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Show H ALL UNDERPAID. H Z Elsowhoro in this lssuo will bo H ."found n somowhnt lengthy commtini- H cation froui Erastus IS. Dalioy, ono of H Iron coimty'a bright boys, who is H teaching school HiIh wlutor at Pro- H (lonln, Arioznn. Tho artiolo rolatoa H to tho compensation of Kohool ten- B cliorH. Mr. Dalioy has graduated B . from tho normal courno, holds n stato HHj 4 cor ti Ilea to, and is entitled to full HHj r, o rod it for IiIh ouorgy and porsovor-HH porsovor-HH '- onoo, and an wo huvo already said, is HH u bright young man. H But liko tho rest of tin on this H niuiiduiio sphoro, ho is inclined to H i,00'c at conditions from hia pnrtlcu- H :1m viow-polnt, without fully woigh- B 1 ing tho arguonionttj that may bo nd- H ducod in support of other theories. H Thero is not tlio slightest doubt H that school teachers aro under paid. -v .'0 lllUfit of n On soo that if H - thoy rocolvod moro mouoy they could H -v llvo hotter, dress hotter and haro a H hotter clmuco to pttrsito advanced H. studios. And whon n young man has B frovotcd sovoral years of his lifo to H tho acquirug of a normal education, H it is only natural that ho should fool 1 Unit tho gates of plonty should thou, H at loast, stand upon to him. I Hut thoro aro othor things to ho H considered. First and foremost, tho B" pooplo of southom Utah aro not wonl- B ' thy. Wo huvo no factories nor B mills; hut fow mines aro being work- H -v od, and tho ranges, which in tho past B. , J havo yioldod noarly all tho rovontio H tho pooplo havo had, aro depreciating RRB year by year. It is true that school ftiV toaohors aro underpaid, but how HHH about tho formers moehanics, and JUmm , Mr. Dalioy calls attention to tho F i salaries of supromo judgos, and bur- P' " goats that it would bo ndvlsablo to BBB J glvo a part of thoir wogos to thd tea- BB oors. Wo shnro his opinion that sup- BBBk rcmo judges rccolvo too much com BBBB sensation, but should thoir salaries H bo out in half, uud divided with all BBV tlio school toaohors of tho state, it BBJ J would probably not nniount to moro HHJ than ono dollar per year moro for BBJ oach. Of courso, thoro are a number BBj of stato oillcors whoso salarios might BBJ- bo reduced somowhat, but without BBYr really doing tho oUlolnls an injustice, H very little relief oould bo nirordod BBJ 1 tho toaohors from this source And H ) regarding tho appropriations for ' highor institutions of learning, aro BVV' l0y nt IuBOnt to well carod for? BBJ Should thoso institutions bo roducod BBj to tho nocossity of charging tuition BH enough to maintain thorn, would Mr. BH Dalioy or any othor young mon of BBJ this frugal country bo holding stato BH uortiilcates? And would it bo consls- B" tont and just, now that a fow havo BBT Hocurod siioh cortiflcatos, to do as wo BH havo soon somo nomiucos for oillco do BH as soon as thoir names havo boon pro- BBVj. sentod to n convention, movo to VJ "olouo nomiations and procood to BBTf ballot" for toaohors on thoso now BB (ninlifiod to teach? ' Hero in southern Utah wo rocolvo BB nnr oxaot proportion of tlio state BB uchool fund, figured on tho basis of Bl so much por child of school ago. H Thobnlauco of tho oxponso of mninta- BBfi ining our sohools has to bo raisod by BBj county and district taxes, which wo BBJ will nil boar witnoss aro plonty high BB enough whon wo go to pay them. H Thotrouhlo in this country is that wo BB havo so many children to school and BB so littlo proporty to asboss for taxes. BH In tho uorthoru part of tho state, H nhoro tho proportion of children is Hi' loss and thoro aro rich corporations to lovy taxes upon, tho condition is BBH loss stringent. Hut already wo BBBj rocolvo tnoro from tho stato than wo BBBj pay iu tho form of taxes, and in ad- BBB dition our proportion of tho laud BBH' school fund ; tlio people aro taxed as V heavily as thoy can stand, and all BBf j tho sohool monies aro being oxpended V 1 in maintaining tho schools. Uudor H tho oircumstancos wo sou but littlo BH chauco for Improvement, unless 111 in BH ing nnd othor industries can bo dov- H olopod in tho country. BB Contrasted with othor avocations BB horcubouts, that of school teacher I ' BY4 BBBk f sooms to bo about tho host paid of any. Woro it not so, would so many of our young pooplo bo equipping thomsolves to becomo pedagoguos? This is 11 mattor that will ovontually bo regulatod by tho great law of supply sup-ply and demand, nnd thus far tho figures fig-ures paid, as viowod by tho young ldon, scorns to justify tho incrpaso of tho supply, which in tlmo, If persisted in, will no doubt forco tho salaries still lower. Iu this connection it will furnish somo consolation to tho holdors of cortiilcntosto ooutompluto that "thoro is always room at tho top," but wo' hold that tact and oxporionco aro just us necessary to tho quipmont of 11 ten-chor ten-chor its a Btato cortiilcato, and school boards cannot ho censured for not omploying raw graduates as principals until thoy havo had tlmo to domon-strato domon-strato their fitness. |