The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-13
STATEMENT OF THE GOPaYs SALES OF SCHOOL DOCKS III VRGR
m Prove m Hos Never sold More Ih $4,000 Worth VIRGINIA RAe lm One u
1898 HE Sd@ Were $4,000 Md 1894 They Reached S59OU EInNG}
lfu HE thR Gs SuNl Books in virginia is Na Over 100000
q VERY CODlPLETE RND FULL DENIaL OF THE CHGRGES

| of other publishers, and attacks tho
character OF Nirginians. To add to
the Infnmy of such method, it las
the cowardico md hypocrisy to
mask itself for these attacks, under
the cloak of political reform, in the
columns of ~ public Journal. Mr.
Small, of the Norfolk Pilot, states
cdltorially that he did not dictate or
| write n single word or line of the
| article; and 1t Is known by us just
where 1t WAS written and prepared,
| nhu tie agencies and processes by
| which rs publication was secured.
| we have Ia our possession letters
written by the senior member of IA
| publishing iirm threatening to do
| precisely what has been done in
| Virginia.
TIE PILOT newspapers RESPONSE.
BlLlY.
But the Norfolk Pilot having
adopted the role provided for it, has
brnzenly assumed all the responsi
bllity, and has serviely converted
It's columns into common sewer,
] through which all the filth of these
falsehoods is daily discharged.
1t would thus appear, from its
course. that it had established u
Joint interest i'll the school book bus
mess. This ls confirmed by the
Pilots editorial OF January e. 1893,
as follows:
- Tho books wonli lave been q angel,
as III me other States book Tor b, o.
| WltHout tile eI cnic OF Ii nickel ON the
part ot tile people. We arr prepared to
SHOW the truth o. this statement"
Who Is yonr sileut partner, MIR.
Pllot? Who Is this business philnn
throplst and what States have been
the scenes OF his beuevoleuce? Aud,
by tho way, what are the very.duv
prices oil his books by which he eX
poets to tax the people to make up
Tor his gift enterprise" and add n
profit TO himself besides?
THE ONE SIMPLE FACT OF TIE sIrr
ALTON.
Let it bo remembered TINT tina
American Book Company, little
more than four years ago, pur
chased from tho leading firms OF
Harper X brothers. ID. Appleton 4
Company, a. 5. Barnes ~ Company.
lvisoh, Blnkeman ~ Company and
Van Antwerp, Bragg y COMPANY
all Their standard school books. tn,
best fruita which all these houses.
with unlimited skill and resources
had been able To produce IN this
line the equalization OF the best
educational thought OF two genera.
tons and has been manufacturers
these books and supplying them 10
lno public by the same means
and agencies through which they
were provided and furnished by
their predecessors; that iustcnd
OF having Increased prices, they
have decreased them; that they have
removed nil mailing charges, and
established many repositories max
lnS their books easily obtninable at
iifst cost at every postoilice aud
crossroads store throughout the
country. ln the light OF all these
iudisputab!e incts, tho charges made
against tue American Book Compn
ny of wlckednesS nui eXtortlon Of
every conceivable kind nso nothinl.
less than the Insane rawlings OF n
mailman.
AS 70 !, TRUST AND MuNOPoLy.
'ho ioi!o"iuB tEc quoted us gems
from the Norfolk Pilot:
"a trust may DO defined as an I'M
Just anu illegal organization elected
Tor the purpose of crushing out com
petition aud of cXncilng from ems
toners, III tho absence OF compn,i.
ton, eXorbltant and unuonscjonnble
prices"
"Ono of the grentest and most
corrupt monopolles over known in
tins country"
"Gorgon headed vampire OF all
the trusts, that has fastonod its bcak
Ill the very bosom of Virginia"
"toul cormorant OF CORPORA
ton"
"Rapac'ty of a greedy and extor.
tionato monopoly"
Gigantic monopoly and mon
stcr."
"Frontless, brazen and cynical
imnndanee