Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-01-18

pices of the secretary Of state, secfe-
tary of war, secretary OF the navy, anu
with q civilian, George Creel, as COM
mittee chairman The Importance OF
the press is further shown by the ever
multiplving requests for publicity, ana
il this great agency for public upiii.
and betterment is to be maintained
and advanced encouragement and falr
play must be accorded this INDUSTRY
This is a war session and never oe-
fore in the 81 years of its existence mas
,be association met at time "heil
there were problems Of such vital I'M
portance. The Maine press Is thor-
oughiy patriotic and willing TO 60
about any limit to help win the wal
yet it must not be lost sight OIL t11a' .t's
newspapers have already contributed
freely and with requests lnnulIlelaoie'
| and some of them quite EXTRAORDINARY
I is il unreasonable that the eoitoi
/ should be accorded the privilege Oh ue-
termining how far with the llllleo
snare at his command he can Heip
along the many and varied pralse"or-
,hy objects? Publicity is theme that
is always with US and there should De
onnor-uri-y at this time 10 Thoroughly
( diecuss the same. The newsprint sit
marion is n subject in which every pub
li.her and I,rinter is deelpy interested.
/ Postal rates and regulations are I'M
, portart and worthy OF consideration.
I Advertising rate and subscription
prices should receive careful attention.
! There are phases Of the parcel post
business worthy of attention from Jop
/ printers The above comprise only
few cf the many problems before you
! for consideration. !.
Maine newspaper and printing es-
| Establishments have suffered loss of help
because Of war conditions and should
a ron of honor be compiled Of those
who have gone TO the front it would be
found that the record is fully equal to
that in other lines CT industry. let.
ter received by the President recently
from the editor Of leading Name
weekly contained the information that
I ne expected soon TO be in the service
ana asked if could recommend 4
neWsp1 per man to take Lis place. Some
newspaper plants have been visited by
disastrous fires, a recent instance be-
ing that Of the Calais Advertiser, while
: tho Rockland opinion plant haFbeen
twice destroyed by flames ws.hin a
+ year or so. An editor of Names east
! ernm0st city, as we'll as the mayor Of
4 I.astport. has been having the exper-
/ ience of being in quarantine because of
/ small pcX.
! 1T is usually quite unnecessary to
urge Maine newspaper men to culti-
. vate increased loyalty to town, city,
state, or nation for early and late, in
eason and cut of season, throughout
tie entire working day and perhaps
into the midnight hours, the editor is
generally giving thought to"the ad-
yancelnent Of the community in which
! lie makes his home, to the common
wealth whose standard he is at all
times .upholding, and to the country
whose flag flies over him and yet in
tl,ese strenuous times, when people are
I aroused as perhaps never before and
volunteering for fnnumrable~ lines Of
activities and while our brave sons
are ready to sacrifice life itself along
the battle front, in conflict with the
! deadly submarine, or in the realms of
the air. it devolves upon us all to rem
der such service as We can to help win
the war"
l. Divisional Meetings
Following the opening sessions, there
| We're divisional meetings at which
questions Of interest to the members
! Of the different branches Of the pub
/ fishing business We're disc .ssed In
the afternoon. there was a second gen.
eral session of the association with ad-
dresses and a further session with
short speeches followed in the even-
irp
Officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed as follows: President, Charles r.
F!ynt of the Kennebec Journal, Augusta :;
secretary-treasurer, Roland T. Patten OF
the Independent Reporter journal, Skow-
hegan. Division chairmen: Daily news
papers, Frank B. Nichols, Bath; weekly
newspapers and periodicals, Charles H.
Fogg, Houlton; Job printing, Fred T.
Tower, Portland.
The following were elected to member
ship +, NJ. Joseph. Waterville; A. r.
Greenleaf' Fairfield; c. c. Haryey Fort
Fairfield.