The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-30
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Life for Me- Mrs. Ralph Tennal of the
Sabetha Herald will speak on THE Edi-
tors Life" w. Y. Morgan. lieutenant
governor. will comment upon Ine Ne"
Administration"
A. NJ. Clapp of the Fort Scott Trib-
une- Monitor advised the editors to
manage their own advertising before
the close of the session late Friday.
You can hire cheap but none the
less good help to chronicle the towns
doings," Mr.. Clapp said, but you OF
the small towns can best serve the
interests of your subscribers, your
merchants and yourself by giving the
advertising end Of your business your
personal attention.
j. Bryan Cain of the Belleville News
discussed the subject. Printing the
News
Gossip is not news he said. land
many a tired brain of the pencil shower
has been caused to rack with pain.
when too late it found out the truth
OF that assertion. We do not always
have the means at hand to trace down
a bit Of gossip. though 1t may appear
to be news Better drop it. We once
knew an eminent newspaper man who
printed. an item. telling of the recent
visit of the stork to his vicinity. He
depended on gossip. Outside OF being
a few days ahead of time with his
announcement. anu Tic ldSt thde ~
was mistaken as to the sex of the
youngster when it did arrive. the item
was correct"
John MacDonaId's Humor.
John Macdonald, editor of the
Western School Journal, told in his
usual humorous fashion something OF
educational Journalism.
William E. Connelley. secretary of
the State Historical society. gave
some interesting figures concerning
the collections in his charge.
1.-The Kansas State Historical society
State Editorial association 8. I
believe. We have the greatest news
paper collection in the wOrld-it Is the
biggest there is. 1t contains $4,000
volumes"
Secretary Connelley then told the
editors that the shelving facilities at
the Memorial building are inadequate
for the thousands of volumes, and he
asked the editors to urge the legisla-
ture to appropriate sufficient money
to provide the needed shelving.
George w. Marble, Of the Fort Scott
Tribune Monitor. and president of the
Kansas Daily League, stated that the
legislature will be asked to appropriate
money to conduct a Kansas publicity
campaign. The idea is to gather
valuable Kansas statistics which would
be of great value in the bringing of
desirable immigration to Kansas and
would be used to advantage by real
estate men. manufacturers. newspaper
| men. and others.
Conner Davies's Talk
| Conner Davies of The Kansan, Con-
cordia. took exception to senate bill
No. 229, introduced by Senator Kinkel,
and which makes it a misdemeanOr to
have untruthful advertising published.
ITO me that bill is Incompatible rot.
We have enough laws interfering with
| our business haon
preme master of my newspaper and /
presume that has been the case with
you I don't like this reflection. The
bill hits particularly the man who adj
vertises, but a newspaper man may be
fined not to exceed $500 if it is found
that he knowingly prints advertise
ments that are untruthful or mislead-
| ing" The discussion was called forth
by discussion on Censored Advertis-
ing'' by L. N. Flint of the department
Of journalism at the State university.
MIR. Flint mentioned the bill, and
commented favorably upon it. A legis-
lative committee was appointed to look
into the merits of this and other bills.
There seemed to be a diversity of opin-
ion as to whether or not the bill should
be endorsed by the association.
The legislative committee: ]. L.
Napier. Newton: Roy Bailey, Salina
Journal; Herbert Cavaness, Chanute
Tribune; and Click Fockele, Leroy
Reporter.
advertising ought to be censored by
the man who writes it or the man be-
hind it, said Mr.. Flint in his address.
BY censored l mean made to con-
form to decency.
THE question is how to get the va
riegated bunch of advertising liars to
quit tearing down our papers, for that
is what they are doing.
Your biggest asset as a newspa per
is the confidence of the public. Where
this confidence is great your advertise
ers respond to your advertising COL
umns. The merchants notice it. Your
advertising columns become prosperous
But when an advertising liar lands in
your paper, he simply robs you of a
certain amount of your confidence
asset.
IF the advertiser will not censor his
own ads the publisher must do it for
! him-by a process of education or a
process still more dra site il necessary.
I'm multitude of cases the law has
proved itself friend in trouble when
4 the voluntary program seemed to break
down.
Parsons Speech.
Harvey G. Parsons, editor of the by
| the Way column of the Topeka State
Journal. entertained the members of
the Kansas State Editorial association
this afternoon by giving many humor-
Gus incidents of his newspaper career,
and at the close of his address admitted
that his ambition is to close his days
in ''respectability'' as owner of a coun-
| try weekly
Il am out of my Glass; said Parsons.
"A wage Garner before bunch of
potentates each king of his little realm.
And these independent kings banded by
the same kind of. federation that made
the British Isles a power. The band
that holds you in federation of greater
power is the Kansas State Editorial as
/ sOciation. 1t is an honor to be with
you. although not one of you. and be-
ing unable to offer suggestions con-
corning the management of weekly
publications, the interim between the
last and next sneaker shall he devoted