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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1900)
tram TTW i The Nebraska Advertiser W. W. SANDERS, Publish!1. MAAAVWWtAA FltlDAY, AUGUST 17, 1000 STATE PAYS THE RENT Au Entiro Weekly and Job Printing Plant in a Fublio Building at Pom. PRIVATE CONCEltN MULCTS STATE tutlon! Can anything like It bo found anywhere else In the world? A private printing office lit a bub Up building growing fat on the tax payers and getting a bonus for doing if Doing Interrogated concerning the matter Prof. Boattle, who I3 supposed to cxcclse supervisory control ovor tho school nnd Its affairs, evlncwtl a disposition to evade discussion. Ho endeavorod to excuse the payment of tho $20 monthly to Bishop & Co., oil the grounds that they rocclvod It as part pay for printing the monthly col- oko paper. Hut wnen uskou wnat aerv ... , . - - -" cnangea stnntinlly true, gross outrages am he- that tho profits aro mndo hy tho teach ing perpetrated by lndlvlduuls proinl- 0rs, for they charge as much, and. In nont in the faculty of the school It .gome lnstancoi. more, for hooks than Is openly charged thnt certain men- tho regular deilers. I defv Prof. Hcnt Ivors of tho fucultv mt MnHu'nM'i? tie or anv one or his teicho-s to pro file text booUs uod to the grcit ills- duco a book tint Ins been Bold a ptu- ndvanugo 01 me sutut'iua ana 10 mrir own private gain, "he lo al dealom liilm. nnd In thh Hit nro corvoor- -tr.l bv the students, tint the tonchors ire olianrlng as much for books which Mioy rc'olvo dlroc from the pulilla'icrs w the local di'dora chnrgn. and In Homo Instance moro. Having It with in their power to chatme tho text books at their pleasure (and they hivo .Unit tlttci vrin- fhlntr mi nnmnrmia mi. Ices Hlshop & Co. .rendered for the use .cv.on9 tnu, requiring the students to or tliroo rooms wmi uriu aua ""'. 1 m,rchnso new books), war for male HrflcHiH Clir. At. .! .litRBlery or Tnxt ItiiohH Oeiiltr and Stuilciitii Allk Coin.litii Huokn" Aro CIiiiibi1 Without I'umti rr4'Mflil)iy for ftlonoy lu It. PERU, Nob., Aug. 13. Tho State Normal S hooi at iJeru furnishes an otiier exanip.e of tuslon spoliation, in competency and discord. This institu tion maintained by tho state for tho puipo.-o 01 mfoidiiig thoso with mod orato means an oportuuity of obtain ing an educatioii, has been no more ior tunate than any of tho rost in escap ing tho vilo euects of fusion mism.ui agoment. Not nlono has thl3 school been sub jected to tho evil effects of fusion in competency, but it bus ben maitu tin prey of political adventurers a hose omy purpose seems to bo to uxnet un lawful tribute from the tax payors of tho stntc. To Illustrate the true situation, it is only necessaiy to point out that in one of the buildings owned by the utato, a private business enterprise Is estab lished and conducted, no rent being paid the state, while on tho other bund, the state pays for its lighting, boating, pays excessive prices for material sup plied, and, in addition, is mulcted to the extent of $20 per month. This Is tho way tho stato of Nebraska is be ing plucked at 1-oru, and that, too, by t'usionists. AN OUTRAGE ON TAXPAYERS. The business enterprise herein re ferred to, Is the printing establishment by J. u. for the commission they rccolvod on the sale of second hand books, for the money they recolvod for advertise ments In tho college paper, nnd for tho snap they had In printing supplies for the Institution with tho 250 Btudents at prlcce far in excess of standard prlr-js, Prof. Hoattlo expressed a d tiro not to bo quoted, "that this Is the fruition of fusion ii jr.ea undisputed. Not until th fuslonlsts got into the saddle waa ..o u private prlntiugofllce In a pub ic building at Peru. MliNAOuSD 13 Y PARTISANSHIP, it Is Indeed a sad theme for coutora- ) .;tlou that the patronage of 30 1m j taut an Institution as a normal hool should be treated by persont altJi In authority In tho stato govern moat as tit plunder to divide among tho heelers and honchmon of tho par ty. Yet this is true. Among tho tioittbei'H of tho board of trustees are 'onio men utterly Incompetent to act 111 this capacity, and the only reason ihoy aro thoro Ib because they havo won recognition through political achlve luv.us. The resident trustee of tho Peru ?i'hool is a drummer for a cigar and tobi.co house in Council Bluffs. Nor .3 his devotion to the cause of fusion without Its object In the short tlmo he has Iken on tho board ho has buc (ieJ In ouetliig James I logic, pro feiicr of English Language nnd Litor Uurc, and Installing in hi.s placo Grace Culbertson, his slater-in-law. Prof. Hoalc hn3 distinguished himself In the faculty of the school, and is a man rich lu learning. His successor is in experienced, is simply an alumnus of this school, and those who are tamlllar with the merits of both and who are compotont to judge aro authority for the stateniout that tho change Is a groat loss to tho institution. Novertho mvnnil nml (nniluutGil wi . ...... .... ' - - . . Bipnop & Co. K ght in tho building , lcjs, Prof. Hoslc has got to go ana o.ned by the state this printing com-1 Miss Culbortson's namo goes on the pany monopolises throe large rooms, I pay roll at $S00 per year, has it& press and type, publishes a It Is a significant fact that Miss Cul weekly newspaper, the Peru Pointer, bprtson, herself, does not feel fully Aeeus booKS and stationery for sale, , equal to tho duties of hor new posl aoes the job printing for the business tlon, as she ia to go to Chicago this bouses of the village and for the Instl-1 summer and study In the Mrs. Emmons tutlon, and transacts all its private Blaine school. However, hor name is Lbuslness. It pays no rent, but what listed for the pay roll, and that, in lis still worse, It has Its rooms heated the fusion way of looking at it, is me and lighted at the state's oxpoiuo. main achievement. ?And what is worse still than that, It! MAD SCRAMBLE FOR SPOILS. jlias the boldness to charge excessive poruan3 the most flagrant attempt to Prates for printing stationery, cata-1 r,rof,t ut tuo cxpenso of the state, In locues and the like for tho institution, , , iin I1V f ..i-Hiiir t-ho mimes of rela- tho expenses of which are borne by u . the .)ay roll oi tno institution, the tax payers of the state. That this is being done is attested by J. D. BUh op, horul of tho concern, and conspic uous In the councils of the fusion par ty In Nemaha county. was recently made by Major Dal icy, a fusion wheol-horso of Nemaha coun ty. It was while Major Dalley was moditathig over the pay roll of the iu- btltuto that he concluded tnat ais son In a conversation with Mr. Bishop, 1 ...., v.f,tnin iinnrintondont Goudv. among other things, he said: , Wll8 eSnoclally devised, adapted and "Wo havo a pietty good thing of it1 (jesjgnm for the presidency of It. here, wo have the use of three rooms 1 Tne fUaTy attached to the presidency with' light and hea. and all free. Then 1 Jg 50500 p0r year, and tho chivalrous we havo tho state printing for the lu- aacilt!,n yrocct'Jod at once to shake tho stltutlon. that Is a pretty good thing. ! ,,Brsmmon tree. He laid his plans 'Do you have to compete with other , wlth the 8tratcgy or a Von Moitlte, printing houses? ' ! u,ane f0r his ald-do-camj it Is said, "No, we ilx the in-lcos to suit our- i JJ0 ,0,3 a pors0nago than Governor solves, we have no competition. H p0yntor Duilov Uooroii in darkness lor examine, is a catalogue. 'o ch.v jo , RIKl (mv'ight, irV.-sing h.s guns at ev- the Btate ?250 for p:lntlng it. and - I c . va,',ti,Ke point, and Anally after a aiu fed'-l'lb Jt p.i.i(---t ill iJ ""' ""' i sc uion of i Printing company at Nebraska City. ! pajgUinCi K lor Sl'00. vou Foe we niaae a cwju ?"0 theio, vithout having to do a tiling. We would rr.tVo more than tint i wo printed it o.irselves, but this year they wero slow about getlng us got so far as to havo the board called together. The board met. It was a mtefing distinguished for cjurnge on or.t .-ide nnu biibtlety on tho other. Dalley crackod the whip a-.Diinu t no recreant io'Jicuro 01 uu the copy, and, to got it out on time, ; h'n , wh() courageousv stood out mj ii..u i v-iiu 11 iw ii..j.... .-.wi 1 r.;2lnst Lis decree, out witnout euoot. but wo will still nuiite ?u0 and tunt , Jt ,..a3 urgC( by hld 0ppLmontg that Is not so bad. I (j0U(iy was ruflty in the art of poda- "We also print tho paper called nml (,;a, k woula bo u flltnl Btop "Tho Messenger." whi.h 1 Is gotten out . t , . j. t th ,osldo,u.v. This ...if.i.. ! f I..A..I1.. 1 1 in 1 1 t r rtr (in ' - . Ulimiiuv uy i iusiukiii. uuuiuo ui iuc fcclool." " ho pays for that?" "The state. Eory month wo got $20 from the stato for gottlng It out " also cct all tho money accruing from advertisements in It." "Hnvo you a contract with tho state for printing stationery for tho insti tution?" "No. we regulate that oursolves." "Docs It amount to much?" "Considerable. You seo we do all (he printing for the Institution or school and besides this we have mnny Hjioi"! orders f;om various teachers." "And the teachers havo private sta tionerv lor which tho state pays?" "Yes, the state pays for It all." "How much does It all amount to in a year?" "I don't know oxa.-tly. Well, tho fntt is that wo are not making much of an effort for othor business and wo are clearing nt least ?1("0 per month. "Do you publish the Pointer hero?" "Ye?, this is whore wo publish it. WV get it out ovoiy wcolc." "How long have you been doing busl ni'3s bore''" "Th" plant has been In this build lag about two yeais. Prof. Spclbrlng, when be came here to loach, bought the Pointer outfit and brought It ;rom down town up hero nnd consolidated It with tho collego plant. We got tho out t irom htm v. hen he loift." "How long has U10 ?20 arrangement (rUed?" "About one year. We havo neon gi't'ii' $20 every month front the stato f?r the Inst year, and we are still get Ui It." And this 1b the spe'tnele, a regular weekly newspaper, not n cwlloge paper at all, being printed In the stato instl- t was a"outed and disputed by his chain- plops. Hut ho failed to receive the accessary support, and though his sup porters succeeded in creating a vacuum for him by forcing tho resignation of President Benttie. the plum foil to Prof. Clarke and Picu.otor-General Dalley suddonly discovered that " The best laid plans of mice nnd men gang aft agleo." As rai,'V have boon ex pected, tho removal of the president nrcclnltnted no llti'e amount of dis- I cord and disarranged things generally at tho school. Tho board wound up Its meeting by removing the janitor, a mnn of many yeais of faithful so vice, and appoint ed In his stead a man named Ed Wright, distinguished from the rest of the fusion lieutenants of Pom by his dexterity In handling tho pasto bonrds, and alleged brilliant feats at tho gaming tables. OTHER CAUSES. The only excuse offered by tho Dnlloy faction for tho removal of Prof. Boattle and the nppolntrrent of P-of. Goudy was that Dalley had to havo the concession as a reward for polit ical sorvlces rendered. Ilwt, entirely freo from tho Dal!ey proposition, there seems to bo good cause for sum moning Prof. Beat'le tn public judg ment. Thcfie objoi tlons thu board overlooked, but they novortholC3S aro I apparently well fonde l. CHARGES OF KflAUD. Considerable oomplnlnt Is being made by students, parents nnd tocal book dealora about tho niann-T In which changes In text hoiks aro being mndo and tho prices rhirgod tho stu dents for books. If half tho clraim otantial and parol teitlmony la to be believed, and on Its face It Is sub- K coiiBltlornMe money is sort open to thorn. Cortaln It Is that nany chants iiavo boon made, and thpt too, with out tho slightest Justtfs Ulon. Even In mathomntlcs. whose principles hove remained unchanged since the davq of Archimedes, frequent clnnges havo boon mndo. Manipulations In this re spect extend to Latin Qrainmnr, Bot any, Geography, Mornl Philosophy, German. English Grnmmar, Goometry. Modern History, Civil Government, Orthography, Etomology, Lltoraturo, nnd. In fact, all tho branches. So far has this practlco been carried that tho ! students havo In many Instances been distressed by tho frequent raids on their small capital. Ab a rtilo tho stu dents nro possessed of but moderato means, their parents being of that class of citizens who often go without things at homo In order to cducato ther eons and daughtors. To Bubject these people to downright pilfering, is, (0 any the least, a monstrous outrage Nor can It bo donlod that this very thing ban been done. BOOKS COaT MORE THAN BOARD. One of tho students In tho school, who, by the way, la a fualonlst, Is J. V. VanPolt of Archer, Neb. He waB re luctant to complain f IiIb grievances publicly, but lu tho coursu of a con versation, said: "Yea, there Is something suspicious about tho text book problem. I iitivo tried to Ilnd out, but havo not been nblo to do so. Tho fact is, and I re gret to say It, that my books, If I should buy all they have asked 1110 to, would cost mo moro than my board, and 1 am boarding at tho highest price hotel In tho town. Indeed, In tho nearly two mouths I havo been here, though neglecting lu several Instances to buy books as requested, I bplleyo my book bill has been nearly as much as my board bill. I know something Is wrong, but I cannot Bay just what. Two things are certain, we aro hav ing too many changes In text books, and wo are paying entirely too much for the looks purchased. I havo dealt in school books myself and I know whereof I speak." TEARS IN THEIR EYES. Inquiry among tho dealers dis closed the fact that thoro has been a great deal of jugglery pruotlced at the school In connection with tho text books. H, M. Schumnnn, with O. D. SoarB, 11 local dealer, said: "I have seen poor girls come In here with tears In their eyes inquiring about text books. Most of thorn who come hero have plans laid ahead, and the manner In which every penny of their small means shall bo spent is pro vided for. Any extra expense on them means the disarrangement of their plans, and, if the expeuao bo material, it compels them to leave the school and return to work. As for changes In books, It hnj become notorious. Th way the tonchors do Is to ask at th" opening of the class how many sit-ti donts need books. After ascertalnli'g this they send direct to the publi h ors for the number reqi.i' d and get them. They buy Jus as cheap as wc do, and possibly cntapor, but thov charge just n& much and In some In stances moic thau we do. We moke from 23 to 30 per cent profit and they make the same. I don't know who gots the profit, but I do know that tho students aro being shamefully proved upon. What make matters worso, Is thnt thero aro a few students late at the opening of school in ovcry class, and, as tho tonchors order only a fiufilclent number of books to fill tho demand at the time and have no stock on hand, thoso who aro late aro sent to us nnd aro required to wait until wo secure the books. The teach ers have succeeded in ono thing, nnd it speaks anytning but praise for them, nnd that Is, In changing tho books so often they have practically driven t'10 local dealers out of tho book business, thus removing nil competition ageliiBt them. Wo Imvo over $300 worth of school books now on hand, not, worth 2." cents on the dollar, because of changes. As we cannot return thorn to the publishers, r-utl as the bulk of the business is now dono at tho school, we aro simply compelled to go out of tho biHiiois, except on a limited scale. I don't know who Is getting tho rake off at tho school, but some one Is get'lnu' it. W. D. Abbott, who Is of the fusion faith and who has been In business In Peru for ituny years, said: "Thoie Is no doubt In my mind but that there Is n great denl of crookod 1103s abou th'd book business. 1 hnvo been In th" book business myself, nnd I know something about It. Nor Is the outrrge upon tho students confined to selllug them books n lone. There Is scarcely a term of school that does net open with a delay of two or three weeks In getting books. Tho teach cra welt until tho studonts aro here 1)0 font they order books, nnd I hnvo known whole classes to wait fully two weeks for the bonks to arrive. "Rome of thnm have, on various oc cMFinr":, '-ecoi-e iilsro'iraged and left tho s hooi. This i one of tho evils of tei-hors Wing book dealers. If they would keep their lnnds off. and let t1:e locnl mor bants handle tho books, tlittv would keep n stock on hand, nnd tho 8tudot3 would not have to wait on" hour for books, whereas now thoy wait weeka. It Is bv .- dent by him or them In the Inst two years nt cont prl-e. On tho other hand, oxoept In a few Instances por- 1 hops, not n bonk Ins been himlM bv them out of which thov hnvo not got ten the retnller's profit. I am rot In tho book mis!i!o row. o ,-ou " o ! I am not prcJuiU-od through pnrniul motives. Whnjt I say, I Fay for tho purposo of putting a stop to this out rage." PRESIDENT MRAYTftJ INTER VIEWED. When questioned concerning the matter, Prof. Benttie iffected to k"ov but very little about the book bu ness. Ho admitted that thnre 'M been some chnnges, but he thotu-ht those wero necessary. Ouestlono help ing upon the cost of books, the fro quency of chnnges and tho manner tn which thoso changes wero nuHn, seemed to causo Prof. Boattle sono uneasiness. Tho complaints of tho stu dents ho attributed to luck of knowl edge, nnd thoso of tin local deaVrs to porsonal nggrnndlswmont. But his stvtomentB wero both Indefinite nnd y M; l'ennjrlvili Inir. n peculiar arrangement of tho Pennsylvania election law votes aro not canvassed for tho candidate for whom they aro cast, but for tho tlckot or tickets upon whloh his name ap pears. Thus In tho election of Cheater (Chester la a strong republican coun ty . ml contains tho town of Chester with Its large shipyards), both par ties agreed last yenr upon Joseph Hemphill for common pleas Judge. Thin Is the way tho official canvass wac declared: Joseph Hemphill, re publican, 8,102 votes; Joseph Hemp hill, democrat, 1,371 votes; Joseph Hemphill, fusion, 1.613 votes; Joseph Hemphill, scattering, K74 votes. Thero .vns no other candidate In the field. I'm iicIi 0(Uiir tic nt llnrtiiril. The fourth annual lecturer of tho Corclo Krancals do I'Unlvorslto Har vard wll lbe Monsieur Gaston Des chaiups, tho well known lltorarv critic of the Paris Temp.t. Ho will sail for America early lu Kebrunry and will give at Harvard under tho auspices of the Ccrclo Frnncnls eight lectures on tuo "Theatre Contemporaln." ovnslve. and ho acted tho part of ono 1 I'fHHOVrr Citlu'N for Lord Kotxirt. Among tho many presents sent to who fully estimated tho distinction bo- 1 Lori1 KobertH, ono which is said to tween sllenco and Incriminating . hnvo pleased him much was a caso nneech. Uo denied tnat boohs were of Passover cakes sent to him by tho .tows or ixmuon. 11 was sent at Ens tor tlmo, and his acknowledgement of the glf tins just been received. sold nt n profit, but when ho was asked to produce his Invoices or bills ren dered for books bought from tho pub lishers and Bold to tho students In proof of his nssertlon ho flatly refused. Ho admitted that he hnd tho bills, but no amount of porsunslon could Induce hi in to produce thorn. With a view to ascertaining Just who was profiting by tho deal, ho was asked who author ized changes' In text books nnd who or dered tho books, but his answer wns thnt "sometimes I do and sometimes somebody else," thus leaving the arena of research for facts as wldo as ever. Cortaln It Ib, however, although tho board of trustees made no Inquiry Into thoso complaints, thnt gross abuses aro being perpetrated on tho students and tho public In connection with toxt books, nnd if something Is not dono to stop It, Incalculable Injury will bo visited upon this Institution. A Gcotl Oough Mcdioine. It Hponkn well lor Olniniliorlnin's Cough Kcnu'tly- wIumi (IriiggintH tine it in their own fnmiliesiii prcferent'o to any other. "1 lime nulil Chnmlior lnin's Cough Remedy for- tho piist live yoius with complete nut infliction to inytiuli'liiiil utiMoiiici," tuivs Drills git-t J. (Soluttiuiih, Vim Elton, N. Y. 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