The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-23

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| i'm plement house, = trees from a
nursery, furniture from the merchant
and news and publicity from a news
paper, not from an organ nor from an
organ dealer.
Newspapers are now buying rail-
way tickets and selling railways adver-
Using space; that's the best way, the
right way The railroad pass was too
likely to be a premium on a newspa-
per's policy and a newspaper cannot
afford to take premiums or to give
them. The premium passes given free
to public officials and politicians are at
the expense of the public.
''When you buy ink you can't afford
to receive premium with it by ac-
cepting an advertising contract for half
the price of the ink and paying the
difference, its full value, in cash.
premiums are all right for exposi-
lions and county fairs, for horse races,
and for honest insurance. but are
hardly proper for the newspapers or
largest circulation. If they have the
largest circulation, why are those
newspapers still striving for it; if the
newspaper itself is all right why add
something foreign to it in an effort to
make it Dalatable.
Instead of buying premiums for
the purpose in reality of bribing sub
scribers. 1 believe the best way is to
spend the money on the Improvement
of the paper and in paying solicitors.
canvassers and travelling men who
really add to the subscription lists of
a newspaper.
1.-The paper which I represent has
never given a premium and yet in To-
peka has a larger list of subscribers
than any other daily. We admit this
ourselves and our competitors hardly
munity's principal distributors of dim
ner sets. organs, sewing machines,
garden seeds. MAPS, oiF paintings and
feather boas-and yet if they are not
how can thew lay claim to a wide cir
culatiOn? If they supply all the town
with its merchandise what poor re-
turns they must give their advertisers
who seek a market already supplied
and glutted.
"Of course, we subscribe for the
output of our esteemed contempor-
aries-because they keep us supplied
with encyclopedias and flower seeds
and musical trumentS-everythin
but firewood-which we don't want
we have subscribers to burn-also gas.
The more subscriptions they get the
nearer they are to bankruptcy. They
cannot ruin the department stores
which have really come to stay-so
must ruin themselves.
1--WE will then be alone in the daily
newspaper business, as we now are in
the anti-Dremium business"
The New Officers o
Tom Charles, of BeHevffie. and
Sheridan Plough, of Hutchinson. We're
nominated for president Mr. Charles
was elected.
w. c. Austin, of Cottonwood Falls,
was made vice president.
j. T. Junkin. of Sterling, was elected
corresponding secretary, unanimously.
]. L. Napier, of Newton, was elected
recording secretary.
H. c. Sticher. of Alma, was made
treasurer.
William Allen White and w. E.
Blackburn were selected to represent
the association in the National Edi-
torial association convention at Nor
folk, Va. in June.
Delegates to the National Editorfa
association convention by congression-
al districts We're elected thus:
First district-Moses w. Porter
Hoyt Sentinel: H. c. Stevens, Western
Odd Fellow, Topeka. .& IS -.+'
Second district-sFEI9 4 JOG Allen; Otta-
wa Herald; ]. w. Seward2 Spring Hill
New Era.
Third district-w. T. Yoe, INDIE
pendence Tribune; Miss Sarah Left
witch, Winfield Tribune, 10 EIf5 10
Fourth distriet--Josept Freshman,
Monitor; r. H. Trueblood,
Yates Center News. ~ ~ -
Fifth district-M. c. Memmenway.
Hope Dispatch; c. A. Kimball, Man
haitian Republic.
Sixth district-J. r. Young. Oakley
Graphic; A. NJ. King, Plainville Ga
zette.
SeN6IllH OeDna1C,Praft
Union; VIII Townsley, Great Bend Trf-
bune.
Eighth district-J NJ Satterthwaite
Douglass Tribune; J. Byron Cain, Belle
Plaine News.
The executive committeeman by con-
gressional districts are as follows:
First district-W- J. Beck, .Hofton
Recorder.
Second district-Asa F. Converse
Wellsville Globe.
Third district-w. G. Anderson, Ar
kansas City Traveller.
Fourth district-K. c. Smith, Wa
meso Agriculturist-
Fifth district-D. W. Valentine, Clay
Center Times
Sixth district-Henry r. Honey, Man
kato Advocate.
Seventh district-Clark Conkling,
Eighth district-Mack P. Gretchen,
Sedgwick Paragraph.
Del Valentine, chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions made a report in
which a resolution was presented thank
ing the people of Topeka for the favors
extended to the members of the associ-
alton and congratulating Mr. j. E
Junkin for having risen to the place
he has in the National Editorial assoc
ciation.
The other resolutions which were
adopted were:
I'VE are opposed to the passage of the
Dill now penang before the legislature
which proposes to cut down the time
necessary to constitute a legal news
paper within the meaning of the law.
The enormous demand for print pa
per is rapidly denudfng the available
forests of this country and raising the
price of the product, we demand of our
and representatives in Wash
ingtcn that they introduce and use
their utmost endeavor to have enacted
into law bill providing for the removal
of all import duties on wood pulp and
kindred products used in the manufac-
ture. of paper. The secretary of this
association is requested to notify the
Kansas senators and representa- tfves of
the passage of this resolution and to
notify them at the same time that thus