The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-26

The annuai meeting Of members Of the
State Press Association. to b held this
year ct Everett. promises TO b Of unusual
interest. Everett is always grandly hos
pitabls and the newspaper men who have
not been there before win have their eyes
opened when they see the extent to which
manufacturing has been developed In the
Smokestack City. 1t is good education
for them to become familiar with the
state. and In no place would they be bet
ter able TO see what the establishment of
Iabor-empioying Industries can do in .
short time.
The programme has been wisely con-
fined TO subjects associated with the
newspaper business. and there is enough
In them to consume all the time that can
be spared TO their discussion. The main
subject viii be, How to Secure and Hold
Subscribers" by Ed c. Suffer. So many
devices have been resorted to by even
metropolitan papers to secure subscribers
that the local paper may well be inter-
ested In ascertaining the extent of their
success. But, after all. the chief thing lis
to hold subscribers after they have been
secured. and the only way to DO that Is
to publish the news. What news will IN
terest the largest number of readers.
what Is news and what Is mere private
concern, are among the chief Questions to
be answered; and only judgment and ex-
perience can decide. The Elevation of
the Press" by Mrs. Ella T.. Stork. may
well be considered at the same time. IT.
will comprise, first. a clean and decent
telling Of unclean facts in necessary news.
an avoidance of the use Of the columns
of the paper to crafty personal amino
sity. and at least as much industry In
publishing good as evil Of the commu-
nifty. The "Sincerities and Tnsincerities
OF journalism will be dwelt upon by
VIII d. Jenkins. Type-setting machines:
advertising. local. foreign and legal. and
share of attention. The editorial Depart
ment will be considered by Representative
j. II. Schively. who has had enough ex-
p~erlence 10 know what he is talking
about, and J. r.. Buxton will deal with
THE editor as a candidate" which is the
most delicate of all proposed topics and
viii not De the least interesting. The
modesty OF the profession requires that
most attention DE given to receptive
editorial candidates. who are too FREE
quently neglected by the politicians. The
programme very tactfully arranges that
music shall follow the reading of this
paper. and 1t would be a pretty compli-
ment to include In the orchestra the Ed
monds Tyre. with an encore by Schively.
Much depends on he appropriateness of
the music. The Turkish Reveille would
be a good prelude to Jenkins speech. but
where Did You Get That Hat?" ought
to be avoided at its close. The editorial
department" might be followed by "And
Are You Sure the News Is True?" The
editor as a candidate might appropri-
ateiy be wound up with I'm Sitting on
the Stile. Mary"
Not the least or the attractions viii be
the annual oration by j. O'Brien Scobey.
TO say nothing of a trip to Monte Cristo
and a banquet on the return. There are
many bright men on the Washington state
press and the after-dinner speeches Will
be alone worth the journey.