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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-03-05
The School Book Question

through the home dealers. The bro
ker, the Depository, and the retailer
must have their profits which all to-
gether make the cost of the book to
the children four times what it
should be- Why would not the
printer in Chicago publish the book
for the State of Georgia just as
cheap as he prints it for the Chicago
broker who used the Georgia au-
thor's influence to get the contract?
Evans United States History must
come from New York through the
American Book Company route. The
two common school grammars were
submitted to the State Board in
manuscript form. Three Georgians
had spent much time and mental
energy in preparing their copy The
Boston book broker seeing that he
could use the influential Georgia
writer's toward closing the two con-
tracts with the State Board readily
agreed to pay them a royalty of 6
per cent This glib-tongue Yankee
book broker will make fully forty
thousand dollars on his deal and will
never notice the text long enough to
read it. This slicktongue Bostonian
who captured the State Board and
fastened eight contracts does not
own a stick Of type nor pint of
press ink. And he swore before the
Investigating Committee that all D.
c.. Health & Co.'s contracts for books
were sub-let to printers and binders.
Now think of the injustice and little
reward that Profs. Sanford and
Brown, and Miss Smith get for writ
ing the books. The agents who lob
bied the deal, will sport around over
the country in Pullman's, lodge at
fine hotels and court State officials,
while in the meantime Prof. San
ford will teach University boys, Prof
Brown will help make Normal teach
ers, and Miss Smith will instruct
country boys in the Agricultural
School at Sparta, receiving less than
a thousand dollars each and the
school children of the State paying
two prices for their grammars. Why
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could not the State Board eliminate
the book broker who produces moth
ing but his lobby, have the gram
mars printed under similar contract,
pay the authors more and sell the
books for less? This is how the
great Pulsifier can afford to give SO
much expert text book testimony,
long interviews in the daily papers
Textbook Committee His eight
contracts in Georgia will bring him
over a hundred thousand dollars. He
would not recognize his authors nor
printers if seen on the streets of
Boston, for he is great business
man dealing only with State Boards!
He uses the satellite (Moon) Of the
State Board to defend his interest in
the school and home and charms the
editor with large advertisements and
annual contracts for space. AS an
oracle of legislation he has the
Speaker of the House to fix the latch
string on the committee room and
enchants the teachers of the State
with a steady flow Of sample copies,
for great is Pulsifer Of the BOsto
mans!
But how did the American Book
Co. manage to get twelve contracts
out Of the thirty-fve to be selected
when thirty-eight companies offered
over eight hundred texts? Again
how did this company manage to put
off on the State Board an old book
keeping text of 100 pages for So
cents, when the State of Kansas had
secured a contract Of a new edition
of 131 pages at 40 cents? Further
more, how did this company manage
to keep a civil government text at 81
cents, when a Georgia company
offered one at Is cents? The fol-
lowing answers may be sufficient:
A few years ago the people of Texas
requested them to close the Dallas
office. The new catalogs no longer
carry Dallas" The State Of Ar
kansas went after them in the courts.
In Georgia this company helps to
elect the State superintendent, sug-
gests members for the State Board,
gets former Office managers APP
pointed as head officer in State mill
tia and gets United States Senator
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HE old contract for common
school books had three Geor-
gia authors. Branson's Spell
n Ter, price 13 cents, printed
by a Richmond printing con-
Germ for B. F. johnson & Co., and
sold to the Southern School Book
Depository to be retailed through the
merchants who handle books
throughout the State. The State of
Georgia, through the Board Of Edu-
cation closed the contract which
forced the children Of the State to
pay certain price for the book.
Prof. Branson, a beloved Georgian
furnished the brainG which made the
book possible. Bat who gets the
profit for the BOOB? Prof. Branson
gets only per cent according to
sworn testimony. The Richmond
print shop will print the book for
the State Of Georgia just as cheap
as for B. F. Johnson & Co. Then
why pay this company a profit, and
the Depository Company and the re-
tail dealer a commission for hand
ling the book? Hunnicutt's Agri-
culture is printed by a house in
Louisville, Kentucky. The Deposi-
tory and the retail dealers get their
commission for handling the text.
Why can't the book be placed for
less money? Evans History of
Georgia, used in no other State in
the Union, must be printed in New
York, freighted to Atlanta, agencies,
Offices and warehouses maintained,
all which add to the cost Of the
book.
The handwriting began to appear
on the wall long before the new con-
tracts were made last fall. More
Georgia authors we're demanded and
three more texts from Georgia brains
were written in the contracts. Evan's
Georgia History was snapped for
Brooks Georgia History, printed by
a Chicago printer, for a Chicago
book broker, and placed at the De-
pository in Atlanta to be retailed
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to write a few pages for an ancient
civil government which is then
tackled on after the index and called
Georgia Edition.
Look over the eight hundred bids
submitted to the State Board Of
Education and see how uniform the
prices were held up to the monopo-
listic agreement. No company dared
to sell below the others. Their prices
were the same. Their appeal was to
State pride, home authors, and pres
ent political pulling power.
But the facts are coming out.
Truth will rise until the voters get
an opportunity to place her in the
ranks with fourteen other States that
have laws granting free books and
books at COST
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TIE .JEFFERSONIAN

slightest degree what it was trying to do in
this country, | sent my daughter for three
months o7eJy, to the convent school at Wash
ington, Georgia.
Nv letters, SO often referred to, were in
reply to letters from the Superior, and were
merely the usual acknowledgements for per-
sonal kindness shown to child who at that
time was almost an invalid.
The said letters contained absolutely moth
ing in the way of tribute to popery, nor In
the way of surrender of American prlncl-
Piles.
AS to my two grandchildren, they have
never been away from home to any school,
and have only of late been placed under
teacher here at Thomson-a Protestant
neighbours daughter.
The lite girls are only eight years old, and
they have hardly yet lost the innocent ignor-
ance of infancy.
Finally, allow me to suggest that aroused
the wrath of the Pope's hierarchy by my
",Sto1y Of France" and my "NGpole0n," pub
lished in the Nineties; and that [ have been
boycotted by this brave italian hierarchy for
the last sac gears.
Those letters Of mine were not burned until
ta0o gears ago.
IF there was anything in the letters helpful
to popery, or hurtful to me, a0hy acere not
those letters pu6HShed2
[ am perfectly willing for SISTER Sacred
Heart qc75o recetve1 them and kept them,
to 90 before Hon. William III. Fleming or
Major Jos B. Cumming, or Judge Henry G.
Hammond and make affidavit as to the con-
tents of those letters.
The lady now lives in Augusta, Ga, where
the lawyers above named reside; and | agree
that she shall state her recollection Of the
letters, without any ross-examination on my
part.
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(ANswER.)

These foot-kssers are having hard time
of it, and the wild manner in which they
catch at straws, makes life a burden to the
broom sedge.
What difference in the principle of the
thing would it make, even if my whole genera
ton had been reared as Roman Catholics?
The moment a man discovers that aqy
church, or any "religion" is wrong, according
to his lights, it is his duty to leave it.
John Wesley was reared an Episcopalian,
but the fact did not prevent him from see
ing that his church had almost ceased to be
religious: therefore, he blazed out path of
his own.
John Knox was reared a Catholic: so was
Calvin; so was Luther; SO was Tyndale, and
so was John Wycliffe.
There was time in Europe when every
body had to be a Catholic, or get off the
earth.
Some of the bitterest and most effective
enemies of popery today, are those who were
educated inside Of it, and we're brave enough
to break out and expose it.
Hoo0 mac11oy priests and Mans e0ho eoanted to
break out, q0ere captured IN the attempt, AND
SILENCED, EITHER ~ THE VAULTS,
Or ~ TIE GRAVE?
Nobody knows.
When ''Father" Clark said that I paid a
tuition bill at the Sharon school, he lied. Not
only that, he knew he lied.
When he said that my little grandchildren
had been in the Catholic school at Sharon, he
knowingly and maliciously.
Long before I had ever made any special
study of the Roman system, Or realized in the
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PAGE TEN

o Yes! All My Family Were
Educated BY the Pope j My
Great-Grandparents, My Great
Grandchildren, My Children,
and My Office Cat.
HERE comes another letter on that same old
subject:
Cornelia, Ca. Feb. 26th, 1914.
Jeffersonan Publishing Co.,
Hon. Thos. e. Watson, Editor
Thomson Ga.
Dear Sir:
Herewith n Y Exchange for $3.50, for which
please send your publications as indicated in list
below. January 14th sent you 81 subs.
On approaching one of the parties in this list
he stated that he was kinder falling out with
Tom On inquiry to why, he said'that he came
up on the train from Atlanta not long ago, and
met one Father Clark, from Athens, Ga, and
that said Father, in a conversation with him,
said that Tom Watson had educated his daughter
in Catholic school, and not only that but that
he had paid the bills for the schooling of two of
his grandchildren, at Sharon, Ga who had been
in Catholic school there
[ told the party that you did not deny that your
daughter had attended Catholic school at Wash
ington Ca, about 20 years, ago, for only three
months, and that I would show him what you
had to say about this in recent Jeff, if I could
find my copy; but that could not say what about
the charge relative to the grandchildren.
He further stated that the school authorities
did have letters from you stating your apprecia-
ton of the treatment the children had received
at their hands, while in school, but that these
letters were burned when the school at Washing
ton, Ca, destroyed by fire about two years
ago.
If you care to- you may publish this letter,
making such explanation as you see fit for the
benefit of this party and others of your subscrib
Especially, would l be glad, for you to
explain, deny if untrue, this grandchildren
business The other has already been amply
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explained. With best wishes for ufture success
I am, Your friend,
D. A. HENDERSON.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-25
WILSON'S FOES IN SENATE
ARE CRITICISED AT HOME
Nebraska and Missouri Leaders Resent Attacks
of Hitchcock and Reed on the Jones
Nomination.

In answer to kilograms sent out by THE
Sun 1t is reported that a majority ~
Democrats in some Of the Western states
his nominations for the Federal Reserve
Board. despite the attacks Of their sena-
tors.
Senators Hitchcock OF Nebraska and
Reed OF Missouri are said to have aroused
criticism at home for their attacks ON
the President and Thomas u. Jones Of
Chicago.
ST LOUIS. Mo. July Indications
are that the majority OF Missouri Demo-
Gratis support President Wilson in his
fight with senator Reed over Federal
Reserve Board appointments and his de-
clsion not to appoint men suggested by
Reed for Federal offices In Missouri.
There Is a strong division Of sentiment
upon the subject. but when the Jones
night was at its hottest Missouri Demo
cratic leaders wired kilograms OF en-
couragement TO the President urging him
to keep up his battle.
Statements obtained from several hun
dred representative farmers and small
town business men over Missouri showed
the State 70 he behind the President At
that time Reed. however. has strong
following.
Members ~ the Democratic state COM
mittee. who yesterday At Jefferson city
voted for resolution expressing conf
dence in President Wilson's appointments
10 the Federal Reserve Board, are won
derine whether their action was not a
li;tle hasty
Joness withdrawal and tho Presidents
acceptance of 4; has put an entire new
phase on the situation so far as Senator
Reeds attitude Is concerned.
The resolution, which was characterized
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GARRISON VISITS SEA GIRT.
Secretary Reviews Troops and Is
Guest NJ Little White House.

CAMP FIELDER, SEA GIRr. " J., July a.
Secretary Garrison rode over from his
summer home a. Seabright this afternoon
and was received with a salute Of seven
teen guns His presence az the camp
added greatly 20 the Interest IN Governors
day Tho Secretary and GOV. Fielder
made tour Of inspection Of the tented
c.tV and the troops ~ the FIRST and Fifth
81 mcnts. National Guard Of New Jersey,
and reviewed the regiments IN a dress
parade. Nj Garrison dined with the Gov
or0p" and Nj Fielder this evening
The First got back to camp this morn
irE after spending two DAYS and two
nights IN series Of mannuvres and COM
bat problems
state milk inspectors caused commo-
ION IN camp yesterday by sei7'rg samples
~ milk and butter. They said tn,t the
butter was poor
p7nv L. With Regimen. toyed With the
trigger of hls rifle while the muzzle was
costing on his foot and the gun went on
''l1s m" SKIN with powder He is in the
RIMS hospital
Tho body of Bugler Albert p. Craig oi
the First Regiment, who was killed by
] H7'nluG LAST uIEht. was sent 10 Newark
this afternoon
Col y h. Thurstou. chief ordnance
oiu.'" of The N,w York National Guard
ma. been authorized To organize a team of
lively, u"H "a represent the state in the
shoot IN" m, national division trophy a,
so irt 90 September Competition fur
'n0'r n0 tH' team WIN take place Al
l''t~'.Il uu sunday August .,
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by Senator Reeds friends as a direct slap
at the Missouri junior Senator. expressed
implicit confidence In the Judgment OF
President Wilson In tho making or APP
pointments." and closed with special
reference to the fitness OF tho men whom
the President had chosen for tho Federal
Reserve BOARD
1dNcoLN, Neb.. July 24.--Condemna
ton Of Senator Hitchcock's course in OPP
position to the President is general among
those Nebraska Democrats who are allied
with the anti-Bryan faction While his
fight against the Jones confirmation was
more kindly received because OF the feel
ing among Nebraska farmers against the
International Harvester Company than
were his other acts OF opposition 20 the
titular head of the party. 1t Va believed
that It was but a part OF his general
programme Of Interference.
outside of these factionaists among
men who are most anxious for party sue
cess. the Senator's conduct Is unpopular
because Of the menace to future victories
IL contains and because II appears TO
them rs deliberate effort to discredit
tho Administration.
The fact IN each instance where Hitch
cock has arrayed himself against the
Government he was allied with Senator
Reed " Missouri Is construed TO mean
that he Is in league to cripple wilson
effectiveness and to make Champ Clark
his successor
Party leaders say that Hitchcock $
course has been most aggravatips be-
cause 70 raises an issue In the state that
practically destroys hope Of any victory
despite the division Of the Republican
Vote with Progro ssiyes. II promises 10
hc an acute issue In the State convention
next week.
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$40 TAX ON COTTON
FUTURES AGREED ON
Confcrees Report Smith-Lever
Bill to Regulate Exchanges
of Country.
TO PASS WITHIN FEW DAYS
Government to Set Grades-Ex-
pect S1OO,OOO,OOO Increase
in Crop Value.
TO PASS WITHIN FEW DAYS

WASHINGTON. July ci.---Ihe Smith
Lever bill aimed at future" dealing in
cotton and prescribing standard grades
and types OF the product to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary OF Agriculture
probably will become a law within =
day or two. An agreement on the bill
has been reached in conference, and the
report was presented in the House and
the Senate to-day.
Only four important changes In the bill
as passed by the House were made by
the conferees. The most vital was
that increasing the tax on future"
deliveries OF cotton from IS TO so q
bale The feature OF the bill cNempting
from taxation contracts which are
based upon Government official stand
ards Of grades stands as passed by tho
House
Section OF tho bill as passed by the
House authorized the Secretary OF
Agriculture TO establish "permaneut"
standards of cotton. The term per
manent" was eliminated by the con-
ference and all amendment adopted
providing that the standard established
cannot be changed without giving one
years notice of any change to the trade
The bill was further amended so as
TO provide that its restrictions and mill
tatlons should not apply to contracts
made prior to the date that II takes
effect.
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PARK FOUNTAIN MODEL HERE.
Angelica Crane Memorial WIZ Re
Work of Frederick NscMonnias.

The plaster model of the new fountain
for city Hall Park arrived at tho Gus
tom House yesterday from France. Tho
model Is the work ~ Frederick MacMon-
MES. when erected the fountain will
comprise a group-Justlcc, Order. Beauty
and Peace. In the centre will be- a figure
Of q young nan representing al the VIr,
tues The main basin viii he suppor' ed
by American mountain lions Th.re Will
be four drinking fountains
The fountain will havo tn be approved
by both the Park Department ard the
Art Commission. Il Is 10 cost bout
$40 roo and will be known as the Angelica
Crane memorial fouWaiu. Mrs Crane
in her will left $500 for tho fountain.
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FEAR WARBURG WILL
ASK TO BE DROPPED
His Friends Anxious as Demo-
cratic Insurgents Threaten
Sharper Inquiry.
Due TO WILSON'S REBUKE
Seth Low or Richard Dclafield
for Warburg's Place if
He WithdrawS.

WAsHfSGNoN. July EFT became evil
dent to-day that President Wilson's bitter
criticism OF the Democratic Senators who
have opposed the confirmation OF Thomas
-. Jones. his friend for the Federal Re
serve Board. has further jeopardized the
chances for successful outcome Of the
Administrations fight IN favor OF Paul
NJ. warburg.
Democratic Senators who were incensed
at the Presidents words served motto"
privately that Mr. Warhurg's record would
be subjected to just as close n scrutiny
as was applied to Mr.. Jones.
The fear was expressed among Admin
istration Senators that Mr. WarburV. in
view Of the extreme bitterness that has
developed within the last few days. will
reconsider his decision TO appear before
the committee and Will again request the
President 20 withdraw hts nomination.
Up to this time the White House has
received no definite information from the
New York banker as 10 his intention.
ferrng with Mr.. Warburg ~ White Sui
phur Springs, has expressed the opinion
that Mr.. Warburg will appear before tins
committee and will be confirmed.
That however, was before the with
drswal OF the Jones nomination and the
bitter personal attacks made upon the
Harvester company director within the
last two or three DAYS.
Mr.. Wsrburgs friends In the Senate
fear he viii not now care TO subject
himself 70 any such treatment and VIII
ask for the withdrawal OF his name.
There were indications to-day that the
White House Itself was becoming some
what inpatieu; for a definite statement
Of Mr.. Warhurgs Intentions and had
asked him t. inform ia" President AS soon
a. possible what course ne will pursue.
n Is learned that the President has de-
cided 10 appoint a Republican az the
successor to Mr.. Jones. All OF Mr.. VII
sons original selections for the Federal
Reserve Board were Democrats and he
has been subjected to considerable criti-
clsm on that score,
The belief here Is that the place left
vacant by Mr.. Jones will go to George z
Roberts Director of tho Mint Mr. Rob
erts comes from Chicago. He was pres!-
den, for some time OF the Commercial
National Bank of that city and has q
national reputation as "A student OF finance
There Ia very definite talk of two New
Workers. in the event that Mr. Wsrburs
should finally feel obliged TO Withdraw
his name. These New Workers. are Sell
Low and Richard Delaheld. president OF
tho National Park Bank
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DISCUSS REVISION PLANS.
Republican Committee Preparing
Outline for constitutional Changes.

In tho midst OF party turmoil Senator
Root and nineteen other Republicans
eerenely gathered at State headquarters
yesterday TO discuss revision Of the State
Constitution. They are tho committee
appointed by Chairman riarnes to draft
a platform OF issues to he presented to
the Republicans at Saratoga on August
Is Upon this platform will stand the
Republican candidates for delegates to
next Years constitutional convention.
Senator Root was ready with a tenta
two draft covering all the points which
he thinks should be pressed in revising
the Constitution No action was taken,
however, except the appointment Of "A
subcommittee headed by Henry l.. slim
son, which will report to the full conf
mittec at Saratoga