The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-20
EDITORS OF STATE
ARRANGE TO WORK
TOGETHER
Discuss Mutual Interests at
Thirty seventh Annual
Gathering and Decide to
Make Effort to Improve
Business Ends of Their
Publications.

The Minnesota Editorial association,
which held it's thirty-seventh annual
gathering yesterday at the Commercial
club, considered several suggestions
made in the presidents address, and
committee of three was appointed
to investigate the matters brought up
The committee will report conclusions
to the association.
President Joseph Leicht, in his re-
port, said in part follows:
I'VE are here today, at least we
ought to be here, for the purpose of
considering our future welfare and
prosperity. We should consider the
material welfare of the individual
members of the association. We come
together every year featuring on our
standing and influence over our sur
roundings in regard to moral and
financial affairs and plan excursions
for recreation. This is certainly
very good feature, taking into consid-
Grafton the steady, hard work of the
editor in general and the country ed
1tor in particular. But we also should
not forget to make an earnest effort
towards improving our financial af-
fairs.
I'VE hear of combinations every day
and from morning until night we pay
combination prices. We are going to
be older and we see life of hardship
ahead of us unless we study how we
can manage to make life more easy
and comfortable"
Committees Are Named.
President Leicht then suggested the
appointment of a committee which
should be empowered to make arrange
ments to buy newspaper supplies need
ed as cheaply as possible, and also to
arrange a plan by which subscriptions
and advertising space should bring adj
equate prices. The plan suggested by
the president and other members was
to formulate schedule of advertising
rates.
The committee appointed to make
Investigations comprises G. S. Mitchell,
Frank H. Day and Ed A. Paradis.
The matter of insurance was also
discussed. An effort will be made to
secure favorable fire insurance rates,
which We're said to be at present ex-
orhitant. A committee of five was
appointed to take up the matter, and
was authorized, if necessary, to make
an effort to secure notifications of the
insurance laws. The committee is as
follows: c. c. Whitney, H. S. Say1or,
j. S. Putnam, b. H. Dearth and H.
c. Miller. committee on resolutions.
consisting of H. G. Hays, Frank H.
Day and Alva Eastman, was appoint
ed ,-...s-
A resolution was adopted requesting
the legislature to pass the pending st.
Louis exhibition appropriation bill
An appropriation for covering the eX-
penses of the publication of the laws
of the last extra session was recon-
mended in a resolution. No appropria-
uon<WaS made to pay for the printing
at the last extra session, but the Off
GERS of the state and the newspapers
agreed to publish the laws in antici-
patton of an appropriation at this ses-
sion. The amount asked is $4,000
There were $50 editors in attend
ance, and many interesting papers
were read by members and others dur
ing the day. The morning session was
opened by addresses of welcome by
Gov. S. r. Van SAINT, in behalf of the
state; HI. P. Hail. in behalf of the city,
and Theo. F. Smith, in behalf of the
Commercial club.
Libel Laws at Fault.
AT the morning session a paper was
read by Judge Edwin A. Jaggard on
Historical Anomalies - Libel and
SANDER" in which he gave expression
to some severe criticisms of the pres
ent libel laws of the state. He sug-
gested some changes and recommended
a codihcation of the various provisions
so that they could be rendered positive
anu lHteIIISIDle TO puDllc as We'll as
to the bench and bar.
"The laws are too complicated" said
Judge Jaggard, land are susceptible
of too many interpretations to be cas-
lily understood. No editor knows all
the libel laws, no lawyer knows all
about them; no one knows all about
them until the supreme court has had
it's last guess"
w. L. Agnew, of St. Paul Trade, in
paper on "The Need of Concerted Bus
mess Action" made some suggestions
He advised the establishment of a gem
era1 state news bureau which could
furnish to the country papers all the
important general news on the plan
followed by the Associated Press. He
recommended concerted action among
the business offices as we'll as in the
editorial offices. A general confedera-
ton of all the state country papers,
daily and weekly, for the purpose of
fixing uniform advertising rates, was
suggested by Mr.. Agnew, and he de-
clared that action along that line would
result in benefit to the advertisers as
we'll as to the newspapers.
In the afternoon session Fred n. Van
Duzee, Of WinOna, read a paper on
Business Ability and Integrity in
Mana cement, and Tact and Discretion
in the Editorial Room" His paper con-
sisted largely of a discussion of the
and he pointed out the vast influence
for good that is welded by a conscien-
tious newspaper man.
The carefully edited newspaper has
a powerful influence on public opinion"
said he, but it's greatest influence is
in the education of the young
Visitors Are Entertained.
Papers were also read by A. w
Sheets, of Todd County, on Diplomacy
in the Newspaper Office" M. J. Dowl-
ing, of Renville, on How a~NeWspaper
Man May Become a Banker" and
James E. Child, of Waseca, on f'Re-
forms in Politics and Public Affairs
From the Standpoint of the Newspa-
per Man" Mr.. Child gave an able ex-
position of economic and political con-
ditions and pointed out how editors
might exert their influence to assist in
their improvement.
A general discussion followed the |
reading of the papers Remarks were |
made by M. ]. Bowling, of Osakis; c. |
c. Mitchell, of Alexandria; c. F. Nc |
Donald; ST. Cloud; A ]. Meyers, Lake |
City; W. A Poland, Benson; J. M |
Palmer, Blue Earth; E. A. Bromley,