Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-01-01
The School-Book Question.


pathetic causes, that there is one sta
pie which has undergone, and is still !
undergoing Il reduction in price. We |
refer to school books. There is per-
maps no article which has been the |
subject OF so much discussion through
out the farming communities as that of !
the schooibook. There has been
much complaint about high prices, and
these prices have generally been
charged to the publishers. but not
rlghtfully, for investigation proves
that the publishers prices are reason
able. The trouble is tlaceabe to those
retailers who charge outras eous prices
to make large profits. and to the peo-
pie who do not avail themselves of the
cheapest market.
The contract system inaugurated by
the American Book Company. of Chi
cago. the largest single book publish
ing concern in the country. and whose
books are used throughout the length
and breadth OF the land. has resulted
In wide awake school district boards
and close buyers of books purchasing
direct from the company at contract
prices. These contract prices are
twenty per cent lower than the former
wholesale prices.
The question has often been asked.
Who are some of the school book
publishers. outside OF the American
Book Company?" There are to-day
over fifty reputable school-book pub
fishers competing for the business of
the country. We name n few: Cow
perthwaite Il Co., Philadelphia; CHM a.
Co.. Boston; ID. c. Heath L. Co.. Bos-
ton; Henry Holt a. Co.. New York;
Leach, Shewell L. Sanborn. Boston; j.
b. Lippincott L. Co.. Philadelphia;
Bingham, Maynard & Co, New York;
Charles ScriDner's Sons, New York;
Porter Il Coates. Philadelphia; Sheldon
Il Co.. New York; George Sherwood
u Co., Chicago; fainter Bros. e. Co..
New York. Many others might be
added to this list.
The American Book Company has
led off in cutting the prices of school
| books where contracts are made with
school boards. We find upon referring
TO their price list that they also offer
to send their books to any man, woman
or child in the United States, postage
or express prepaid upon receipt of the
list price, thus placing in the hands of
the consumer. even in the remotest
and smallest village in the country, an
effective safeguard against extrava-
giant charges. We believe that print
ers' ink is too plenty, and good authors
are ever too ready to work. to allow a
monopoly in the school-boo1 trade.
AS school boards have the power en-
tirely in their own hands. there is no
doubt they can secure books at greatly
reduced prices by contracting direct
with publishers for term of years.
Let school officers take advantage OF
the new contract plan and put the best
books in the hands OF the consumers at
the lowest price possible.
The survival Of the fttest is the doctrine
that always wins in dog fight
| THE SPIRIT OF The TINES, of New York,
| says:-"An extraordinary advance in the use
OF cocoa seems to have taken place OF late
years in England. In the House of Com
mons this last session the Right Hon. q. j.
| Cos, hen, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer
called attention to it as cause for much o
the falling off Of the use Of coffee. HI
attributed it in a measure to the position
preparation Of cocoa known us Grateful ant
Conforting' had taken. In accord with thi
suggestion it may be interesting to follow
the course cocoa has taken in ngland sine
>,2, when the duty which had been stand
ing at I'd. per h., with an importation o
unier half II illion pounds, was reduced t.
ID per To-, and not long alter we find tn
homoeopalh doctrine Of medicine intro
duced into the kingdom, and that the use o
cocoa was specially advocated by ply iciau
adopt ing thdt mode Of practice. Soon afte
We find the first homeopathic chemist
established in England 1.-THE firm OF jaime
Epps L. Coz produced special preparation
which only needed boil ing water or milk L
be at once ready for the table, and the super
ior character of this production has II
toubt, done mut h, rs the Chancellor OF tn
Fxchequer said, to bring about (backed rs
YVES BY further reduction OF the duty to Id
per lb.) the advance ma e."
1t is hard to make cheating grocer &c
the error of his weighs.
SWEDISH ASTHMA CUnE never fails. Sen