The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-15

IN W t1Od lfE1 <AING - IO-
GETHER, as THE LEAVES FALL
OUT.
The school books which are being fur
aished by the sta;e 10 the parents and
children over the great commonwealth OF
Kansas SO cheaply, nave, as il was ex-
pected by every one but few designing
Pop politicians, become exceeding dear
at any price. Complaint comes from
many quarters and by the time the books
have been used in the schools six months
there Will be indignation meetings held
throughout the state
To find out if there had been any com
plant made 10 the local dealers or 10 SD
perintendent Dyer, a reporter visited sey
erai Of the leading dealers yesterday 70
make inquiry II was al one story. One
of the dealers said that several books
had been returned 10 him with the leaves
out, and there mad been no end 10 the
comments en- the inferi0rity of the paper
thai was used when compared TO the texi
books that had been in use prior 10 the
courts decision. The dealer thought that
the books that had been returned 10 hin
would be no criterion 10 judge il they
were really poorly bound. He said thai
one year would tell the tale, which he
thought as a dealer in books would be
an adverse one. II might happen now
and then that book put out by the best
publishing house in America might be
faulty in its construction. 1t stands &c
reason that books made as hastily as the
STATE books We're, going on the market
green or not seasoned. would warp and
probably be inferior mechanically, 10 say
nothing of the contents of the book. This
dealer had no copy books on hand no!
had ne had any for more than a week
He did not know when ne could ger them
yet many were thecalls every day. Until
late yesterday afternoon there was not a
| Fifth Reader in the city and there had
not been any at the stores for two weeks
At another store the proprietor said
that ne had quite a few books brought
back because the leaves had come out
There was no question that the books re-
turned We're Of poor workmanship. This
gentleman had been out of copy books
and Fifth Readers for over a week and
had just received a good supply yester-
day afternoon. He now has a complete
line of the books for the first time since
me Law went into effect.
Superintendent Dyer said that no CON-
plants had been made 10 him by any OF
the scholars. He thought that they
would naturally go TO The dealers first
Superintendent Dyer will within the
next two weeks visit all the schools OF
the city and he thought that if the com
plants were numerous he would near o.
them then. II would be a very shoddy
book that would not last three weeks
was his opinion, and ne did not think
they were as bad as that The state
books that he had on his desk seemed tc
be well made, but OF course they were
not handled the same as il they Were
used regularly by a scholar. The only
book that ne had that seemed TO be in
feiior N mechanical construction was the
elementary grammar. Professor Dyer
thinks that il viii take some time 70 give
the books a fair, square trial
There have been enough complaints al
ready entered with the dealers TO con-
denim the books. 1t remains to be seen
what the patrons Of the schools will d.
with thos who perpetrated the indgnity
upon them.
Mrs. Clara Hrpstrite and little daugh-