The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-10-09
The Kinchin Lay

To the Editor Of the Standard:
! notice in your daily an article doing
me great injustice. 1t is in regard to a
charge made by the Herald in 1870, that
| attempted to swindle the school children
| out of ten to twenty five cents each on the
exchange of grammars in the school. At
| the time this charge was made l made a
reply through the STANDARD because /
was not permitted to reply through the
Herald, satisfying you, as | thought. and
all other honest men, that the charge was
false and without any foundation. In
the article referred to you intimate that
this charge will be proven to be true,
when you publish the articles read from
the Herald by Mr. Jones' / wish now to
state the facts upon which this charge
was based, and allow the public to judge
if acted dishonest or dishonorable in
the premises. Mr.. Irwin, Agent for Hin
kle a. Co, book publishers at Cincinnati,
made arrangements with the Board of
education to exchange Harvey's Gram
mars, for the Grammars used in the school.
L
sent to the publishers and made an ex
change of all the books | had on hand
! together with all the books of the same
kind used in the school, The publishers
directed me to take UP all of Green S
Grammars, used in the school, at an even
exchange where the books were not
soiled so as to make them of no account.
Upon the soiled books they directed me
to use my judgment and make a fair and
equitable exchange of what l thought was
right. 1 received the books and COM
menced making the exchange upon those
conditions, when Mr.. Brown, one of the
Board, informed me that the Agent had
agreed that all the books soiled or not
soiled should be exchanged book for
book. | was not present when this ar
rangement was made with the Agent and
knew nothing about it until Mr.. Brown
spoke of it, | Immediately wrote to the
publishers stating what their Agent had
agreed to. They informed me that they
did not make exchanges in that way, but
if their Agent had agreed to it, to pro-
ceed and make the exchange, and | i'm
mediately made the exchange according
to the agreement. Mr.. Brown or Mr..
French will not contradict the above
statement. The following letter written
to Mr.. French and published in the
Herald, April s, 1870 upon which the
Herald relied to prove the attempted
swindle is sufficient evidence to convince
any reasonable man that my statement
is correct:
DAYTON, OHIO, March 3, 1870.
"lfr. L. " French, jackson, Ohio:
DEAR SIR:-Some time since, ordered
Harvey's Grammars shipped to DR.. Mon
ahan, member OF your Board. The DR.
about the same time, had some CORES
pondence with the publishers. The pub
fishers do not furnish books at even ex-
change to parties or to schools unless
personally acquainted with all the cir
cumstancts; but allow their agents to
make such changes as they may think
best Now, from some things that came
incidentally TO me, l see that some mis-
understanding as to how the books are to
be introduced, may do both injustice to
me, the Dr. and the school. Will you
please see the Dr.. and have the matter
properly attended to?
THE books are to be furnished in cvea
exchange to all pupils that have an old
Please write me, and much oblige.
Yours 81. B. IRWIN"
For you to hold out to the public that
I attempted to swindle the school chill
dren and that | am cheat and a liar be-
cause the editor of the Herald said so in
1870 is strange indeed when it is known
how much credit you would give to any
assertion made in regard to yourself or
anybody else by the aforesaid editor.
/ think it is plain enough for all who
wish to that this personal attack is to
divert the attention of the people from
the stupendous briberys, frauds, and
swindles, perpetrated by the party in
power l. T. MoNAHAN.