Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

| Tory lnat they mad been thrown out OF
The schools at the earliest possible mo-
mont This was of course excellent
business policy.
The books were displaced and the
plan succeeded far beyond the original
| expectations OF It's designers Not on
| ~ were no other books published by
That house adopted, but every book
bearing their imprint which had been
heretofore used was summary elected
| IRON the schools. Probably the great
poo! OF the members We're actuated
| Oy no hostility 10 the house, but were
| neg by a few adroit organizers Much
criticism has been offered In the press
and otherwise against this body Of men
| ana women. ! believe that a few IN
| diyiduals by their Incorporate speeches
ana acts, have succeeded I'm bringing
| INTO some discrcdit before the people Of
| utah body OF men OF high personal
| integrity and good ability. ! Gear also
| that many fabncations regarding my
| frm has been related 10 them By in
| terested parties. Neither |, nor any
| person connected with CHM & Gonna
| ny ever cherished any I'D viii against
| this convention as q body
| The unusual number OF books
| changed, together with certain forms
| OF procedure, seemed not 10 meet with
| the approval Of the press ANA public.
| A meeting Of business men was held
regarding prices and certain Fremont
| tory rumblings We're heard even be-
| fore the close Of the session This dis
| satisfaction finally took form In an in
junction suit whereby upon technical
| grounds. the acts Of the convention
We're declared null and void and the Old
! DOCKS were left as the legal texts for
use IN the schools
As the state superintendent seemed TO
| DC Of the opinion that the old books
ought not 10 remain I'm use for another
year he called for a conference of the
superintendent on the 23th OF July to
consult Wa.s and means At this
meeting the firm OF CHM g. Company
vas selected among other objects OF at
tack and donuncati0n The men came
in from their different counties and
We're doubtless told that CHM & Conn
many were res. onslblo for the iitiga-
ION whereby tnclr acts had been null.
l'd. ana that tney were inspiring the
newspaper agita ZION by which the body
had been BROUGHT into disrepute
personally requested that this charge
be investigated by the meeting, and my
ution was offered against CHM g. Com.
pany, and While voted down by the SUI
parlntendents present. was given TO the
.rcss to be scattered broadcast and
used throughout the country by its
rivals, 1t Is matter of much salts.
action TO me personally, as It doubtless
VII! be TO the firm that certain con.
serVatlye and thoughtful members
arose and defeated this proposed ac-
Ton, We wish TO express publicly our
gratitude. However, the harm has
Deeh done and cannot be UNI
done The resolution viii be shown for
years 10 come IN other states. / coud
not but feel bitterly the injustice Of this
procedure when / recalled that Tho
American Book company. which had
openly admitted enjoihug the board of
education Of salt Lake CITY five years
ago, seemed to be in considerable IA
Nor with the most vehement Of the de-
nounCers
The condition now presents itself that
the state superintendent has the power
to call another convention for the pur-
pose Of changing the books now In use
at some time during the school year.
| beg TO call to the attention Of the
people of Utah. and the members of
the convention themselves the position
in which this places CHM & Company
before such convention. A resolution
was adopted unanimously endorsing the
nullilied adoption and the particular
books contained therein This means,
If the unit rule were TO be applied in
voting, that the publications of CHM a
Company have been prejudged by the
coming convention and that firm prac-
ucally excluded from competition. Not
only this, but certain members stated
publicly on the floor Of the meeting that
the firm should be remembered adverse
~ when this new body meets. All
Of this simply means that the most
formidable competitor of the School
Book Trust has been most effectuaily
estopped from competition in your
state.
From that position I appeal to the
people Of Utah. | have driven more
than LOO miles over their mountain
ranges and across their benches and
valleys, | have enjoyed their gracious
hospitality and partaken Of their KIND
ly tolerance 'of thought and feeling.
from the Idaho line to Dixie and from
uintah to San Juan. know that they
love justice. / appeal also to the teach
ers and TO the newly-elected county
uperintendents Of the state; not only TO
them, but 10 the conservative second
thought of the very superintendents
who were responsible for these spnti-
ments. There may be something In the
claim that combination Of interests. and
the consequent reduction of expenses
and prices In certain lines OF industry
is wise and wholesome. am not called |
upon TO discuss this problem here. But |
] do know that anything tending to- |
wards monopoly In the school book |
business Is peIniciOus in its influence on |
the schools. II means stagnation. Com |
petition Is the breath Of life to the |
Of good text books. Nearly |
every progressive move I'm school book |
publication In the past decade has been |
forced by the competition Of CHM & |
Company and other Independent firms. |
Not all OF the credit, by any means, |
belongs TO any one company. But |
through It all CHM & Company has |
been the mainstay and strength 1t has |
always stood foremost in the fighting |
line, giving and receiving the hardest
blows and bearing he brunt Of the bat
tie. Ii was my fortune TO become iden-
titled with that firm near the begin
ming of this period OF warfare. ! have
seen IL In all Of It's phases and been en-
gagged In many Of its memorable and
stirring contests. But none Of them
have equaled I'm intensity and duration
the one In which We are now engaged
In the State Of Utah | have seen the
fray thIcken and the lines OF hostility |
between the two forces become more
tense each year. There is deep econ
omic question inyolved-one that is OF
Importance not only to the people Of
Utah but 70 the people Of the nation
at large. II this campaign Of eXter-
mlnation on the part Of the School |
Book Trust against CHM q CO. Is con-
,lnued another decade I'm all parts OF
The country, no one can predict the |
outcome, But believe CHM & co viii |
win because ] have an abid-
ng faith In the Justice Of their cause
Crhis Is the personal communication |
# tho utitnr He and la 4lsUa Is no. |