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Show J RAISE THEIR SALARIES The salaries of the teachers of this .ate -those of the public schools and lose of t'.e colhgcs ought to be in-eagedf in-eagedf Wc have talked to quite a few ogan men on this subject, as well as men forn vai ious other communities and thev ieem to be agreed that the men and wo-uen wo-uen who .re shaping the destinies of the jj'iextigenf ation are not paid enough; i iwhe not KettmR anything like as wSP1 1n"nev .r ne work they are doing P"they are entitled to. y ot only that but unless salaries are luseel there's going to be such a condition l the state) as will amount to a grave Jenace, for it is pretty well ainderstood ' at when men and women who are fitted f teach cannot make an honest and com- ij stable living that way they are going to " filter fields of endeavor where the salar-x salar-x libs are more in proportion to the work ftey do. Already there is said to be a ushortage of teachers all over the co untrv fand many schools, especially in the rural "-!4stricts are unable to secure them. Con-i Con-i tions are steadily growing worse, and ill continue to do so until salaries are Jised.' The ligislaturc should consider this r "1 ltterseTloTlilyv There ought not be any I (icuse accepted from ai lawmaker who is I ijt willing-to .vote an increase for those 1 tehchers employed by the state. And if 1 tfcre is any excuse for a taxpayer refus-1 refus-1 i&to grant thosei into whose keeping he I Alices his cKild a salary sufficient to buy 1 V - necessities of life we can't imagine ,t 1(-s at such an " excuse consists of. Our ' ciUUsBrrtrc eBfcer entitled to, the best of Sw?vl acilitics or tnov arc not- If tl?ev -- ifc. ft how are they going to enioy V 3uHf the state and the subdivisions I 'MPi'fcrf refuse to pay adequate wagos to i jJm r teachers. |