New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-14
Wednesday Nov. IA. 1917.
Ente1ed as Second Class Matter at the Post
office at New Ulm. Minnesota
Let George Do It

The Review thoroly agrees with
H. C. Hotaling of Mapleton, editor Of
the Blue Earth County Enterprise,
that the country publishers are
being over-worked by the government
press agents and others for free advertising
space for various enterprises, most Of
which are worthy. Most publishers are
glad to donate reasonable amount of
space for the causes represented by these
press agents, but it seems as tho they were
asking more from the publishers than
is reasonable or just. In the editorial
columns of las; weeks Enterprise there
appeared an article, which relates the
experience of probably every country
newspaper office in the land. The
Enterprise says:
Letting George, the printer, do it
seems to be popular pastime these
days, judging by the amount of free
publicity which is passed to the printer.
Men in the great centers spend their
time in preparing matter for the press
and then mail it out, thinking they
have become patriots, while the real
man behind the gun, the country
publisher, gets very little credit, although
he is the man who places the publicity
before the people. Last week it was the
writer's privilege to read letter from
one of these free publicity bureaus
which are working for glory for them
selves, saying" We are mailing column
of matter each week to your editor.
If he is not publishing it, call on him
and ask him to give his reasons for not
doing So" Last Monday morning this
office received sufficient matter to
fill every inch of space in the Enterprise
including that occupied by advertising.
At very low estimate it would have
cost $40 to have it placed in type.
Is the. publisher supposed to turn
over his entire business to these various
causes? It must be admitted that
they are all good but there is such a
thing as letting George, the printer,
carry more than his share # the burden of
the war. It would look as if the field
was being overworked. In the mail
Monday morning of this week were
six columns from the Wholesale Liquor
Dealers Association, nice little article
on Red Cross seals, page from the
Extension division of the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture dealing with,
farm problems, column for the big:
loyalty meeting in st. Paul November.
16 and II, three columns from the Y. M.
C. A. in New York, telling Of the won-s
derful work of the Red Triangle, half.
column news letter from the Y: w. c.. A.,
half column from the Federal Food
Commissioner of Minnesota, two col
umns or more from the United States
Department of Agriculture dealing with
Liberty bonds and food supplies, col
urnn from the Associated Insurance COM
panies relative to fire waste And prob
ably the next mail brought as much
more. If the editor is conscientiously
trying to do his duty by his subscribers
it will take half his time to skim through
this flood of matter that different people
are trying to 11work" him for, not even
being willing to pay the cost Of placing
it in type. There is reason in all things
and unless there is a let up in this flood
Of requests for free publicity the publish
ers of the country will have to refuse it
all for their own self protection"