The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02

the Panama exposition, and that it
was more convenient for people from
Minnesota to visit it there, the dis.
lance being much shorter and the
fare consequently less, Mr.. Kneeland
was supported by Moyle Edwards of
Breckenridge. Representative John
Lennon of Minneapolis, on the other
hand, made a characteristic fervid
Grafton in favor of the Californian
site and spoke at length of the great
advantage it would be, not merely or
principally to the twin cities, but to
the state at large, to have the enor-
nous traffic pass through it and of the
value OF the advertising, which the
railroads we're planning for, amount
ing to from $4,000 to $50, 900 each, to
the state. Representative Kerry Con-
ley OF Olmstead county favored San
Francisco because of the more init
mate trade relations Minnesota had
with the northwest.
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The upshot of the matter was that
the resolution favoring San Francisco
was recalled and passed, and here an
incident occurred which may have
had some significance: Representa-
tive O'Brien moved that the fact that
the resolution was passed be tele-
graphed to each of the states repre-
sentatives at Washington. It was
pointed out that this called for an ex-
penditure of money and the roll would
have to be called, thus putting the
members on record. On the chair so
ruling, Cal Stone and Lennon had a
hurried whispered consultation with
|O'Brien, whereupon be withdrew his
motion. Apparently there were those
quite willing to relieve the house of
the necessity of mourning this ex-
pense.
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The same afternoon a bill for a new,
and quite stringent school text book
act was under consideration. It pro-
vides that before any text books can
be offered for sale or exchanged in
the state, the publisher must file a
sample copy with the superintendent
of public instruction, giving sworn
statement of both sale and exchange
price. he must also file written
agreement to sell at the price named
and to reduce the price whenever re-
auctions are made elsewhere in the
United States, and also that books
sold shall equal the sample in quail
ty. On fling bond of from So, 900 to
$1,000 as the superintendent of pub
lie instruction may decide, the pub
Usher shall then be licensed to sell
text books in the state.
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The violation of any of the pro-
visions of the agreement above re-
ferred to shall result in the forfeiture
of the bond. The state superintendent
is required to furnish school authori-
ties with complete list of all text
books as provided for, and whenever
the publisher prepares new edition
for sale elsewhere at a lower price
than that first designated, any school
board is given the privilege of substi-
tuting the new edition for the book in
use.
IL Any school board may provide free
text books when authorized by a ma
jority of the legal voters of the dis.
trict at an election to be held for the
purpose, and it may also provide
books for INDECENT pupils.
If licensed publisher enters into
an agreement or combination to con-
troll prices or restrict competition in
text books it is made the duty of the
attorney general to prosecute legal
proceedings for the forfeiture of his
bond and the revocation of his license.
On it appearing that such combina-
ton has been entered into his con-
tract also becomes null and void. A
publisher selling text books without a
license is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction may be fined any
where from $500 to $4,000.
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Any member of a school board who
accepts money or any favor whatso-
ever from a publisher may be fined
any sum up to $500 or sent to jail
for six months; and any teacher or