The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-22

ltndisnap.is sentinel
State Supt Ia Toilette Il out IN
!" interview in The News explaining why
~ opposed 10 the srate publication
-rho"'-honks We ere quite certain /
a doesn't give The correct exclamation \,
. ne one he gives Is worthy of 4 little q
s-.fion.
~ n''- tir-f place he saws ..there Are
great many things 10 be taken into 90,
= -'dera'ion. And 50 there are. Tber
! are great many things 10 be- taken iuf,
iIconsiderafion which Supt. La Foile,,,
Ignores but which the people are con
l-fdefing yer, carefully. One "a ~.
under The present Arrangement Il seem.
impossible 20 get i st.,e sunerinsenden,
mi -eh'pls, aud almost itnpnssi,ie ~ %,
r''n"ly superintendent. townsI;,
Trustee "r school ufliciai Of any kind I.
'''..r s"osr fhaf ne j. servant ~ the
p"rri-. aud that his first duty il l.. them
s"i not - the school book trust. This
= r-tt'imiv very serious condition Of
an'ir-. sud we don't wonder that the
pe"p'e are concerned about IL.
Among the shi"gs thai Snps. L. Fol
le'te has taken into consideration are
Tor instance thar "a school-book can
not De complied - rs 10 be snccsss n
The start Experience he saws. .has
shown this 20 be irne alwavs.- Has
oupf. La Toilette examined the tex,l
books compiled and printed by the stare
81 Caiii"vnis. or read the last seport ofI
The superintendent ~ public instruc,ion
N that slate, We opine not. albeit ~.
declares that he ''hss made A carefn,l
.tuiy OF various sides 81 the oue.tion II
ihe California text books were compi,.d
py educators OF wide attainm.nfs apdl
argr experience. They are, we think
'quas both IN literary and m~chanicsIl
'x~cn'lon 70 sny OF the books furujshedI, |,
~ Van Antwerp. Bragg Il 20. to the
'cnooI children OF Indiana. The super-
nfeudent Of public instruction Of Cali. |,
ornis declares that they have given az
client Satisfaction. and that the, are
ufniSned the people q . very large re-.
'"c'ion from the prices charged underls
ne o'i system. so experience has not II
a"sss shown what Snpt- La FollelseIi
AVS IL has shown. Il
Another thing that he thinks shoulil'
e taken into CO. ieta'ion il that .aI,,
'ss- eau not compete, either in econom, !
gu 'rv 30 mrfrrisl. with the biz pri- :
ale publishing establishments which
've grown up Year after year ia exact !,
rcrrhtnee With the deserved needs OIL !
n-ine-s This may b. true. and pro.l
s"'s - BIT IL j. M argument against 4.
~ printing of textbooks by pr;v,,.l
rm- nnier contract wish The sfats. afterl,
&C and iuii cvmp.iifinn. UnJe.- suchI
arrangement The state w.ulS hsve .l,I',.
" advantages which Snpf. La FoILyrTrli \
aims Tor the publishing houses. anal
. - = precisely the arrangement propos-I
ID the bill which Supt La FoyLErTvl
~ sii the lobbyists for the schooI-book IG
ut are aptagonizing.
a hta i-iins 0vss Ills intervi.w savsl
'p'- IA TOILETTE ..ienonnces th.I
n-t, Duf We have been unable 10 dis :,
Yer single word against the trust n. ~
2 ooiv of the article. In fsct. there islsh
reference 10 u no recognition ar ;tsI
'-teuc" tist We can delecs. Mr.. N. ~
'LLErTE 4 good enough 70 admir-. how ~
er' 'hs' the!e y ''pIenty Of room forlas
'p'vsrmrnt ~ The present system lof
y ss'i-iirf that children in msn, l,o
.'fnc~s ue conse':ed 10 paw vary Iar. Nv
ices for books" aud he declares thatl,,
y WHOLESALE dealers make esormou. Tn.
cfts- To remedy All this he propos-
mat the state purchase text books ofI,hi
phshing houses that IL to saw Of H. 10,
~ N thai = - -ss. agsin. Of Van Ant
~. Bragg 4 Gu and furnish then,l,f
e TO Az pi'- This might reducelco,
cost oi school books 10 the peopl-lhis
new ns', int u would greatly incresselca
profits % the trust. BY reducing ,heIn 3
lenses Of carr ing on its busines. IN
me representatives. Of the trust tha lnar
on the ground are, sinQuIarIy enouv N lief
tvor of this verv scheme. and IL peo. ~.
irsw their own infsrences we cannotlplie
that snv one j. % blsm. nut sum- LAM
toLLtrTE himself, .otwiihstandinyli II !
desire not 70 do ANYTHING which ss h
Le Thought out OF harmony with Inst,
official position arm,