Telegram-herald., 1886-06-08


stereotype plates ~ia. in al likelihood.
bs proA.all=i 81 Caon cfless. H. ~
esq in rhe litsd Siat=s has fhis qlopo-
sir.on s greater SIX lfean-e tlau here ln
d alai Eap.ds. it nay De natter ~
surprise lo l-5st lt oar rsaiers to A-o~
tl-t .a thia city oi aiig ~ slzts thousand
inhabitants there are from thirty % { 'rty
current publications eighteen Fesziies
aai lse dal.lss. and as eacl daily issues
8 weekly tLs number ot weekiies ls
ssellel f1 tFeniy y-tlres. VIA any per-
son N good sense oouteai for moment
that there IS any pOsslDis excuse
far the existence of 80 great
number ~ asetched nondescHpt SIC tst
II It be asked hoE they hge tie answer
ls simply boiler plates. The patent III
eide and tie stere0typng baslsess Las
made e possible for any printer with Go
Foftl ~ type to start paper aud pose
as a journalist Now the patent Inside
and the stereotype plates have their
place. The thousand ana Oue excellent
village papers could not exist bnt Tor
these aids 10 getting 0ut their sheets, out
when . man attempts 10 palm of los
of this cheap stud IN an eight-page sheet
and sends il out as daily newspaper
dating the alleged dispatches from thirty
SIX t0 forty eight hours later than they
were set up N the stereotype institution
in Chicago, IL - simply a fraud upon the
pubiic. Any man, however, has the right
% practice this fraud as long as his read
ers VIII stand C. For many moons the
people of Grand Rapids have bitterly
complained of their newspapers, and Il
vas very common FOR business man
here to say to a guest or q stranger that
he vas ashamed 70 show bis homs pa
pers. This was one % the reasons that
contributed b the sudden success Of the
TELEGRAM HERALD, which was the trst
daily newspaper ia Grand Rapids to
print d press report, aud which is the
only daily paper IN this city that does not
and II rot use stereotype plates. 1t Is
a common thing 10 hear II the counting
room Of this paper: Why, | can get
this same 'ad.' IL the Democrat and the
Eagie both for less than the price you
ask for it. Indeed the remark Is made
by advertisers a dozen times a day and
e Is true, and should 90 true,
for the reason that the circu
lation Of the TELEGRAM HERALD is
Is now equal. If not more, than the
combined circulation OF the Democrat
aud the Ecgle, and this paper pays more
per column for It's reading matter than
the Eaqls and Democrat pay for whole
pages used IN their sheets. The fact
that boiler-plats matter can ba purchased
by the page TOR S120 enables these con-
Germs 10 publish eight-page blanket
sheets, which must be filed up with ad-
yertising matter. Ia this way they come
into competition with the Yankee Dutch
and the Progressive Age and kindred,
out less Rcrthy, weekly sheets, and SO
the fight for advertising has gone on until
advertisements have been taken for less
than It costs to set them up in any we'll
regulated Office
And this is why the Grand Rapids daily
papers have for some years been by
word for newspaper men everywhere and
the shame Of the town.
The resolution which will, in all prob
ability. be presented to the Typographi-
cal Uu0n 81 Pittsburg today means the
banishmsnt Of these boiler plates from
newspaper Offices. Should it be carried,
az our dispatches foreshadow that it will,
the Eagle and Democrat viii be obliged
10 set their reading mBtter here in their
own offiees or be relegated to the rats"
where they belong. The Grand Rapids
Typographical Union are strongly in favor
Of abolisbiug plates, as was decided 10y
their election OF Mr.. BOLAND. Of
the TELEoRAN-HERALD composing
room. as delegate TO the International
convention Mr.. CARR, foreman Of the
Democrat, was candidate, bu. as he was
10 favor Of continuing the use OF boiler
plates be vas defeated, and now Mr..
BALL has sent him to Piltsburg to lobby
In favor of plates and the Democrat. II
is to bs hoped for the b>nedt OF readers
Of the Democrat that the abolition Of
plates viii be decided on. Indeed,
10 IA FOR Mr. BALLS own interest
and IN All kindnsss 70 him We say that It
Is strange be has not Wit enough to see
it. BY reason OF being a meuber Of ths
Pony Press Association of Michigan, Mr..
Ball viii. whenever his Democrat gets
sufficient circulation 70 pay for It, have
the privilege % taking the Associated
Press dispatches When that tins comes
tnara - 10 rssson why the Democrat
should not be = news papEr. but the curse
- toiler plates uill have much % 10
with preventing tbe securing of ciFcu-
lafion sufficient 20 warrant that paper m
even printing tithe - the dispatches re-
ceivea regularly every night by the
Tr5EaRk -HFRALD.
T4e CHOlR AND T1E ELDER.
The choir af Oskisnd snfcb sang
Laden vish guils sni faIi Of tears as
tha dental party entered the church