New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS CONFER.
TOPICS THAT CANE Up FOR DIsCussIoN-soME
OF THOSE PRESENT

OF THOSE PRESENT.
The American Newspaper Publishers Association
yesterday began f. annual meeting In the Holman
House. The associations objects are the proec-
ton If the members from irresponsible customers
the gathering and disseminating among It's members
u Information Of value 70 them. and the giving 10
each other Of such additional assistance MS may be
within their power"
The president Of the association. James W. scott
Of Tie Chicago Herald the chairman. There
was q large attendance OF members at the opening
The formalitieS Of organizing occupied t"e
forenoon The roll called. reports OF officers
were road and a committee ON order Of business was
appointed. Tho reports told an encouraging story
of tie prosperity Of the association. That Of the
treasurer. ". ". lafan. Of The Ncw-lork sun
showed that there is balance the RIGHT side Of
the account OF over ~ 800. There arr now about
80 newspapers represented in the association.
In the afternoon the chairman announced that
cue tons had been received. OF which discussion was
wanted They were. Which is better foF an even
Ing paper for feature. an enlarged sat
uriav or a sunday iS-ue7' "ShoUm news
paprrs furnish their employees with free copies
Of the papcrl1 L" How You find out tho
other fellows circulation - Are members "'
this association receiving adequate price for special
po,ition advertising" None 81 the questions excited
much serious comment, except the last. 1t appear
that a resolution bearing the necessity Of making
,pccal charges for position passed at tho last an
mai meeting soma OF the members were IN ihvor oi
having every one present give his experiences ana
rulcs in regard To charging for position In ADVERTISING
" C. BRYANT Of The Brooklyn Ilmos. declared
FIAT the New York papers took any advertising they
could get at any price they could get for It, The
New. York papers, said he. "are tho worst cutters on
rates known Arthur jenkins, Of The syracuse
Herald asked How far resolutions passed at these
meeting, mandatory the members y "Ihcy are
rot Al ALL said the chairman. The resolution Is
simply the sense OF the meeting; but members arc
expected to follow it as far rs possible
The association irXshed consideration of the mater
in executive session Various other subjects came
nm In the secret meeting among them typesettine
machines and their value. and the relations of the
typographical nL-0nS to the newspapers. The a,so
citation VIII meet to-day at 10 a. Important busi-
nc, including the election Of officers. 10 on TIC pro
cramm.. and there Will be dinner at the Hoffman
House in the evening.
Among the members who reported FOR duty yes
tcr,lay were +. V Mi,h representing The san Fran
cisco Bulletin and CAR" l. J.. Morgan. of " The
Ee.d,tcrr New Haven; ;. H. kauimann, OF The
Washington star; ". J. Richards, Of The Indian
apols News: +. II. Woods, The Boston Herald" :
t'harle, ". Knapp, The Kansas city star y. T.
Tell The Omaha Bee; j. ~ Butlcr. The Bunalo
Ncvsr;C f. Kennedy, The Cleveland Plain-Dealer' :
y IT. Carpc Of The PittsburG ChrJniclc-fcc-
.qaph~: J. J. Jordan, Of THE scranton Truth :
d. Lorentz Of The Galveston News; Ar
Arthur jenkins, Of The syracuse .llolaid'; IL.
Holmes. of The Toronto Telegram; Colonel Charles
IT. TAYLOR The Boston Globe; \. H. TOwic The
Eo- on Herald; II. 7. Ely son, The Richmond Di'
Match. Richard smith. The Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette" l.. swift, The Minneapolis Jounal'; l. L.
Chaplin The Toledo Bee: Levi, Baker, Jr.. The ST.
PAM Globe: F. Driscoll. The II. Paul Pioneer
Press: John Il. Wilson. The Chicago Journal; h.
r.hoin Tho PN.ss" Cleveland. Ohio; 4. W.
Patterson IT,, THE Chicago Tribune victor +.
I,r Chicago NcN- j. f. Gushing, II the
Typothac OF Eo>on, aud H. +. GunnIoon of " rhe
brooklyn Eagle n,
don't lanes ". scott. The ChicagO Herald; vice
nrrsdcnt = IT, Kullmann " The Washington ~tnr
Iccrotary H. H. Campo. The Httsburg Chronicle
rc,ceraph" trca, urcr ". VI. Iaiian, The New York
sun: executive committee, W. {. bryant " Tho
I.rnoklyn Tines" H. l.. Morgan, The New Haven
Rrdsrcr~ f. H. Woods. The Boston Herald C..
". knapp The ST. Louis Republic Lewis Baker,
:. The II. Paul Globe