The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-12-18

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sieio c f'a lar 70 manu-
o. tr th loii Cir ha'As
So .n % ure 81 the market
ttat ~ sF tenn rr sc down
Ne aa p1ssel iuv establish
irg st nrf i.y n 1897. but ta'
fey ne NJ re people against q wis
So sfrc4 ni me aci was repealed
before an ado lion ~ hooks look
place
Ind aua p. ssed state uniformity
law IN 1859 ia which maximum prices
we're axed on each hook and the sew
vral books We're 70 be equal IN size
aud quality 20 standard books named
m Tie ldw and then IN general use
Throughout. tae state At the first
bidding the Indiana School Book Com
pany was practically the only bidder
and the books supplied by that com
pany were largely obtained from the
contractor for The state Of Minnesota.
The reaaers secured were originally
published for contract purposes IN
Cal fOrnia ~ later biddings the re-
GUAR school hook houses have COM
pftei either with special editions #
standard books or with books made
cspec a.iy for that state. II is well
known hat the fixed maximum price
has excluded from the state some of
The hest and most popular books In
puhli,atin and changes have been
So frequent and sweeping MS TO he-
come hrficas0me 10 the people The
lee stature thctefore provided in 1905
tla an books except history. cop7
BOOKS and Biographies. shall be
adopted for a period OF 10 years.
Rejected BY Missouri
The state OF Missouri passed law
estabiishedin stale uniformiiyin 1891
"a 1905 an act was passed repeating
the law which had creaied school
hook commission County boards OF
education are again the authorities
10 select books for their schools.
In 1897 Kansas passed a uniform
law resembling the law OF Indiana N
naming maximum price for each
book Nearly all the books have been
changed az each adoption. thus fore
ing an entire purchase OF books each
five years. and these changes have
made the cost Of school books much
more than the cost Of the best books
IN the open market
In 1904 Kentucky passed law for
This law. which is like the laws n
Indiana and Kansas with respect TO
fixing maximum price at which books
must he sold differs radically from
the laws in those states as TO the
method Of their selection. The boards
Of education in each county OF the
state express their choice OF books
To he used throughout the state.
These ballots are canvassed and
tabulated by the state superintendent
in an Official capacity and the books
having the greatest number OF votes
are contracted for
The state OF Washington had ex-
perience with uniformity and has
gon. 10 local selection and a choice
Of hooks from all that are in publ
cation
II is notorious that al state adop-
! lions the character and quality are
only talked about for show. The pub
/ fishers agents are present in per
son and BY attorneys and each agent
/ is allowed 10 present the claims OF
his series Each claims as much as
the control Of the English language
permits Each one claims to have
the best. and BY the time a score Of
speeches have been made Of about
the same kind. the board has the i'm
preston that all the books are alike
and OF equal value
Book Houses Combine.
The public and the agents are Their
shut out AID in executive session
I tho iOckpvfng and trading begin The