The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-25


or all the failures OF the Rogers adj
ministration. none win reach so far or
place such a lasting burden upon the
people OF this state as the state text
book Job The ost-Intelligencer has
investigated this shameless deal and
laid the facts before the public. New
information Is coming to hand constant
iy: and the more the public learns OF
this infamous abuse of power and trust.
the hotter win Its wrath burn against
the evil conspiracy that has feathered
its nest at the cost OF helpless taxpay-
ers and sim more helpless children.
Perhaps It is this latter. rather than
the robbery Of the parents. that ought
20 stand In the front OF the reckoning
that Washington win have with her
nishes aduterated milk for children's
use would be held no better than a muir
derer, What shall we say OF man who
uses his position at the head of the
public schools OF the state to furnish
mental food for It's children that will
either starve or poison? Most of the
books adopted are irredeemabiy bad.
They are full OF biunders, written in
execrable English. vaiueless either for
information or as models The effect
upon child OF using textbooks like
this In the early. impressionable years.
cannot be estimated. II is like COM
Polling Il TO associate daily with coarse.
ignorant lying men. II Is crime
against humanity.
Little did the administration care for
this. in view OF the pecuniary advan-
tages In sight. And here tho pocket OF
the parent feels the blow. BY the diff
ference In cost and the limitations
placed upon the privilege OF exchange.
loss to the public by this contract Is
assured that is estimated at from sio,-
900 TO $4,000 The truth is that no one
the profits OF the publishing combine.
Running for ave years as this contract
does, applying 20 districts remote from
Investigation and publicity. secured by
official favor. It may multiply those
sums many times before 1t reaches tho
limit Of iii-sotten gains A reference
TO the tables Of comparative figures
published elsewhere win bear out the
statement II shows also the extent TO
which Browne and his partners have
set aside the laws
The boidness. the unbluEhlng efrren-
terry with which this business was car
rled through would he ineonceIvahle OF
any but reform" administration.
These books were in preparation IN sd.
vance. some OF them at least under al
rect advice from the superintendent
ONCE Seine 81 them were IN process Of
publication before any contract was
awarded. People 90 no, pu, many hun.
areds 81 dollars into such an enterprise
withou, soma guarantees They were
counting on sure thing" ana they
iid not reckon without their hos, The
smoke q demand for books of home
manufacture" was raised 90 cover the
fire 81 the financial ioh /, was a neat
scheme. q worked. and row what are
The people sciag 20 30 about ~
THIS seandalous transaction touches
every parent IN the state n touches
his purse, that villa have to ray tribute
20 the publishing syndicate IN savor at
Olympia 7, touches atm more closely
IN HIS homs. tn the mental nurture az
hts littls ones For ave years they must
uss sxecrAAle books. loaded with blum
asrs. the cheap products q cheap
minds. and fern their minds upon
them. II is an outrage on the home.
Il Is crime ssains; citizenship The
man directly responsible for tAis Is su-
perla,snaen, Frank J browne. lie Is
so cengenial to Gov Rogers, he Is so
dear To the new Democracy q wash
ington that he alone secured the tn
! dorsement OF a denomination aloas with