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Show There are twenty-two million Iwys and girls of school age in the United States. The American people pay almost as much to educate them as they pay to operate the national government. Education is our foremost industry. Yet there are many parents who think slightly of tho school system and tear their children away from it as early as possible, while in some states com-1 pulsory education laws are altogether lacking. Our boys and girls will "run" the country in duo course, and they won't bo able to make a good, job of it if their mental equipment is below tho) standard demanded In a republic. i |