St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-26
Unpaid for Publicity.

Unpaid for Publicity.
It seems to be the policy of the
state to pay for whatever it needs, or
it's officials think it needs, but the
very thing it's enterprises most need
publicity. The newspapers are
depended upon to furnish this neces-
sary adjunct to- public enterprises
absolutely free.
The demand upon the newspapers
in this direction is frequent for
there are many worthy causes, and
no matter how much money is spent
in other directions none is provided
for newspaper publicity, which must
be had in order to make such pro-
jects successful.
special train to be run over the
Central Vermont railway next week
is a fair illustration. The railroad
will be paid for it's services, as it
should be- the commissioner of ag
riculture, the state forester, the
lecturers, the experts, the demon
strators, the caretakers, and every
one connected with the enterprise
will be we'll paid, which is certainly
right; they could not afford to do
the work under any other conditions
and are not expected to give such
service free.
When it comes however, to adj
vertising the project to the people it
is expected to benefit, every news
paper along the route is asked to an
nounce the program and give COM
plete information without any re-
compensation. Furthermore, If
posters and flyers are put out it's
ten to one shot that they will not be
printed in some newspaper Office
which has given the project all the
free boosting possible, but rather in
a print shop which has no newspaper.
This farming train is used as a
text because it happens to be the
nearest at hand, but no personal
criticism of the management is in
tended for a moment. The illus
tration is used to show the unfair
condition which has grown into
custom for which Newspaper publish
ers are perhaps more responsible
than anyone else. and which for OBJ
vious reasons is hard to break down.
This paper will most certainly pub
lish the program as requested and
do all possible in it's field to help
make the exhibit a success, as I'M
doubtedly will all the other news
papers on the route.
The enterprise is for the general
good of the state but something for
which everyone who contributes to
it's success is we'll recompensed-eX
cept the newspaper publisher.
We read somewhere, sometimes,
about a country publishers funeral.
A lot of good people attended it and
as they passed on after viewing the
silent features in the unpretentious
casket, with one accord conceded that
the departed was a 'good fellow but
somehow he never had it in him to
get along in the world financially
Mortified News.
Popular Election of Senators.
The election of United States sem
ators by vote of the people instead
of by vote of legislatures is one of
the sure political reforms of the
future. Last week Thursday the
National House of Representatives
passed the following joint resolution:
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled. two-thirds of each House
concurring therein. That in lieu of
the first paragraph of section of
Article 1 of the Constitution of the
United States, and in lieu of so
much of paragraph of the same
section as relates to the filing of
vacancies, and in lieu of all of para
graph 1 Of section of said Article
1. in so far as the same relates to
any authority in Congress to make or