The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-10


ed as to get any other similar amount
I'D. The State Board Of Eduea-
tion does not INK the price of school
! books Under the law it simply gets
the best prices it can from the bids
that made. The only explanation
of the price advance lies in the fact
that paper makers. printers and all
others concerned are getting more for
their material and labor than they did
before the war The State Board does
not undertake 70 call certain prices
fair and other prices unfair. The law
/ tells the Board to get the lowest and
/ best bids possible and have books ready
for use after any contract has expired.
"Cl2). 1t has been suggested many
times that it would be Well for Ind
lana 70 adopt free textbooks Every
state north Of the Mason and DiNon
/ line between the two oceans except
Oregon and Indiana has free tex book
Legislation of some kind. In those sta
ties whore the textbook laws are state
/ wide and compulsory nobody ever
/ talks about going back To the old sys-
tenn Of having the parents pay for the
books. 1t Is in Indiana OF all the
northern and western states that we
| find a lot of criticism of the free text
book system. In general. books would
cost less because they could be con
tracted for on a statewide basis and
the collections would be certain. F'ur-
! thermore. al tax payers would share
| in paying the tax to he used III educa-
ting the rising generation This would
4 so split UP the cost of books that no.
one would feel any hardship in this
buy a broom for his child 20 that his
child could keep his part ri the school
/ house clean. there would he consider
/ able complaint. Instead OF that the
school corporate buy the necessary
brooms and nobody is burdened and
nobody feels imposed upon even though
the price OF brooms may 70 up and
down. IL every child had 70 buy his
share or the crayon used III the school.
there would be complaint. but it Is
fully considered as wisdom for the
school corporations TO buy the crayon
and let the taxpayers pay the bill even
though the prices goes UP and down.
In the same way it would be the same
kind of wisdom TO let the school cor
porations buy the textbooks. There
would be little hardship even though
the prices OF textbooks might 80 up
and down az the cost of material and
labor fiuctuate. We furnish free school
houses. free teaching and free supplies
Of all other kinds Why not furnish
free textbooks and avoid much trouble
and great hardship in the cases or
many families that find difficulty III
purchasing books. Lahorng men are
not going TO print books for nothing
and paper men are not going to fur
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