The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-15
nenooL .nook MONOPOLY.

ANHHANffNNN'NNHNNNfiN
Tho liepeait0ry ln lNlerrlng TO cheap
school books laht evening, intlmHlta
that tho text book law recently passed
by the Indiana Legislature, 10 proving
Il failure, ana gOtn un 10 say tnHt The
law ~ HlnllHr W the Oue That WaB pro-
posed Tor ONO, ltinuimatea tho "MOn'
not Bill." Mo ADVISE lhe editor OF The
hep, 10 read tho lndlana law. There IN
aa much difference between tho "MOn'
not Blll' as there ~ between daylight
aud darkness Iht lndlana law 10 sub
Btantiallya copy 0t PUorman'8 orlgl'
nal bill before " was amended by MIR,
MOnnOt, and ihs very bill that tho look
combination favored Aud If the edit
or OF the Rep, VIII take the time aud
trouble 10 consult llB own llles, ~ VIII
lind tnat II champlIntd that very bill,
Gov. llOyey Ot Indiana sent u copy Of
tho bill which was Ilen pending IN the
Indiana Leglblature 10 MonnOt aud
asked him Tor his opinion ON the Hame,
aud here ~ Mr. MOnnOts reply; "lhe
bill 10 directly In tho interest of tho
School Book Trust, ANA II ~ passes "
VIII prove u failure ila " has already
proven IN the state OF Delaware"
Tho Rep, then QuOteB the Akron Bea'
con. Why, the Beacon ~ One OF the
lrst papers In ONO 10 oppose any leg
iBlatlOn that ~ OPPOSED ny lilo BOOK
combination. The ONO Educational
Monthly ana NatllNd Teacher, u paper
that gets ila backing from Van Aut-
wurp, Bragg y " aud D.Applet0n n
90, 10 printed by lub Beacon PuDllBh'
ing Co. 80 the bvNc0n rs lhtefesLtd ln
tho defeat OF uiury measure that
10 opposed by tht school book ring
The Rep. refers ITO competition N
school books, Nhl does " not name
where aud who all competing Ia the
balu of bUukBY lh.lt Is no StOh MiR0
as competition IN th6 safe NJ SohO0i
books. iho trade Is controlled by a
LluBt, ana wherever one lrm dlspaces
tho books OF another llrm the lng0ing
publisher must compensate the OulgO'
iug, ~ Uhb rate Ot ca pur school house
per year for the period OF thlee years.
10 illustrate; Slppoae that all the
books now in use ia the schools In ono,
which 10 Van AuEwerp, Bragg " Co. 3
territory, according 10 tne trust agree
m0nt, would be displaced by some
other publisher multiply the l3OOO
school nOurs IN tho state by the rate OF
compensation aud you have the en0r.
nous sum OF Sl,l7000O 10 be paid 10
Van Antwerp, Bragg n Co, by the pub
Usher who dlBplaces Them Tor the PRIV
ilege Of selling their own books In
OHIO.
VIII the Rep tell Us readers where
the competition II speaks OF comes IN
But TO boil down the Reps editorial, IL
eau be found IN the report OF the JOINT
committee OF the House and Senate ap.
pointed 10 investigate trusts and com.
Dinati0ns, the committee consisted Of
four Republicans and one Democrat
who went " Cincinnati In January 80,
aud issued warrant for q. ). Bragg,
OF Van Antwerp, Bragg, ~ Co, VINO
under OATH admitted that they had ar.
tiCles published III the newspapers
against legislation that was not 10 their
interest, aud that they paid for them,
aud they considered II 10 tneir interest
TO nave them published, aud we refer
the Repository TO page 20 of that re-
port Furthermore, the Repository
published some Of the matter "at the
rate Of twenty-five cents per line, and
any similar communications ~ the
same rate"