The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-06
j. p. ColviIIe, Elected President State
Photographers, Association.

Secretary Alvord read a letter from
J. c. Mack, president of the Newton
Com%Srcial club, asking for the 1911
convention. Lawrence also has asked
for the convention. A number of the
visitors expressed themselves as fa-
executive board will decide on a meet
ing place at the January session
In the morning session J. P. Colville
suggested the abolition of the medals
which have been offered as prizes in
previous conventions. He suggested
that more substantial and negotiable
prizes be offered.
Colville'S plan met with considera BILE
approval. Several visiting photograph
ers declared that the medals given here
material.
Scrap Over Postcards.
The only real scrap of the present
Photographers convention took place
at the Auditorium last night Arthur
Ringer of Paola, chairman of the post
card committee, started the trouble
when he announced the committee re-
port Ringer is radically an anti
postcard photograph man. He also
had the sympathy and active support
of every other member of the commit
tee.
ITO eradicate the postcard photo
graph evil" said Ringer, 1--WE propose
to send a circular letter to every
photographer in the state, outlining
our plan of action. We will suggest
in this letter that the craft quit photo
graph work. However. we will not
insist that they do quit. Any of the
500 photographers in the state of
Kansas can take care of this situation
if they have the nerve, but the weak
brethren who allow their customers to
handle them. can not get along in a
fight of this kind
who buys this class of postcards ?''
asked J. P. Colville of Topeka.
THE best people in our town." an
swered Ringer: people who own auto
mobiles and fine homes come to my
Office every day and buy these twleve
for dollar cards with the baby's pic
ture on one side.
Former President Wolf of Manhat-
tan declared that he believed it would
be useless for everyone to quit the
card business.
81 would not turn down this class
of trade" declared Wolf. 1.-THE post
cards have superseded the stamp busi-
ness, which gave us all a headache
when we sold them eighteen for 25
cents. I would suggest that in each
town where there are several photog-
raphers, that one man be assigned the
work of looking after the postcard
trade, and do nothing else. Then the
local photographers can step out OF
the game"
Postcards Equal Portraits.
t'It looks like the postcards were
getting on an equal footing with the
portraits said F. A. Loomis of EN-
poria.
President Homer Hardin of Wichita
declared that he was in the corporation
photograph work.
81 frequently turn out as high as
5000 postcards on a single order,
said Hardin. "You must admit that
these cards have their place and while
the price may be little too low in
some localities. yet people still insist
on having their postcard photograph
to send to the folk back east
J. G. Stevenson of Leavenworth TOLD
the convention that the postcard bust
ness looked good to him.
''If. as some of you say said
Stephenson, the public will pay s1.5C
a dozen for photograph cards, with nc
proofs or retouching, it looks like {
| gold mine to me. If you figure YOU
cards at seven cents. your plates a
! three cents. there is still a neat mar
| gin left on which to do business. I viii
take care of all that class of postcard
work you send me-
| a motion to adopt the committee re