The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-07

uiaCturc OF textbooks was the I'M
proyement of the quality OF the text
and mechanical construction by the
competition of reval houses. ana how
utterly foolish for the people TO go
op having an immense sum over The
cost OF school books after all compc.
tltion has been eliminated and real
compeiltion no longer exists. It is
with the peoples own money the book
trust debauchcs their public servants
and through them forces the people
to pour this money into their treas.
uryNi No oae can be so ill informed
rs 10 doubt that the combine Of book
publishers use money cOrruptiy or
that they get it elsewhere than out OF
the profits on the sales of the books.
Would it not be wiser foi the people
TO use this money they are now Civ
ing the trust for currupt purposes in
the Improvement Of the quality of the
books the children use? The artistic
beauty Of school books has improved
very little In the past quarter of a
century and since the formation of
the book trust all progress has ceased.
The Slsglocks back of the book trust
are in The business solely for the dol
lars they get out of it, and when com
petition has ceased. and The people
are controlled by force. through the
corrupting of their public servants.
no further Improvement on quality is
made Under state publication the
people would he actuated by n higher
motive and the money now going into
eastern pockets as profit. agency ex.
penses at keeping up q show of com.
petition by the various branches Of
the one wicked head. and the fund
for boodling purposes could be used
in the enf loyment Of the nations
best artists and scholars i'm improve
mcnt Of the Inc.....-. Let every dollar
the peonle spnnd for school books be
given back to them in imnrOved faci
ilties for develoi ing the higl est form
of manhood and womanhood out Of
their boys and girls t us stop t.lis
robbins and debauching OF tie peo
pie. through the medium of their
children. { we have to hang every
bril- gyer and blibe-takor in the
land
As soon as II is known that state
is contemplating state publication the
trusts sends among its politicians q
sidised newspapers viii tell the peo
pic the experiment is dangerous
one. AZ will be claimed by the mouth
pieces of the trust that books pro
duced by the state will be inferior IN
quality although written bv the same
authors that write theirs Experience
in this lne is as good teacher as
in others and a second ATTEMPT Is
sure Ia be an Lnprov ament 70 cor
ner on brains can be secured and al
ready In every state. talent has nrc
pared volumes of material seeking
The very politicians the
trust has hired to frighten the peoLle
ont of the experiment will tell them
the state is liable TO allow the work
to fall into the hands az corrupt poll.
ticians A board of control can be
created In such way as 10 he free
from political intrigue and besides
under present conditions politicians
are being supported in luxury by
money taken from the neople. which
ought TO 90 into tho Improvement OF
the books. Legislatures considering
state publication will be flooded with
literature prepared by corrupted poll,
tleians and debauched educators of
California setting forth the failure of
the plan in that state. but IN sipte OF
the frantic efforts of the trust to stor
II, California goes on as she has for
years, producing her own schooi
books and letting her children have
them at cost. Her children are saved
from the debasing influence of cor.
ruption Witnessed by children of oth
er states By shutting the debaser of
public morals--the book trust-en
tirely out of her borders. I could
sond you extracts. from the letters
of the trust with ont number, show
ing how they promote and hold IN
responsible positions chool men viii
ing TO be their crsnging plant tools
how they make another class afraid
how they use money ia cOrruptinp
school boards. legislators. and other
officials bnt Il would be unnecessary
lavery one at all informed knows they
10 these things. and the only en-
closure J will make viii be state
ment of cost of mSnui1cture of school
books. II IS opA OF the most valuable
things / have and desperate efforts
have been made 10 recover it One
branch of tho trust carefully prepar
ed this detailed statement ! hold
the original list made by them and
from the copy ! send YOU II viii be
seen yonr state Davs more than
double the cost Of school books and
other states vastly more. State pub
llcation will mrify the educational
atmosphere of your state, encourage
the development of home talent. I'm
vlto outside talent, and greatly i'm
prove the quality of school books by
making n lemtimaiu use OF all the
money expended for them and besides
be a long step toward civic righteous
mes. Resnectfnlly
MRS c. G. BURTON