The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-20
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that the cost ID the sneRspapers OF me
country Of giving the news of the Re
publican Natfnnaf Conventions this
Fezr VIII Be a quarter OF q million
driinrs. Although the convention is
SIN SIX weeks on the preparations Tor
Il have been put actively under WY.
with the opening OF headquarters here
this week by. SecretarE Lover OF the
National Committee. and the letting of
contracts sor red, white and blue hunt
Ing. From the reports that have been
received and the record OF reservations
at the hotels # VIII be the largest
political gathering ever held In this
! country. It is likely also to be the
most fully reported If the demand for
press Accommodations is any indication.
The news associations hare an
aornced that they will need more
space THAI ever before and papers
which ordinarily send only one repre-
sentative are asking for places for
three and four. The news arrange
ments OF big convention, in which
everybody IN the country is interested,
are cre OF its most Important features
and the managers Of the approaching
Republican gathering are giving par
| tIcular attention to the provisions for
reporting its proceedings. Something
of the amount of the work involved
Is shown By an article in the June num-
Der of Appleton's In which Trumbull
White. formerly newspaper man in
this city and who has covered several
national conventions for Chicago
papers, tells how the newspapers man
age 10 put their readers in touch with
everything that goes on both before
and behind the scenes. Almost direct
~ surrounding the chairman's ros
trum," says the Appleton writer. is a
group of chairs tacfng temporary desks
\ In the most favored vantage point for
catching every ward that falls from
the speakers lips. These are for the
press associations which serve almost
every paper IN the United States with
a detailed account of the convention.
i Surrounding them are platoors of
chairs-ard tables. hundreds of them
altogether, numbered and separated
for assignment to individual news
peppers. Close at hand are the rooms
assigned TO the telegraph companies.
| the press ASSOCIATIONS and papers re-
curing Increased facilities These
..raoms will be tuiiy equipped with tele-
i-h1-ns --J {-=4---.--= -E-F, ---p It,
lance connections Will be placed on the
desks OF the writers In the nain hail,
SO that Tot an ilEta1t's tine will be
ilost n communicating the EEairs OF
the convention 20 the waiting world.
Babtes Of tvo continents next Christ
mas will fad St Stck's PACK 10 be
Hight: depression in the German thy
industries IS t9raodias. TOY dealers
here AID throughout the United Strtes
have materially -edaced ;h+i- nrle-s.
i in January. 1905. the exports Of toys
from Germany to tie Tinted States
arnEntsi 70 sea trrE. THIS Wis a
little more than half the amount In
f19e7- when the figures far tEa same
period showed an export Of SOL Ms
ito this coGntr:. Two things caused
the decrease: in tie first place. ti.c
anarcial st-i2garcy has caused a
marked falling of IN the American
trade On top OF this d!scrGrasins in.
fuence, the German manufacturers t'f
toys have attempted 10 raise :he prices
/ from 20 TO Is per cent. which buyers
refuse TO like. and in fact it closed
the foreign markets 10 large extent.
IN Chicago the books OF the collector
of customs show that il April. 1907.
| German toys 10 the value OF se1.55i
were imported by Chicago firms. In
1905 during the same month. only
s11.69o worth were received. This
shows drop OF nearly ona-haH in the
Chicago toy trade. One OF the larEes:
toy dealers il the West expects that
his purchases froE, Germany this year
/ will be NJ least 20 per cen, less than
usual Another estimates that his iir-
| portatiols VIII be cut down third.
AS result OF all this. ne American
toy makers are in a desperate con.
dition. thu home toy makers csper,
tally while in the factories the hours
iot labor. number OF employees and sal
aries have been reduced.
The story hour has come to be an
| established innovation for entertain
meut TO the children in Chicoso parks
and public library with myths, Will
King ArthuF's adventures and fairy
lore TO entertain rlaJ-weary and work
weary youngsters The purpose o!
the women who established the story
hour was u pat v!rile tales TO use in
character building. and they have