Show THE educational BILL of edlue educational op 1 bort unities within the lie states the per capita wealth Is very un ove eve i in the different states in III north carolina it is in nevada it Is for the country as a whole it Is the population back of each toach teach or er employed in the public schools la Is also uneven in iowa there Is one teacher tor for a population of persons in louisiana there is one teacher tor for a population of in ili the country as a whole there la is one teacher tor for a population of 0 IG 91 the wealth back of each teacher also varies in the different states in ili arl mk A there la is a wealth ot of for each teacher in III illinois there is a wealth of 0 4 93 32 52 for each teacher in Nc vadi it I 1 ia vor apor the united states stales as a whole the figure Is UK OS 08 per teacher A tax ot of two mills on each dollar ot of wealth in the united states stales would equal the salaries paid to all public school teachers ot of tho the country to TD equal the salaries of teachers in idaho a 44 mill tax is required in p pennsylvania a tax of ot mills would pay the thesal salaries arlea ol 01 school teachers simbar computations may be made sor for ille the taxing units within any given state be they county or school district consequently the schools wi wl thina thirl a given state stale vary alm almost as much as do jhb t ha schools ot of different t stat stats 9 mare must bo be done to alual ual ize taxation within the states to ini in suro sure e equally q u ally efficient schools in fit all alis tracts ts the movement must be toward a laier dif distributable fund raised by statewide state wide taxation and distributed in proportion to economic and educational need Coni compare pare lancater lancaster and tioga counties in pennsylvania the aless missouri 0 rl river valley ani and tile the ozark reg rebion 1 1 on or missouri southern and northern illinois or the fertile belt alono along lake michigan with the sand belt of adams and marquette counties in biscon wiscon wisconsin sin to sense bense the differences in ability to pay for good schools the bill before congress provides I 1 annually tor for the she ajro provement pro anent of public schools of less e than college grade with the dehuete definite aim of extending school bernis andoe and ot stimulating state and ami local interest in improving through better in st ruction and gradation and through consolidation and supervision the rural schools lu in sparsely settled localities loea inea ea cali latles ties an equal amount by the stated would provide annually the fund Is to be distributed I 1 on oil t the he per te teacher aelier basis basi barisand sand and anion amounts ants to freach reach fo public school teacher employed utah ulah has toa ciera luers and bould rocelle front from congress an ali equal amount hythe bythe stage stute lor for these purposes purposes would niala available for tile tho purposes mentioned in the bill tho the bill provide that no state share in this it has at least twenty four of 0 school jil in each district unless it enforces an adequate compulsory school a attend t law and unless it ft provides provide S cilitti that the basis language or of instruction in ili the comiaco common 31 school branches bra binl ii all schools s public and private shallie sh allbe the english language only e i A 1 j j |