The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-20

! Shut tho Trust Books Out.
The Jasper Courier, commenting upon
the recent decision Of Z local jut ~
Against the school book Law. and sho
methods BY which Il wss obtained. sa,s
"Undcr any circumstances. the unfair
and despisablc couree of The echo0l book
trust, In trying By uiiderhanded means
70 prevent the children OF Indiana OBJ
tanning school hooks at REASONABLE prices.
and compel them 10 pay Its frms three
and f0ur times the value Of the hccks.
should re-act upon each ot shc iirsn- be-
longing 20 the trust. In such 4 way ~ 10
prevent either Of them ever Obtaining
another contract from sny sch00l cor.
'p0ratiOu ID the eiste. and Il will if 81
the school trustees are honest. and above
being bribcd- Any trustee purchasing
from . member Of tie trust hereafter
will justly rest under suspicion OF TAX
ling bribe."
The Courier's snRfealion is an rxesl-
lent one. The school-book trust. b, IL.
'disreputablc and scaudaIous method,.
| has forfeited any right 70 considcr-.,ion
~ tho hands Of the people or Indiana.
For many years Il pIundered our penple.
realizing. according TO Gov. Hovey; frou
30 10 900 per cent on ia publication
Finally the people determined 20 sub
nit no longer 10 this extortior. They
made law. the purpose or which was
20 destroy the system Of robbery and
jobbcry built up by the trust, and secure
good school-b0oks At reasonable prices
Under this law pr0posaIs were iavi!e..
from the whole world for suppIyire
text-books for the public schools. Tbs
trust hrms had IN opportunity tc t.i.
They refused 70 do 90. They souxhi. ~
threats and bribery, 70 prevent Others
from bidding. BY these tactics fhc,
succee1cd III keeping al foreign houses
out of the competition, aud IL huu,n
company hal mt been organized ~. lhc
purpose, ~ buds would have '.eu fe-
rciycd and mn contract awarded. Tsc
trust tried hard ip iudurc tllr s'ate h0AsL
mot Ia awarsi cont rsrt "A ftar tho con-
tract had bcru made. the trust .m2tu, Va
levcry cxpe,lient that greed and los. x
lprarficr In rogucrv cnnii suyxcss. Il.
ipfeveni II from being carried ous. Tic
Trust corrupted ever srhno! official l.,
the state that was corruptibie, and pus
-'chascd every newspaper In the tate III. (
WAS pisrrisssbie II even y cnf % s.rs~
lfD attempt 10 bribe pfln,rrs .nd b.u.lcf.
Iwho had engaged To supply hooks to Tho
-Icontraciurs. 10 ahandnn the work 4:
lcndcavorrd in every possible way 60 e,il-
ibarrass tho contractors. II Oiled it, hired
Newspaper organs with astsck@ upor
them. ripon their hooks, upon the Iax
land upon the state board Of cslucatitn.
u loaded the msils With scnrrllnns and
,libelons publications for none Of which
III dared 70 assume the responsibility. Ii
Ii:rumpcd up false charges against The
books. which I'D 10 IN investigation h.
completely vindicatcd the conirn..of.
Bsilled 81 every point. having exhausted
All lie resources Of bribery. intin,id af;on
lfalschood, slander and trickcry 0f every
kind. the trust began 70 juggIe with ib<
lconrts- II u now playing il lass card.
The combination which has thus AZ.
tempted 70 sandbsg the people Of lodi.
ana should be shown NO mercy. The
: firms composing is-and chiefly Wan
Antwerp, Bragg & Co.-arc now selling
! lin Indiana vast numbers 0f school books
which ore not covered by the asafc con.
tract nor embraced IN the Law. Nol
another school book bearing their i'm
lprint should ever BE- used in indiana Ii 4
Substitute q all acceptable csn b. (Oun 4
Honest school officials all over the STATE
y -mcn who believe in ol,eying the Isr
! land protecting the people against Insult
. land robbery should take The trosI
J hooks out OF their schools q the fIrsl a.
Iportunity and keep them out The ocio-
Ipus should be shut completely out Of thc
state. Indianapolis sentinel.