The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-25
PUBLISHERS ARE
 HOLDING MEETING President Bruce Haldeman Delivers Annual Address THINGS ACCOMPLISHED
Association Has Done Much to Uplift Newspapers, He Says-Dinner Is Given by the News
 paper Club

New York, April 24.-Delegates to the twenty-sixth annual convention Of the American Newspaper Publishers association held two business sessions today, discussing matters of importance to publishers throughout the United States.
 In announcing the twenty-f1fth ami versary' of the American Newspaper Publishers association, which opened its annual meeting today in New York city the president, Bruce Haldeman, reviewed the work which the organ ization has accomplished.
 Force for Uplift
 He said the memb ership of 324 news papers embraces the leading and best newspapers in the United States and Canada. Its achievements arc the con- crete results of cooperation along perfectly legal lines. Its concert of ac- ton has created force for the uplift of the newspaper publishing business
 A condition under which publishers were working In the dark and at cross purposes years ago has been super ceded by an exchange of confidence and mutual helpfulness. Few outside of the membership have any conception of the extent and variety of the work done in many lines through the machinery of the association.
 Six thousand collection claims of members arc handled annually. Bulls- tins sent to members each week pro- tect them from advertising frauds and misrepresentations that were common in the early days. The information contained in these bulletins has greatly purified the advertising situation in all parts of the hemisphere and has raised the standard of the business.
 An advertising agents committee grants recognition to those agencies qualified to receive it. That commit tee supplies to members credit list that is euide to safety.
 The association has guarded the inter- ests of publishers in postal matters and has successfully opposed threatened &C., ton inimical to the newspapers best in terests.
 Express Rates Lowered
 Express rates for transportation of HclC lONuNCh oe thiO AAi1N~4t~> of the committee of the association.
 Another committee was efficient in re- vising the copyright statutes to the ad- vantage of newspaper publishers.
 The labor bureau established in 1900 has secured industrial peace.
 The paper bureau projected in 1907 has been helpful to publishers in combating paper combinations which aimed to adt vance news print paper prices.
 The association is now organizing a de- pertinent of cooperative fire insurance, the benefits of which, it is claimed, will accrue to all.
 A free publicity department inaugu- rated in 1909 to expose the source and motive of free publicity contributions has attained marked degree of success.
 Every daily newspaper in the United States has been the beneficiary of the as- sociation's work, and is under obligation to it.
 Committee Reports Read
 Reports of the committee on print paper and paper topics were read by John Nor ris of New York, chairman of the com mittee on press agents and postoffice mat ters by Don S. seitz, business manager of tho New York World.
 Tonight the annual dinner of the Daily Newspaper club was given at the Wal darf-Astoria. On Thursday night the an- nual dinner of the publishers association will be given. Thursday morning the report of the special standing committee on labor topics will be read, and the pres dents of the various international unions will address the convention.
 The final session will be held Friday morning when officers will be elected.