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[[3 columned table]] | | Wholesale rates | Price Bd Ed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Slate per doz | $2.00 | $1.62 = 19% uis | | Lead Pencils per Gross | $8.00 | 7.00 = 12½% uis | | Writing Books per doz | $1.25 | 1.00 = 20% uis | Taking everything into consideration - (the charges for transportation & Insurance being paid by ourselves) I can safely estimate your advantage over the trade and schools generally is fully equal to 20% I wish to add also, that the principal reason the firm I represent have in furnishing the above at reduced rates is to secure the precedence the books will attain by being the distributed among the children of the south both white & of color. Hoping & wishing for you and the noble enterprise you act for all the success it deserves I remain Yours Very Truly C.J. Barnes for Barnes & Burr Publishers 67 53 & 55 John St N.Y.