The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-11-16


was appointed consisting of w. b
Foster and Joseph V. Lawler.
S. d. Harris, w. G. Mosgroye, anC
j. v. Lawler were appointed q COM
mittee on Resolutions.
The President suggested the follow.
ing additional propositions for the
consideration of the Convention dur
ing its deliberations. "Clnbbins
with Magazines" "What shall consti
tute printers Square," "a uniform
ity in charges for all travelling
Shows"
To the Editorial Convention,
M Alliance. Ohio:
Please do not count me out of your
number because not present at your
deliberations.
Pleasure and profit both urge me to
be there, but pressing duties in Other
directions forbid. ~,
Hoping the Convention may prove
every way success.
/ am truly yours,
j. A. BRUSH,
Ed. Literary Advance.
After which the Convention ad-
journed to ~ in the evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The Committee ON resolutions re-
ported the following on tho re-assem-
bling of the convention;
Resozred, That we reoOmmend the
the different papers of this district to
charge, hereafter, in all contracts made
with agents for foreign advertisements
the same rates exacted from our local
advertisements. net cash.
Res0lceti, That the charges for show
should not be less
than ten dollars per column for the
first insertion, single column.
Resolued, That we regard the prac-
tice adopted by many of the local pa
pers, ofIclubbing with Magazines and
Eastern Literary Journals, as destruc-
..nve to the interests of local papers
and impolitic, and advise its abandon
ment. @..- nan ff.sts ri-+
Resolcetl, That for the purpose of
establishing uniformity among the
trade, we recommend that the space
of 800 ems of Nonpariel, in that or
any other type, be regarded as a
square.
Resozced, That the publishers of To-
cal papers, being interested in the
prosperity of their several localities,
and laboring for their success, have a
a right to expect at the hands of those
whom they, support, Lying and
ligera1 patronage, and we call upon
the business men of the district to dis
eountenance runners from city rat job
offices, and to patronize those who
labor to build up their interests.
-ResozUed, That we will not give en-
ployment to persons of intemperate
and dissolute habits. f.5-.
Resolred, That we recommend that
the next meeting of this Association
be held at Warren on the second
Thursday evening of May at Z 80 o.
clock.
ResolUed, That the thanks of this
Convention be rendered Mayor Laugh
lin for the courtesy in extending the
free use of his room, lights, &C., on
this occasion.
The above resolutions were thor
oughly discussed by the members
present, and when stripped of all
doubtful features, were passed by an
vote, with one exception.
Messrs. Reitzel, Brown and Frost,
were appointed on business for next
The President, j. x. Rukenbrod,
was selected as orator for the May
meeting and A. .McGregor as Poet.
Ashtabula and Geauga counties
were, on motion, added to the district.
The membership fee was establish
ed at fifty cents.
The meeting was q very pleasant
one to all present, as well as profita-
Bile, and it was the unanimous opinion
of the members that's a good and pleas
ant time awaits us in the beautiful
and shospitable city of Warren
J. x. RUKENBROD, Pres,
S. @. MCKEE, Sec.
delivered the following entertaining
address, which the convention, by
unanimous vote, requested to be pub.
ished with the proceedings !:
So much has been said, and well
said, in prose and in song, in eulogy
Of the printing art, that it would be
on this occasion, to pre-
end to utter anything new or perhaps
,ven useful on the subject. A dab
,ler in items for country paper can
lot be expected to get up connected
document of any length, as the dispo-
'ition is continually to run into varie-
Y; and contribution from such a
ionrce might be placed under the head,
Miscellaneous. s.t,ta ..4s sst4
Every craftsman present is suppos-
ID to be more or less familiar with
he history of the art preserodtiOe,
md understands its details with the
which becomes those who
ustly exult in the title, Typographerr
there may be spgges-
ions expressed, though old to many
" all, which will have to be the apol-
,gy for what should be expected on
his occasion. t.s..sl4
I do not know that I can begin this
heet better than to make few brief
lotes as to the late improvements
made in our occupation. When first
Initiated in the mysteries of the So
;alled black art in the year 1927, the
abors of printing Office were con-
lucted, In many respects, very differ
entity from what they are now. That
was almost the era, in this part of
country, when the old Ramage press
vas bidding a long adieu to its posi-
ION, and improved presses were be-
np introduced in Its stead. The
2amage was two pull press-that is,
he platen covered but one page (and
,ut five column page at that), aud
vas brought down by screw power,
force not sufficient to print one side
If paper at one pull. The Stapberry
press, one of its immediate successors,
vas worked with levers, and its plat
EN- and power were not sufficient for
paper larger than superroyal, about
.0by 80 inches. We used to tug and
weat at that Aatan's caudal with hlls.
cred hands on an edition of four OF
I've hundred papers; and press day
vas formidable day of the week.
But the pressmen did not monopo-
ize all the hard work. Then we had
10 composition rollers-did not know
years ago what they were,
hough some of US had read about
uch things. Our method of apply
ng the ink was with two balls, each
like ten inches in diameter.
rhe outside was made of soft huckr
kin, stuffed with curled, elastic,
.oarse hair, all tackled to pan of
.,on1an c4ocl-c xu;th handlac ITO