Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

AN OUTRAGE

High Price of School Books Frequent Changes Burden to the School Patrons. THE REMEDY

If you have four children in the graded above the third grade, your school book bill will amount to over twelve dollars. If you have four children in the High School your school book bill amounted to more than twenty dollars. To the average laboring man this means one week’s wages. It means his family is out of money for one week. It means the grocer, butcher, Shoe man and doctor must carry him for that week or he must apply to the trustee for books and have his children and family recorded as Paupers. If he does not apply to the trustee he must skimp his family for weeks to come, in order to pay for this outrage. Mr. Voter, you know 7 this is the truth. How long will you vote tor the other fellows instead of for yourself and family? When will you wrnke up? The Progressive Party is the only party that pledges itself to free school books. Will you vote the Progressive ticket or will you continue to vote the old party tickets and thus keep up the school book outrage? These books could be bought by state at only a few cents in tax expense to you. One set of books could, by proper care and disinfection, be used several years in the grade the same as dictionaries and reference library books are used. As long as you vote for the old parties you will have to carry the School Book Trust burden. Free Text Books would mean fewer changes. Why are so many changes made? \ou know the answer. Have you got nerve to break away from old gang rule and vote for your family? The Progressive Party offers you the only jremedy. How long will you continue to make yourself a tool of political bosses and trusts’ Mother, you could use twelve to twenty dollars very handily around the house. Why not urge your

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