Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-19
Printers Premium.

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Printers Premium.
Iowa STATE Aa. Soo., SECRETARY OFFICE,
MUscATINE, Aug. l5tn, 1889.
j. G, DAvsNPyRr, E,o, Editor cellar Val-
Icy Times:
DEAR SlR:- Your favor of the 18th ms .,
inquiring about the Printer Pre- MUM offer
ell a. the next Stale ir, was received this
morning. And as YOU say Several papers
III The State have manifested some i'll feeling
toward the Society on account Of it," IL
beco'nes my duty to explain the reasons
winch led TO this Premium being offered,
and .he cnndi, ions Connected with it.
From the great number Of specimens of
tie type. crap hue art really beautiful and art
iSttc which are scattered over the state from
different establishments, have concluded
chat there re p' inters in Iowa who, with
the proper tacili les, can do as good work as
any IN tile whole country. And from the
interest which they take in constantly get
ing out something new and in examining
aud critc>ing each others productions it is
lair TO infer mat there are several esta bsh
nents that ale ambitious of the first honors.
Every year during my official connection
with the soclety, premium has been offer
I'd for the best specimens OF the topographic
art, but notwithstanding this, you will see
any day in the year in many of our interior
hotels u much better display of fancy print
ing tnan We have ever had at q State Fair.
AS Tor example in 1856 there were two OK.
| nibl ur-, in 1857 and 1858 but one! And
| x, N
Of DAvenp '-t, have been on hand every year,
Judy T. meet aIl competitors, and beat
,l,.ui II possible.
Up," luq nr"g OF printers why they have
not zee" r presented ut oCr annual exhibi-
lion, the reply has uniformly been "the FIVE
dollar premium Which has heretofore been
offered does not justify the trouble and ex-
pe"se OF exhibiting
| II All lmm diale return for the expense
III the shape Of premium is the object of
exhibiting, shs reason assigned is a ,od one;
but If future return in the shape OF II
re, UTAH N that will eventually pay hun
r' i Iold Q tn object, The reason is not a
good one hat reputation may be as we'll
obtained on premium of s. Us one of ten
tunes that amount, if competition can BE-
secured, but GU past experience shows that
IS will not bring out splay.
| cat the solicitation, therefore, of some
Job p n ers," Of more than one Office, |
Was induced to insert the premium in ques
ton, With the conditions attached The
sohote of the entry fees 20 to the successful
competitor-tne society DIES not receive one
dime Of these fees-the premium is made
up by printers and all goes to printers.
| The newspaper press has raised sundry
objections to this premium, which l will
briefly notice.
LIST. s'That it is indefinite as to whether
| the premium is to be awarded on one of the
required specimens, or ON all of them taken
together.''
# the objector will read the rule again
hewlll &C. tain y understand that the fancy
card, collection of uslness cards, and
specimen Of book work, are all required for
the committee to make p their judgment As
who of he competitors IS the best printer,
from the work before them
"a. "Ihat the pro;,r t RS of large estab-
| lsnments are exc u led as they are not
| supposed to work with their own hands,"
The premium j. design d for he IN, who
does the work, and for no other person ut
| in order to accomm date ambitious Or pri
et"rs new provision has been made which
is below.
Sd ssrhat many offices have not done
book work and Consequently cannot
compete"
Is il true that there is All Office of any
pretensions in the State that has not printed
Il four or eight page pamphlet? II so, it will
not take very long to get up such speci-
men. For my own part, look upon book
work as Of much more Importance than
fancy card, and think there has not been
80 much improv ement in this as in the more
sh Wv tut less useful department, hence the
necessity IF introducing that feature.
4th, sc hat in charging $40 entry fee for
this premium it is making On unjust dis
tinction ag,i st the newspaper press, that
has done so much for the State Society"
The Society is ever ready to acknow edg'
the invaluable services of the press and for
two years past, at nay own ms stance, has Of
fered md paid two premiums of 1926 and $40
for reports of the Fair as published in any
daily, weekly, or monthly paper of the
State. These premiums are legitimately for
the spress )" the premium in question, is
purely mechanical and is not necessarily
connected with the newspaper press.
Bu' have already occupied too much
time in explaining this premium and an.
swering the objections which have been
urged to it; especially, since it is barely
possible that in some instances these obiec-
tons have been raised as a pretext for not
having the objector's work too closely in
sp ,cted In order, therefore, that the most
fas idious may have an opportunity to COM
pare their skill with that of others, l will
offer the TO lowing:
PRINTERS PREMIUM NO. 2.
For the best speeim. Of book or pamphlet work
OF not less than four pages the best collection of
not less than twenty business cards, and tn, hes
l rye, fancy card, ia ken collectively. SIS co. This
pr MUM shall be open every est bills hment in the
8 ate. The entries should b. m ada in the nam Of
tha sstab ishmcnt, and the general rules Of th Q
s,"-t y shall govern throughout.
1t may rot be improper to remark that as
this premium is my own offer | will have
no hing to do in the choice of the commit
tee The amount is small but it is three
times as much as has ever been offered by
the Socie y.
Several printers have signifed their in
tention of competing for the first premium,
which my now be designated as NJ. |, and
rs those ofic g that have been so much ex-
orcised about it's unfairness, will certainly
come in for NJ. 2, We may expect good
d splay in this very important branch of
industry. Yours, truly, j. H. WALLACE.
Sect'y State Agl Soc'y.
A QUESTION OF VERAolrY.-Lysander W.
Rabbit, Democratic candidate for Lieut.
Governor, having been at one time in the
employ of the U. s. Government, and
charged with being defaulter to the amount
IT 50 600, promptly denies the charge
md ALI ges that the Government owes him
81 900. Judge Mason of Burlington, who