers taxpayers and they
spared the necessity Of saving months ahead and selling
their wheat half price order to be able the demands
of the state, county, school, and city.
The average rural teacher interested in
The demand for increased taxation from few Of the lead
s and prompted very largely not ny necessity but by ambition
The defeat of the conservative candidate NJ c. Die
th of Billings by the erswhe Nonparan R. Logan of Har
din. shows which element is in power. r.
Miss Trumper in favor of taxes for schools but since
she recently voted favor of land loan from the
school fund loyal Republican partisan after all the scandal
about the misuse Of the school fund which supposed be n
violate inclined doubt the absolute of her lie
judgment.
For the glad reprint and endorse portion of
editorial from the Falls Tribune which ~
It the time is here when economy ST.
should put force in the administration of school
expenditures well the expenditures of state Jul
eminent City expenses and county expenses de-
cning generally the state but what in
this be eaten up in school expenses and state
government expenses Montana people have been very
patriotic their schools When they ready
bonds irrigation bonds, any other in
in bonded indebtedness they generally will
ing affirmativey any proposal to increase
school debt Nothing too good for children in the
educational facilities has been the sentiment of the
average Montana It is still their sentiment But
and the school coming to inquire
whether his children getting three or four times
much education for dollar as they got ten and
the that question often not satisfactory