The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-23
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ssNever mind the why's and Wherefores."
fittings are seldom what they SEEM"
/ desire to say few words in reply to
Mr.. Fox's article of Thursday which
should have answered before, but for my
absence from the city. As he virtually
admits the points that make in regard
to prices, it is not necessary for me 70 re-
state them, but shall let the numerous
isolated cases. speak for themselves.
Mr. Fox fails to meet squarely our
facts and figures, and evidently seems
anxious to divert the attention of the
public from the real issue in the contro-
versy-the comparative prices of the two
series. He is certainly driven to dire ne
nessity in argument when he is Obliged
to resort to the questionable proceeding
of garbling the details of private con.
YersatiOn, fact which / should not care
to notice were it not that some of his mis-
statements are calculated to place me in
an entirely false light before the public.
would not accuse Mr.. Fox Of willful
Misrepresentation, but he certainly
strangely misunderstood me when he
attributes to me the remarks purporting
to be mine in that conversation. I had
been aware for some time that a number
of country districts had been guaranteed
wholesale prices for school books, and
said nothing about reduced prices in the
country. l did say that l had learned
incidentally since the adoption Of Ap-
ptetOn's readers in hhGs city that he had
said he would make a guarantee of
wholesale prices for thfs place, a distinc-
ton that MIR. Fox is extremely anxious
people should overlook l alphabetically
deny that said it was to sour interest
to keep up prices" or that / chopped he
would meet us half way" On the con-
trary, the further purport of my CONVEX
satiOn was to the effect that the retail
dealer was the only party who had
any interest in anything above whole
sale rates, and if he had any desire
to make any such proposition we were
perfectly willing he should do it, but that
he might understand that any PROPOSE
tiOn he made for his books, should be
ready to cover. AS for myself, while l
frankly admit that am the agent for the
fntrOductEO1a OF Appleton's readers and
am so far directly interested therein, /
have not the pecuniary interest of dol
lar in future sales while Mr.. Fox, who
states he is neither directly or indirectly
interested in Barnes s. Co. books, also
says that his "sales in their books for the
month of April amount to $1,868 80"
His consistency stands out in as bold re-
lief as his cOnaSefentiOIsneSs which makes
MIN eager TO refuse a proposition that
was never made, because he had "guaran-
teed low prices to the people of Lyon
county," while it does not prevent him
from charging regular retail prices in
"fs0tGted cases" might point out many
other Inconsistencies and miscellaneous
OF fact on the part of Mr.. Fox in this
discussion. were it necessary to do so,
but shall leave them, believing that
they are fully illustrated by the old prov
erb, where the hedge is thin, men will
see through It,"
With this brief statement, leave the
question with candid public, to whom
both are known. So far as am person.
ally concerned / shall have no further
reference to it unless the prices and mer-
its of Appleton's readers are assailed.
when stand ready with facts for the
people. JOSEPH 81. HILL.