The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-04-25
NEWSPAPERS TIRE
| OF BEING USED"
WHEN JOB PRINTING THEY CAN
DO GOES ELSEWHERE

In view of the fact that almost ev-
cry well informed, fairminded per-
son will agree that the country press
| OF Mississippi, as we'll as in other
ssates, bears It's proportionate share
OF public burdens and is ever ready to
carry any news item or message cal
culated for the better development So
cially, morally ,physice'' mentally
and otherwise of.hoxy .dnities in
which thee ed; and, in view
Of t.-cnr ~fact that the columns
of Newspapers are asked to car
ry great deal of matter sent out by
the various associations, bureaus and
! other public organizations, as well as
many seeking political favors at the
hands Of tht public, for which no
compensation whatever is offered, the
said matter which they are asked to
publish free being printed by job
printing concerns in the City of Jack
son and other cities of the state which
do not operate newspapers.
1t is therefore resolved by the un-
/, tiersigned, The Board Of Governors
of the Press association of Missis-
sippi, a part Of whose duties are to
consider certain phases of the busi-
ness end Of the newspaper activities
of the state:
| /. That We think it unjust to the
| newspapers to expect free publication
, in THEN columns of matter prepar-
ed by job printing establishment
without any newspaper plant
/ 2 That we respectfully suggest
to those associations. bureaus and 9TH
Ell public organizations which insist
that they must get the aid and the
cooperation OF the country press,
that they be equally sOlicitious as to
the same press when they nave any
thing to be printed which the job
bing plants of the said newspapers
can handle-and they can handle fu.-
Iy SO per cent of the printing re-
puired for the needs of these afore-
said associations, bureaus, and 9TH
er public organizations of the state
Sand any and all Of the printing for
candidates for office.
3. That we here and now pledge
al 70 fa,r
and equitable action upon the part
of these associations, bureaus and
other public organizations, and that
we shall exercise that duty we owe
ourselves of denying them use of the
columns of our newspapers unless
when they have something that is to
be paid for, the press get an oppOr-
tunity to do the said work which
we hazard the statement, is now be-
ing printed without asking the price
in advance OF getting more than one
bid.
4. We do not mind a reasonable
amount of ''free" work so much
which is intruded on the press, if we
are given an equal opportunity to do
that which is not free, and we here
and now give notice to those who
ask the free use of our columns for
matter prepared by job printing con-
Germs that they take the said matter
% job printing concerns for pub
ication.
5. If the space in our newspapers
s not worth anything, then it is rath-
n singular that they seek to use it;
f ii, is worth anything, then the or
linary rules of justice and equity
hould admonish them to extend re-
.iprocal business favors.
Resolved further, that these reso-
utions be given to the press, and that
opies be printed and furnished the
Iifferent offices and organizations
hat frequently call on the press for
nuch free publication.
WALKER WOOD, Chairman.
F. r. BIRDSALL,
OF. LAWRENCE,
Board of Governors for Mississippi
Press Association.