The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

Some or Its Scandaious OOings IN
Times Gone BY.

Some or Its ScandalOus OOings IN
Times Gone BY.
On Nay 10. lsss, the Chicago Tribune
printed a special telegram from Bali
snore from which the following extracts
are taksn:
There wss held in Philadelphis, Sat-
urdsy. April p, trial BY jury which,
though not appointed By any legal In
slisution OF the state or nation, Will
render decision Of interest 70 every
taxpayer in every state, city and county
in the United States. The jury u com
posed Of number OF members o. what
s. known among those who compose y
- 1.-The Publishers Bard Of Trade.
There are few people who know 81 'hr
exi>fence 81 such M org snKtfion. while
the "Ariicirs Of assssc'a'ion' winch gov.
ern tho schnol hook trust were guarded
with je.lou. care. Sni even The agents o.
the association and it, mrmbers canno'
secure tue possession VI one of thes'
preciou documents.
some tune ago the agent Of Messrs.
Ivison. Brakeman. Taylor & Co., the
large schooi-book publishers. Of New
York. eng ineered the Textbooks Of Van
Antwerp. Bragg Il Cn.. another large
publishing house Of Cincinnati, out OIL
thirteen counties Of Georgia s0d sup
piied in their stesf he sexi-books OF HI
frm. Both houses are prominent mem
bxrs OF the syndicate. This was done nj
direct violation of the articles Of sssocis-
lion, and the Injured firm waited Tor ~
opportunity TO rctsliate. This occur
red several weeks ago when X was learn
ed that the school board Of Baltimore
county. Msrylsnd. hsJ decided 70 adopt
Whites arithmetic. publication Of Van
Antwerp. Bragg 4 CO.. and drop thr
two they hal been using. one Of which
vas the work Of Prof. Robinson. and
was published By lvison, Brakeman. Tsy-
lor & Co., the other being the pubiica-
ton Of q non-syndicasc firm. In this|
case . syndicate house wAs interested,
and according TO the law Of the trust
ought 10 have obtained the permission
or the latter 10 aupplant their books aud
pav 10 Ivison. Brakeman, Taylor y Co \
an amount equal 20 that which the sch0oi
authorities II Baltimore county have
appropriated for the purchase Of arith-
melics during the current year. la the
present case this sum amounted 70 So
100. For this OUTLAY they would rei'n-
burse themselves ct the county . expense.
SmsrtinR under the blow they had re-
ceived from Ivison, Brakeman. Taylor
& Co. Ia Georgia. they regarded this -
; good opportunity for revenge, and 80,
without consulting the rival concern,
ahev signod the contract 10 supply the
Baltimore county schools with White's|
nritametics q reasonable price. When
Ivisou. Brakeman, TAYLOR y Co. heard
Of the transaction they immediately
brought Il 10 the attention Of the syndi-
cate. The result was charge and >
counter-charge, Z reference TO the arbi-
sraiion committee. and an appointment
by the latter Of jury Of disinterestedl
members to try the case It Philstelphisl
n the date above mentioned. They have
: given time to render their decision !
The other firms ere awaiting the verdict
With great interest.
Al onerous rule Of the trust makes it,
burden still heavier on the taxpayer.
According to this rule the system Of ex-
change which has hitherto been 10 vogue
has been stringensly abolished.
Previous TO 1874. when the school %.
thorities saw 1T to introduce better
Textbook into their schools, On arrange
ment was effected With the publishers
by which the old textbooks were taken
81 exchange at certain price. BY this
means the cha ge Was effected readil
without disturbance to the regular work
ing OF the various school systems and q
: comparatively small cost The better
textbook went in and the poorer one
went out This has been broken up BY
the trust.
The methods Of the syndiczte's work
Ing hes recently been experienced 10 the
Baltimore city school board. IL Was de-
cided. upon the accommodation Of COM
peteut critics, to add TO the readers 10
use IN the public schools OF this city the
Butler series or readers. they being con-
adhered an excellent edition. Tho mat
Ter was as usual referred to IT. proper
committee, and q the last meeting OF
the board 10 April the COMMITTEES simply
reported that they did not deem II expe-
dent to add the Butler series to the list.
This vac I'll there appeared on the sur
face, but 4 big fight had taken place
which was known only 70 . few.
During the interim the agent in Thu
city for the reader now in uso-a syndi'
cate book - notified the headquarters Of
the syndicate Of the contemplated change
and the result was the prompt dispatch
20 this scene Of Ar. Tucker. the secretar,
and authorized travelling arbitrator o
the syndicate. Mr.. Tucker was presen
q the meeting Of the school board, and
BY virtue Of bis authority forbade tn
agent OF the Dntler reader 10 make On!
proposition whatever that might lea
the board 70 adopt HE readers. Cpo'
the success Of the scheme the member
OF the schoolboard enjoyed "set out,
their unknown host being the "PubIish
ers' Board Of Trade"
Another illustration Of the working q
the trust occurred In Baltimore count
IN 1873, when the school authorisis
were compelled to sell the old geogr'
phiss for waste paper and pay $500 4
ihe privilege Of buying better ones.