The Republican journal., 1902-05-29
A TRIP TO THE HOT SPRINGS.

OF the [ nlteu states Helu us L III an
nual convention at the Hot springs,
Arkansas. April 1918, 1902. 1.-The object
of this Association to quote from Art.
IL. of the constitution and bylaws,
"shall be the advancement OF the IA
tional interests and extension of the
social relations of the editors of the
United States" At the recent meeting
81 associations were represented. 1he
total strength of the convention was
296 and the total membership Az 1t
was business convention from the
word go until President Tozier declared
an adjournment sine die. The member
ship is mainly composed OF the editors
and publishers of country WeeklleS, and
it was estimated that some 1000 publ
cations were representative majority
ably represented-at the Hot Springs
The papers read and addresses deliver
| ed were of a very high order of merit.
| The father of the Association, and a
| Past President, b. b. Herbert, says IN
| the May number of the National Print
er-Journallst: The members of no Con
gress of the United States, in the most
exciting eras of the Republic history,
| ever showed greater earneStnesS, great
! az ability in debate, a wider grasp of
affairs. or more loyal, patriotic, conscl-
entious desire honestly and wisely to
|
solve the questions at issue and to en-
| force the lessons and truths uttered,
! than were shown at the recent meeting
of representatives OF the press from
every portion of the ! Mon at the Hot
| Springs. Arkansas Mr.. Herbert has
! attended all the meetings Of the aSsocla-
ton. has presided over its conventions.
! and is a man of excellent Judgment and
| discrimination. The writer, who had
attended but one previous meeting, that
at Buffalo last year. was greatly i'm
| pressed with the oratorcal and argu-
incentive ability manifested on the floor
of the convention. At Buffalo outside
| speakers had been enlisted, but at the
| Hot Springs the \. T. \. furnished the
whole show. and the result was certain
~ highly satisfactory. Anything like a
detailed report of the proceedings
already fully covered by Newspaper
dom and the National Printer-,I ournal-
| lists out OF the question now, but
some OF the addresses and papers merit
mention. To quote from Newspaper
| dom: The speech-maker> included such
men OF dignity and note as Lafayette
/ Young of Iowa. the man whose bril-
/ liancy as an orator secured for him the
/ honor of making the address nominal
/ ing Theodore Roosevelt ion the \ ice
! Presidency of the Nation: Norman F..
| Mack of Buffalo, whose IDEAS OF modern
newspaper making are second to none
| in the Empire State, Conner I. Davies
/ of Kansas. who spoke on The One
Man Newspaper, Its Opportunities and
| Its Mission" and whose individuality
| towers even above the fame of Conner
Davies Paper; Hon. ALB. White, Gov
|
! ed authority ON commercial law: Hon.
| Garry A. Willard BroWnyille, y. Y,
State Senator, and whose newspaper
ability has made him wealthy: tile Hon.
Louis McKinistry, Hon. Charles r.
Skinner, Hon. Daniel u. Frisbie, Luke
McIenry, VIM J. Kline, Fred p. Hall,
&. g. Griswod, Col. Henry, Luther
/ Short and many Others
! The Presidents address was prac Ii
cal, and dealt with such topics as eX-
change advertising, newspapers III pub
! lie schools, advertising agents. the free
space given to those who say it is un-
/ professional to advertise, the publica-
( ton OF the laws i'll the several States
and territories, and the question of
/ church advertising. In conclusion he
said: " our president has endeavored
to arrive at a fair estimate of the
amount of money invested in The plants
of the members of the associations rep
resented in this organization, and lie
believes that $4,000, 900 is conserva-
tive
The use of half-tones was topic that
interested everybody, and the subject
OF Half tones and Zinc Etchings" was
very thoroughly presented by Lon San
ders of st. Louis. His address was
practical, and he readily responded to
the many questions asked him. The
discussions which followed brought out
the experiences Of many publishers, and
| the general opinion was that the use of
| half-tones iii weeklies, as well as dailies,
is both desirable and profitable. There
was to have been talk on Chalk Plates,
a cheaper form Of illustrating, and one
requiring little skill, but the speaker
did not show up. An increasing use of
| half-t by weekly newspapers will
| surely be one Of the results of the 1902
convention.
A paper of much interest to the craft
was that on System in Keeping Data, :"
by Mr. Dobbins Of the Sentinel. Oregon.
Mo. Some of his hearers styled Mr..
Dobbins crank, and perhaps he is, but
all admitted that his system of keeping