The Glenwood post., 1912-07-06
Offer Petition For Reducing
Cost Of Printing Initiated
and Referred Laws
WILL Save THOUSANDS

E Since initiated and referred bills are
considered by many as the proper thing
some of those who We're SO very keen
for this new tangled form of legisla-
tion have walked up to the fact that
every rose has it's thorn and that the
reforms which they have favored for
vantages.
For instance the advocates of the
direct legislation fad are now throwing
up their hands in horror at the tre-
mendous cost involved in carrying out
their reform ideas, not the least of
these items of cost being the publicity
necessary to apprise the voters of the
character of the legislation that will
be submitted to them at. election time.
It's the old story of rushing into
things without counting the cost, but
there is now dawning on the people
that fact which should have been APP
parent to the reformers when laying
| oul Iheir Worh, VIZ: liat thOSe WHO
dance must pay the fiddler.
1t was at first thought that the in
itiated and referred bills should be
published for thirty days in one paper
in each county, the same as in the cass
of constitutional amendments. In
view of the vast number of bills to be
| ipi tod a
amount of printing and necessarily
would cost an immense amount of
money.
There are in every community those
who do not hesitate to take every ad-
vantage possible of the newspapers and
the publicity they disseminate, but
who are given a pain if they see the
newspaper ask and receive reasonable
compensation for the publicity they
are called upon to give to public mat
tiers. They Immediately set up a
howl that the newspapers are. robbipg
the dear public, forgetting that people
| who choose to be extravagant in the
use of newspaper space should pay for
| that space as becomes honest citizens.
Since the direct legislation propa
ganda was brought out there have
been several schemes on the part Of
willy politicians to at least make
show of carrying out the intent of the
law and at the same time to beat the
newspaper man out of his just and
reasonable compensation for giving
publicity to all the freak measures
proposed.
| Chief among those who conspiro
against the newspaper men, without
the aid of whom the law which makes
company and would comply with any
order the council should make in the
matter.
j. w. Bell, the Mutual's attorney
said his company would be glad to send
a representative over the town with
any committee appointed by the coun-
ell and he thought the old company
should also be represented in the same
way.
There had first been talk of refer.
ring the matter to the fire committee
and city engineer for further investi-
CATION, but Howard cut Rosenberg out
by moving that his report be referred
to the fire committee with power to
act.
Councilman Cross brought up the
matter of a suggestive card which was
generally distributed throughout the
town ON Strawberry Day. One of the
trustees asked the only printer in town
who has type like that used in tho
printing of the card how many were
printed, but he received an evasive
answer which left him no wiser than
before. 1t lranspired that the mayor IS
attention had been called to the card
on Strawberry Day and he had sent
the marshal to the interested party
who had bluffed the marshal out by
discla;ming any knowledge of the
printing or distribution of the OBJ
jectionable advertising matter.
j. r. Deacon renewed his former re-
quest that some protection be given tat
iverymcn who remain in business tht
year through and pay taxes and buy
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