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Show In Reference to Consolidation A Few Points of Interest Touched Upon; that "Economy" Plea, for Instance. It Is a well known fact that Gov, Cutler's every expression In reference to the State's affairs In a general way has contained reference, to I he need of "economy" In expenditures. Gov. Cutler evidently has hope of being recorded re-corded In history as the "most economical econ-omical Governor the state ever had," nor does Tiik Rkpuiiliuan gainsay that this is a very laudable ambition. We would point out the fact, howevurv that the University consolldatlonlsts In their urgings upon the Governor have continually attacked him upon his weak side, or strong side as tho case may be, presenting with great force the wonderful having, the wonderful wond-erful "economy" there would bo In consolidation. In view of tho fact, Tiik Rkpuhli-can Rkpuhli-can merely rfscs to ask "wliat particular parti-cular intcres' in the economical side of this controvcrscy has the University Univer-sity alumni and enthusiasts goner-allvV" goner-allvV" ' Docs any one imagine for an instant that these University consolldatlonlsts consolldatlon-lsts are really anxious that there shall be less expenditure of the State's taxes? Aro these gentleman truly anxious to relieve the people of any financial burden? Does anyone dicam that If consolidation consoli-dation were cllcctcd there would be less money required for higher education? educa-tion? The consolldatlonlsts say that a merger would make a better college and university and at the same time save enough money to maintain a high school In each of the larger towns. Though such a statement Is absurdly ridiculous, even If such a saving could be made, docs anyono believe that the University enthusiasts enthusi-asts would be in favor of diverting that saving to the maintenance of high schools? Does anyone believe that the Uni versity contingent has any other Ideal than to make the greatest possible Institution In-stitution they can with the greatest amount of money they can get now or any other time? The fact of the matter Is the University Uni-versity people are no more Interested In the economical side of this question than a hog Is Interested in which day Is Sunday. It Is also probably true that many of them aro as certainly not Interested in the true educational phazc of the question. As Richard Young said "We are In the fight to win and will tight you to death." That probably expresses tho the general disposition of the opponents. oppo-nents. Tho consolldatlonlsts have continually continu-ally set forth the Idea that the college farm and grounds, 110 acres, are good for nothing. One of these was at the college the other day. Read what he says: "1 am amazed at the plant you have here the beautiful grounds.thc clean, commodious, and magnlllccnt buildings; build-ings; the excellent farm with its extensive ex-tensive barns and farm buildings; and tho thorough equipment you seem to have in all departments. Why, on tho farm I saw a 10 aero alfalfa field from-whlchhad from-whlchhad been cut over 80 tons of alfalfa al-falfa In two cuttings. Xhcrcarc oats as high as my head which will easily yield 75 bushels to the acre; potatoes that will yeild 400 bushels per acre, as good a barley Held as can bo seen anywhere any-where In Utah; orchards bearing vari ous kinds of fruits In profusion; pastures past-ures whero tho college herd of livestock live-stock has been kept all summer; and this after reading the Salt Lake papers pap-ers that the college farm has been abandoned. To think of destroying such splendid equipment and abandoning aband-oning such a location would bo worse than criminal. I shall tell my friends In Salt Lako what I have seen and advise them to come to see the Institution Insti-tution and be converted as 1 have been converted from this illusory consolidation consolida-tion Idea." The consolldatlonlsts say that an Agricultural School more centrally located would draw a greater attendance attend-ance of farmers, citing that tho Iirlgham Iirlg-ham Young University In one )car enrolled en-rolled more students than thoA.C. ever had. Tho public should understand, under-stand, that In- truth the Rrlgham Yovng University has no real Agrlcul- tural School, so far as equipment or facilities for Instruction Is concerned, and that the great number of students enrolled there merely attended lectures. lect-ures. If the A. C.of U.carcd to designate desig-nate all students attendant at such lectures, it might be said that the college enrolls In Agricultural courses each winter from 1,000 to 1,800 students. stud-ents. Fully that many attended lectures lec-tures on farming. O poncnts of the college say no stress Is laid on tho agricultural phase of college. Isn't It strange then that the department of Agriculture numbers num-bers 115 students while In the Domestic Science and Arts there arc but l.'ll, In Commerce but 142, In Engineering and Mechanic Arts but 108, and In General Science but 21? Considering the natural disposition of the average young man and woman to take practically practi-cally anything clso but farming, Isn't It strange that a collego failing to encourage en-courage the Agricultural department should enroll In that department but a few less than In those departments that have been popular for a century a I most? The consolldatlonlsts by Juggling with figures set forth that the college students at the University of Utah cost $274.(15 per capita and in the A. C of U. the wondrous total of $1,117.-43 $1,117.-43 Tiik Ri:puiilioan would be glad to go into detail hero and show Just tjio peculiar way in which those remarkable re-markable figures are secured, but lack of space at this time forblds.However, sulllce it to say that the only correct wav of figuring this matter shows that collego students at the A. C. of U. cost but $20(! 00 per capita, Instead of $1,117.41! It Is dllllcult to conceive that the consolldatlonlsts have not deliberately and Intentionally misrepresented misrep-resented this matter. The consolldatlonlsts say that tho University has 02 acres of fertile soil for use as an Agrlcultutal farm. How then Is It that the University grounds appear to worse advantage than most corrals In Logan? What's the use of fertile gionnd If there Isn't water. |