The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-01
T. p. RYNDER's NOBLE WORK
HIS "FREE SCHOOL BOOK" PLAN RE.
CETvING ENDORSEMENT ALL OVER
THE STATE.

CEIvING ENDORSEMENT ALL OVER
THE STATE.
Under the caption of at. 2. Ryn.
der's Noble Work." the Danville |
Record prints extracts from number
of papers supporting the measure. AS
the Daily Ne,us and Republican were
the first papers to sustain Mr.. Rynder
in this work, and because we have
certain degree of pride in having
Centre county maintain its leading
position in all good things, we take
pleasure in condensing and quoting
portions of these articles. The abo.
lition of the poll tax was started by
Mr.. Rynder nine years ago, and will
become part of our constitution in
June. This free school book idea will
stop the corruption of school boards,
save two to five dollars a year to each
parent, advance both teachers and
pupils, and will be the law inside of
three years. Here are the extracts:
How long, think you, are we Penn.
sylvanians going to submit to the bare.
faced robbery perpetrated on us by
the School Book Trust thieves of this
State? Have we no spunk-no bit Of
manly courage left? If a poor devil of
tramp should, through the pangs of
hunger, turn highwayman and rob a
farmers market wagon, no punish.
ment is too severe or too swift for him
but the worse than tramp higbwayman,
the high toned manager of the School
Book Syndicate, is allowed to "hold
up" million people, and go through
their pockets each year, in the open
light of day. Farmer, what do you
think of it? Are you going to keep
right on paying 81, every two or three
months, for a 10,cent school book
which should last your children at
least year? Is an American who is
coward enough to submit to such rob.
berry worthy the name of freeman? p
COudersport Workman.
The Senate Committee on Education
have reported Senator Robbins school
bill negatively by vote of to 4.
The young and active member from
Westmoreland will attempt to get
through a motion in the Senate to
place it on the calendar. He has data
showing that the books that are sold
for 81 only cost 10 and II cents ready
for sale, and that the whole expense
for finishing and selling books as at
present conducted is a most iniquitous
measure. He has petitions and letters
OF encouragement from every county
in the State in favor of the bill. He
will also show that to equip three
children with school books after they
have removed from Beaver to West.
mOreland county costs S15 alone.
These statistics will enter largely into
his speech. In the meantime the
House Education Committee will take
charge of the measure on that side
and report it in few days. Greens,
burg Independent.
Free school books should be the
next improvement in our public school
system. This would lift the free
schools upon still higher platform of
freedom. Many poor child has been
debarred from obtaining a public
school education for the want Of the
requisite means to obtain it. The
more universal the diffusion Of eduea.
tion the better will be the standard of
our citizenship. Intelligence is the
mother of true devotion, while igno.
rance is the mother of vice and
wretchedness.- -PhHipsburg Journal
Curwensville (Pa.) ReUieV: Mr.. T..
P. Rynder, Of Centre county, candi.
date for Congress in this district last
fall, has been an untiring worker for
\ the adoption Of uniform system of
Neohool books and we are glad to say
that his work has not all been wasted.
Several bills are now before the legis,
lature to make school books uniform
throughout the state. and we hope that
ope Of them will be passed. OF course
the school book syndicates will oppose
any such bill as it would knock out
tho present exorbilsut price asked for