, 1866-10-28

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We hare received the following letter from
Mr.. L. D. 1ngcrsoll, editor Of tho daily
Journal ut a!uscatinc. Hc is the author of
History Of Iowa Troops in the late war,
large octave volume, which was reviewed at
some length in our columns in March last:
"NrecAr1sE, Iowa, October &C. 1sss.
:" "Edltors Ch3caE 60 Tribune:
"GEST1EXEx-1t is thing for which you onsht
to receive the 'distingu,shct consideration and
&banIs of the public, that you have secpened the
paper question. 1t haa happened that hare
had rome practical experience In the practical /
workings Of the rre1ent laws the xuhIcc4-fos |
tnkc 1t thst the eight change made hy the list
tion Of Congress has bad NO percrrtible effect |
and It may not te without nse!nlncas to state
faeta, many Of which ! saw md part Of which !
was.' |
t1epent two months md more. last winter, in
Phllsdelphta% attending 10 the -puhl!caton Of d
historical work pertaining 10 the gallant part ta-
ken By the troops Of tho State Of Iowa in COZ
Quering the tlareholdeta' rebellion. epsat
much Of the time In the publishing house Of j. D.
Ippineott 4 Co., md, t.ust without impcrtiaent
curiosity, Leaned a good deal about the book
| and paper trAde. When The work speak Of VIA
ste1 eot5ped there were iound to he 74s pages.
An edition Of e,so it will be sesn4 would require
| good deal Of paper good deal Of mrslln,
good deal ofleashef, and Of Ill tic other thlnss
,,acd iu the process ot book making. Noiwiih-
standing The fact that the house Of Lrplneotl &
| Co. published the work rs low ns could have
| had 1t done nj any respectable house, and lower
than could have bad 1t done, With equal MT
| chanIcnt excellence, in New York, discovered
TINT might have CONC IN London and saved ecr-
esal hundred dollars On the edition by haylnsN
published at the BsItish metropolis. con11
have paid my passage III . Cunar1 steamship
across the Atlsnuc and back, paid Ill personal
expenses. brought back mi edition Of the work,
md put II IN The market with several hundred
dollars In my exhausted putze1 Every 1ntelli-
| gent publisher in America knows that this Is SO.
! Dir. LIpptncot: has been In Europe many months,
tor no Other purpose than to buy ard chip 10 t.'s
Country wIst may well be called whnlc cditious
OF foreign works-worLs upon which there is no
American copyright, fos which nota ftusle penny
has to bc paid TO their authors and which, therc-
fore. ought 10 be published cheaper here than
abroad, and would be but 10: the mlsr.ab'o
etatesman.hip tGod save tho marx y which, in the
asserted influence OF home interests, bnills up
thc gtcat publishing houses Of PatcsnnEtcr Row,
J aud, 10 psoporttonate exlcat, tears down those
OF Boston. New FORK, rhi1adeiphla, Cincinnati
and ChIcs:o.
Nov, Ifihis Thing existed as to 4 matter that
, people fuzzled down their threats, Or even woys
upon their backs. or thrust on ths outside Of thsir
Acade; I'LL existed as 10 what is called whiskey,
!! or b.hrdy, or hne silks asd satlus, attaciass,
monstsous waterfalls. etc. etc, things OF luxury
I and ugliness, 1t would be we'll enough Bu
: aside IRON the fact Of this American
!. craftsmanship putting money In tbt
t pu7ses Of foreigners. 1t 10 tho worat Of ri
1 taxes, ta1 on knowledse- 1t Is q great shapt
;. thai this American stateemanship' ensichcs ihi
foreign publishers Of the works Of Carlyle At th.
{ cxpcree Of the publishers Of the works Of Emt1
tus.; that II cniehes the foreign publishers OF III
=. wo,As of Macanln5 Al tho expense Of the HON,
;, publishers Of lbe ETcAt American work Of Ban
croft; and 20 On, and 60 on, all around the circle
j. Butiti st,ll greater elame that this hucnbul
l., called sAMczican etatcsmxuship,' still praetl
cslIy In the IDelc.t OF foreign houses, should pu
up tho price Of our own school books and the yer
. Bibles from which We link VIC lean The wny
n eternal life.
D. "Free government must be based upon gencn
&c intelligence. Li3rt e1bus eal,no, books arc too
h for the mind is IN Old eayiuc. Moraec would co
IN add newspapers, no doubt. Thuy arc sbsolu
necessities, ard Of s. much mole importance 10 L
A. commit veal u the MUD Il eupc:for 10 the 3D.
~ bologna ssuspges arc excellent thtncs In the
~ way, but The country might get along vtthol
t. thcu, !, cannot get along without IN ,ntc1ii:r
ia public, and to put tax Cpon tho pcuples meal
70 OF acquiring tn,eIiecnae is simply psrsecuiio
bc | It ckn only be called tax b. courteay.
be "Rcspee:tnlly, &c, l. d. ix1Ensot1,'t y
be Mr.. 1ngri.oll might have added that We
"a stes's spelling books urc printed in larl
On quantities in London tor the American INA
a. ket. The book trndc In the United States
IL struggling against protected paper, irotcc
In ed cloth, projected leather, protected the:
S: and protected types. The ouly tLin:; wan
ri. Ing now to destroy it entirely, Is tLri:r c
books sufficiently hlgh to put them out
;he reach Of common people. SoMcthl,
might be done In The salne direction by pu
q ting an additional tariff On chemicals viii,
en- enter into the composition Of paper, SO rs
no induce some man to diversity his industry
30 by making bleaching powders. Having do
at all this, the FOOLS paladisc would not
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