Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-09
Mcneil.

Primary Arithmetic . so As
Grammar School Arithme-
tic. .-...-.. So 10
Elementary Geography. :. .55 rs
Advanced Geography go. .95 LBS
| Speller ... -. 49,. 20 80
| The Mcneil price is understood to
| be the wholesale price as the books
! are furnished to dealers throughout
| the territory. but whether or not it
| is subject to a discount The Star is
unable to state at the present time,
but with the freight rate from here
to Phoenix added to the cost of the
books il will be seen that at the pre-
vailing prices there is not much made
| by the local dealers in the handling of
| the books. The Mcneil price on the
| books is the same as quoted on the
official list as sent out by the terri
| torial board of education as the pub
fishers price at which they offer to
send out from the East by mail.
| In regard to the exchange part
| the deal there seems to be a great
misunderstanding. The local dealers
are willing to exchange, as is re
quired by the law. any books on the
same subject and N the same grade.
| This. however does not cover by any
means an exchange. as the official
list sent out by the territorial beard
of education fails to show that any
reader of the first grade that was
used last year can be exchanged for
the Progressive Reader that is pre-
scribed for use this year. and it is
the same in majority of the books
that are listed.
If the local dealer was to ship his
a aET 10 in
stead of obtaining them from McNeill
in Phoenix. he would be compelled
TO pay rate of $3.50 from Chicago or
1914 from New York and OF 81 from
Boston per hundred pounds. so that
there is bound to be an additional
price Of at least four cents.
One of the dealers in books in Tue.
son said yesterday:
Il was naturally interested in an
article in your paper this morning
and can agree with you and the many
parents that the school book s.tua-
ton is not a pleasant one for any
of US. That the change of text books
has worked hardship on many parents
here is no question and possibly the
change might have been less sweep
ing, but We must all bear in mind
that il is useless to expect good re
suits. even with the best teachers
unless the pupils are provided with
up-to-date text books and first class
r school equipment. That the youth Of
today can stand an equal chance in
the battle for name and place in thu
world ii is absolutely necessary thai
: he be given the best education pos
| sible. We are all prone to crIticIst
others and deem ourselves perfect
and generally the less We know of {
matter the more pronounced OUR crit
icisms of that particular matter.
have no doubt that whatever changes
have been made are solely with Z
view of lettering the Work of pupils
1 and 4hat .haE1 leae- haHz.aa., r. 49,.
iprofit 10 any one However these
are matters that are not F0r me- Il
, Judge but I am interested IN The deal
ers' position with reference 10 the
change.
IF any one thiaks thai the dealer!
of the city are in trust he nat
better visit the different stores az.
! price a number of different article,
and he will find difference of from
| 8 to Is cents in the selling price tba
, in all cases is fixed On z the cost
which varies accor ling to the marke
where purchased bv the differpn
dealers. The prices school bokci
a are fixed In the sArnc way
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