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Th? flERerican Book Company.
Reviewed in An Official Report of Reputable
Citizens.
for instance, Harrington';
.' -.,.. ii. ifirornui.'oe
liuve at the ae time begged it njt
t3 mention their narue, is they feared
that the American buofc Company
might hereafter persecute them for It.
"Recognizing the fact early In our
o-
Hot Shot Against the School Book Trust From a Reliable
Republican Sourer.
Book Complete' It was Investigation that the company prob-
aoiy naa 11115 jxiwer, and, from its
known past hlsVory, would not scruple
to use It, we have not- deemed It
properor just to nave it present, by
Its agent or representative, at all of
"A Monopoly Disastrous to the Public School System."
Now Seeking to Elect J. H. Ackerman Superintendent ot Schools and
Seeking to Defeat H. S. Lyman.
IFroni the Dally Portland Oregonian, September 23, 1881. Vol. XI1L 'o.-33.
ThA rluzftitfi committee of one nun- of lvlIon. Btakemari, Tajwr & Co.
dred had an Interesting session yes- j " combination, except Apple
EJ rjnjt
titta
terday afternoon. Preiident II, v.
Corbel t presided,and there was a good
attendance of members. Unusual in
terrst centered In the report to be
submitted concerning school books,
and this Interest wai beigthed when
the representative of -the American
Book Company put In an appearance,
accompanied by his two attorneys
Sir. Thomas X Strong, on behalf
of Ihe sped tl committee on school
books, read the following repert:
THE COMMITTTE'S HEPOKT.
"To the committee of one hundred:
Gentlemen Owing to different
causes, particularly the coming in ol
the summer vacation, we have been
uoable before to conclude our report.
"American Book Company. Some
what to the surprise of your sub
committee, the branch of our 'inquiry
that has to do with this company has
developed Into one of great Impor
tance. Xo member of this sub-corn-uiittee.priur
to the submission to It of
this Inquiry, knew anything about
this compauyor the competition In
the school book trade; but since then
we bare taken the subject In hand
and have been careful to examine Into
It fairly and fully without any other
intention than to do exact justice to
the public and the company. The cu
rious combination known as the Amer
ican Book Company was Incorporated
Jaouary 0, lSW.and its principal place
of business is given In its certificate
of organization as Jersey City, county
of Hudson. The total amount of its
capital uteri: is 80000, and the amount
vi lib which itcommencrd business Is
fixed at 9150'. In 'form, it was a
small and harmless affair.
"As a natter of fact, under this
yery modest organization was hidden
one of the greatest monopolies ever
known In this country. Its center
was the publishing house of Van Ant
werp, Bragg & Co., of Cincinnati, aud
thus Its first legal organization In
cluded the the school-book depart
ments of D. Appleton & Co., A. S.
Barnes &,Co., Harper x Brothers and
Ivlson, Blakeman & Co.,of New York.
Although this combination had prac
tically been In existence for over ten
years prior lo Its legal Incorporation,
the fact that the great publishing
house ot Harper & Bros., was still
outside held It In check, Eveiy pres
sure possible was brought to bear
upon Harper x Bros,, and, shortly
before the Incorporation rcfuned to.lt
also succumbed, and the organization
felt lUelf powerful enough to put
Itself in legal form and to attempt the
control of the market, and every ef
fort was made to finally crush com
peting houses and destroy all legiti
mate competition. This effort, as It
was carried on, makes u dark chapter
In the history of the organization, but
with it this committee has not very
largely concerned Itself. Its Inquiries
were more largely directed to the re
lations of the American Book com
pany with the public.
"Ot: erstates.ln other states this
company, .- far as wo can learn, has,
in lit. effort to obtain a complete mon
opoly n sorted to the most flagrant
urlLc;y and corruption of public of
ficials; and accounts of this have been
published In the Chicago Inter Ocean
ofApiJUS. 18U3, and from time to
lime In mary other prominent papers,
where full particulars arc given. On
Febiuary 17, 1601, one of Its agents,
while the school-book question was
before the house ol delegates of West
Ylrgloia, attempted lo bribe one of
the delegates but bring; caught in
tbeact, was publicly reprimanded be
fore the bur of the 1 ou.c and com
pelled to take back his money,
"In the state of Washington. J.
W. Vi'omack and P. h, Edwards,
aireoUof the combination were, with
M. C. Sullivan and C. O. Eames, on
AuguttJ, 16H0, Indloled for ottemnt-
log to bribe one L. II. Leach, a mem
ber of the state board of education.
The bribe In thlBca6e paid to Mr.
Leach being I500Q, was equal to tbo
tire nominal capital stock of the
cowpany.-and a check for this amount
w actually given to Mi. Leach.
XHelate M. O, Sullivan, the detective,
w employed by the company, and
to be also paid, and a sight draft
"' 8WMny lUelf, signed by It.
, IW aent, appeared in
Ihm. The Indictment was
MHn4Lur.l find )faniliiiit
Crjal, but this committee has
WH lb waller caiefully,
r ine conclusion that
MlberaU Mttemnt 11 1
too x Co , and Harper, wht at that
time did not bMong ii it, furnished U
it agent?, to be paid to merutxT- in
tlieStin Francl-cii rxmrd of tdueallon,
;b; lump sum of 311.9.70 oi.
"These are only -specific Instance.
Ht the history of this compiny'sop
nilon In Mli-slppl, Ml&ouri, Ohio,
N'ew Jcr-j and other M.nle, give us
he impress I .i tiut Ui methods are
orrupt, and lead' ibis committee t
h-almott Irresistible s-nclMiou thai
this Is a well defined jxih. ,,f th
country Itself in tiie selection .f - -u.
of its agents and lnslrumonlalik
When the fact is considered tint'
bribes are carefully offered and sue
cessful, bribery isalways secret, and
th it for one attempt exposed many
more are successful, the demoralizing
and corrupting nature of this com
pany in Its dealings with public agents
and officers roust be universally con
ceded. "It will also appear that Its most
reckless and successful operations
have been confined to what it prob
ably considers backwoods states, In
which category It doubtless includes
West Virginia, Mississippi, Missouri,
California, Washington, as will ap
pear further on, Oregon, and In New
England and many other places, Its
success, if any, In monopolizing the
school book business, has been short
lived. "Oregon In Oregon the Influence
of the American Book Company and
of the combination which it repre
sents (for it must bo borne In mind
that this combination, at least in
part, existed for many years before
the incorporation already described)
Is very early manifest. The comblna
tlon was from the yery beginning
represented by Its attorney as a
member of the house, and the law
and rules and regulations for the
selection of school books, when
analyzed, show plainly that
they were framed In the Interests of
the combination, -and bear Its ear
marks, and every attempt at legisla
tion (as, for Instance, the attempt to
obtain the right of local selection or
public school books), though inmical
to the Interests of tills cornpacy, have
been promptly nurprcssed.
"Its success In this state may be
Judged of from the fact as it ex
ists, that every public school book In
the state, except Brook's Normal
Arithmetic and three very unimport
ant other books, Young's Govern
ment Class Book, Westlake's Com
mon School and Westlake's Letter
Writing, are selected from the Ameri
can Book Company's list. Of theso
excepted ones, three arc published by
Chris Sower &Co.,of Philadelphia,
and one by Maynard x Merrill. Prac
tically the American Book Company
furnishes all the public school books
for the State of Oregon, a selection so
unanimous and unwarranted that In
Itself It suggests occult Influences and
gives 10 mis corporation a prom, as
wo estimate It, of oyer $30,000 u year.
"Character of book. Our commit
tee has been compelled to look Into
this matter and has made careful in
quiry upon this subject. The- Amer
can Book Company has many excel
lent books, chiefly confined to the
academic and higher grade, It Is
very weak In the lower grades and in
mathematics. As a basis of compar
ison, we have compared with the put
tie school selection the selection of
books for educational purposes mado
by the Bishop Scott academy, tho
Portland academy, and other first
class private schools covering the
samocdudatlunal ground as our pub
lic school, and ull upon friendly
terms, so far us we know, with the
American Book Company, and find
that la these schools tho American
Book Company only furnishes from 20
to 25 per cent of tho text-books used,
tho remaining 60 or 75 per cent being
selected from tho publications of
other houses. Such a startling dis
crepancy as this of Itself shows that
tho public school selection Is not
mado upon tho ground of merit alone.
Upon a critical examination or Indi
vidual books this presumption Is
greatly strengthened. It Is cheaper
for tho American Book Company to
print and furnish an Inferior book
than a good one, and Its profit is
greater upon the poorer one, although
It may sell it at a much lower price.
This apparent anomaly Isexplalned by
the fact that the author's copyright
on a flrst-class book absorbs a large
part of Its profit, and first-class educa-
"Take
Spelling
written for Harper Bros. In 1S30 by
some incompetent employe who was
paid, we understand, $200 for the Job,
and i printed by the American Book
Company from the original plates 14
years old. It fairly bristles wit"i mis-, our meetings. It has, however, been
takes and Inaccuracies; but notwlth- before us by Its agent and attorney,
standing this, It is adopted by and aDJ c have carefully examined what
used In the Portlrtod public schools. ,tbad to present to us.
With no copyright lo pay and using, "The board of examiners and other
old plates, the cost of producing this officers charged with the selection of
wretxhed book is nearly all In tbej60"001 oooh3 ror " coming six years
1 heap paper and pasteboard of which should consider the subject carefully.
It is made up. Many other books now , Sucb. books as Harrington's Speller,
In u here, this company would never , already referred to, can easily be sold
dare to put on the murke'. In auy , for 20 cents a copy, and till net an
arcatedusailona! enier. Such books excessive profit to thecorapiny and
ireforthebackwood.-.btaiesaod fron- aDd lt aDd many otber boooks
ler communities aod cannot bearjof ithis company are pusbd
'ree competition. iatJ0" recommended chiefly for
Portland. In 00 place in the state 1 Ibelr apparent cheapness. As a mat
is trie bold of the company r)rmeror'tcrof fact- sucn aggregatioLS of cheap
Hire complete than In tiie city of'03!1" and pasteboard, aod still
Portland, and. In fact, from Portland 1 Reaper literary aud educational work,
I roles the outlre stale. A majority , arp ,ear at aD' Pr,w- Tley are unfit
D
BUG SCHOOL
if our board of s-'bool directors seems
-uberient to lis interests, and it
u.iy itanauly be suspected that the
to be ued.
"A wise and judicious selection of
the best books published should be
J Call fc alii, a aiiDearerfltlontl work rjmnnr. tu orriiio,. ,
fcftittpftfac'Mav:UofaBKt were literary lai(.
own purposes has dictated to a large
extent the election of several direct
ors. The iulerets of this book com
pany and the subervieucy of our
school board explain, as nothing else
cm. L:ie late slaughter of teachers in
this district. It. L. Edward, who
v,i one of the parties Indicted for
the bribery in Washington's and has
rxen for some time the agent of the
mprny in Oregon. Professor Frank
Kigler Is his close personal friend,
an-J, allium,'!) not In name interested
1 1 1 he American Cook Company, has
often raiiwd remark In teachers'
meeting- by I. Is familiarity with the
compani's plans and prices. Pro
fessor F. G. Young, a perfectly satis
factory teacher, against whom no just
coruplalnb has been made, Is displaced
from the high school and Professor
Rlglcr put In bis place.
"The selection of books for the high
school, unlike the other schools, is in
the board ot school directors of this
district, and In making a selection
they naturally arc compelled to follow
the lead of the principal elected by
them. This secures the high school
for the company.
"About six weeks before Professor
T. II. Crawford was displaced, he de
clined to join In a recommendation of
the Maxwell Grammar, a book pub
lished by the American Book com
pany. It was a little thing, but is
the only reason, except his general
unfriendliness to the company, that
wecan suggest as causing his dis
placement, and witnesses of un
doubted standing have testified be
fore us tt-at the agent of the book
company has stated that no teacher
anUtgonlstlc to the company could
retain his position and has referred to
instances In California, where, as he
said, the heads of school officers, have
been 'taken off' for hostility to the
book company. Many of the other
changes, especially those in East
Portland and Alblna, can only he ex
plained as being part of the consider
atlon glyen for the more important
changes demanded by the Interests of
the American Book company. These
interests also demand, among other
things, that tho Portland teachers
should, whenever asked, sign recom
mendations of Its books to be used In
other portions of the state, and hence
these removals arc also effective in
obtaining more promptly favorable
consideration for the company's pub
lications "Wo arc Informed that many of the
J'ortland 'profesbO-s as they are
called, huyo Interested themselves
deeply In the fortunes of the Ameri
can Book company, and this commit
tee has heard of them all over the
state working for the interests of
this gigantic and unscrupulous con
cern in the approaching selection of
school books for the ensuing six years,
and this with the distribution cf free
books, dictionaries, stands, etc., and
other Influences which huve been
used freely for several years past,
together with the cry of 'no change
on account of the hard tlmss, Is re
lied upon to hold the present mon
opoly enjoyed by the company.
"Tho effect of this inrnopoly Is dis
astrous to our public school system,
and Is largely responsible for Its un
sitlsfactory results in this state and
city, 1110 very poorest oooks or a
concern directly Interested In selling
Its poorest works are put In tho hands
of the children at prices far above
their real value. Respectable pub
lishing houses that sell upon the
ground of merit only, unable and
unwilling to compete against such
unscrupulous practice, retire to more
enlightened states, and our entire
school system, u veritable school
machine, Is put 'Into the hands of a
foreign corporation for the further
ance of Its own Interests and the per
petuation of Its own power.
"It Is not surprising that under
such circumstances our private!
schools, free to choose the best books
of all of the different publishing
houses, are steadily forging ahead of
the public schools; and that tlio pub
lic aro cheated or the right to Inde
pendent teachers, good schools and
good books,
It has been with great difficulty
that this committee has been able to
obtain much of Its information, A
marked fear of antagonizing tho
American Book Company seemed to
posbebsall well-Informed quarters of
the public schools, and prominent
educators ot uadoubtod veracity
o.k con pany controlling our school ! maae:aDU inese should be selected
rganlzatloo aud perverting It to l5i impartially formerltalone.wlthout re
gain 10 tne interests or tne aiuerent
publishing houses.
"We cannot condemn too
strongly the Inertia and apathy of
our voting population that has result
ed in such a state ot affairs as now
exists Ic our city. It can only be
remedied in future elections.
"County superintendent. As
we informed you in our last re
pout, J. II. Ackerman, the county
superintendent, was appointed prin
cipal of the Harrison street public
school, glying up, apparently, a larger
salary for a less one. The motive for
this move still remains a good deal of
a mystery to us. It was suggested
by witnesses before us that the orig
inal plan was 10 appolntoneof the
present school directors deputy county
superintendent. If this arrangement
was ever contemplated the publicity
given to the recent changes has com
pelled Its abandonment. For some
time It was understood.and, we believe
upon the authority of Mr. Ackerman
himself, it was announced that he
was to resign the county superlnten
dency, upon taking charge or the
school. The appointment of his suc
cessor would then be In the county
court. An active canvass for the of
fice naturally commenced, and T. II.
Crawford and F. G. Young appeared
to be leading candidates for the pros
pectlvely vacantolllce. Then another
change occurred, and nothing more
was heard of the proposed resignation,
but Mr. Ackerman appointed C. W.
Gantcnbcln. a young practicing law
yer of this city, deputy county school
superintendent, retaining In himself
both of the offices of county superin
tendent and principal.
"It Is apparent that no one man
can perform both duties, or, in hon
esty to the public, draw both salaries;
and we regret that Mr. Ackerman has
allowed himself to be placed in such
an equivocal position. If, however,
our surmise that the American Book
Company is in control of our school
machine is correct, Mr. Ackerman's
action Is very Intelligible. The county
superintendent Is one of the officers
charged with the selection of public
school books for the state fr the en
suing six years. Had Mr. Ackerman
resigncl the position of county super
intendent, it might huve been tilled
with some one not personagrata to
the American Book Company.
Respectfully submitted,
"Thomas N. Strong,
"S, E. Josepih,
'C. II. Woodard.
"Special Committee on Schools."
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Definite Information Oregon at a Big Disadvantage Gouge of the American Hook
Company Shown Up Comparison of Prices in Adjoining States Union
Ticket will Settle the Question.
matter for consideration during
the present campaign Is first, the cost
of school book lo the State of Ore
iron , (2; the reason why ne aro paylnc
an unusually high price (3) the meth
ods that have been followed by th
American Hook Company the hold
ers of the present contract for hl?h
prices with the state (l) the remedy.
The stat? superintendent in his last
report states that there are enrolled
in our pubHc schools ST.312 children.
Under even reasonable rates the cost
of school books for this array of chil
dren is large; but under extortionate
rates, as now prevail, the cost is enor
mous. We are paying from twenty
per cent to forty per cent more for
school bnoks and books of Inferior
worth In point of mental development
than any other state in the Union.
This will be shown.
The contract made with the Ameri
can Uook Company by the State Bocrd
of Education went into operation Jan
uary 1st, K5, and is to run until
January Lit, 1UL Th most rsrork
able faatura of this contract Is that
the State Board ot Education con
tracted with the American Book Co.
to furnish text books at a higher rate
than the company's catalogue price:
or. In other words, the State Board
bound the school children of this slat
f) pay a higher price for school books
than the American Book Co. will mail
to any address from Its publishing
houses in Xew York. Cincinnati or
Chlcaso, a Barnes First Reader for 26
crnts the catalogue price and to pay
a postage of i cents. This leaves tin
company 16 cents for the book, but
our State Board of Education con
tracted that our school patrons should
pay 25 cents for every First Reader;
9 cents more than the company's pub
lished price demands, or about 47 per
cent more for a First Reader delivered
over the counter In Oregon than the
net selling price of the book. In ex
amining the schedule of this cum
iany3 published catalogued prices of
all school books and comparing the
same with the State Board of Educa
tion's contract price, the same dis
crimination is found against us. A
more unjust school bock contract can
not be found In the Union. That the
fullest information may be had on the
tubject the catalogue and contract
prices of seme of our best known
school books ar hero glvtn. Tha cat
alozue prices are from the company's
published prices and the contract
prices are from the public records filed
In the state superintendent's office, Sa
lem. They are authentic beyond questeon:
Barn 3'
Barnes'
Barnes'
Barnes'
Barnes'
Name of Book.
Uarnefi' First Reader JO 20
Barnes' Second Reader 35
l:arnes Third Reader 50
Fourth Reader 70
Fifth Reader 99
Primary History U. S 60
Brief History 100
General History 1M
Fish's Arithmetic Xo. 1 30
Fish's Arthmetic No. 2 CO
Maxwell's First Book in English 40
Maxwell's Introd. English Grammar 40
Maxwell's Advanced Grammar. 60
Montieth's Elementary Geography 55
Monlieth's Corap. Geography 110
Smith's Elem. Physiology 50
Steele's Hygienic Phys ". IW
Webster's Prim. Dictionary 4S
Academic Dictionary 1 50
Cata- De- Net Con- Per
logue duct sell tract cent
Price Pstge. Price. Price Incrs
0 04 JO K JO 25 66 25
06 29 40 37.93
07 13 55 ?7.'.,0
ID 60 SO 23.33
13 77 1 00 29.37
05 52 65 25.09
lH 87 1 00 14.91
15 1 45 1 75 20.63
06 24 35 45.S6
03 52 C5 25.00
06 31 45 5.1.35
W 31 45 12.05
09 51 C5 27.45
09 4G Si 41.30
16 91 1 25 32.97
07 43 55 27.90
10 90 1 10 22.22
Ofl 42 55 30.95
20 l 30 1 55 25.92
There Is not a public school book of
this company used in Oregon, but the
patrons are bound by contract to pay
more than tha American Book Co. asks
the public at large for the same pub
lications! Common sense tells us
that the contract of this company
with the state should be at figures be
low the catalogue price, since contrac
tors for large supplies furnish them at
rates much below those asked for
3tng!e ai tides. Under the present
contract over S7.000 echool children of
our state are bringing a vast amount
of unnecessary money as a dally trib
ute to this corporation monopoly.
IDAHO AND OREGON PRICES
COMPARED.
In HIS two years before the Oh-
gc n contract the American Book Co.
made a contract to furnish school text
books to the patrons of Idaho public
schools. The Idaho children use 22
American Book Co. publications that
are used by the Oregon pupils. There
Is a great difference in the prices paid
in Idaho and In Oregon. Evciy
ychjol book purchased for the Idaho
child is at a price less than the cata
logue price, while, as has been shown,
for every Oregon child the American
Book Co. Is paid more for Its publlca
t'ons than the price In its catalogue
The following tabulated form taken
from the American Eook Co's cata
logue and from the official statements
of the superintendent of Idaho and
Oregon is given, embracing some of
thr best known boeks:
Catalogue Idaho Oregon
Name of Book. Price Price Price
Maxwell's Introd. Gram JO 40 JO 30 JO 45
Song Wave 65 52 ia
High School Dictionary 9S 78 105
Academic Dictionary 150 120 1 65
Comparisons of eighteen supplement
ary books shows that the American
Book Co. supplies Its books to Idaho
at an average per cent decrease from
catalogue price, 20.72; average per
cent increase in Oregon on catalogue
price, 14.11; average per cent Increase
In Oregon over Idaho price, 43.17.
The Idaho child pays 30 cents for
Maxwell's Introductory Grammar, and
the Oregon child, pays 45 cents. The
Oregon child, by forwarding 40 cents
to the American Book Co's Eastern
publishing house will receive the
book by mall. The postage Is 6 cents,
so the company receives 31 cents net, 4
cnt8 more than 1s paid by the Idaho
child. The Idaho child gets the bot
tom figures. He can shake hands
across the Imaginary line that divides
the two states and say to his Oregon
brother, "My dictionary cost 78 cents;
what did yours cost?" The little Ore
gonlan's reply would be, "Mine, for
reasons I am unable to state, cost
Jl.05." This Is a discrimination In
Idaho's favor on a school dictionary
ot 27 cents.
To show that Idaho Is not the only
state enjoying better prices than Ore
gon, the following comparison of
prices of school text books of the
common grade of California, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana and Oregon Is
given:
Postponed. The Macleay Blme
talllc club has postponed Its regular
meeting of May IS until Mr. King's
date for that place Is iixpd, when full
announcements will be made,
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The woman
who kills her
babe by ncg.
lect of the
health and
vicror of hpr
' own womanlv ortranl-ni
)i during the period preced
ing motherhood, is inno
cently and without realiz.
itia it. as much resnonsilile
for her child's death, as the
mad woman who slays her
babe alter its birth. Thou
sands of babes are still-born
everv rear because women in.
noccntly and Ignorantly neglect, daring the
expectant period, to take proper care of the
delicate and important organs that bear the
burdens of maternity.
There is just one known medicine that
fireparcs a woman for capable motherhood,
t Is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
acts directly and onlv on the nnrini vn.
ccrned in motherhood making them strong
and healthy. It imparts to them vigor and
elasticity. It allays inflammation, heals
ulceration, soothes pain and gives rest to
the tortured nerves. It does away with the
discomforts of the expectant period, and
makes the coming of baby easy and almost
Saiulcss. It insures the health of baby,
ver 90,000 have testified to its virtues.
All good druggists sell It
In thm fall rtf tfc. HwrttM lrM X? A !......
of joo IMUU St, Xfttle Rock, Ark.,'" while on a'
vUIt to Tcxarkana, Ark.. I w Uken with a c
Readers.
First .,
Second
Third..
Fourth
Fifth ..
Cal.
Retail
Price to
Pupils.
State.
. AO 20
. . 33
50
60
Wash.
Retail
Price
Pupils.
Franklin.
$0 15
00
32
42
55
1 05
State
Speller SO 30
State
Geography, F.lemen..$0 CO
Advanced 1 20
81 60
Columbian
SO 15
Band & McX.
$0 40
S3
Idaho,
Price
to
Pupils.
$0 15
25
35
45
60
SI E0
Mont.
Mail
Price to
Pupils.
Stickney's.
SO 24
32
40
50
60
Oregon
Ketiiil
Price ti
Pupils.
Barnes
SO 25
411
55
80
1 00
SO 15
82 00
Modern
$0 20
$1 80
Mental Arltli
Calif,
Written Arltli. State
Primary SO 25
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mrinieftdenl of Public InHWctton. at
torney general, president ot the uni
versity, president of the agricultural
college, and three public school teach
ers appointed by the governor, which
selects books under certain restrictions
and supplies them free to the schools
at the option ot the districts. Of this
the state superintendent says: "We
have solved the school book problem
in Montana."
in Oregon our text books are selected
for periods of six years by the county
school superintendents, 32 In number,
and 9 members of the state board of
examiners, on prices obtained by the
state board of education, consisting
jl governor, secretary of state, and
superintendent of public Instruction.
Assuming that the state superintend
ent foihiws the example of past super
intendents and limits the number ef
the hoard cf examiners to 9, It Is a
plain proposition that if the state su
perintenJent is 1n alliance with the
American Book Co., or any other book
trust, the 9 members would be corpor
ate monopoly voters. We have 32
county superintendents in the stal
and . members of the board of ex
aminers, making 41 votes to be used
in the adoption of text books. A ma
jority of votes elects. If the Amrl
can Book Co. has the 9 members of the
board of examiners under control. It
will require but 12 more to make up
the desired majority. This plain as
sumption and supposition have arisen
In the state and the outrageous school
book contract which the supporters of
our public schools are compelled to
meet was saddled on the state by
niethods suggested above, January Is.
1S95.
THE REMEDY.
Vote only for men who are known
by record or by pledge to oppose this
contract with the American Book Co.
and who will use all the power of the
law to provide our schools with as
good books, at as low cost, as can be
had in any state of the Union. Our
candidates are Irreproachable on this
proposition, their position Is known,
and they will If elected, guvd the
Interests of the schools. Th next
book election occurs In 1900, under a
state superintendent and secretary of
state and governor to be chosen at the
coming election.
Work and work hard for their elec
tion; be unceasing In your efforts; let
no opportunity pass by for bringing
this great question before our people
STATE
SUPERINTENDENT
SCHOOLS.
OF
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Prof. Acki rrnau, the Republican
candidate, is sending out thousands ol
type written letters to teacheis
and school ollicers, telling them that
the ollice he seeks is not a political
ofllce and asking for vots on the
ground that he is not a politician and
that there are no polttlcs in it. 2ow
this Is a fraud on the face of the mat
ter. He Is the "Republican nominee
and should not disclaim his connec
tion with a party that has several
times honored him with offices. The
truth Is well known, that Prof. Ack
erman is a shrewd ambitious man,
who came from Wisconsin to Oregon
lbout eight years ago. lie has shown
ability as an educator and would be
perfectly unobjectionable as a candi
date but for his close relations to the
American Boo'i Company. This in
itself is no reflection upon his ability
or Integrity, but makes him objec
tlonabli as a candidate before the
people of ;Oregon. -The American
Book Company is furnishing some in
ferio books at higher prices thau the
same company charges the people of
Oregon, and reports from the various
counties indicate that the people can
not even get-the books at, the high
prices.
A new contract for text books will
have to be made during the term or
the stato superintendent of schools
now to be elected and the American
Book Co. wants Ackerman because he
as county superintendent of Multno
mah county voted for the present sys
tem of textbooks, nearly the entire
list he chose being those of the Amer
ican Book Co. If Oregon is to have
better and cheaper textbooks Acker
man must be defeated.
Ills opponent Is County Superin
tendent II. S. Lyman, of Clatsop
county, Union candidate for superin
tendent of bchools. He is a Christian
gentleman, a graduate of Pacific uni
versity at Forest Grove and Oberlln
college, a man of culture and refine
ment, with three times the education
that Ackerman has, and what is still
better he Is a man the American Book
Co. was unable to persuade into car
rying out Its wishes.
Thk Jouknal disclaims all preju
dice fororagainstthe American Book
Co., or any other school textbook firm.
In discussing this question of the rel
ative fitness of the candidate for
state suoerlntendent of schools. The
Journal would rather not have the
American Book Co. take any part in
the campaign for state superintend
ent of schools. It probably considers
that Mr. Lyman is not going to be
fair tn the American Book Cc.
Mr. Lyman is candidate on the
Union platform which nledues him tn
oppose all trusts and combinations
that oppress the people, abd there Is
abundant proof that the American
Book Co. has not treated tlm nnnni.
of Oregon fairly. The people of
uregon are entitled to have the
best and cheapest textbooks that
money can buy and the benefit of
open competlonof school book nub.
SCHOQLMA'AMS
TO ARMS!
Appeal to Male and Female
Teachers of Oregon,
TEXTBCOK QUESTION IS
UP.
Shall the Oregon Public School
System Be Further
Prostituted.
J. n. Ackerman.a principal and a.
county superintendent of schoshj
Multnomah county, Is the Repabb.
can nominee for state Miperioleodta
of schools,
II. S. Lyman, county ruperinteoi
ent of schools or Clatsop county, dw
serving the third term, U the Ccke
nominee for the same ofllce.
In Ackerman's behalf are sent est
stacks of type written letters li
dressed:
1. To school teachers.
2. To school officers.
3. To private citizens.
4. To politicians.
The Ackerman letters lo teachm
declare the ollice he seeks Is profes
sional, not political. The letteu to
school ollicers declare "that the fitna
of the candidate rather than Ills pft
ileal affiliations will determine yea
vote. From my long service u j
teacher In the public school, and 1
life devoted to educational work. I
feel that I can conscientious!; ii J
the support of school omcers.teacbea,
parents and taxpayers;" etc
We coucede that the office requires
a high grade of professional ability
and is not a political office, and let
that reason we prefer Prof. n. S.
Lyman of Astoria, because the te
fluences that nominated Mr. Acto
man and help to bring about bis ela
tion and control his official action
for four years after hU electlonn
political, and politics of the wort
character.
llshing housesas other states have.
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3J"A vote for J, H. Ackerman, Republican candidate for State School Superintendent
Is a vote for the American Book Co, His record as County Superintendent '
of Multnomah "County absolutely proves this.
Information and price lists may be
obtained by any one directly from th
state superintendents ot the above
states. Any one wishing to ln obli
gate this matter Independently should
get such information at once from
them.
THE LAW PROVIDING SCHOOL
BOOKS IN THESE STATES.
In California the bocks aiw publish
ed by the state. Though publishing
tor a limited market, the state seoms
ablo to give better prices than tho
American Book Co. can give In Ore
gon. It has been suggested that Ore
gon might buy the plates of the Cali
fornia books and publUh at much lew
cost than we are now paying.
In Washington the bocks are sup
plied under stringent state rejulatlons.
In IdHbo they an- p'irchad direct
by a number of th Slate Hook Com
mlrston and supplied to the schools
in Montana, by a law adopted less
thau two years ago. a text book com
mission was Treated, consisting of su.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.
by local applications, as they cannot
irui.ii me ueseasea norrmn nr rim mr
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remed
ies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube, When tills
tube gets inflamed you have a rumbl
ing sound or Imperfect hearing, and
uen it is entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inllamatlon
can be taken out and this tube re
stored to Its normal condition, hear
ing will ba destorved forever- nlnp
cases out ot ten are caused by catarrh.
IDlllnll In nAtl.l... U..1 rt -
""wu 1- minium out. an iniiameu con
dition of tho mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
i-iKurrh that catinot be cured by Hall's
wimini mif. .-Mi.n ror circulars,
oPi ' Jl856 - Toledo, O.
sSTSold by Druggists. ifK
Ackerman is the candidate ot the
state school ring in politics and cf
the school book trust that tbnrcri
Its agents forced pernicious legUi-
tion upon the the people and keptOr-
egon in the rear of most of tlf
northwestern states in educatlcst
matters. It was the school booktrct
through State Supt. McElror ua
forced the present six-year contact 4
law with high priced textbooks njtij
this state.
The cry of hard times in 1S94 ra
used to influence county superlnttc4
cuts, and members of the state barf
of examiners into voting agaits
many changes In textbooks in 1
That Is the reason given bj Pnf.
Ackerman for voting for 62 outof i
the American Book Co. publlcatka
and fasten them upon Oregon Ml!
nearly the end of 1901. But tbe sto
superintendent chosen now will bin
to appoint the state board of ena-
iners that select the books after u
The teachers of Oregon do not mi
u school book system that Is slmfii
legalization of the greatest teittei
trust In the world. The teittwl
teacher has about passed awaf.u!
the school system should notbeniii
it side-show lo any publishing bjis
Let tho textbook buiiaess takeU
nroner nlace as uhelnlng. not as a cot
trolling Influence In public school if!
fulrs.
Finally, let teacheis reallie tW
they owe It to themselves and t!';
rirnrpsslfin thnr. Hinv lieln free Orel
from the influences of truststrfd
mrinnnrillriQ nf vprv d(;(rlntion. 1"1
best and most approved textbootn
necessary to the hkhest dereiopwi
of our school system, to the lieaiu11!
growth of the teacher and tol
rlcht education of the growlWRM"!
nt.lnn.
Tonolmri! liuln nc tn crnt. OrSOU!
of tlin rut . Put. tnnr KhnulderS tol
wlippl nnfi if vnn ran't vnteontbeO
of June, lend vimr Influence to
along the car of common educitw
and elect a man or the highest i&
on education to thehlgestedacitl1
office. Cast a vote for that brar10'
low woiker and friend of our com
humanity, Hon. IT. S. Lyman for
superintendent of schools.
Oregon has not bad a line of 1 j
fill. nrnirrAaalvo. onnstructlfe
lptrUlntlnn In no.irlv twenty I"
WlivO RntiuOroKon had DOlltlcW
like Ackerman, members of tneBT
t.i j . 1, , -,,. in mr "
x-oruuuu scuooioooit riuy, " -tice
of school superintend"
State Supt. Irwin has had do c
to get any ieisiaiw-
la nnt tn hlninR lor
condition of things. He
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IiMichlri miinnp.rrl and U10f4ul .
piiiio scuoois, ii you -- fJtl
work done for the cuooi!, - ,
suund ideals and correct Ides
fountain head of our comaijjS
svKtpm. Iinln to elect II. w
stale superintendent.
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