The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-06
Government Advertising.

Why doesn't the state appropriate
little money for advertising is the
question that is troubling a few Yer
News commenting on remarks of the
Rutland Herald says:
The Rutland Herald is right in the
conclusion that the state could well
spend money in advertising some of
the important meetings il arranges in
agricultural, educational and other
lines. The fact is, however, that with
possibly a few exceptions these ex-
cellent meetings receive practically
no advertising except slch as the To-
cal press is willing to give gratuitous.
IT, If meeting OF public nature is
TO be held TO advance some worthy
feature in the interests of the state.
care is taken to secure a hall and OBJ
tain speakers and everything else con-
ductive to an interesting and instruc-
tive occasion is bought and paid for
except the publicity, without which
the people have no knowledge of the
opportunity afforded them. The news.
papers are expected TO do the adver-
Using free FOR the public good" In
many instances they do this and the
management expresses great pleasure
that the services of the Hon. So-and-
So are awakening the people TO the
worth of the work undertaken. There
is every reason why the states work
should be properly advertised, but
no good reason why the newspapers
should ordinarily do il for nothing,
while everyone else connected with
the enterprise is compensated
Free publicity for village, town
state and national affairs has always
been the. rule and there are but few
signs of any change. Village, city and
town meetings annual and special
ought to be advertised in newspapers,
but rarely are.
Meetings arranged by the state de-
partments of health, education and ag-
riculture are advertised by posters
which cost real money. while news
papers are asked to print all the de-
tail without compensation former
board of agriculture did considerable
advertising, but it was done in the
most expensive manner Posters
were sent TO different newspapers and
they were asked to fix up" an adv and
send bill The board should have
gone about the matter in a systematic
way, secured rates and made con-
tracts in advance and sent copy ready
for the printer.
The United States government is as
bad an offender as the states. Not
ices of examinations for West Point
and Annapolis sent to the newspaper
with requests that they be printed
provided there is no charge to the
department" Army and navy recruit
ing stations are pushed out into the
country and county papers are worked
for all the advertising they will con-
tribute. The postoffice has letters to
advertise and notices of examinations
that it would like printed, but never
an intimation of pay and rarely
thank you.
Government, whether municipal,
town, state or national, should pay the
publicity 1t desires in newspaper, but
it never will so long as newspapers
are easy marks and print whatever is
sent without even a protest, and per-
NIT the officeholders to pocket what
ever cash slips from the public treas
ury.-Bellows Falls Times.
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