Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-27
WOULD REDUCE
The PRICES ON
School BOOKS
REP. M'CRORY HAS A BILL
To Introduce in Next Session
Of Legislature

A bill has been prepared by Repre-
sentative C. r. McCrory, of Schley
county, which, he claims, will make
it possible if the bill is made law, ID
reduce the price of school books ia
Georgia to very large extent. In 4
recent letter to The Times-Recorder,
Mr.. McCrory again explains his plan.
The letter is as follows:
Will you allow me space to present
a few reasons why | shall at the next
session of the legislature introduce a
bill for the state through it's text BOOK
commission to edit and have printed
by competitive bids and to furnish to
the children at cost all books used in
the common and high schools of tbs
state?
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sanitarium all provisions used there
at discount of over 200 per cent. on
what they are now paying and the
management of it should refuse to
consider my bid, what would the peo-
pie of Georgia think? Now the people
of Georgia are footing the bill for
everything purchased there and they
are footing the bill for all books used
in the common and high schools. If
my bill becomes a law, know it will
save the purchasers of school books
over 200 per cent. on the price thev
are now paying. How do l know it?
l can prove it to any impartial jury
beyond doubt.
Ontario, Canada, has not as many
children as Georgia, nor do they APP
propriate $2,5OOOO0 a year to public
schools as we do. What difference is
there between Georgia and Ontario,
except an imaginary line? The cos, in
Ontario on the first five readers and
high school arithmetic is soc. IN
Georgia these books cost $1.75. Now
the Ontario books contain more pages
and are better books than ours What
causes the difference in price? The
difference is 242 per cent. against US.
Ontario commenced in 1909 to edit
and have printed by competitive bids
all books used in all schools in the
province The prices are at the same
ratio on all books there as compared
to ours.
Does it not seem as if every super
intendent of public schools would try
and help bring about a plan whereby
the prices of school books can be re-
duced over 200 per cent in Georgia?
Have you seen line from one of them
about it? Every one of them seem
perfectly Indifferent.
Some say it cost Ontario money to
commence. This is true l have the
cost of the entire set of readers, in
Guiding editing, copyrights, drawings,
cover plates for books, flags and the
entire cost of preparation, and it was
S8,69489 The minister of education
writes me that in the first six months
of it's operation there that the purchas-
ers of the readers alone saved $70,260
or more than eight times the cost of
the entire series. This saving will
continue until Gabriel shall blow his
horn.
Have we not in Georgia some one as
competent as they have in Ontario?
Now, as to the printing of the books
as cheap as they have them printed
have a letter from the publishers, in
which they agree to publish them for
us so cheap that it will make your
head swim. | have an offer from II
printing house in Georgia in whicl
they agree to cut the prices from % to
40 per cent. on all school books, if Civ
en- a ten year contract.
Now in Ontario they had to encoun>
ter every difficult that we will have
to solve. They are today surrounded
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