The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-28
SCHOOL PATRONS
PAY FUSION BILLS.


metio adopted BY the state board of edu-
cation Is - cents. and the price of the
complete arithmetic n g cents. total Is
cents This Is an increase Of nearly 30
per cent, or an added cost during the
period Of adoption TO the people of the
state OF 1900. II is estimated.
There are certain facts TO be taken into
consideration relative TO the new text
books which supersede the old, and these
show conclusfyeiy that the state board
OF education, through Its coiiusion with
Superintendent Browne and the westiand
publishing Company. has succeeded IN
fnfIctfng loss on the people OF the state
for the next FIVE years in more ways than
have been recited
For example. in the old course. the pu-
pills used a work on physiology in the
grammar grades which cannot be ex-
changed 81 any price for the favored
krohne work. Under the adoption OF 1896
there were two Psychologists, Nos. / and
2. the combined cost being sl3o Only
the No. l was used In the common
schools. however. The state board has
ruled that the Krohns work cannot be
exchanged for the common school book
under the old system, and pupils ia the
grammar grades are forced to buy the
new book outright at the regular retail
price.
The state board VIII claim a saving In
this case, whereas the facts show that
the people Of the state have sustained
loss. The contention OF Superintendent
Browne Is that the work of his friend and
ciassmafe krohne Is exchangeabie only
for the old No. physiology. This was
not used except In the high schools. The
result H. tina. the books on this subject
Ia use In the common schools under the
old system are total loss being non
exehangeable for the new works
This Is where DIR. Krohne reaps big
profit. II II no secret that after tho frst
demand for books IL supplied, DR..
Krohne's plates. which are now in Chi
cago. Will be turned over 70 the West
land Publishing Company, which will. II
superintendent Brownies conspiracy IL
worked out publish the book for the next
four and a half years. selling II at the
full retail price.
any reader to take the place OF the sew
enth grade Franklin book in the last
adoption, These books held by thousands
OF pupils throughout the state Will he val
ueess because OF the action OF the state
hoard Of education.
Another Instance OF the Saving"
wrought by tho state board II found In
the new york on English literature. The
old book, published by Reed a. Kellogg,
had nearly n not quite thirty pages more
than the new work
The state board made significant "sav-
ing in the geography. In place OF the
Rrowpe and his fellow conspirators forced
on tho people the Wagner freak. which
has becp soundly bernted by every prom
inent educator In the state. There were
two Biographies In the former course OF
study, with an aggregate cost Of xi2t
Against this, Mr.. Browne has set the
Harr Wagner. with a cost price OF 20
cents. The state board Will claim saw
Ing 10 the people OF "a cents on this show
ting As n matter Of fact every large
20 obtain standard work on geography
70 supplement- and replace the Wagner
beck These books cost on an average OF
from ~ To 80 cents each.
The result win be n net loss OF at least
$1,000 for the first school term alone. It
IL estimated
M~rr waga~r's BOOK.
More than that. the geography replaced
by IIarr Wagner's book" had thirty
Wagner volume has but ten. most OF
which are practically useless TO the pu-
pii. In addition. the old geography was
These are facts wt'sin the knowledge
OF every teacher and every school super
intendent In tho stats. They cannot be
disputed. su, srias',i.dent Browne. who
has proves himself a. adept In Juggliag
figures as he In unscfupuioua IN using HIS
office 10 ths cost % tho people, and Cor
his own benefit. may attempt to show that
the people OF the state VIII save money
by HIS fostering care for the interests OF
tbs Meatiand Publishing Company. The
facts are decidedly the reverse. While Il
IL impossible TO cav with exact accuracy
what the net loss sustained by the IiAo-
pie will be- due 10 the malfeasance ~ Gov.
Rogers board OF education, In the alb
sencc OF flgureA on The present school en-
roltment. u IL estimated hy competent au-
thoritics that this state wll suffer loss
of between fibpea ana t2nn.ns during the
next fiye years This loss win be- borne
alike by the rich and pnpul0us school dis-
trtGis and the poorer and smaller ones.
but the large districts. like Seattle Tn-
coma. spokane. olympic, New Whatcam.
financially able to take care OF the loss
while the smaller districts. poor IN pocket
will suffer greatly,