Show THE TEACHERS WAGE in all the that are taking caking place in efforts to do justice to wage earners there is IB not in all the category a class that makes ao 80 righteous an appeal as the school teacher indeed unless steps are taken to advance the school teachers a wage it a requires require no prophet to predict a great rest deterioration in the standards tan darch of our school system the better class clan of teachers will be forced 1 to seek other employment and naturally those who remain will andi be of f only mediocre or the lowest order of ability whether we wish to entrust the education of our children to teachers who are unfit to be entrusted with the task or whether baber we shall ahall raise their pay par so th that t it it will be commensurate with th the me increased reseed cost of living is another of the big questions which the american people are called upon to face there are said to be ach chool teachers in the united states in 1918 their average pay was 48 a day since then they have been grante granted d increases increase averaging a about bou t 10 per cent that brings their average up to about a day fr from om statistics statistics gathered in of the larger cities by the national educational association u appears p ar that the salary for 9 elementary teachers is 1 19 9 perl per annum the salary for i intermediate teachers teacher 1 is 42 that for high school teachers 1 is 1249 50 it also appears there are 19 teachers chers including to high agh school teachers in the large cities who receive less leas than per annum there are 2931 teachers teacher who receive less law than per annum in that same year blacksmiths were receiving 2396 electricians laborers laborera 1297 and char women per annum the united states b bureau breau of labor slut mates the increase in I 1 the he cost coat of iving up to 1918 at I 1 19 per cent at ft is greater now it is the fashion ilia nowadays to say to those illi e who en cri belts conditions that they suggest a they should put up or hut abut up perhaps the best beat thiep the school teachers can do to is to put up a howl so ao vociferous that it will be heard bli those alio have the fixing of their we wage I 1 scales their cause is just and petition it for 0 redress of grievances cannot be denied in this country the antill althon authon ties of the various states who are their heir real employers ought to sense the situation and do justice to the school teachers wherever possible pos Bible without further ado salt lake herald |