The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-04-18
WHOLE NO. 81


as in days of yore, but now
near, Jed; and this sounds like
the last wall, of the dying. Gods !
how hard they do die!
1t was by the action of Just such
lovers OF the dear people, Tor rather
the peoples money! that this school
district, in which reside, was robbed
OF at least twenty-five dollars during
the last term of school. The district
made two reports to the superintend-
ent for books and waited three months
to receive the Merrill books, and at
last had to buy of the Ring,-not at
reduced rates, but at the same old
rates that they had esfabiished before
the book aw passed one gear ogo!i .
Ii mistake not this same Tukey Il
one OF the relievers of grasshopper-
sufferers during the last term Of our
legislature, ana now desires to re-
heve the district of all the money nos
sible: 1 scarcely believe any one win
be deceived by this trick as it il an
parent on its face.
10 on, Donnelly, in the good work
you have begun. You are meeting
the abuse Of all the Ring men in the
county, but the APPRECIATION of all Ia
oorlng menin the state. I have often
thought would like to write YOU hnt
as you know more of the working Of
this ring than do it would be useiess-
Keep sending that ANrI.MoNopoLIsr.
u Is doing lots of good as often loan
1t; and people get their eyes opened
"neh they come to the light.
Your Friend,
r. L. MASON.
Here follows the card referred to:
MANKATO, March Goth, 1873.
DEER SIR:-The last Legislature
amended the Book Law so that school
districts can now keep their books in
use for the next two years. Mnd the
Attorney General of Minnesota. has
just decided that after two wears the
school money cannot be withheld if
ulsIrlctS 40 not order the Merrill
DOCKS. That is, if districts choose to
buy books where they please and do
not order them of Merrill, no money
can be withheld from the schools.
50 that now the whole question is.
practically. left open to competition.
ana the publishers of Monroe's read.
ers, Warren's Biographies, Hagar's
arltnmetics. and Green's grammars.
propose to give even better terma
than ever before on those books.
Five hundred school districts IN
Minnesota have been buying books di-
rect OF the publishers for over two
years, and one Thousand for over two
year. To these one thousand dis
trlcts and to all others that desire
good books. we make the following
proposition, for one, FIVE, ten or af-
teen years, rs schools may desire:
MerrilPs thirteen books will coat
you, after S per cent. for freight and
ten per cent. for commission ia added
$5.37. The thirteen correspondin0
books OF the Monroe series Of school
books, freight prepaid to any railroad
statlon IN Minnesota, will cost you
only $5.l4. And we further agree to
furnish you first supply Of our thir.
teen books. in exchange for old books
IN use, for 1915, and pay all freight
charges. We also propose to keen
our books on sale at the bookstores in
your county at 10 per cent, advance
on above rates. Many Of your schools
are now using our books and YOU will
not have to throw away any books
that you have bought. Send orders
to COwperthwaith 4 Co.'S Minnesota
Headquarters.
A. +. TUKEY, Agent,
Mankato Minnesota.
+. Slater we learn that Mr.. Mer.
riIl is trying every effort to bulldoze
clerks into ordering books. This IN
his only hope, for If he once gets tho
order from your district, It will give
Dim claim on your school money.
and Donnelly says, '.the school fund
Is what we want.P
In other words, II the school dis
trict clerks can be induced to violate
the law, and thereby render them
selves liable to prosecution, they can
get . smaller sized. inferior set Of
books for q cents less than Mr.. Mer
rill's prices. until Mr.. Merrill il
crushed and his contract brought to
nought, and then Mr.. Tukey win mt
up his prices to the old figures.
The Attorney General has made NO
such decision as that referred to; and
the law Is to b enforced for two
years; and the clerk who fails to or.
der the Merrill books and orders Tn.
keys or any other mans, commits !
misdemeanor under Che law. The law
OF last winter meant that the Merrill
books were to have fair trial for two
years, and then, il the people didn't
like them. they could get clear OF
them. Tukey's impudence, In issu-
ing such . lying circular, IL simply
sublime. His cheek would never
turn mules hind lsg.