Richland beacon., 1889-05-25
Public Printing.
Shreveport Times.l


At tie State press convention hel!
recently in TLibodauy, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved That this association
,loes most taru,f y rFlr"i";e the
i,ia.iicinrs and hurfni practice at
dong pi3'ic pri"tirS below i'sa'
rates and FIR leSs tam ia. rates eI-
acted Of private individuals.
Rssolscti. farther. II i any paper
; in the State paving a bonus i"r pn'
! lie printinr. or doing II wh;i"m
Charge, shall I've refused eAc''anEe-
by members Of tine ass" 'H'l"n.
/ These are tim-lv rr- 'iU:l"n', la
ing the right r:ut about tenn a."
which all publishers If newspapers
in the State having r"as"na'i'
size circulation, will ir,lotse h"ariii!
No sound reason caa h" "a-rri ="
Justify a newspaper t" Il" n"'a for
parish or corporation vdh""' re-
ceiving All equivalent. oo'nncheur"''
with the work done.
Approaching the value '! space
the cost of comporition and the far'
of composition and the fact that tir
Times is read by nearly evtrHh"id
ii Cadlo parish, and Therefore ts'
reaching in its influence and NOR,
valuable than a paper with llml'r"
circulation, it could not afford to d"
the parish printing for cent, tie
amount OF the bid of the manager Of
the Journal, which was merged into
the Democrat.
For years past, and until MIR.
Charles V. Porter assumed the ed
! itorial management of that paper
, and agreed with the Times to charge
legal rates, the police jury have had
the parish printing done for nothing
=; The publication of the proceedings
!. of the police jury, in which every
taxpayer and the public at large are
. interested, has been unsatisfactory
because, until recently, the news
4 paper in which they appeared has
been limited in its circulation.
= The Times is not i, cl:ned to ex-
tortion but is of opinion that little Is
to be gained by doing work for the
parish or a corporation without re-
= ceiving just and reasonable eompen
SatIOn.
:, The newspaper is the cheapest
>. surest and best medium through
which to reach the public and, lik'
good horse, is ridden freely a
IS every opportunity, al no agency vii
!. answer so well and be so effective
when it IS desired to secure the at
tention or the favors OF the public
Ii In brief, there is nothing like
(. newspaper with a large circulation
:. to puff individuals, communities ant
= everything else under the sun.
The strict observance of the reso
m luton Of the State pre.s association
,s reprobating the practice OF doin
" public printing for nothing, belo'
N legal rates or for less than the rate
exacted Of individuals will, it
). earnestly hoped, secure to tbs pres
throughout the State, that recoe
OF milton to Which it is entitled to b
right; and that equitable discrimins
-, ton will he accorded to the new'
" papers IN the parishes where MOI
than one is published that distine
lie ton which should be based Oh merl
circulation and popularity.
..s The resolutions in regard to GU
70 ting rates for parish printing isa goo
one. The whole thing of selectil
one out of two or more parish pape
'S' as the official journal and trying
deceive the public is wrong al
to, smacks of radical usage, which I
quired a!ljudicial advertisements
RS. be inserted in the official journ
av. That is no longer law, but to tho
ave ignorant OF this change Of affairs
lilo has its affect to the detriment Of otl
papers. So far as excluding Il
class of journals from the assossiat
" is concerned, they never should be
vet we find them attempting 70 le
u.s. off in almost every meeting.