Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-10-02
IUKA. Mrss.. Sept. Is, 1890.

free advertising9 Have you ever re
ceived any column articles in the in,
terest OF the dear people condemnins
"Irusts?" We're the sender of thest
columns personally interested in th,
matter sent? If so, did they send +
check along with the request to publisf
the matter sent in the columns o.
your most valuable and widely cir.
culating paper" for the benefit Of the
farmer and laborer. and that you in.
vest amountof check in chewing gum
or in calico that Your angelic hall
might have a new dressp Now, | am
personally interested in matter to be
settled soon in this county, l mean to
have my say. Charge me your usual
rate per line, present the bill and I'll
cash it.
Text books is my subject. These
books are published by the American
Book Company l am running school
in Tishomingo county. l have selected
a set OF text books on almost every
SUBJECT from primer up, nearly
every text book in the free school SUP
Jects used in iuka Normal Institute is
published by the above named com
pany, and further 95 in every hundred
OF the books used in this county are
published by this company.
lst A change in these books in my
school would cost a merchant in Iuka
several hundred dollars. ! agreed
with this merchant that no hasty
Changes would be made. The familie,
OF the town are supplied with these
DOCKS. 1t will costmy patrons in Iuka
80 TO make an eXchange-that is,
Introduce new set of books. 1t will
cost Tishomingo county $1,000 to $4,000
to introduce new set of books. Now
can t afford change because have
an agreement with NJ. Hammeriy TO
make no hasty changes OF books. Iukas
can't afford to change textsra-e,.osas's.ss
because Of tao cost. Iisa.efniingo
can t afford to change oecause ~ neous
2OO(, q, 5000 ifsvesfsd III good school
h auses was..sn THAN 1t needs to aid in
one supposed Trust in the
Interest of any other supposed trust.
81. l am not fighting any book
from when | introduced the books now
in use in my school. thought them
better adapted to my wants at the time
Of introduction than any other exam
ined by mo or my teachers, %havc-
tested them in the class room and
have found no reason to regret tho
choice made. They were good text
books then, they are good books now.
Why changer Students educated hero
in these text books have stood the test
OF these annual examination mills to-.
years. Why change? They are as
good and 'slnodern' as the best at
least. Why changer One othe.. thought.
1t seems that 1t is all the companies in
the United States against the Amari-
can Book Company. 1t seems to be
with agents. o. companies, my books
first, if fail. then any other book
than one published by the American
Book CO. II one be trust then for
this contest at least all other compa-
MES are trust.
Justice is justice. 1t seems to me
the parties in their efforts have gone
a little too far. l have met the state
ment that 80 per cent OF the book in
terest in the country was controlled
by the American Book Company-that
the books OF the Company were fossils
not kept up with the advance in ed
ucational method. behind tho time?
III these statements are true then
American educators, including teach
ers in village and country schools,
Professors in our colleges and univer-
stiles, school boards and trustees, and
county and state superintendents are
either scoundrels or fools. Ii the
books published by the old companies
(now the American Book Coz were
not at least as good az the best, then
educators were bought up by these
companies. II they were bought, then
they were scoundrels. II the books OF
these firms were not as good as the
best and tho educators OF the United
States we're uot bought, then they were
set Of fools-fools in that they adop-
ted and used in the schools Of the
country inferior text books Which
horn OF the dilemma will you take
or will you conclude that both state
ments are untruep 1t is barely posi-
Bile some other statements are also
untrue.
Now to the patrons of the schools OF
the county. Are your children sup
piled with Robinson's Whites or Ray
arithmetics. Harveys or Holbroolrs
grammar, the Eclectic or Swinton's
geography's, McGuffey's Barnes OF
Swinton's readers. Swinton's United