Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-07-30
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.

A Convention of the Editors of Northern
Pennsylvania Is to be held at Danyille, on the
4th proximo, to be present at which we have
received an invitation Circumstances will pre-
vent our attendance, otherwise our desire to
meet our editorial brethren would prompt our
being there. We have some curiosity too, to
see what measures an assemblage of publishers
can adopt to benefit the business, which cannot
be effected in every printing Office. We must
confess, We have but little faith in any regula-
tions which may be adopted to remedy the
evils of which some publishers complain. For
ourselves we have no difficulty whatever iii
conducting our own business without the aid
of our editorial brethren We need no regu-
lated tariff of rates to ensure us good prices
for our labor, in any shape. We suffered our
selves to be humbugged until we learned better
by experience, and if our brethren will initiate
our example, they will experience more bene.
fit, than from dozen Conventions, to pass re-
solves to be broken upon the first opportunity
Firstly ITO divide it it into heads, like an
orthodox sermon adopt the cash system-no
pay, no paper ALSO in regard to transient
advertising.
Secondly Totally repudate all city agen-
cies, and throw their farors under the table
They have done more to injure the advertising
than any other cause.
Thirdly Refuse peremptorily all adver-
tisements received from persons not known to
be prompt aud responsible, and particularly
those of questionable character. We observe
that some of those who are anxious for on
editorial Convention are in the habit of biting"
at every thing in the shape of an advertisement
no matter what its character or the source
from whence it is received We don't wonder
that they need the assistance and aid of their
brethren.
Fourthly Patent medicine advertisements
are the bane of newspaper success. The pro-
prietors of many of of the most successful hum
bugs of the day, have used the press as a sue
cessful means to gull the public and make
their own fortunes while the prices paid have
been contemptible We have but one contract
(made two years since) which fulfilled the man
who gets Patent Medicine advertisement in
to our columns, rM pay for ii, at our regular
price per square.
An Editorial Convention cannot so regulate
prices &c, as to remedy the evils of which
publishers complain. AS we have suggested,
the remedy lies with themselves Let them
adopt a proper method of doing business, and
they will soon cease to have reason to find
fault A merchant would not credit an entire
stranger, yet many publishers will insert adver-
tisements coming from sources of which they
are ignorant, and the only pay for which they
ever receive, is the satisfaction of publishing
the pseudo proprietors as swindlers.
The editor who will publish such advertise.
ments as "Dr. Mariceaus," "Dr. Hunters" the
" Baltimore Lock Hospital" &c, has no very
exalted idea of the dignity of his profession, or
of the intelligence of his readers. If the edi-
torial Convention will rebuke those who pub
lished such abominable advertisements they
will do good thing.