The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1905-06-17

NO ONE COMPANY RECEIVES
LIONS SHARE. OF BUSINESS
ALL ARE PLEASED AT THE
DISTRIBUTION, AND LITTLE
POLITICS, WITH NO SCANDAL,
RESULTS.
The list Of books adopted by the uni
form Mississippi Text Book Commission
shows that no one company received the
lions share of the business. The adop-
ton was pretty well scattered, and no
one company can claim to have hogged
it all. Under the county adoption plan.
which has been in vogue in Mississippi
for many years, the American Book
Company had about 60 per cent. of the
| business, while under the State adop-
ton it will get something like 80 per
cent. It is probable that CHM C Co.,
independent publishers, of Boston, came
out ahead in the adoption, getting lit
tie over 80 per cent. of the adoption,
with the American Book Company next
with fraction less.
The agents of the various companies
who have been in Jackson for the past
few weeks looking after the adoption
are very much pleased with the way the
thing was handled by the commission.
They say that it could not have been
faiIer, and even those agents who did
not receive as muca of the contract as
they imagined that they should say that
nothing could have been fairer than the
manner and method adopted by the
commission.
They were very much pleased with
one feature Of the adoption. They say
that politics was completely eliminated
from the adoption, and that the commits
81 On was one of the few that have taken
place in the South where the politicians
had nothing to do with the adoption.
They say that they are more than
pleased with this plan and hope that it
will be tried in other States. There IS
nothing but praise for the way the thing
was handled by the commission. Of
course, there were some houses bidding
which did not get anything, but even
the agents of these companies say that
they are satisfied that the commission
endeavored to do its best and that no
undue influence was brought to bear On
any of the members.
The prices which will prevail under
IL, d. 10 HI
than the prices which prevail now under
the old system. In the table of prices
given below the exchange price of books
is not given, but in every instance the
exchange price is just half Of the retail
price.
President Whitfield. Secretary Bailey
and the other members of the commits
sion are coming in for great deal of
praise from educators and citizens gen.
orally on the way that this big job was
handled. Everyone was especially de
sirous that the adoption be made with
out any taint of scandal, and this has
been accomplished in a manner which
gives pleasure to all the people of the
State. The following is list of the
books adopted, together with the name
OF the publisher and the prices at which
they will be sold to the people:
Retail
price.
SPELLERS. Cts.
Reeds Primary (Maynard Merrill
Hunts Progressive Spelier, part No.
1, published by American Com
panY ............... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is
Hunts Progressive Speller, part 2. l3
Hunts Progressive Speller, l and 2
combined Observation-Disclosures. Is
WRITING.
Empire Writing Book, O. F. Barnes
C Co., Chicago. go.................,........ O5
GRAMMAR.
Buschler C Hotchkiss Modern Eng
lish, Newson & Co....................... 35
Buschler's Modern English Gram
mar, Newson &c cCo..................... so
COMPOSITION.
Mothers Tongue, Book No. /, CHM
& Co........................:.. 81
Sykes Elementary Composition,
CHM C Observation-Disclosures. 20
PHYSIOLOGY.
Coleman's Elementary, Macmillan
&c CO... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
Coleman's Lessons in Hygienic
Physiology. y..-..................... 4O
HISTORY.
Lees Primary, b. F. Johnson e Co. 45
Beginners History Of Our Country,
Southern Publishing Co.............. 40
Mississippi History, Riley's............ 60
ARITHMETIC.
Southworth & Stone, Book No. /,
I cloth, Sanburr & Co.................... %
Southworth C Stone, Book No. 2,
oo
Southworth & Stone, Book No. 3,
cloth ......................... 80
! Weidenhamer's Mental Arithmetic,
| Maynard Merrill & Co................. y
! CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
| Pc; e-man's Elements of Civil Gov
| ernment, American Book Co... 54
| AGRICULTURE.
Elements of Agriculture, Burkitt,
| Stevens & Hill's, published by
| CHM &c OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
GEOGRAPHY.
Frye's Elementary, CHM &c Co... 40
Frye's Higher, CHM & Co............ 8o
READERS.
| Wheeler's Graded Primer (boards)
Wheeler G. Co., Chicago. 2
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