Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-06
A DUPLICATE RUS !
Book Publishers and Dealers OF
the Country in Alright
Combination.
Organized TO Reform the Pub.
fishing and Selling Trade Of
the Country.
Contains Membership Turnout
the Countrywide to
Outsiders.

"reform" in the book publishing an
! hoook selling trade two associations
. have been formed. one is known as tn
. american Publishers association am
includes all the leading publishers o
, the country with one exception Tn
other is the american Booksellers as
! ISOLATION" made up of the leading deal
ers throut the country
The names of the one publishing firm
not in the trust and the few dealers
who have not bowed to the combination
Of dealers are on Il blacklist, which i:
in the hands of every member of the
two associations.
In the dealers trust hopes are helt
out by its secretary that liberal appli-
cation of what is known among is
members as reform resolution No. !,
will soon force the blacklisted dealers
/ INTO the combination or out of business
I The process is called cutting off 6
few more heads"
4 the members of each association as tc
the way in which the reform resolu-
ton shall be applied, and its penalties
are inflicted in perfect harmony by both
combinations.
The two trusts deal with each other
the two associations have been con
graduated over the outlook, and nothing
hut ruin is predicted for the outsiders,
called the unreasonables."
The two Associations have been
| known to exist for some time, but the
evidence of the inner workings of the
combinations has just become public.
! The American booksellers association
comprises go dealers, including the
sellers in every city OF any Importance
in the United States. over half have
become members in the last year. and
the Association became aggressive
only in the last six months.
| The trust maintains its Offices at 80
land 80 East Iwenty-first street Clar-
ence Z. Wolcott of Syracuse is pres-
dent and j. W. Nichols of this city is
secretary. 1t has ar executive com
mittee of seven members and an "ad-
lvisory" committee of fifty members
representing every city Of any size
| The American Publishers Associa-
ton includes the fifty largest firms in
that line of business and also maintains
an office in this city. The two concerns
are ''in signaling distance" of each 9TH
er in many ways. as is shown by the
documents unearthed
Thru the refusal of the publishing
| firm of Street & Smith. 232 William
street. to enter the publishers trust and
the consequent declaration of the two
associations" to apply the reform res
clution" to the firm personal and con-
hdentiar rules and penalties of the
dealers trust have been made public
The first discovery was in the form
OF letter on the stationery of the
booksellers association, dated July 81,
and directed to each of the go mem
bers of the association" 1t was mark
ed personal and confidential" and was
signed by the American booksellers
Association, j. w. Nichols. secretary
For some reason unexplained the words
burn after reading" We're not added
The letter is declared by attorneys to
be one of the most damaging pieces of
evidence of the existence OF an illegal
trust ever produced. 1t begins by call
ing attention to the refusal of the firm
in question to join the publishers as
ISOLATION, and states that lit becomes
necessary for us to apply reform reso-
luton No. l to the above firm" 1t also
recites the fact that by proceeding
with tact and tirmness" the member
ship of the Publishers Association has
been increased from twenty eight
members to fifty members.
Roosevelt, Revision and Reciproc-
ity," would. in the opinion of republ-
cans here, be an excellent slogan dur
ing the national campaign two years
hence. This idea was suggested by
the speech of Prof. s;churman, who was
one of the Philippine commissioners,
when he said: Il believe the people
want to indorse the three Rs-namely:
Roosevelt, the nations leader reel
procity with Cuba, the nations duty;
and revision of the tariff, the nations
interest"
There is no reasonable doubt con-
corning the first proposition, as state
convention after state convention has
heartily Endorsed President Roosevelt
as the republican standard bearer
Leading politicians, including Senator
Plat, of NewYork, have unqualifiedly
Endorsed President Roosevelt and i'm
the judgment of the party nothing
that can be foreseen can prevent the
nomination of Roosevelt.
Revision of the tariff is another feat
ure which will be attractive, especially
in the west, where the sentiment for a
modification of the tariff is growing so
strong that 1t will be impossible to
keep this question in the background
much longer, and unless congress takes
some action in this direction before the
next national campaign the tariff will
be the leading question.
Iowa has declared itself, and while
other states of the west have not placed
themselves on record, il is true that
large majority of the western repre-
sentatives, who represent the views of
their constituents, are strongly in favor
of revision.
Reciprocity With Cuba will be the
extremely popular slogan, as the peo-
pie consider 1T the duty of this great
republic to make tariff concessions to
the infant republic of Cuba. There is
great disappointment in this country
and dire distress in Cuba because of
the failure of congress to act.