The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-06
HAVEN'T THE BOOKS
LOCAL DEALERS CANNOT FILL THE
DEMANDS OF TIE PATRONS.


Books and Fifth Readers for Weeks q,
Ttme-Letters and 1eieg rams 10 the
Most Positive Terms Fail to Get the
hooks Wanted In This City-Patrors
T.aci,ers, Scholars and Dealers All are
/ bothered aud Inconvenien ced.
The school book dealers are having
trouble and lots of it in getting the state
I text books. When the matter was be-
| ing agitated one Of the members of the
school board that favored the use Of the
oooks-it is needless TO say that he was
one OF the Pop MEMBERSHIP that he
! State Superintendent OF instruction
/ William Stryker that ne would see to it
! that the Wichita schools should have all
! the books that would be required for
use in this city. Like all Populistic
/ promises, it ha. not been complied with
and Il now looks as IL il will not be I'M
/ til the school term is over, which will be
some time next June. The dealers In
in supplying the demand made upon
| them for books. This demand does not
come from the city exclusively, but from
the country also. II is really more Of a
priVation and consequently all the more
CT an outrage, as the country term Of
school is shorter than in Wichita. The
books come from Topeka, that is, most
OF them do, ana the local dealers say
that the manufacturers are very slow in
supplying them with the books which
they require. On the other hand. when
the books were purchased from the book
concerns that originally supplied this
city, telegram sent to them for GER
tain books would be shipped that even
ing and be in Wichita within twenty
four hours afterwards. The dealers IN
this city have been out OF number two
and three copy books for three weeks.
Writing and telesraphing written in the
most urgent manner fails TO receive any
reply other than that they will be
shipped at the earliest opportunity,
which means that they do not get here
for from two 10 three weeks. During all
this time the children in the schools of
ita are deprived Of the means of getting
an education, and the teachers are har-
r1ssed and put to inconvenience and
botherment.
Parents, children and instructors are
all making complaint and many are the
harsh words that are hurled at the
men who have caused all the inconveni-
ence. Just to get political capital they
have forced upon the people OF this city
books that are away behind the times
and something which a Chicago book
concern mad a quantity on hand, but not
enough TO supply one hundredth part Of
the demand. The law that was passed
served the purpose for them and they
We're able to dispose OF the old, stale
text books that have been tabooed in
states far behind Kansas in educational
matters. If this state continues to use
the present books, in stead OF ranking
second. i; will have a class all by itself
and will in a few years retrograde and
be compared with the inhabitants of the
Fill Islands.
For the past two weeks the book
stores have been out Of fifth readers.
copy books and geographys, the stores
have never, since the injunction suit
was decided, had a full line OF any Of the
books that 1t was necessary 10 have.
Two OF the dealers said yesterday that
if the matter was put before the people
that the state books would be relega5e1
to the rear in a hurry. Neither one Of
the gentlemen seen yesterday had any
hesitancy in saying that there was ah-
Solutely no comparison between the
old and the new books. The big talks
made by the Demo-Pop members OF the
school board was entirely about the me-
chanical construction OF the books, as If
the children were educated with the COW
ers.
The Kansas Book company. one Of the
concerns that IS making the state books.
is as much of trust concern as the
American Book company, over which
the Pops have made such howl The
companies that are making the state
books ana at the state price are: SCOTT.
Forseman K Co, Of Chicago; Beckhold
& Co, Of ST. Louis and the Central Sup
ply company of Chicago. The foregoing
companies are just as much OF trust
as any other companies. II will be said
that they make cheaper books even
though they are a trust. But IS an in
feTior book a cheaper book?
The telegram that Stryker sent 10
Wichita vas the rankest kind ~ a hoax
One of the dealers said yesterday that
as for Biographies and copy books there
were none in Wichita and none in Tope-
ka, which is supposed % he the general
supply house He did not know when
they would have any, ani said tina, he
was really tired OF telling his patrons
that ne co.lIi N. Ill .heir nrlars