Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-24
Ones WRITES
On SYSTEM OF
SCHOOL TAXES
cries Theory Held
by Many That 60
cal Aid Is Basic" in
School Finance


LICK: Tex, May 24.-The Prob
- confronting the schools are Of
Importance and should COM
n attention Of Texas citi-
80 according to r.. N. Jones Of
In writing Of the problems
commenting on present thought
.ne subject. Jones has released
Y Following article:
mere are many meetings being
" VIII be held during this wear
b state for the purpose
discussing financial, social and
pticsl problems.
mere IS one problem which must
solved and its solution must b
shtirely satisfactory 10 all right
lninking citizens or there can ~ ~
sorrect adjustment of the financial.
.ae social or the political issues Of
Us generation. That problem re-
Iates to the education OF the chill
ufen Of the masses.
iillteracy and ignorance and intel
Ngent understanding az the nrinrinles
= institutions upon which This ma
sOn u founded are absolutely and
d~ndeniably inconsistent. The pres
ovation Of the rights and liberties
Of the people depend upon the gen
'a Intrusion Of knowledge.
=, Companion TO Crime
social workers in this state
and IN this country must he brongbt
70 understand that illiteracv and ig.
horanee are the intimate comsan-
crime. n
lho.e who are concerned about the
~hn"nelal welfare OF this state and
: south should learn without fur
aasr utiay that ignorance and pow
n.tS nave never yet made and will
never SO long as time lasts and
s~oVefhments are attempted among
men' make a permanent reliable gov
eminent freed from such revolution
"s occurred in France and such boil
~anevistlc conditions as IL is claimed
exist IN Russia.
NJ masters Of finance should
IearE before II is too late, that ig-
norance and pauperism are the d.
iect parents Of ~radicalism, bolshe-
Nism and anarchy.
Ignorance Worst Handicap
ine politicians OF this state and
81 the South must learn that unless
they devise the ways and means 20
provide for the education or the
eniidren of the masses, they will in
nm be consigned to oblivion.
ihose who at this time are plan
hlng Tor great industrial develop
ment Of Texas ought to have sense
enough to know that there can be no
success out of their plans, If
tney IN the slightest degree rely on
~ ~uneducated pauperized citizen
ship. The intelligent industrial now
ASKS the applicant Tor any Kind OF
work II he or she is a graduate of
n efficient high school and a mega
We reply causes a refusal to m
w1very right-thinking citizen I'm
Whatever profession or avocation he
may be engaged. should now under
stand that commercial and agr,eul-
r1f&k-eAtc-evSes, manned by icnor-
ant, pauperizei foreign labor will
not be tolerated in Texas or any
jther southern state. Such enter
prises are favored by some. who are
opposed TO the education of the
Of the state. Slavery was
abolished IN this republic rs a re-
suit Of the Civil war. 1t can never
be established again by and through
the use of paupers and illiterates,
either natives of this country or i'm
migrants from any foreign country
Gives Lie TO Fathers
IL ! am in error in any OF these
statements. then every patriot and
statesman from Washington and JEFF.
ferson to this hour has misunder-
stood the fundamentals upon which
this republic is based. and their
statements and declarations oft re-
peated, should be thrown into the
discard and forgotten.
IL ! am wrong in the efforts TO aid
In making provision for the educa-
ton Of the children of the masses.
then the obstructionists. who oppose
what the friends Of education de-
Hlre, should tear from the books and
destroy what jefferson. Washington.
Madison. Wilson, Houston. Lamar.
The authors Of the Texas Declaration
~ Independence. and thousands oF