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The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01
NEWSPAPER MAKING.
American Publishers Have Faith In
the Combination Idea.
Thoughts Suggested by an English
mans Talk About . Journal
lstic Trust-W0nders OF the
Mail Plate System.
- Especial Chicago letter.


@OMB1NAT1ONS rule the day. It
u may be true, as Senator Marcus
Aurelius Hanna, Ohio's world
famed president maker, said in the
heat of last years campaign, that there
are no "trusts;" but that the country
is full of all sorts of combinations not
even the astutest politician could deny
without making spectacle of himself.
Reckless competition is the basis of
combination and cooperation. When
ever competition assumes that form of
extravaganza which threatens to ruin
gagged in it must either go into bank
ruptcy or save themselves by agreeing,
one with the other, that the goods pro-
duced in their factories shall not be
sold below a certain price. This is
legitimate combination, quite as fair
and equitable as any other business
proposition having in view the best in
terests of the community at large. On
this basis, also, our great trade unions
have been built up; and no American
citizen, be he employer or working
man, can deny that legitimate organ
ization has done more for the cause
of labor in one generation than has
been accomplished in 19 centuries of
competition between underpaid jour
neymen and artisans.
To the American country newspaper
publisher belongs the credit of having
been the first to arrive at true UNDER
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

ed their "funny men" to make game of
the enterprise. But eventually they,
too, were made the victims of fierce
competition. Men from way out in the
west invaded the newspaper field in
New York and other eastern cities;
papers formerly sold at five cents
copy had to be offered for two cents
or penny, and some hitherto proud
and supercilious publishers had great
difficulty in making the "ghost walk
Of Saturday afternoons Expenses
had to be cut to avoid ruin. Instead of
collecting city news independently,
the publishers formed organizations
for jointly obtaining routine informa-
tion of every description. From this
hint proceeded the organization of the
so-called literary "syndicate," which
buys articles and sells them to editors
all over the country at merely nom-
inal price. To-day there is not a metro
politan paper in the United States
which does not make copious use of this
Syndicate" stuff; and one Sunday pa
per, barring the local news, looks very
much like. another, whether it be pub
lished in New York, Chicago or San
Francisco. Several years ago the
writer, while a guest of the Lotus club
at New York, asked a well-known
American author why these manu-
script dealers called their enterprises
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01
MAY BE MADE FOUR YEARS.
Growing Sentiment in ConRress to
Lengthen the Term Of Service OF
House Members.

There is growing sentiment In
congress in favor of making the terms
of the members of the house four
years, instead of two as at present. It
is contended by many members of the
house, who claim to be disinterested,
better legislation would be the result
from such a change. The house
would be more deliberate in it's &C.
tion, the members would be more like.
~ to vote their convictions, and not
depend upon the senate to amend
much unwise legislation which is
pushed through the house in response
to the demand Of public sentiment.
In discussing this subject, a west.
ern member said: II have seen mem.
bers tremble in their boots when called
upon to vote upon a question: pending
In the house. Frequently, in defer.
ence to public opinion. they were
forced to vote against their convic.
tions. The members knew that II
they did not bow to the public will
they would be turned down at the
polls at the next election.
IF a member had four years tc
serve he would have time enough tc
Justify himself with his constituents
a. the wisdom of his action would
become apparent. Frequently mem.
bers vote against their convictions for
no other reason than that they do
not have time to square themselves
with their constituents"
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

standing of the business value of COM
bination and cooperation. Before the
war between the states the average
country newspaper was published at
heavy expense. Few editors managed
to make both ends meet. Their busi
ness life was constant struggle for
existence. Competition had reduced
advertising rates and cut subscription
prices below the cost price. But early
in the sixties, at time when money
was getting scarcer and labor harder
Kellogg, then country editor up in
Wisconsin, solved the problem which
was agitating his fellow publishers by
inaugurating the auxiliary sheet
better known as the patent inside
business. The idea, although revolu-
tionary and contrary to all editorial
traditions. became popular at once, and
was adopted by hundreds of western
publishers who, by it, were enabled to
issue good papers at a nominal ex-
pense.
A few years later the stereotype
business-another industry founded
on the principle of combin tion and CO.
operation-was launched. Its purpose
was to supply the editors of newspa-
pers printed in the larger towns with
stereotype plates that could be used
in place of the much higher priced
hand composition. The business was
a success from the start. It not only
imnroyed the standard of newsDaner
reading matter, but proved to be Of
vast advantage to wage-earners in the
printing trades because, like the aux
iliary sheets, it led to the publication
of scores of newspapers in every part
of the country.
The large city papers were inclined
to ridjcule the ''patent inside" and
''plate" business; and for years the
pompous editorial magnates instruct
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

safeguards around them. Several
communications were received from
the governor announcing that he had
made the following appointments:
Dairy and Food Commissioner-W.
w. P. Mcconnell, of Blue Earth Coun.
ty.
Superintendent of Public instruction
John w. Olson, Of Freeborn County.
Insurance Commissioner-Elm II.
Dearth, of Ramsey County.
State Oil 1nspector-Fred c. Schiff-
mann, of Ramsey County.
Labor Commissioner-John O'Don-
nell, of Hennepin County.
States Prison Board-R. 81. Bronson,
of Washington County.
Surveyors General of Logs and Lum-
ber-First District: w. c. Masterman,
OF Washington County; Second Dis
trict: A: Il. Robbins, of Hennepin
County; Fifth District: G. F. Stevens,
of st. Louis County.
In the regular house proceedings q
lengthy bill, was introduced revising
the entire system of the state banking
laws. Another bill provides for the
codifcation of all the laws of the
state except those relating to taxation.
1t authorizes the supreme judges to
appoint a commission of three to do
the work at a salary of $4,000 year
each. and gives them two years time
to complete it.
st. Paul, Jan. 25-The senate ses-
sion yesterday was quite brief, only
two bill being offered. One allows the
city of Owatonna to accept bequest
OF $4,000 for kindergarten, the ex-
ecutors refusing to turn it over on the
ground that no one was legally au-
thorixed to receive IL. It was voted to
take up the nominations sent in by
Ex-Governor Lind next Thursday, after
which the senate adjourned to s p. m.
Monday.
The house had a considerable num-
Der of bills introduced and transacted
more business than the senate. One
of the bills was anti-cigarette and for
bids the sale or giving away of cigar
cites or cigarette paper. Another bill
gives travelling libraries an appropria-
ton of $4,000.
There are two contested election
cases in the house, one being Blair
(rep.) against Mahood (dem.) from LIE
Sueur county, and Deering (dem.)
against Schurman (rep. )-from Ramsey
county. The LIE Sueur county case
has been taken up actively by the
committee on elections and decision
will probably be reached the coming
week. The Ramsey county case has
not yet been reached, and may never
be very seriously considered.
After the usual routine work the
house adjourned to 8 p. m. Monday.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

pyralin and can be sent all around the
globe for a few cents. The plate itself
is thin sheet of celluloid composition.
This is fastened to a metal base, which
the publishers keep in stock, and when
so united the plate prints as we'll as its
metal prototype. The cut explains the
modus operandi in detail.
The extent of this mail plate busi-
ness is surprising, and cannot fail to be
gratifying to our national vanity. Its
purely American reading matter is
regularly placed before men and wom-
enofeyery nationality. That this state.
ment is by no means an exaggeration
was satisfactorily proved by visit to
the company's shipping room, where
Manager I. H. Whipple pointed out
packages ready for shipment to Nome
City, skaguay, Juneau and sitka, in
Alaska: Dawson City, in Yukon terri
tory; Mexico City, Monterey and Nue.
va Casas Grandes, in Mexico; Havana
and Santiago, in Cuba; Belize, in Brit
ish Honduras; Kingston, in Jamaica,
W. l.; Moulmein. in East India; Ma
Mia, in the Philippines; Bluefelds, in
Nicaragua, and Auckland, in New
Zealand. On the day before plates had
been shipped to Cape Colony and the
country of the Boer in South Africa.
1t seems almost wonderful that the
publisher of paper printed in the
English Language in far-away Hong
Kong can, on the arrival of the steamer
from San Francisco, stroll up to the
post office and secure dainty package
containing variety of articles, pro-
fusely illustrated and ably written, the
the whole thing ready for the press, at
cost which must seem trifling even
in those countries of the orient where
labor can be had for shilling day.
Like the patent inside and the stere-
otype plate, the mail plate is a triumph
of combination and cooperation, in
whose advantages every newspaper
reader has share. And it is also a tri-
umph for American inventive genius
and American postal methods, which
assure safe and prompt delivery at
trifling expense.
Trusts which control the output and
prices of the necessities of life unuues-
tionably are menace to society, but
healthy combinations having in view
the development of general activity
and the creation of new business enter
prises are entitled to public respect
and commendation-s
G. w. WEIPPIERT.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01


In this service. In making your in
spections you will bear this constant
ly in mind. I will expect you to re-
port every mail carrier whom you
find to be yiolator of this rule. The
ladies and gentlemen in our cities re-
ceive their mail from carriers who do
not drink liquor, and the ladies and
gentlemen along the rural routes will
be likewise considered and respected"
One of the inspectors reported that
he found many of the mail carriers
with ramshackle vehicles. with unbe-
coming clothes, and with uncleanly,
untidy bodies; and that some of them
did not wear the badges of the rural
free delivery system. The superin-
tendent replied: ''This service is new
and it is your duty to aid in bringing
it to a state of perfection, at least ap-
proximating the system in our cities.
Some of these carriers are very poor,
and their pay is not large. But ell
Of them can wear clean clothes and
have clean faces. Moreover, every
carrier must wear the badge of his
Office; and those carriers who do not
wear> the badge will be succeeded by
carriers who will do so, and cheer
fully comply with the rules and regu-
lations. They should not be unfeel-
ingly ordered, but kindly encouraged
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Does. this climate agree with you r
YES" answered the weather prophet.
1T agrees with me, but not with my
predictions. Washington Star.
Funnybiz "Biffer is fugitive from
justice" Eezymark-'No!" Funny.
biz-""Yes-the gas collectors been
after him for two weeks. Ohio State
Journal. .....s~s 49,. ...fs.=z ..s=s@.: -5zz
Photographer-''N please look
pleasant The Artist-''Sorry, but it
is impossible for me to look like any
thing but genius. s."-Meggendorfer'
Blaetter.
An Irish lecturer, upon being intro
duced to his audience, said: Ladies
and gentlemen, before I begin to
speak wish to say a few words."-
Chicago Daily News.
"Garn!" yelled Sammy to Bill Bruis-
er. eyer frightened ter hit the Para
disc Alley .champion!" "No, I ain't!"
retorted the Bruiser-ist; 'I'm fright
ened ter kill 'im!''-Boston Globe.
No Harm in That.-"I suppose there
is lots of gossip at your boarding
mouse. Wnat 90 you mostly talk
about?' swell, we usually talk about
the dining-rocm table" ."-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
"Do you know q fine distinction
when you see it?" asked the chronic
joker. ''Perhaps. What is it?" II
heard sound at my shutters the
other night, and what do you think
it WASP" "A robber?" "No; rubber"
indianapolis News.
His Aunt Chorrifed) ~ wouldn't
smoke nasty cigar like that if were
a little boy like you, Bobby!" Bobby
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES right, you
wouldn't! There amt kid in my
gang that can smoke one of this
brand without being laid up!"-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01
TO take personal interest in their

y Congressman Loud, of California,
chairman Of the committee on post
offices and post roads of the house
of representatives, says: '1This rural
free delivery system has come to-
stay. The citizen on the farm has
as much right to have his mail de1iv-
cred to him at his house, or near his
house, az the citizen who dwells in
city. It is a grand system and has
come none too soon. Wherever il has
been established the people are de-
lighted with it and will not permit it
to be discontinued"
In reply to personal inquiry Super
intendent Machen said: 1.-THE prac-
tical work of this new system is only
two years old, although the first ef-
forts to establish it were made about
four years ago. Great credit is due
to Hon. Perry S. Heath, late first as
sistant postmaster general. He
worked very hard for the original de-
-velopment of the system, and it was
my pleasure to have been associated
in that work. hope that the farm
ers will all understand that we are
doing our best to extend the system
all over the country, and that they
will be patient with us, for it is a
tremendous undertaking which taxes
all of our time and the best talents
that we can devote to it,
Congressman Hepburn, of Iowa,
one of the recognized veteran lead
ers in legislation, says: t'Superin-
tendent Machen is modest fellow,
but he deserves great deal of credit
for the work done, and doing. He was
superintendent of free delivery, hav-
ing charge of all the city letter car
riers in the country. When this rural
free delivery work was begun he was
placed in charge of it. He has done
this work in addition to his regular
official duties, and has done it un-
complainingly, cheerfully, and with
out one cent of additioaal compensa-
ton. I think that an S96cial who
takes such an interest il the work
of this federal government ezght to
have at least thank you in recog-
milton of his services"
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, recog-
nized as the grand old man and vet
eran statesman of the south, rank
ing in his section in national and in
ternational affairs as the late Sen
ator Davis, of Minnesota, ranked in
the higher circles of statesmen, says:
II am growing too old to hope
to live to see the fruition of
this work, but am glad to
have lived long enough to see it's
inception, and to note the worthy
efforts which have been made and
are being made. The men, women
and children who live on the farms
and plantations have never obtruded
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

had ordered all of the route inspec-
tors and special agents of that sys-
tenn to assemble at the department
here on a certain day. They came
from all sections and promptly re-
ported at the appointed time.
The general superintendent ad-
dressed them for about two hours,
giving them clear and specific instruc-
tions concerning their work and i'm
pressing upon them it's vast impor-
taAce-not merely to the individuals
benefited, but it's immense Importance
to the business interests of the entire
country. Those who desired to do so
were invited to ask questions; and,
In few minutes, Superintendent
Machen found himself fairly lombard
ed with inquiries.
The supervisors of the rural free
delivery system constitute a fine body
OF active men, a majority of them
young men, and all of them mani
tested their interest in the work by
stating some of their experiences with
postmasters and rural letter carriers.
They were all anxious to receive in
structions for their guidance in par
ticular matters which had arisen
from their peculiar experiences in
their localities. It is exceedingly for
tunate for this new service that the
superintendent is business man, IA
miliar with the work in hand, so that
he was readily able to take up the
various inquiries, one by one, and dis
pose of them without delay.
It had been the intention of the
superintendent to hold but. one meet
ing for conference and instruction,
but the officials were detained an
other day for a second meeting, which
proved to be as entertaining and in
structive as the first. The service
is new, the employees are new to the
work, and every one of them needed
the enlightenment which was given
in this informal manner. It would
have required hundreds, and may be
thousands, of letters to explain to
them their duties, and even then
they could not have understood them
so we'll as they did after this con-
ference.
Fortunately, and merely by acci-
dent, the correspondent of this pa
per happened to be there and learned
facts which will be valuable to some
readers, and probably interesting to
all. The postmasters, rural mail car
riers. their assistants and deputies
eho,,l1 find +hoeo cto+oroopfc 20 1,,oI11o
All readers who would know their
rights in our country and demand
them should be interested in this
subject of rural free delivery.
One of the most important state
ments made by Superintendent
Machen was this: II want to impress
upon you gentlemen the fact that no
letter carrier who uses any form of
Intoxicating liquor shall be retained
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01
ART STUDENTS OF NEW YORK.
They Live Sane, Healthful Lives, Un-
like That of the Same Class =
in Paris.

The art schools of New York and the
life of the students in them is handled
in an interesting manner in the Wom-
ans Home Companion in an article en-
titled ''The Girls Art Schools of New
York" AS to how the young women
students live the author writes as fol,
lows:
There is no absurd dressing among
the art students in New York-at least
not after they have attended the classes
for a day or two; and the popular no.
.tion that all art students live in dingy,
barren garrets, cook their own meals
by means of their oil lamps, and live
generally upon the outer ragged edges
has no ground in fact, so far as the stu
dents in. New York are concerned.
There are some such cases, but they
are extremely rare. In the great ma
jority of cases the students, if they
cannot afford to pay for the necessities
from their own pocketbook, stay away
from the city until they can borrow
sufficient funds. Many girls with thin
purses attend only halliday classes,
NAA "oAN az oOA4C CO"uC1C4d1
tion the rest of the day. know of sew
eral girls who do enough typewriting
in the mornings to pay for their after
noon art lessons and their board be-
sides, while numbers of students work
for a salary in the daytime and attend
classes at night only.
'The art students of New York do
not seek living places in any one par
ticular part of the town, as do the
students of Paris. The various art
schools are in widely separated Sec
tions of the city, and as living near to
their schools means so much saved in
car fare, the girl students usually live
within easy walking distance of their
respective class rooms. Possibly 95 per
cent of the students board with private
families or live in ordinary boarding
houses, where they can secure fair
board and room as low as four dollars
a week; but seven dollars week is the
average amount charged. The other
five per cent. of the students rent
studios of their own, or more often
meagerly furnished bedrooms, and take
their meals in restaurants; or else
three to dozen of them club together,
rent fiat, and hire servant to cook
their meals"
The Worthington advance., 1901-02-01

SyStem.)
their envy of the people in the cities.
They have waited until the great
republic could be rich enough and
prosperous enough to give them the
privileges which business necessities
compelled the government to give to
those who lived in town. 1 am sorry
that this service has been an addi-
tional expense in it's inception, but
that is unavoidable. When this sys-
tenn is completed the country people
will write more letters and enjoy
closer intimacy with their relatives
and friends; and then the income
will approximate the outlay. It is a
great mark of the advancement of
our republic. Although have sound
ed the gamut of life and have heard
it's wierd walls. as well as it's grand
symphonies, would yet be glad if
I might live to see the plain people
in the country everywhere receiving
and dispatching their mail at their
homes"
During the conference mentioned
above one of the special agents said:
'Mr. Superintendent, the mail car
riers are often hampered in their
work by the unfortunate condition of
the roads, and I do not think that
they should be held responsible for
occasional failures to make their
schedule time, under such conditions."
To this the superintendent replied:
II want reports concerning the con-
dition of the roads. I want the ad-
dresses of the county supervisors in
all such cases. We have the COOP
Grafton of the department of agri-
culture in this matter, and one of
the grand prospective results of this
service is to be good roads. There is
a bureau in the department of agri-
culture devoted especially to good
roads throughout the country"
So it seems that this brand-new de-
parture of postal affairs is to be quite
ramifying and every way beneficial
to our agricultural millions in vari-
Gus directions. SMITH D.. FRY.