The Topeka state journal., 1895-09-25
MR.. Z. JAMESON's IDEA.
Is to Spend Money for Advertising
in Two Papers
OF KANSAS, AND BEG OF The REST.


Missouri Paper as the Objects OF His
FavOrs.
Mr.. E. Jameson, secretary and organ
izer of the Kansas Million club, showed
remarkably bad judgment at the open
meeting of the Shawnee county branch
of his organization at the council cham
ber last night
Mr.. jameson explained that in addi-
ton to sending three trains loaded with
Kansas products through the east, he
pr opposed to do some newspaper adyertis-
ing, and said
81 have already made arrangements
with the LeavenW orth Times and the
Kansas City Journal, and I expect to ar
range for a half column write up in all
the Sunday papers of men who have suc-
ceeded IN Kansas as farmers, and after
we get through with the Sunday papers
we will have our write ups printed in
the eastern weekly papers,"
Mr. Jameson, after telling how he
would spend money in the Leavenworth
and Kansas City papers and had already
made his arrangements to do that; said
newspaper advertising wasn't worth
! much anyway.
He said: kansas has been so much
lied about that eastern people wont be-
lieve anything they see in the news
papers.
"a train of Kansas products carried
through the east where the farmers can
see with their own eyes what we raise in
Kansas will do more good than all the
newspaper advertising we could do"
After he had explained how worth
less newspaper advertising is Except in
the LeavenwOrth and Kansas City
papers) with which he had already made
contracts said he had written circular
letter to all the Kansas editors asking
them to donate one copy each week of
their papers to be sent each week by the
Million club management to some eastern
farmer who was figuring with some Mil
lion club member for a farm or other
! Kansas properly.
BIr. J. 8. Collins, president of the local
Million club who presided at the meet
/ ing, did not agree with the remarks of
/ Secretary Jameson about newspaper ad-
vertising. and said So MT. Collins said:
/ 81 have been a newspaper advertiser for
/ fifteen or eighteen years, and the adver-
! tising that has brought me the best re-
turns and has been the most satisfactory
all around, has been the advertising l
/ have done in my home papers have
advertised in eastern agricultural papers
with some little success, but when
! place an advertisement in the home
| papers and buy several hundred copies
| and send them to eastern people, ind
l get better and more satisfactory results
! than in any other class of advertising"
Mr.. Collins experience is the expert
ence of every successful business man.,
| and if Shawnee county has any money
to spend in advertising in Kansas she
may be depended upon to spend it with
her home papers.
If money is to be spent with eastern
papers we'll and good. But if money is
to be spent in Kansas papers, there is no
reason why the Leavenworth Times and
Kansas City Journal should be especial
ly favored The Kansas City Journal is
a Missouri paper, too.
Governor Morrill, was present at the
meeting and made an address. The gov
ernOr is president of the Kansas Million
club, and his remarks were listened to
with interest
| Governor Morrill, said: 81 think the
idea Of the Million club is a happy
thought. 1t seems to me that this is a
splendid opportunity to advertise the
state of Kansas in the east.
It's reputation by a combination OF
circumstances has become bad in the
east, and the boom of a few years ago
worked against the state We don't de-
serve the bad name we have got ia the
east The records show that investors
have lost SO in Illinois where they have
lost 81 in Kansas. What we need now
is to restore the good name and reputa
ton of Kansas in the east We don't
want boom nor to give out the idea
that homes can be secured here for moth
ing.
awhile it was a grand idea for the
government to give men homes to locate
In the west, / am sure it has worked dis
astrously in a majority of cases.
81 like the idea of sending three train:
east on different routes loaded with Kan
sas products to advertise the state.
want the simple honest truth told abou
Kansas and if that is not to be done
don't want to have anything to do witt
the organization"
Mr. 7. L Dunham, who is looking af
; ter the transportation scheme for the
: Million club, said the Santa Fe was in
terested in the scheme and had already
| proposed route to take the train cleal
through to Boston and would make ratei
as soon as the club was in a position tt
= enter into a contract. He said Majo
} 7. ]. Anderson was looking afie
the Rock Island and that while he hat
} written to the Missouri Pacific traflr
manager he had not heard from him
Mr.. Dunham said the proposition is tt
place the exhibit of Kansas products il
l passenger coaches from which the seat
will be removed and everything will bt
condensed into as small space as posi-
!, BILE.
D ME- W. T. Jackson, the Shawnee count,
horticulturalist, said he had last spring
tried to collect an exhibit to send Il
D the Atlanta exposition and that fruit ant
other products which he had selected ar
) now in cold storage and they can be uset
, to I'll out the Shawnee county display.
e Mr.. Jackson said that among the frui
he had collected was a barrel of pear
the smallest of which weighs eighteen
ounces and the largest twenty fou
ounces, and these were raised on th
{ farm of E. Moss in Mission township
: He said he has six onions which Weig
!, ten pounds, and has a basket of onion