The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-17
NO BUTTONHOLING BY BIDDERS.
 SAYS THE BOOK COMMISSION

Commission and the sub-commission was held yesterday at noon in the private of ice of Governor Jelks. The full member ship of the two Commissions were pres The State Commission is composed of the Governor, Hon. I. W. Hill, State Su- perintendent of Education; President John w. Abercrombie of the State Uni Alabama Polytechnic Institute. President F. M. Peterson of the Alabama Girls Industrial School. "
 The meeting yesterday was the first in which the members of the sub-com- mission assembled. The members of the sub-commission are practical school men in close touch with the public school sys- tenn of the State. They are Profs M. C.. Wilson of Florence, H. J. Willingham of Wetumpka. J. H. Foster of Tuscaloosa, J. H. Phillips of Birmingham and W. W. Benson of Fort Deposit.
 Governor Jelks Is ex officio chairman of the Commission and Superintendent Hill is ex officio secretary
 The oath of office was administered to the members of the sub-commission by Col. R. F. Ligon, clerk of the Supreme Court.
 List of the Bidders.
 The purpose of yesterdays meeting was to consider bids submitted to the Com nfshing school books. Yesterday was the last day on which the bids could be sub mitted. Before the day was ended thirty i've bids had been filed with the Secre- tary of State. The following book firms put in bids and filed the necessary checks as evidences of good faith: R. l.. Meyers and Company, Harrisburg, Pa; Maynard, saS Merrill na and @ Company. New York; Ed Book Company. Cincinnati; Benjamin II. Sandorn and Company. Boston: Ginn and Company, Boston; Rand, McNally and Company, Chicago; B. r. Johnson Pub son and Company, New York; Eaton and Company. Chicago; W. H. Wheeler and Company. Chicago: Educational Publish ing Company, Atlanta; Silver Burdette, New York: McMillan Company, New York; Ellsworth Company. New York Charles scribner's Sons. New York: D. Woodward and Herman Printing Com pany. St. Louis Columbia Book Com pany; c. C. Burchard an~ Company, Bos- ton; Globe School Book Company. New New York; J. P. Lippincott Company. New York; D. c. Heath and Company. Boston; L. D. Miller. Jacksonville. Ala C.. T. Thurman, Chattanooga; J. W. Bev- erly. Montgomery; Houghton. Mifflin and Company of Boston; Southern Publish ing Company, Sherman. Tex; Rand, Mo- Nally, by Southern Book Publishing Com pany; University Publishing Company, New York City; Brandon Printing Com pany. Nashville, Tenn; Webb and Ware, Nashville, Tenn.
 All the bidders are not attempting to secure the entire State contract. Some of them are bidding to supply only one branch of study, such as drawing books a State history or national history. 9th CTS bid on two or three subjects while the larger corporations bid on all subjects for which books will be adopted by the Com mission.
 Required to File Check.
 The firm which bid on one subject was required to put up a certified check for $500. for two subjects a check for $1, 900 three subjects $1 800. four subjects B. while a check for $2,500 authorized a firm to bid on all subjects.
 The bidders, while they are among the larger school book publishing firms. rep. resent only a percentage of the firms ir the United States which publish books It is estimated that there are more thar 3o0 school books publishing firms in thu The adoption of q Series of uniform