The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-05-02
NEWSPAPERS PROTEST.
Mississippi Editors on Job Print
ing and Free Space"

Grenada, Miss, April 26.-In
view of the fact that almost every
we'll informed, fair minded person
will agree that the country press OF
Mississippi. as we'll as in other
states, bears its proportionate share
Of public burdens and is ever ready
calculated for the better develop
ment socially, morally, physically.
mentally or otherwise OF the COM
munities in which they are located;
and, in view of the further fact that
the columns of these newspapers
are asked To carry a great deal of
matter sent out by the various or
CARNATIONS, bureaus and other pub
lie organizations, as we'll as many
seeking political fayors at the hands
of the public, for which no compen-
sation whatever is offered. the said
matter which they are asked to pub
lish free being printed by job print
ing concerns in the city of Jackson
and other cities of the state which
do not operate newspapers,
1t is therefore resolved by the un-
dersigned, the board of governors of
the Press Association of Mississippi,
a part of whose duties are to con-
slider certain phases of the business
end of the newspaper activities of
the state:
1. That we think it unjust to the
newspapers to expect free pu5llca-
ton in their columns of matter pre-
pared by a job printing establish
ment without any newspaper plant.
2. That we respectfully suggest
to those associations. bureaus and
other public organizations which in
sist that they must get the aid and
the cooperation of the country press,
that they be equally solicitous as to
the same press when they have any
thing to be printed which the job
plants of the said newspapers can
handle-and they can handle fully
80 per cent of the printing required
for the needs of these aforesaid as
sOciations, bureaus and other pub
lie organizations of the state and
any and all of the printing for can
didates for office.
3. That we here and now pledge
ourselves to demand this fair, just
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
being printed without asking the
price in advance or getting more
than one bid.
4. We do not mind reasonable
amount of free" work, so much of
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
j, concerns that they take the said
matter to job printing concerns for
publication.
5. II the space in our newspa-
pers is not worth anything. then it
is rather singular that they seek to
use it; if it is worth anything, then
the ordinary rules of justice and
equity should admonish them to ex-
tend reciprocal business favors.
Resolved further, that these reso-
lutions be given to the press. and
that copies be printed and furnished
the different offices and organiza-
tions that frequently call on the
press for much free publication.
WALKER WOOD, Chairman,
f. r. BIRDSALL,
O. +. LAWRENCE,
| Board of Governors for Mississippi
Press Association.