Gilpin observer., 1900-01-25
EDITORS TALK SHOP.
ANNUAL MEETING AT DENVER.
strong Resolutions Against the Paper
Trust Adopted-Fort Collins Man Elect
ed President.

of the State Editorial Association was
held here yesterday.
| The discussion of an active campaign
| in matters vitality affecting newspaper
interests began almost as soon as the
meeting was called to order by Howard
Russell of Fort Collins, vice president
of the association.
| 1t was decided that the editors of the
state should unite in pressing upon the
attention of the coming Legislature the
needs of the press, in the passage Of
bills, and the repeal of laws which bear
unfavorably upon the profession. A leg
islative committee, consisting of How
ard Russell, president; X. G. Cooper,
II. n. Briggs, j. NJ. Lawless and ]. s.
Temple, was appointed and instructed
to meet some time in May and consider
all complaints and suggestions from
members of the association submitted
in writing in the next ninety days.
An invitation from the mayor of
Ouray to hold the summer meeting
there was accepted.
A resolution was adopted condemn
ing the personal assault upon the pub
fishers of the Denver Evening Post,
and rendering them sincere sympathy
in their present unfortunate condition"
l. n. Bunting of Grand Junction,
Lewis Gaylord of Colorado Springs and
Il. NJ. Patterson of Denver We're ap-
pointed committee to wait upon the
railway classification committees and
cndeavor to secure the retransfer of
newspaper printing paper from class
three as freight to class four Wrap
ping paper is still carried fourth class,
while white paper, in exactly the same
kind of parcels. is put in Il higher class
and has to pay about thirty per cent.
more freight.
Il. J. Atkins, X. G. Cooper and II. NJ.
Patterson We're chosen Il committee to
draft an address to the publishers of
the United States to be sent over the
country through the Associated Press,
urging that all publishers join with the
National Editorial Association, and
send representatives to that meeting If
possible, to further the campaign
against the paper trust.
Howard Russell was elected presi-
dent of the association by acclamatiOn,
and the vote was unanimous for l. n.
Bunting of Grand Junction, first vice
president: +. n. Briggs of Victor, Sec
ond vice president; Halsey NJ. Rhoads-
of Denver, secretary. and II. j. Holmes
of Glenwood, treasurer.
The following We're elected delegates
TO the coming convention of the Nation
al Editorial Association, which will
meet in New Orleans. March 1st: Wolfe
LondOner. f. ]. Atkins. Lewis Gaylord,
w. C. Calhoun and L. NJ. Patterson
Alternates. j. h. King, Lutte Wilcox,
]. S. Temple and Halsey Nj. Rhoads.
The delegation was instructed to vote
for X. G. Cooper as national commit
teeman from Colorado.
The most important business of the
convention was undoubtedly the adOp-
ton of the resolution against the paper
trust. This was introduced by X. q.
Cooper, and was rs follows:
"Disregarding all controversy over
the mooted questions of tariff and free .
trade. we nevertheless unite In de-
nOuncing every form of combination
that has for its object an increase in
the cost of necessities through the cur
tailment of production and the destruc-
ton of competition.
"The newspaper has become prime
necessity of modern life. The best re-
suits, in all efforts to improve govern
ment. advance civilization and secure
faithful public officials will be OBJ
tained through the newspapers of the
country, produced as cheaply as pos
sible consistent with fair wages and
reasonable hours of labor
In the paper trust but lately formed,
we. the Colorado State Editorial Asso-'
citation, recognize only an enemy to the
newspaper publishers and readers, and
therefore to society and good govern.
ment BY combining to destroy COM
petition in the manufacture of paper
and thereby unduly to raise the price
to the publisher, IL has forfeited all
claim to the consideration and bounty
of the government, and 1t Is the plain
duty of Congress to repeal all laws that
tend to enable the trust 10 carry out
its nefarious system of plunder.
"To the end that the newspapers Of
the United States may free themselves
In part at least, from the eXactiOns OF
the paper trust we demand that the
Congress of the United States shall i'm
mediately repeal all duties on paper,
upon wood pulp for the manufacture
of paper. and npon every other article
that enters materially into the manu-
facture of paper. and we will consider
rs cur enemies every senator ana con-
gressman who shall fail to do his ut
most to repeal such laws NJ the present
session of Congress.
"Resolved, That we will oppose the
reelection of every senator and mem-
ber of Congress who does not actively
aid in the immediate repeal of all such
tariff duties
The most vigorous debate of the ses-
sion was over this resolution. Some
prOtectonist editors In the gathering
were unwilling To admit without fur
ther investigation that the reason for
the iucreasc in price was other than
the general rise of prices due to pros
pcrity. 1t was denied that the tariff
IN paper WAS sufficient to give tho
trust any decided advantage. One del
egate pointed out that only since the
rise in price had the managers of Den
yer paper mills begun to see their way
clear to profit, The proposition to ask
the roads TO reduce the freight rates on
paper nearly prccipiiated IL debate on