THE FALSEST OF FALSE ECONOMY.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—Sir James Yoxall questions the figures I quoted in my previous letter with regard to teachers' salaries. I submit to his notice the scale given by the Education Committee. The schools are primary, the district is Birmingham :-
Head Mistresses.
Grade. Average attendance. Max. Salary.
1 1-100 £395 2 101-200 £420 3 201-350 £445 4 351-500 £475 5 501-650 £500 Since reading Sir James Yoxall's letter I have made further inquiries. In one school, where the former maximum was £190, and the head mistress thought herself very well off indeed, it is now £445. Two sisters, neither " college-trained," now earn between them slightly over £900, their former combined salaries being 2380. Is there any reason in such huge advances at a time when tax-payers are burdened and the country is threatened with bankruptcy? You repeat, Sir, that you are against touching teachers' salaries. I ask if it is fair that one class should be enormously rewarded, while others are ground down. Why should not all bear the burden of the War?—
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