, 1877-02-24
SCHOOL-BOOKS.
The Minnesota r1an for FurntslitnE nooks
for tho Public SchoalA 1t Reasonable

Hffn1NentM tstht4 fop H.
nv @ ~. v.s,,. s $751;. -. ..'.a.,.s asoas"
los s"e 1"p''o schoels ~ fse"aonaole
ff'eea.
Sptcsa' eoTf:pondtnte V 7hs 7rsm'"f.
,erne pon an s WITCH vii 0lt 'a,.res es
sellers and buyers Of scl,ool.books fn other
a,.to. ~. eotno, .ra,t .1,sat sl,t ,.,t,,, ~.
H., -. s,,st stoo. avAnooH T., s, oa, ".e" IL
which Gov, pi1labury will approve, is the re-
suit Of Legislative movement Of three
vcnrs aoo. stnrtea hv 'scnntora 1jrna,,
a,,1 r,onra,,. sr,,n ,,.eo., .t,.. ~
tchool-book publishers t1sing) were charging tho
people of the United States mere than double
far nrccs for nil tho bools ,,,c,l in thu n,,hli,
~a,op,t s,,t H.. .n.. .s,.,. ~ o pa
sc1oo'ot A"o ."a+ tta au'out. ''lua unnecessarily
taxed upon tho poorest people of tho country
WAS annually not 1css ttan 81, Oh, 600. For once
tho Senators na.nod Ind advanced popular
}dca, T1e fricnds nj chcan .choo1,1,o ,xcro
man5' and neatls every member o! tho Legs"
latufe was willing to cot,cedc TINT It would be
profitable and proper for the State to make
war unon this scl,oo,-pook RING. B,t
a M nroposition for cstaGttshInc % Stats rrintisr-
nttlcc. which rrppositio,,. belnr fcnernily con.
,1rmnci. nrrv,ntrd nmv actinn Al fhot Tina m
tbs sclool.book oucstion. Last year. however.
Licnau md Donneiiy, o. tcalerss IN tthe move.
n,ittee. with authority to ctnnior Mt, cxpcrt In
ratMate Tia cnst ~ .sHootanot.a Tht cam, ~
,utttee selected Mr. d, Knmalcy, oti experienced
mastf,p!tatsTl s ef Fl, tha slty, sysiy way s9petsat,
mcnts f Of he cost % Of suppsng eacl, % il IooSau
IN llsc in thc State, c,nbraeilr 4 comptete scrfes
aeronnaneI ao @ % hy annarentiv eonrsive rs nrot,
rn r1'J far ~ f fSa W. w. %
selling prices. The Con,inittrc's report, ets1
bulying Mr. Ramaley's statements, intucnccl
Mission 10 furnish the 1natter of ihc books a,,.l
inr lcttinr t;o rnntrn,.t fnr ntf,tinr' h{niints.
antt iistr|7,utine. f.nt fi,o ria"tsslltcra % mi
agents sss. Of the look i,ug w workrd upon ,a tlo
Iin11sc mar thc rn.r ~ f ,cssion e'"' ~ '''
Ti,Is year lilo subject %ns nnnin ta,,cn I'm in
tho Seuaio and d 1,cw lii drawn. wI,frh. bsfnw
re- ffon, tIs minor oSjeetioas 9a!:ed to s tlss
y.os VII af a. tn sae a ts
tract Is to be- made fori,cc,, ycars. The iii Inv.
an aud ,,carablc partics tl.st tllcy would 30 fakU tbo
contract. Tho nriccs, 10 scholars. Of tho ita,Ss
to Ge furnished arc tlot to excecti ont-l.af tj,a
tralS rctuli priccs of thu huoks now iu USE.
thou.i, ti!c tooks furnished orS 10 be- a. eamnl
10 tl,c Gcst publishel' The cnntrastor ao
il Ia f,.rnIsE lin rnnv. snhcct ~ I'm onnrnvui
| IL a Colntnissfn Of tiircn rtfncniora The mat.
trr fnr thr hanks hayinr hcct, 1lrentc,j thr rnT,.
tractnr il ia mako M T,o,Y hn1lsI IN rssr,cc, ~
nauer pri,stnv and blnJinr' ~ iiase ~ ,,a,ncl ~ n
ilis eontract. 1ao Commission hayinr flnafty
butlon Viii be ~ folfows: @'' "s"'N " "'"S'''
TIu cioul.Dtstrict Clerks nre 10 forwari, IN
thu County Suncrtttcr,ionts cstln,ntcs Of ttc
humber Of eScll OF TIC series Of b1oks whiri
| wilt probahfY bo rcqt,;rcI ~ tt,oir scycrat
districts for ono ycar. Aftcr ali tho .iis'
trirt 0rxIcts arn III. tha f;,,.1nIv S,,ncrI.,.
fcndcnt. hay.ur rst royfssi f1,cn, r. IN fnrwor.j
thcm to tlIo Stn,u supcrite,,sict. wi,o vii rn',.
yry them tn lin ttr.trnctnr 1Ir lnttcr IL 10 tii1
the orders ior ti,e several districts. pacE thon,