The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-22
ALL FOR KANSAS.
Grand Revival in the Business
and Farming Interests
Of Our Glorious Kansas Set
AtoOt Last Night.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES
When immigration Poured Into
Kansas to Be Renewed.
Preliminary Steps Taken For
Immense Advertisements
IN EASTERN PAPERS.
Advertising Pays and Live Men
Will Prove It.
Two Thousand Dollars a Page
in Big Dailies.
Advertising Pays and Live Men
Will Prove It.
Two Thousand Dollars a Page
in Big Dailies.
SOME NOTED WRITER'S
Are to Be Engaged to Do the
Work.

The time to properly advertise Topeka
and Kansas before the people of the
United States and the nations of the
world is here, and this opportunity is not
to be neglected
At the Copeland last night temporary
organization was formed, and it was de-
cided to proceed at once and to advertise
Topeka and Kansas according to the
plans suggested by Mr.. Thomas G. Shil-
linglaw.
Mir, Oscar Bischoff was elected presi-
dent of the temporary organization and
Thomas G. ShilIinglaw was made tenn
pOrary secretary. These gentlemen are
not going to boom Texas or Nebraska
but Kansas only. Other cities may try
to work Topeka to give their exposition
a big send of, but this organization is for
Kansas and her cities first, last and all
the time.
MIR. Shillinglaw stated his plan and
read letters he had written to and re-
ceived from the managing editors of the
leading newspapers of the country
Mr. Shil1inglaW said: There never
was time when Kansas could be better
advertised to the world than now, and I
have written to the leading papers of
the country to see how much it will cost
US to let the world know about u.s.
81 asked the managing editors of the
New York World, Boston Herald, Phil
adelphia Press, Cincinnati Enquirer,
Chicago Times Herald, St Louis Globe
Democrat and several other papers what
the expense would be.
The plan l proposed was that each
paper should send staff correspondent
to Kansas, make a tour of the state and
give MS a write-up of about page, tell
ing just what ne saw on his trip. This
write-up to be published on some Sun
day during the month of September
The writeups are to appear on the
same day in all the papers. According
to this plan Kansas and her crops would
be advertised to the world in papers with
a combined circulation of over one mil
lion on one day, and l can conceive of no
better or more effectual way to let the
people know about our state"
MIR. ShilIinglaw then read letters from
the managing editors of the papers he
had written to.
The managing editor of the New York
World said he would be glad to send one
of the best men the editorial staff of
the World to make a trip through Kan
sas for the purpose of giving a write up
of her conditions.
He said the World would pay the ex-
penses of the correspondent from New
York to Topeka, and pay his regular
travelling and hotel expenses in Kansas
TO be paid by Kansas business men, who
must also pay $4,000 for q page write
up in the Sunday World, and for addi-
tional space at the same rate He said
the circulation of the Sunday World ex-
ceeds $4,000, and last Sunday it was
over 379 900.
The Boston Herald wanted S2,16O for
q page write up, while the Chicago
Times Herald offered to sell its space
for 81 an agate line, which figures out
So. 100 a page of seven columns
The American Agricultural offered to
send an editorial writer to make a tour
of the state, and give write up of from
four to eight pages in both the American
Agricultural and Orange Judd Farmer
if 10000 copies of the papers will be con-
tracted for at cents apiece.
The New England Homestead of
Springfield, Mass, also offered to write
up Kansas for a contract to take $500
copies at cents each
The following is the list of papers
heard from with their rates for the Kan
sas write up:
The World. New York / page & col So 600
Inc Press Philadelphia page 8 col 500
Inc Boston Herald. Boston page col 500
1he mes-Herald.. Chicago page Z col 2 100
Globe Democrat St. Louis page page col col oo5
orange Judge Farmer 4to pages,
ALIeLlcdI me Ian Ag1lculturlStl 10000 papers 800
New England Homestead .. Springfield,
Mass, $500 papers $50
AotaI cose---..--. 81 ,054
It was the opinion of all the business
men who were at the meeting that this
was the best suggestion yet made for ad-
vertising Kansas and it was decided to
proceed at once TO raise the money to
carry out the project
Judge John Guthrie suggested that q
committee be appointed to draft a cir
cular letter to present the plan to the
bankers and business men of the state
aud committee consisting of Oscar
BischoH l. q. Shillinglaw and Simon
Greenspan was appointed to draft this
letter.
1t is proposed to raise enough money
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