Show LET VS HATE BOOKS detroit has the greatest group ot of automobile factories la in tho the world iet yet all the billions ot of dollars worth wort h or of machinery plants stock roe rooms all the thousands oi ot highly skilled workmen are of no uso use to themselves or tho the world at large unless there Is coal or oil to supply heat to give the power by which raw material Is inace into the finished product the united states of america has many examples ot of magnificent public school systems the finest of build ings the best of teachers the most elaborate of equipment Is not too good tor for many a progressive municipality lp allty yet no school building no teacher no laboratory can do demuch much tor for a scholar it if books are lacking hence a great many school systems also supply textbooks oh let the parents buy tho the books book says tho the unintelligent voter ot of the unenlightened lightened district where books are not supplied but why if a city can afford to pavo pave its streets light its avenues supply fire and police protection put in sewers and water systems it it can and does afford school buildings school supplies and school teachers all paid tor for out of the tha public purse why ask the private purse to buy the books it la Is cheaper to buy them from tho the public treasury the more bought the less each the extra tax necessary to jany the books Is far less than any parent would have to pay for the books bought at retail buying books by tho the school authority insures that all have books that all have the right books and that the books can be and ana are changed when out of date bolseal let us have marble school houses and magnificent public school parks by all means but bat let us have books supplied by the schools for the schools and make it illegal to lase any books which can not pass an american history Hist oryl truth committee too big to be dominated by any sect religious or political |