White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-11-09

The EAitoFial Convention.
The recent Convention Of Kansas EditOrs ut
Lawrence, and excursion all over oat-1oors, Was
doubtless very pleasant affair, % far - enjoy
mcnt aud good times generally were concerned;
but there was great deal Of useless action, that
will he Of no fDrce whatever.
The prsject Of establishing Kansas Magazine
was discussed, and the enterprise inaus1ased'
We hone it may he succcsxfhl, but we have our
fears. The peop!e of Kansas are too restless and
unsettled to take that interest IN monthly liter-
ary publication which they str'uId, to make It .
success.
The resolution In favor of repeating the Insu-
rance Law Of last Winter, and re-enacting the 81
one, we heartily endorse; but we have inise's'
ing that the persons interested in the speculsson
contained In the Insurance Law, win hone5fuegie
and bamboozle the next Legislature isso ie'tng
it stand Just as it ia, amend il in manner that
will be of no benefit in the way the Etor'ai Con-
vention contemplated.
A resolution was adopted asking the paper
maker, tn change the quirrs and reams 50 - to
make ouirr eonaist of 70 sheets, and ream consist
of g osires. The vericst buncombe, and will
amount to nothing.
resolution was adopted asking for the repeal
of the Constitutional amendment providing for
State Printer, and asking for an srrangment that
would be an infinitely greater bore. This rcsolu-
tion was adopted at the instiEstion Of person
who xas candidate for State Printer, and who,
having been bestsu, could not bear to zee another
make ANYTHING ont Of it. That provision should
not he repealpd. Since the establishment Of the
Office of State Printer, the public work has been
decently executed. Under the old. system, there
was invariably either botch or . swindle.
A resolution was adopted, calling for the repeal
Of the law requiring estrays to be sdvertised in
the Kassas Farmr, M that such advertisements
might be inserted in the local papers. We intro
dnced such bill in the Senate, last Winter, and
secured its passage through that body, sfter it had
been three or four times showed under. In the
House, IL was smothered, principally through the
efforts Of the Chairman Of Committee, who was
. printer, and who, We believe, was . member Of
the Editorial Convention that passed the resolu-
tion.
The resolution demanding that all County print
ing shall be done in the County, and permitting
County officers to give ont their own printing,
was very good. Bat in . majority Of the Coun-
ties, officers will be eleetesl with the aid of the
newspapers, who will have economy on the brain,
and will endesvor to take work away from those
ssnse printers, in orler to save six bits m the
price.
The resolution fixing regular price ~ adver-
tisins, and binding the printers not to do public
work at discount, nor to bid lower than the fix
ed price, also Sounds well. We have been trying
our best To enforce that rule in this County, but
were. proHibited by bastard concern printed
mostly outside of the County, in tho Office Of
member of the very Committe that reported the
resolution in the Editorial Convention.
IN short, while newspapers are started and con-
Quoted in Kansas on the present system, resolu-
tions pedging sdherance to fixed scale OF prices
is utterly impracticable. The man who attempts
to live mp to it, simply derrves himself of all pub
lie printing, which most of the papers require a
share Of in order to live. Papers start mp like
mushrooms, in the interest Of ambitious hamlets
OF politicians conducted often by irresponsible
men, who can manage to gather up an outfit Of
worn-out press and type. Being started for q
temporary object, frequently by impecunious
hirelings, they grab at anything to help exc ont
precarious existence; they undermine the prices
of public printing, and bid on the work lower
price than legitimate papers can afford to work
for They care nothing for the interest Of the
business, if they can manage to grab fat job that
is required by the County. Until this kind of
thing is done away with, and until men are elec-
ted to public Office who can appreciate the advan-
tages of legitimate and established newspaper
over temporary and catch-penny concerns, all
resolutions of Editorial Conventions in favor of
adhering to established prices, are Of NO conse-
quence whatever.
The Elections.