The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-01-03
Shall the Commonwealth OF
Washington Publish
Its Text Books?
Joseph T. Hazard.
Joseph T. Hazard.
Winthrop, Wash, Dec. %, 1912.

Editor Commonwealth:
Comrade-At Pomona Grange meeting on January
the subject of school books general belief
be used throughout the state but wish prove that the state should
publish its books and desire estimate of the difference in
cost OF the two system Hoping find time supply with
some information on the subject
Yours for the revolution,
Secy. Winthrop Local, Winthrop Wash.
One Of the first questions asked article
the fowng Have absolute knowledge of the facts of which
you write9
year of this article was
field for the Werner School Co., by
book trust the American Book Co. many years thereafter
spent his vacation from teaching the of other text
book The facts of this article based
perience and first hand knowledge:
Inc cost OF material and labor in the production of Robns0ns
ercan Book Co. in 1899 between and cents reaed for
Doubling and labor cost he cost of material is
the cost Of the labor produce h Of sell
publishers delivered in the school house not i5c copy This
would leave at retail price of ST. sufficient profit for the
Printing Books On Contract
Many school book do not mechanical
end only In that they usually the printing third
metc reader public for 60 printing
snd m 1873 o8 @ St @ 81 m a sn % print the book for
And SO it all down the line The private ownership and publ
trust"
The Text Book and the CRATER.
Excessive profit is the father Of graft And find the p
Date book concerns ng with each other in fertility of resource in
They buy everything from legislature petty clerks.
experience OF the writer with these methods
Northern Wisconsin, the Summer of 1899 district offered
through political Influence adoption for
brbe OF 10 commission all the books sold
during the His offer refused with the
doesn't do business that way The affair reported
the head office in the daily letter and reply from
the president of the He Young
sent sell books We will tend the morals of the
in the head Office
The book trust many groups of High School
principals and superntendens advancing them h b6br no
t1ns in reward for services rendered
IN the text Oook business 1t truly pays to be bad"
The Lack in System.
Inc result of this pulling and hauling profits mixed as
sorment OF text books good bad
chosen from the company wsest in the crooked game
In text book old books burned
10 replace them and burned donated to
replace Them
There no uniform pan choice chance for
intelligent selection.
Text book waste is at with and harmful waste
of the entire capitalist system.
State Publication of Books
The remedy the public publication collective ownership
OF publicly used text books noted however that
while text books produced and owned by be uniform
purpose and superior in method the purpose still harm
m to the workers and producers Of the nation the govern
en producing them in the hands of nonpoducers the man
ipuaOrs of capitalism. w nun
The real remedy for present evils is the state nca
ton and collective ownership the text hook industry ~ TIT
CONTROL OF THE WORKING CLASS.
Call up the Commonwealth It is illegal boycott so we