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Show I FARM BUREAU NEWS H I'olnllng out that tho abscnco ot ro- H trenclimcnt in educational oxpondl j lures (luring 1921 did not conform to B thu general policy adoptod la prnc Hj tlcally all other public dopartznonts of tho stato, tho lax commlttoo at tho j Htuto Kami Durcau 1irb Issued a letter j to tho local farm bureau organizations H In which roforonco Is mndo to posslblo H disaster nnd complolu breaking down Bj ot tho tiulillc school system. Uy this BJ In meant, according to members ot Bj tho commlttoo, that when tho turn Is j finally taken tho pendulum will j Hwlng too tar In tho opposite dlroctlou j unloss retrenchment can bo bruught j about sanely nnd slowly. Concerning somowhat tho Imprca-BJ Imprca-BJ bIoiis that havo been created through BJ out tho state by tho committee's ro-BJ ro-BJ cent letter addressed to Uio state Hi board ot education, tho report to tho BJ local farm organizations In this and BJ other localities In part follows: BJ "Judging from opinions expressed BJ upon this communication, wo bollovo J that tho people gonarally, Including BJ most of tho teaching profession and BJ practically all school olllcors, ngroe BJ with tho position taken by tho burouu BJ and with Its proposed program. There BJ aro some, howover, who , evidently BJ toarlng a porsonul loss in salary or J an incroaso in work, aro endeavoring J to maintain and Justify tho prosont BJ expensive nnd wastotul mutbods by BJ tho sontlmentnl cry, which thoy have BJ always employed, that any effort at BJ2 retrenchment Is going to undormlno J our school system. This is tho self- BJ same boglo that has lod us into such BJ oxtromes in tho past nnd has hlndor- cd mora than advaucod tho Interests BJ of our splendid school systom. Tax- f lng offlclals will havo this lnfluenco f to moot and wo trust that thoy will BX not bo moved from nn nttltudo ot X moderation uud consorvalon by iu m Wo ropoat that wo want to seo toach? a ors adoquutoly paid, but wo insist that a readjustment, basod upon a BM sclontlllo salary schodulo, will, along BX with tho numorous othor economies suggested by us, effect largo savings. Bfl ' Itotrcnchmout is nocossary and is BM actually takllng place In all othor BB linos, and, while tho polcy of the BB bureau Is to oxort overy effort to up B hold and sustain everything that Is BX praiseworthy in our school system, It BB HiBlsts that economy shall bo obBor BB vod In the operation of our schools, nnd BB It is dollnltely opposed to n contlnlu- BB nnco of tho rockless oxtravnganco or BBJ' tho past and to tax levies that will BX permit ot it BJ "Thoro was un expectation ot ro- I MIW t irteeiPWfltaWWWMaWWlWWBWllWWliWeMfjpjjMgiflii for district schools nnd high Hehools in-creaod in-creaod from 8C0,73i In mo: to Si,103,200 In loai, an , Incroaso. ot $G3fl,4G9, and is in face of tho fact that tho assessed valuatldn of tnx-oblo tnx-oblo proporty in tho stato deoroasod f20,'19C,498. Taxes for othor purposes show a docroaso all along tho line In 1021. Distribution to cities and towns Shows a docroaso of 1C0,270J to county gonornl fund, $55,134; to road fund, J3C2.464; to Btnto gonornl fund, 1208,305. How nro wo to nccount for this genoral nnd substantial retrench, mont In all thoso other directions with an Incroaso for district schools and high schools which almost overcomes tho ontlro saving olTocted by all of Ihoso docroasos? "Approach tho mnttor from anothor anglo and see whoro tho advocates of continued extravagance would loud us. Tho total expenditure for schools In tho forty districts of tho stato (In-eluding (In-eluding cltlos) for tho year 1010 was 16,100,115.37; for tho your 19H0 It was 18.5CC.731, or an Incroaso of moro than two and n quarter million dollars." |