The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-02
THE SCHOOL BOOK ouTR sGE.

The school book trus, formed by Gov.
Rogers and State Superintendent Browne
is liable TO prove a boomerang 70 those
gentlemen this fali-Big Bend Empire
The school book scandal in this state is
causing the fusfonists considerable wor-
ry inst now. Their explanations do not
better matters the least bit.-Arlington
Enterprise.
The geography is flied with mass Of
mistakes. old maps and bad grammar.
The authors OF this steal should meet
with a severe rebuke from the people
OF this state.--Sultan Journal.
There Is but one explanation OF Brownies
actions In the premises--he was interested
In securing change, and also in securing
for the westland Company tho contract
that was made.--Port Orchard fndepepd-
ent.
Now that the matter Is open. II should
DO probed TO the bottom. and II any
thing Is or has been wrong In connection
with their adoption or supply. the public
should know It and the guilty ones be
made to suffer.--Ballard News.
We wonder whether James Ham will
aliude to the school book episode IN any
OF hts Eastern speeches lie might im-
part some OF the details 10 his friend
on the crude methods Of the West. He
might be able 20 run school book trust
IN connection with his ice buslness.--C,he-
halls Examiner,
Superintendent Browne did not visit
Goidcndale last week. III he had he might
have explained to the patrons OF the pub
nc school the advantages OF the change
IN school hooks. Judging from the amount
Of GUESSING that 10 being done. not only IN
good opporr0gfNy for him 10 save hls
scalp II no can. Soldendale Sentinel
The school children OF this state, az
shown by the text book Job. Just un-
earthed, are az the mercy Of one Browne
school superintendent, Rogers pet The
books are a failure and we're corrupily
fastened upon the taxpayers by a venal
ring who reaped and are eth gathering
IN big profits. let the people remem-
Der this in November = iIllenshure Cap
itaL
r, has been an open secret for months
among tho larger publishing firms 81 the
state. that members % the aamsnisira-
ton we're implicated tn a disgraeefally
rotten Job 10 get out text books for tho
schools, and the p..I's expose q few days
ago was not The FIRST time. BY any means
that the subject has found It's way into
public print. The details. however. nov
appear 20 have been worse than thought
possible. -Anscortes American.
In view Of the strife and aeandals %
making the text books for our state pub.
iic schools Uniform. and giving com.
pany a mortgage on ns Tor six years che
Enterprise strongly favorA Rolng back
70 the opsn-fnarket method ~ supplying
our sohoai books. Stance 81 the ser 80
Just adopted discovers many errors that
a t5-A-week proof reader might have cor
rrcted The subjects have heen cut np
into town iess. called part one. part
two." etc. making more work for the
'fwestlaud Publishing Company" and
more books 20 he bought for our ehii-
dren. II seems that s4uecfs has chars.
81 oar text books ara that ne Il feeding
oar children On ~~ulphnr aud rnaiaHpes -
Garfield Enterprise,
This popuHss state administration IL re-
Hppussbls Tor the fact that fhs children ~
the puhilr Rrh0oiR ore 20 ~ supplied the
coming year wttn an almost worthless set
- text books IN thls connection x 50
charged that the governor ard state ss-
peTinisng>ns have stood IN 20 throw
she business ~ making ihs books 10 the
Nesfiana Company. and u T. also alleged
thsr thu superintendent has a financial
interest IN thr WeeiianE concern gurer.
irfFufsnt Browne denies these charges
Mr. browne may be given the hsneaf *
ihe doubt rAissd ~ his denial but the fact
fsmaius that tho books are nos A. far uqe
n the experimentation and hts little ei3que
are acquitted ~ dishonesty IN the rnaffar
1aeY sfin plsinly appear % ~ fncomps-
tent YakimA Republic.
The school book sob that vas first given
20 the public through cur columns under
she title NJ School Book Graft has nuw
on more filiEauf research appeared IN a
number - papers throughout the state.
tstsldes the 0regonlau. as not only a
Kraft bat an outrage. f.gl3enra y ~
hand 10 show that Superintendent Brow 10
took advantage Of his Official position and
Official rualfeasance u Gov. Rogers state
board ~ education 20 not only he q rlartie-
ipant 10 tns graft which III itself would
not Be such an outrage on our schools II
ne had only given us a good set of books,
but this 10 the very thing that he has not
done lie has forced upoa tbs public
schools q Washington the worst set II
books ever adopted IA this sgate.--VaEcou-