The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-19
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tbs CONTRACT.


Suparinsepdcn; McNahao prepared
Il tolloaiog, which points cur he
main features Of the contract made by
,he Safe with the pIbllshers:
! The ad p:ion is 20 expire july lst:
1856 after all schools are closed aud
Just b,fore they are oreaed. The pres
ent date Of expiration i, Nov, lst. at'er
most or ali of the schools have begun
and when therefore a change cannot be
generally effected 4 change iu the
new book will not be forced until July
1.t, 1901. Hence tie present school
sessions may continue with the Cd
books. Exchange prices for new books
sold to pupils that have the old books
will continue till Nov. 18Th, 1901, aft
,r which time all the schools having
opened ard every pupil having had
chance to get rid Of his old-A0ok, en-
tire uniformity in books #fh prevail
in the schools.
2. Price to dealer is to be printed IN
each book. The county superinter,
dent in the counties where there arc
couoty repositories (oesrly al the
couoties) will retail the books a, this
price. Ihe private dealer will add his
profit.
During tie period Of adoption an
adopted book is sold or even oH"red foE
sale at lower price anywhere in the
world, that lowest price is to become
the contract price in South Carolina.
This was not in the old contract, but Is
required in most States that have re
Gently made adoptions. Many Of the
books adopted in this State in 1893 for
seven years are now sold else where at
lower prices, though We hsve been held
to our contract price. By this clause
in the Lew contract this State is at
opca assured Of as low rate as lo#
prevails anywhere else. For instance,
we are offered the prices lately accept
ed by Tennessee and Washington IL
their State sdoptions
4 Books in the county depositeries
(soid at actual cost by the county su
perin,endentD are to be taken up at
cost by the publishers whose books are
substituted. This is protection Of the
school fund which by act of the legis-
jature has been invested in books for
sale at cost.
5. Publishers pay freight and drayase
On al books where as much as $25
wolth is ordered at time, and pay
such transportation charges where the
orders are as small as SO worth, if or
dered by county superintendents.
This small limit was put because if the
only books used frcm one publisher
should be copy books or algebrss, the
dealer might have to order small quan-
tity aud should not be required to pay
the freight. It would not be just to
the publisher, however. to allow deal
er to harass him With a S. order on
which the fright might more than
equal the profit. The limit in the old
contract was 500 and many county su
perinteDdents nave been compelled to
pay the freight and add few cents to
the price OF each book.
6. The affidavit and coutract clause
that the bidder is not in a trust consti-
tu,es a striking feature. This was sug-
gested by the Indiana lsg which has
attracted considerable attention, but
the affidavit here required goes much
further in that it requires after the
private holdings Of stockholders ard
their belongings as trustees or bene6-
Charles. and further BINDS the publisher
to show his private records if the truth
Of the affidavit is questioned. More.
over, the contract is void ab inilio if
aDy untrue statement enters into this
affidavit or clause. This is a practical
way to fight trusts.