| Show TilE OTHER SIDE STATED ° Bernard ° Gives Hit Views on the High School Question Nov 11 1SH7 To the rdltor 1 road In your Isou oC Tuday even log a communlcntlon In TCgArd 10 he hlh ohool An1 It I continuAnce the enerol I honor oC which I boon ono fall lb endoe Ac II rule so Car In re rrlnc to the high school tloe lu11I 11T em has shown but 0110 sIde oC Ike lulll1n nil has touched upon the olhec but very liilefly That there art tO sides to It the tnjmlnK post of lIla community arc fully aware at boost they know of another sldo be olde the one clnmn by your corrcs 10nlnt 03 earcnobbncseaor d l4 mills In Ihl is city for school purposes only on an cxcewilvc overvaluation property In mot rand much ae Ito eah value This In addition tiiclty 1 county t 003 Slob pam oroo I tuaoblfo a000cos a burden which ver > many of those having hav-ing It 10 meet Ilnd oppressive the ex In me the effect being in Iiundrtds If not thousands of cases Ihut property will be sold for the tares this season much of which will never bo redeemid by thono losinK II ns they cannot raise II h n1llIn to do ftO In 01k rrcuees per oon owing honeot bllgatlon arc un nblo to meet them through being compelled com-pelled to pay excessive taxation on their property or nee It old with little held edt of recovery Others In their efforts to save their pro tor 19 aro forced to pljce heavy IncumbranctM on It In order to raise the mone > for taxes All this works lip iorrse el In the exlrem to IIIOeOSO el lIunltd an1 bore nre buodroola In InVs oIly lii this con tlonj in fact the dabs 10 10 do loot Ceel It al1l1 oea own rca oC realty ana the ro exception amonl lhoao lAylng tan High schools maln Inedat the public pub-lic expense should lie upporte1 without ctiuslng such opprt leo conditions as exist here now or not at all for It Is I simply forcing mott era bevond the Iloanalcob enlnell of blot laxpur tu endure existing burdenK permantntlj If continued Ihelr resont form these burdens will result In nothing short of i thf conn callon of the property of hundnds of anon 9ero In this tlt > Until the burdens IIOW placed on thn lpAylng Ienwnt lie mcJo a8Ier I consider the dlotrlc schont jstem Is all that can be consistently expected 00 free OobOeO bloc and the b000ta Con stltutlon neorr desIgned sooreonteb a platd 1loclng 1II0e upon the taxlyer thAn could ronltenlly b000re bed Iu 10110 ran go direct Irom the dIstIlL school counc to lIon prepatory de pnrtmnt oC 1110 Unlvelt whloh Include In-clude or can be maally mul to nil wok none by the high school and buv Ing the Unl rslty right here It shpuld anwer all ueh pUIIoseo We are bold of the bentllts that come to Ihc poor rom the high school The nu ibir of bicycle seen outside the blob cobol door wOlllcl em to eonlra dIet much oC this The fails ore that as a rule cry many of the ebb dro of por men hoo Iusnenge In labor when Ihrough wllh the lbs loOt school c ourse and comi aratlvely Cew can lIeneI the high school cer talnl not tn the extnt thAt macop clAim for It In thot res peel The greAt dltlleull Is that tMrc is I a heay Out InR population here which clamors for leer Ills horedue utlaa and nhec thing at > uhllo expense hut wbleh pays no laxes to any material extent ondlstouadeedofl Instances non at all And this Is not conllncd to people In moderate circumstances hut to many who are practicalj welitoilo but whose means Is I In such shape ns to enable them to successfully evade taxation and they bear I very little or no pub 0 of the free school burden Thou holding realty ate the ones who have to meet Ihe greater ortlon i of theo things and Ihy are shown but very slight con ldeiatlon bj the others Wo are told that people will flock Into In-to the city tn avail thtmselvcn of the nnc school I privileges here What part of the expense will such peopla bear Just as little as they can posslbl and In mot CAseo none whnteet a many arrane to come Crom oullde IIAeea 501 041 110 I le Inelllded III tho ehool con sloe oool Ioln All aol eaatacrto f the oyolem OsIoIIm payIng no tort oC 115 ex leone This AIo crcal an InerPAo I oeol00u I 1001001011onnecraltaIOlbC more hullcllng sotohebo th8 Alreody op peeeee oh tAxIAer most mt Teachers are Imported who spend I ns llttlo as possible here and cArryall the roosoveoa I of the ountry the lIonel thus going out of clrelllatlon here ThIs In effect h I unsitlsfa ory No nntter vilnt sophistr may lr used td the contrar the fact AO It now confronts the taxpaers oC this rIby 10 hut lbs mAlntenanoe oC lIe hOnk school at present works nn oppression op-pression The entIre public I school ss In It I enlono In Its melhoclo more Ihnn hoe poph Imnncos will Justify and requires relrenchmcnt hmentnCnXAnD |
