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Show THE HULL TAX PLAN. Thk Rei'uiiucan believes that tho settlement of tiio College-University dilllculty by the proper apportionment apportion-ment of a mill tax levy for higher educational ed-ucational purposes is the safe andsano solution of tho question. The settlement settle-ment of this dilllculty should never be left to a vote of tho people, and wo believe be-lieve that tho avcrago voter recognizes this fact. Today tho public mind Is necessarily confused by the remark-ably remark-ably conflicting statements and ten year's public discussion through news-pipers news-pipers and by well-Informed speakers would result only In a continued confusion con-fusion In tho averago mind. Tho questions to bo considered aro Intricate, Intri-cate, complicated and viewed with great dltTercnca of cplnlon even by capablo men In possession of ail tho facts, and In discussion thoso who for reason-, favor one side or the other present purported facts and urgo their cause with all eneigy. Thoso opposed necessarily deny the so-called facts and present strong argument In refutation. Thus It would continue through an endless discussion, each side discrediting discredit-ing and disputing tho assertions of the other side. It Is doubtful If tho pub-Jlc pub-Jlc could ever get such a gtaso.of.tho situation as to vote Intelligently. Thk ItKruiiucAN believes tho people want this question settled, but they desire their legislator to settlo It.and these are the people who should settle i It, not by turning the question over to the people but by working out some plan whereby sulllclcnt means can bo furnished both Institutions In such a way that tho continual squabble between be-tween the Institutions Is settled for all time to come. The people want both Institutions to grow just as rapidly as the state's resources will permit, and aU they desire is that their representatives decide what proportion of tho state's taxes can be reasonably devoted to higher education. educa-tion. This decided and the money fairly apportioned, the two schools can rest safe In tho assurance of a regular Income to be used as the two boards may deem best, and then tho cause for contention Is eliminated. The plan now Is to give the two big schools a one and a half mills assessment assess-ment on the 'state's property, the University to get GO per cent, of the money raised thus, the Agricultural College to have the remaining 40 per cent. This means that every man r woman assessed at $1,000 would pay $1.50 cents a year for higher education. educa-tion. Isn't the mill tax solution the easiest, the most satisfactory, the only Just one? |