The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

too numerous to mention and get pure
milk and real cream enough to supply
the family, and permit the better
half to make all of the butter we eat
Now, the people of Topeka know al
about these things: but here is what
White is scattering broadcast over this
land. Now, what White and Mason
write are widely quoted. and we can
rot offset their "scurrilous" articles by
any words of ours in our limited edi-
tons. and with mo statewide circula-
tIon," according to our esteemed morn
ing contemporary in Topeka:
Since White and Mason started the
criticism of our agricultural pursuits,
they have declared that we put hay
on hay-berries. and straw on straw
berries, that out at the farm we are
now engaged in crossing the burning
bush with the tomato vine in hopes OF
producing hot tamales.
Now what do you think of that!
But here is what White Mason says
in black and white, but still rather
highly colored:
"A Pastoral.
THE sun was rising in the West. and
! shed its beams on Cedarcrest, where pen
sive goat and sportive COW were perched
| MacI.ennan watched his fIocks. and
slugged the gentle sheep with rocks, and
droves his hens to lskelets brim, that
! they might dive, and battle, and swim
The pigs were climbing elmS and frs, the
hired man gathered cOckleburs; doctor
passed on horses back and all the ducks
whinnied .Neighrf Peace lowered DER
| the prairie wide; the cattle lowed, the
horses highed; and sounded through the
village smoke. the bark of watchdog, elm
and oak And he who owned these rustic
scenes, had seeded down his farm to
beans
S''7' WALT MASON"
But we almost forgot about Stand
ard Oil. To be brief, about three years
years ago, Mr.. Rockefeller or his as
sociates, took the advertising of
Standard Oil including Mica Axle
Grease. Blue Flame Lamps. Parafine,
REQ Lamps. Perfection oil Burners,
Frank MilIer's Harness Dressing.
Polarine Oil, etc. ETC., out of the
hands of n. W. Aver Newspaper
Agency Of Philadelphia. and under
took to deprive the Aver agency, and
any other agency, of the commission
of 5 per cent to which they are ac-
customed to be allowed by newspapers
for advertisement placed.
The Standard Oil engaged a man
named Perrine. gave him a desk. and
apparently told him that he must save
the fifteen per cent the Standard Oil
had been obliged to pay through Aver s
and other agencies, and fifteen per
cent is quite a sum of money concern
ing the big Standard Oil advertising:
they told this man Perrine that he
must not place any business with the
newspapers unless they granted his
commission.
Right here and then the State Jour
nal objected. We are perfectly willing
to pay commission of Is per cent to
a recognized advertising agency We |
thought this was unfair to Ayers and |
Ayers is the very best advertising |
agency IN this country, bar none; that
is our opinion, based on years ana |
years of service from this excellent con- |
Germ.
We declined to give Mr. Rockefeller /
the commission we would give Mr.
Aver, because Mr.. Rockefeller was not
entitled to it any more than he would
be to buy a copy of tonight's State
Journal at one cent.
This is the wholesale rate to news
boys and news stands and is not
granted to individual purchasers.
This man Perrine, by the way. used
to represent ''Sozodont' and when the
writer some years ago used to go
around New York city trying to get
some advertising to help out expenses,
he tried to approach this man Perrine
down on Greenwich street, but Per-
rine was surrounded by so many
''flunkies' and so much red to- that
we could hardly get within a mile Of
him.
tai- /
days apparently in which ne would see
common newspaper men from Kansas
and other eastern and western states
Now. we could not wait around two or
three days just to accommodate Mr..
Perrines arbitrary schedule, so it was
not very often that we saw Mr.. Per-
rine, but we saw people Just as
good.
AS a rule, We are opposed to sub
but if we could get a substi-
tute for Perrine we took it, and took
it quick.
That is the reason we do not carry
Standard Oil advertising and have not
carried it for three years and will not
larry it until Rockefeller and his asso-
GATES quit their parsim onious way to
deprive the N. w. Aver & Son News
paper Advertising agency of their
,ightful commission.
By the way if Governor Stub BIS should
be foolish enough to call special ses-
sion of the legislature to aid LaFoI-
ette at a cost to us taxpayers of $50. 900
to 100000 we won't do a thing to the
governor, whether his name be Stubs
Or Capper, or Hodges, or Ryan.
(Chapter Xxx Tomorrow