Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-04-14
Editors and Printers, Conyen,iOn.


was good attendance of both printers, pub
fishers and editors, from all parts of the dis
trict embraced in the call and long session
was passed in discussion and action upon the
reports Of committees, appointed at the orgi-
nal meeting. Henry Chickering, of North
Adams, presided at the meeting, and Samuel
Bowles, of Springfield, was Secretary.
The following plan of permanent organiza-
ton was adopted:
ASSOCIATION OF EDITORS AND PRINTERS OF
WESTERN MASSACHUsETT
The newspaper conductors and master print
ers of the Counties of Worcester Hampden,
Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, desiring
to promote good humor, elevate the character
of their business; and to protect and advance
their mutual interests, hereby form themselves
into an association, to be known as the Asso-
citation Of Editors and Printers of Western
Massachusetts, and agree upon the following
rules, or constitution of government:
l. All editors, publishers, and proprietors
of newspapers, and all master Job or book
printers, within the limits of the five Counties
named, may become members of the Associa-
ton, on complying with such conditions as
may be established in this instrument.
II. The officers of the Association shall
consist of President, two vi ce Presidents,
Secretary, and Treasurer, to be chosen an
nually, i'll such form as the Association shall,
at the time, designate. These officers, in ad-
dition to the ordinary duties devolving upon
such positions, shall together constitute an
executive committee, with general power to
represent and act for the Association in mat
tiers not clearly of such importance as to re-
quire the direct action of the Association
itself.
III. Standing committees, of not less than
five members each, shall be appointed at each
annual meeting, upon the following subjects:
Advertising, Job Printing of all kinds, Labor
and the internal management of Printing Of
fees, and the Prices and Terms of Payment
of Newspapers. These committees shall have
charge of these several subjects, and report at
each meeting what action, if any, is desirable
for the Association to take in relation thereto.
~. Each member of the Association binds
himself to cary out in his business, the rules,
prices, and regulations adopted by the Associa-
ton, as faithfully and rigidly as possible. A
persistent disregard of such rules, prices, and
regulations, without the consent of the Asso-
citation, or of the standing committee upon the
subject to which they shall relate, on the part
Of any one member, shall forfeit his right of
membership. But this shall not be done, ex-
ISOLATION, or the committee, if desired by the
party.
V. Each member shall pay to the Treasu-
rer an initiation fee of 49, on joining the As
ISOLATION, and shall subsequently pay such
assessments, to meet the expenses Of the As
ISOLATION, as it shall by a vote impose.
vi. The annual meeting of this Associa-
ton shall be held on the anniversary of Frank
Inns birth day, January II, (saye when that
day falls upon the Sabbath, when the meeting
shall be held on the succeeding day. on which
occasion the officers for the next year shall be
elected, and such a festival provided as the
Association, or the Executive Committee rep
resenting it, shall direct.
VII. Such other meetings shall be held
during the year as the Association may direct;
and the Executive Committee is empowered
to call special meetings whenever, in their
judgment, it is advisable. The time and place
of all meetings, save the time of the annual
meeting, shall be fixed by the Association, or
its Executive Committee
VIII. Alterations in, or additions to, these
rules of organization and action may be made
at any annual meeting of the Association, if
sustained by a vote of two-thirds Of those
present; OF at any other meeting, provided,
in the latter case notice of the alterations pro-
posed shall have been given in tine call for
such meeting.
The organization was perfected by the choice
of the following officers:
President = Henry Chickering, Of North
Adams Vice Presidents-J. NJ Earle, of
Worcester, Ansel Phelps, of Greenfeld Sec
retary-J K. Trulnbull, of Northampton;
Treasurer-Samuel Bowles, of Springfield.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On AdrertiSing-S. S. Eastman, of Green
field; C. B. Webb, of Worcester; J. r.
Trumbull, of Northampton; Alvin d. Brock,
of North Adams; Samuel Bowles, of Spring
field.
JOB Printtag-H. S. Taylor, of Springfield;
]. F. D. Garfield, of Fitchburg c. B. Webb,
of Worcester II. A. Marsh, of Pittsfield; A.
/. Dewey, of Westfeld; Lyman Metcalf, of
Northampton; c. A. Mirick, of Greenfield.
Labor, and the internal management of
| Printing Ofices-John S. Adams, of Amherst;
| H. J. Rowland, of Worcester; H. A. Marsh,
of Pittsield; G. J. J. Ingersoll, of Green
field, G. W. Bryan, of Springfield.
Prices and Terms Of Payment Of Neospa-
pers-D. F. Ashley, of Springfield; c. ]. J.
Ingersoll, of Greenfield; Sidney Clarke, of
| Southbridgc; H. S. Gere, of Northampton
Elijah Porter, of Westfeld; J. D. Cushing, of
Great Darlington; J. II. Goddard, of Barre.
ADVERTISING RATES.
valuable report was submitted by the
committee upon this subject. They say
| The increase within the last few wears of
the necessary expenses of conducting news
papers, arising from the high prices of labor,
the increased cost Of living, and especially the
recent advance in the price of paper, renders
it expedient, and we think absolutely neces-
sary that there should be some corresponding
advance in the prices of advertising.
The Sqaare.-The "square" having at
| present, as is well known, no definite mean
ing, the committee deem it of the first impor-
lance to decide upon the amount of 'saaatter''
it shall contain, and fix some standard of
measurement in which all can agree
Gratuitous Ad0ertising, -Heretofore it has
been customary among country publishers to
do considerable amount of gratuitous adyer-
Using, which the public clearly ought not to
require. Cards OF acknowledgment, calls for
| political, temperance and religious meetings,
lengthy obituary notices, etc., have been US
ually inserted without charge. As such no.
tees are generally for the benefit of few in
dividuals, and not interesting to the mass of
readers, we see no reson why they should not
be paid for, either in full or part, as other adj
| vertisements.
| Losses By AdoertiSng.- small losses
are sustained by every office from non-pay-
ment Of transient advertisements We there
fore recommend, that for ill published notices
of concerts, travelling exhibitions, &C., paw
ment should be required in advance. The
same rule should apply to all pubhshments of
patent medicines &C., when the parties are
unknown, unless satisfactory local references