Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-07
snc.al 10 he Reg ser.

Charleston. W. Va, september -
Since the new school b5o1 law went into
e1ec. and The people are begiening to
see how .t works. there IS & neral COM
plant from these who nave children 20
educae. Ii is generally admitted that
il is about the worst piece OF legislation
ever put upon our statue books, and
shs l1je Republican legislature which
imposed ,h.s monsJr0s.ty upon the peo-
PIE is being severely criticised and con-
demued. tins school patrons are beg.a-
ming To- realize the difficulty Of putting
The 1eg law into .fec- They are be-
ginning 70
SEE THE INJUSTICE
Of having 10 be taxed TO buy the books
by the school Board and then after
wards compelled to purchase the books
from the depository TO place in Jhe
hands OF The children before they can
send them To school. thus paying Tor the
books -w.ce-hrsJ 20 the sheriff by taxa
ton and then 10 the depository fer me
books. A representative of the Regis
Ter, in conversation with an Intelligent
taxpayer yesterday. got his views upoh
she subject. In answer 10 the argu-
men, JhaJ had been advanced jaat Jae
money paid TO lhe depository this year
would bee turned over 10 the sl-r.I 10
be- placed 10 the credit of the school DIS
tr.c- to- De used in buyns cooks next
year thus obyialng another levy for
books, JliS gentleman said:
But l have Dough, enc books for my
children already this var. l have paid
my taxes and have also paid the iep0s.-
tory Tor my books These books wlll
last my children as !C2g as they attend
school. l can
NEVER GET THE BENEFIT
OF a future levy. becauss 1 viii not need
tle books for my children. 20 il will
b. with every one who bays lh5 hooks
ihis year. Is his right? rs il just?
How can I endOrs party whose repre-
Seu-aLVes fCisJ such burden Of IN
creased taxation upon ne? The idea
Of cheaper text books under the pro-
visions Of The new school book law ls a
d3.us.cl. The prices named in the act
for these books DO not cover all Of the
COS. by a considerable amount. There
is the depo-iory's commission Of y
per cent. that is 20 be pad, nor by the
publ hers of tie books, bu, by The tax
payers. and there IS the sher:h's COM
nilsson or per cent. for handling the
on 2 q 10
payers. Think of It'll De.- cent. ad-
diiOu3i money 10 be paid by the tax
ridden people on their books; not It
cents on the 500. but II cents on the 81.
For example The g neral history, which
Is Quo.sd il the law al $110, actually
costs o. fraction over SIPS, while the
one supplan,ed by tbs new one cost the
school patron only 81. and he did not
have 10 pay for 10 twice. either.
Morris lisdll. The cost OF these books.
for the COS, 10 the State for printing
and sending out the various blanks
necessary 20 carry tl.s law into effect
Is IMMENSE.
Under the provisions OF this law the
books have 20 be ordered direct from
she publishers 10y the repositories and
as the contracts are with 50 many diff
ferent publishers IL necessiJates the
making of the orders so small that the
charges on them amount 10 more than
the commissions on the sales There
fore. Boards OF Education in some OF
The counties are finding it impossible TO
get persons 10 act as repositories.
The law" he said, works another
disadvantage in this particular 10 the
farmer. Wh=n the farmer takes his fall
produce to the county seat or some other
good market. be could there buy the
books which his children needed for the
winter. This he can not do under tn
present law. The depository at the
county seat can sell only 70 the persons
living i'm the district for which he IS
made depository. II he sells TO parties
Outsid OF That district the taxpayers
Of his own d.str.c- are burdened with
the Il per cent depository commission
and the 8 per cent. sherIG's commission
ON these sales OF books 10 the people Of
another district, or IL may be ano-h r
county. To his the taxpayers Of that
sDeclal district VIII never submit, and
the boards OF education will be COM
pelled 10 order each depository 70 sell
10 no one outside Of his district
Hencs this farmer who might have
bought his books at the place Of market
with his produce. viii have 10 go home
and nav the cash TO his home depository
for his books. and as he cannot get the
cash for his produce, in many instances
the children will be compelled TO
GO WITHOUT THE BOOKS.
oTbls same trouble will be found in
many places in the country districts
Here. for instance is a depository in
one end Of q district, and II may be
much NOR convenient for large num-
Der of persons living in an adjoining
district 10 buy books from his, but he
cannot sell 10 them withOu, causing the
t9xpavers OF his distric, 20 pay the COM
mission on the sale OF books sold 10 per-
sons of the other district, which would
not be Jus, for them to do.
..Nanv other defects nj ght be points d
out I'm tlis law but grOm thse have
named Won can see that it is the worst
niece of school book legislation tna1
has ever baen put upon the status books
NJ -nv State. and that under its pro-
visions The books VIII finally cost me
,--,,a wuch more than -noy id under
tie former law. and not only TINS. out
The schools al over the STAR VIII oe
retarded and a great deal or valuable
time VIII be lost by the operation Of
his law. This IS q sample Of The laws
n,ssei bv the la-e Republican Lsgisia-
trr. II may require years for the State
tors,over from The effects Of some O, this
vicious legislation.