Our Educational System

(pon ilic ilicnry tlnit uil cltiii'Tis. rhatavei ilieir tradc ur vocalton, ut t'iually cntitlctl t stat ald In Mluoatlon, how happens II Ihul Michigan pyal4.U Hm Ibe pedal edumUoQ of a lawyer, fsu 7.' lor an illopathic doctor, H1T.99 tor A homeopathie doctor, I61JM Kof ; IcuUnI umi f!. Uil fora immer, bul noiai'riit l.r the special etlucaiion of a hlacksiniUi, curpentpr, jninister, joiu nali-t. piintei anfliMW, eoleelio plivsician or anybooj nlse. hm maller how Important to the puilié reUkranli (peehU edncallón inay bet If Ihaaa queetloni aiimii of alisiactory nnswers, now Is a uootl Mme to hrlngsuch answer befare ibe public, Kveniuu News. If you are ricli onough to live in a brown stone front, why shouldn't your poor Deighbor be allowed the same privilege? Vanderbilt has $tio,(XM) horses, a 12,600,000 residence, and cvery man in the union who travels, or who eats, drums r wears anything on which there is a tarifT, has to help foot his bilis, and yct tlicre is not one of them who can aflbrd sueh luxurics. lan't it rank injustice? .lay (ould can have ' nuail on toast " cvery day, served on a golden platter, il' he chooües, yet within a stone'8 throw of hioj are peoplc who have hunger gnawing at thcir vitáis cvery day becausc of nability to rappiy food fat thcir bodily wants. Hut, ynu tna.v say, what gense is there in such talk? How is that applioable to tbc case? There is as much sense in such talk astliorc 'm i" what is said above, exactly. It is upplicable to tlioca.se in thif, that such men are the ones who can afford to edúcate their sons and daughters. Poor men can nnt, ifour freo school systcm i wiped out of existence. By our systein oi taxation tho icmr mi ¦ontributes largely to tin' support of our governraent. In our schools it is different. The poor man by direct taxation pays corupanitivcly little, while hïaohUdrCD, who are i a general tliinu, jilentilul, reap rich bencfits therefrom. The rich man, who pays the lion's share of the sohool taxes usually has a sinall faniily, and cuuld edúcate thciu for far leisthau bis school laxes aniount to And this Inlances the tax system, to a OOI tain extent. To offset what the poor tnan has to pay in indirect taxation for the support of our government, the rich man pays in direct taxation for the support of our schools. If our popr children who are obligcd to toil for their own existence were obliged to pay for their cducation, how many of thetn could avail ti it If the question can be answered, now is a good time to answer it. So it will be scen that the children of our day laborers, our blacksmiths, our carpenters, our journalists our ministers, our engineers, our printers eto., on through the list, are all on a leve with the children of the rich men hcre in Michigan, and entitled to the same privi leges for an edueation. The children o these people reap the benefit of the taxes paid foroureducational institutions. There i-n't a man, woman or child in the state o Michigan butwhatis bencfittcd by our frec -chool system, of which the university i the grand head. He who stiikesa blow at our cducationa nstitutions throughout the state, is strik ing a blow at Ui own interest-. If the riel peoplc only could afford an cducation where wouldbe the ciroaktion of tb Newa for instance ? It is the men of wcalth a general thing who would rejoicc to see this system don away with. They can afford to educat their children, and they would then be fre from taxes to help edúcate thcir neighbor' children. You are on the wrong road, this tim Mr. News. Don't ory out against our ed ucational system and instilutions. Th masscs know too well the bcneiits conferrc upon them and their children therefrom and they ncver will follow you. Wipc ou our free cducational institutions, and yo strike the saddest blow at the poor peopl and poor ehildron of our state that ovo been struck. I-'urthermore, wt sliouldlike to ask ifou ministers, our journalists, our engiocers our physicians of al) kinds, our le.ichrrour architects, our skillod MtiMM, ou farmers even, are not lieinj; edoMtcd vnt year, by the score, at public eipew not evcry walk aml vocation of lile, btw litted by llic kMvMgl obUincd in ou free schools and eollc:cs ? There is m lim to edueation exeept tbc unbitioo ud rapa iiilitie.softhestU'leiil. An ediicatul lármer o-ks ba better advanUgc and L-njoys lift better than an nncducatcd onc ; ud the -ame is true ol'a blaeksmith, or a eai ponter, or a minister, ur a juurDalist, if you choose. Our schools are aids to all avocations. and in tlie curriculum of our colletfct liim for any special ooeufétton tic nm.v dostro. Il' tin: object ia eryilf out aicainsl our ¦ohooh, our univerMty in its ncveral ranches, the airiculturctl college, nd so n, i in the inte rest of our Yanderbilts and u üoiilils, llien the New nn t lio riplit rack . The interest oí uur poor people in ii- 1 1 the "piuiiii1 ilirection. That oM (lenioirat, Judgc I)ouj?laa, Iibs wnndorful inti'rost in ttin next republi an stat'' i--n vention, aoil a he seeon to i -ivi' tin' editorial uianageuient of ir Pitniit Free l'rcs-. lie opah!e of lakinu umwMlUlhfal MÍM. Fiut kfltp ml, ".I.mIho," doa'l irot notled.