The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-07-26


{ (Va.) Alliance, President S. B. |
McElroy whites 1--WE Learn I
with alarm that a book trust has
been formed, and we regard this
as the most hurtful thrust at our
literature, If not at our liberties,
for we look upon all such COM
binations of millions of dollars IS
a move toward the Capitalization !
Of our government"
A woman, Supervisor In Maine,
writes to the Boston "Adyer-
tiser," thus :-"Al! the books SO
far that have been sent to me for
inspection belong to the Ameri-
can Book Co.; | do not propose
to purchase any books of them,
if l can possibly avoid it. | do
not believe in trusts, and this Is
the meanest one yet. Then agent
called to see me last week and
tried his eorrupting influence on
me; but | told him perhaps he
might find men that he could buy
to introduce his books but | did
not believe he would find any
women 10 the State OF Name that
could be bought. What the pa
pers say about their way of doing
things is true, as can testify:
and they ought to be exposed no!
only Ivy the press but by the in
dlvidual school officers whom
they are tying to buy up"
The estate" says:-"The State
is opposed to the one-book list; 1t
is opposed to the Safe Board of
Education arranging the schedule
SO that the great hook trust--a
monopoly representing $5O,000,-
CO0--and sometimes known as
the "Blg Four"-shall have the
furnishing of all the books or even
a majority of them, to the exclu-
sion of competition from good
houses of that trust. There is
one thing certain, Il one book se-
RES in favor of the Trust would
give our Southern authors (Sto-
vens, Holmes, Chalmers, Marry,
Venable very little show. The
| public is now thoroughly aroused.
It expects the Board TO steer
clear OF the school-book mo-
nopoly.''
A Special Press Dispatch says:
81. II. Leach, of Vancouver,
member of the Board of Educa-
tion of the State of Washington,
made the startling announcement
to the Board this afternoon, June
10th, that he had been offered
So, 900 as a bIIbc to bring about
the reconsideration of the text
book adoption, and he LAID before
the Board check for the money,
drawn IN his favor by C.E. Eames
on the First National Bank of
Portland, Oregon. Last Thurs
day, the Board adopted text
books for the State. The Amer
lcan Book Company, representing
the Book Trust, received but
about % per cent of the books,
the remainder going TO outside
houses. Two members of the
Board, State superintendent Bry-
an and g. A. Tiffany of Sprague,
voted for all the Trust books.
These two members the Trust
agents now here felt sure of.
They wanted anonther and select
ed Leach. He was to appear be-
fore the Board and move recon
sideration of its action of last
Thursday, so far as readers and
arithmetics were concerned, Then
he was to get $4,000 and was
promised the Supel intendency OF
: the Seattle schools, the Trust men
claiming that they controlled
three men of the board. Leach
made a motion to reconsider yes
terday and 1t was adopted, anC
the matter was left open. HI
received check foi the money
and exposed the plot to- day. The
, Board promptly passed a resola-
uon condemning the Amerlcat
! Book Company and its agents. u
e. Eames Is the deputy manager
of a detective agency In Portland
Oregon, who was secured by tbs
! Book Trust agents to do the brib
, cry. The reconsideration and th'
, adoption of the Trust arithmetic
and leaders would haye given thu
Trust 80 per cent of the books il
this State. involving thousands o.
+ dollars.
Memphis "Commercial' of Ju-
, ly lhe Sth says:-"The Bool
Trust will be up for consldera-
ton before the Educational Con
/ yention which meets at 81 Pau
! to-day. 1t will be brought bcfor
Z that body on charge OF brlber,
and corruption to oe preferred ,.
i no less a person than Prof. Harris