The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-30

income is increased. The consun
er is benefited in that the good
must be inspected, standardizeI
and labeled. Last year one mil
lion cars of fruit and vegetables
were sold through this associa
ton.
Statistics
In the United States there are
practically 20,000,0 900 farmers; 10,
100000 engaged in manufacturing
10000 600 engaged in clerical work
100000 occupied in public ser.
vice; 100000 teachers and edu.
Gators; 100000 physicians; $780,
600 clergymen; $4,000 lawyers
and 100000 technical engineers.
This shows that upon the old ag-
rarian civilization there has been
erected a huge superstructure of
interlaced and interdependent and
closely integrated occupations.
This new society calls for the
technically trained for this work.
Back of this complex mechan-
ism stands the supporting struc-
ture of science and technology,
just as back of the skyscraper
stands supporting structure of
steel and iron. The knowledge and
experience necessary to manage
the agrarian society could be
gained through the ordinary pro-
cess of everyday life, but the
knowledge and experience neces-
sary to manage industrial civil
zation is not rs simple. 1t must
be gained increasingly through
the more systematic methods of
formally organized educational
agencies.
The rural community of 1850
considered book knowledge of lit
tie value except for the preacher,
the teacher, the doctor, or the
In fact they considered
much of it impractical and even
belittled book learning. But when
the new civilization put on occl-
p~ational value on an education
and when this penetrated the con-
science of our people, the parents
began to endure any sacrifice not
)nly of their personal and mater
al comforts but also by generous
appropriations of the taxpayers
unds so that their boys and girls
be trained to take their po-
iition in this Industrial age. These
,arents already were 1mbued with
he principle of the Importance Of
he individual. The industrial so
iety furnished the motive and
Ugh schools increased by leaps
nd bounds as a natural result.
Effect OF Increase
However, if society had not in
reased it's wealth and income
trough the new industrial socie-
it could not have borne the fl
ancial burden of educating the
We and n half million high
JlOOl oIuuShlo- luc laCI DIST III
lie wealth of the United States
uring the last thirty years con-
one of the wonders of
lie age. Between the years 1921
,26 our wealth increased 50%. !,
men had not by mechanical in
achieved control of his
lvironment the cost of high
,hool education would have been
High school education /
Id enrolment has followed close |
the ratio of increased wealth
Id income. When estimating
'sts we must not only consider
e costs of the purchasing sites, a
and maintaining and fl
Tipping buildings, paying teach a
s. salaries and general running +
penses, but also we must con- 81
Ter the fact that we have re- !
owed from productive society y
e and one half million boys :
d girls who have potential earn =
3 power for self support. Such =
expenditure would probably :
nkrupt any nation but our own.
fact, there is every good rea-
4 to believe that our own ma
is the only one that could
bark on such a progressive en-
We now come to the last of the
to do with increased en-
.lment. While they may not be
concrete as communication,
importation, wealth and income,
vertheless they are as vitality
portant.
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