The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-20
State Press Association.

Thirty and more members of the Yer
mont Press Association gathered at the Van
Ness House, Burlington, last Friday, to at
tend the twenty.sixth annual meeting of
that organization. The business meeting
was called to order at two o'clock, Editor
Blake Of the Barton Monitor in the chair.
The secretary called the roll of members
and read the constitution and bylaws. W.
d. McMaster Of Woodstock was elected to
honorary membership The following new
members were admitted: H. G.. Whitehill
of the Waterbury Record, B. A. Wells of
the Lyndonville Journal, K. A. Perkins, NJ.
A. Greene and Z. V. Harwood of the Rut-
land Herald, e. A. Mutt of the VERMONT
WATERMAN j. g. Norton OF the Burlington
Free Press, A. II. Butterfield of the North
Troy Palladium, John T, Clapp of the Bur-
lington Graphic and James E. Tracy of the
Winooski Journal.
The officers elected for the ensuing year
are President, L. p. Thayer of Bellows
Falls; vice. presidents, w. f. Scott of Barre,
r. A. Perkins of Rutland, T. VI. Tobin of
Swanton secretary, Il. b. Johnson of Ran
dolph; treasurer, W. e. Hubbard of Brattle-
boro; executive committee, j. W. Sault of
St. Johnsbury, E. A. Mutt of Montpelier and
L. III. Lewis of Morrisvile; delegates to the
national convention, D. A. Rowe of Bur-
lington, A. f. Stone of ST. John sbury; iegis
lative committee, G. H. Blake of Barton,
George T. Childs of St. Adams, George At
kins of Montpelier, w. b. Howe of Buring-
ton and A. f. Stone of st. Johnsbury.
The afternoon session was devoted to dis
cussing, in an informal way, the following
topics Legal Advertising" Advertis;
ing Rates, - Advance Pay" " Methods of
Increasing Circulation" " Reform in Libel
Laws, Ratecutting in Competitors Ter
ritory and " Advertising Agents" These
discussions took the form of " class-meet
ing" with Brother Blake as leader The
question of Advertising Rates +" was, per-
haps, the most interesting. Editor Perkins
of the Rutland Herald gave the members OF
the association some knowledge of the bust
ness methods of that paper that it would be
we'll for every paper in the state 10 initiate.
The decided opinions expressed by all who
spoke on this topic showed a determination
to be more strict in The future in regard to
adhering to fixed rates for foreign adver-
Using A price of So per inch, net, for such adj
vertising, with position, is charged by many
of the newspapers represented. A resoluti IN
was adopted that the association recon-
mends an advance of twenty-five per cent
from this price for foreign advertising that
does not take the " run of the paper"
The association voted to hold a mid
summer meeting and have an excursion il
the executive committee thought proper
Editor Blake of Barton extended cordia
invitation to the association to meet at Bar
ton next summer, and suggested Willoughby
Lake as an objective point for the excursion
The invitation was unanimously accepted
The executive COMMITTEES was instructed u
try to secure Charles A. Da IA, editor OF tn,
New York san, or some other eminen
journalist, 10 deliver an address either a
the next summer or winter meeting. Tn,
association not being in present need o
funds, on motion, the dues OF the member
mr. fhaat Of
AT eight o'clock the members marched q
the dining room, where the newspaper fra
ternity Of Burlington had provided fin
banquet, This was an innovation on tn
custom OF former years that was highly ap
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