Show commercial CLUB CL UD ANSWERS CUBES CHARGES j OF TEACHERS tile tho resolutions of the teachers association of tohei thoele city as a published in the newspapers of the county last week have been noted by tile the hoard board of bifi directors actors of tile the tooele thoele com coin club any Fontroy erny between th loach ang ing corps and the board of education as to treatment salaries etc la Is of no concern to this club except as it if may affect the general welfare of the ha people of this thia city and county how ever when tho the abins and purposes soH of the directors of thu the club are attacked it 11 in h deemed proper that some esplan ulon aaion should be made to tile tho membership and tho the public generally in tile tho resolutions mentioned above inferences ances have been made which seem to demand such sin an explanation about two weeks ago the directors of this MIR club met with a committee from the teachers association and heard an appeal front from this committee for a bonus the committee stated that this appeal kind had been nindo made to the board of education but that body had been unable to acquiesce in their rf afu quest because of shortage of funds and because they had bad no legal means of raising money mr alfred nelson president of the board of education was present at this meeting of the club directors which was presided over by the vice president ident of tho the club mr air it a 0 baker after quite a little discussion during which the majority of the club directors expressed them selves pelves as wishing to help the ton chers it if a legal moana means could be found to do so eo a committee consisting of dr L A and attorney wm a marks was waa appointed to meet with P a commit froia gerom the tha teachers association to au 1 I I 1 mean could bo A sun could b bo 0 rai tl would lid bo toy by holdi i oldna nir u election callina cUl lr for additional tax of ore ono mill A meeting vas vaa callei calle I 1 sit nt once of the lub di d rectors for vf wil may alay by nice ace president baker to consider con this report and the advisability of boosting auch an olec election tion it wita was considered fly by mr daker baker ahn tile report wart self explanatory unit anil that therefore tho the presence of lie teachers was unnecessary lit in addition ft a free roe expression of ideas of tile the proposition is as viewed from all angles wag van wanted and it was felt that perhaps the presence of those directly interested in the receiving of the bonus would work i against such free expression after considerable discussion or of tile matter in a iter it was the of tho club di directors rectors that it would be quite inadvisable to attempt to call an election at chii time for the imposing of an extra tax levy of one mill for var loui reasons the principal of which were 1 such an election demanded not less lesa than llian six weeks campaign of education of the public to tho merits of 1 the proposition and there was not sufficient time for this before tile close of school 2 tile the school year would lose close in nine days and a great number of tile the teachers did not contemplate returning to this bounty county for tile the season of 3 in making tile the tax levy for the schools tor for tile the matter of increasing again the salaries of the teachers achors tp had been provided for because of this it was felt that there ther e would be hea heavy v y appo opposition sitt on to the granting of a bonus for the past years work f 4 Sai salaries arles of teachers had been advanced at the beginning of 1920 and while it was recognized that living costs had continued to increase it was wa also 1 recognized that every taxpayer in the tha count county was bearing the me same burden without any increase of income 6 5 the agricultural and stock rals rais ing sections of the county suffered heavy losses last year because of th the 0 groat drou fent and tho the imposition of an additional levy would bo be deemed unbearable and would arbuso in all probability sufficient opposition us as to cause its defeat G the present state ot of the finances ef of this county do not hot warrant any body of citizens honest with theme themselves elves pushing abax a tax election which I 1 in 1 I itself would co cost at approximately COO 00 when the success of such nuch an election 1 H M wait wad extremely dubious because of cheso reasons tile tho club declined to get behind matter tile tho directors refuse to be clubbed into wrong action by any particular class of Ot lieno tho of tho the commercial club aim to servo thoele tooele ill all 0 of the public of tooele thoele city and e county and tile ho publics iv elfare is in its ha amb lilon first farst last and till of the ho me ny by order of tho the directors of il alio toselo commercial club toselo uta 1 |