Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — SAVED TO PARENTS. [ARTICLE]

SAVED TO PARENTS.

A Va«t Reduction In the Coat of School Book*. The most substantial reform enacted by the Democratic legislature of Indiana is the new school book law which broke the power of the American school book trust and placed the books used in the common schools of the state at a figure that is reasonable and just. The following is a comparative statement of the cost of books under the reign of the book trust with that of the new school book law It speaks for itself: „ . MXW. OLD. First Reader>lo $ 20 Second Reader 15 80 Third Reader 26 45 Fourth Reader 80 60 Fifth Reader 40 75 Elementary Arithmetic 85 60 Complete Arithmetic 45 80 Elementary Geography 80 76 Complete Geography 75 1 40 Spelling Books 10 20 Primary Physiologies 80 75 Intermediate Grammar 20 40 Complete Grammar 40 80 United States History 65 125