Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-16
EDITORS IN THE
PANHANDLE WANT.
A SQUARE DEAL
MANY NEW MEMBERS ARE AC.
CEPTED IN PRESS AZ.
ISOLATION.

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Union the second session II the
Panhandle Press Association was
opened yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock
A round table discussion Of
"StercOtyping In the Country
Newspaper" was led by Seth Is.
Holman q the Hereford Brand.
There In u decided lack Of stan.
dardizitiOn among the country
newspapers. We must put our pa.
pcrs ON the plane ~ the big dailics
NO that We gain the respect ~ both
the newspaper reading and the n.
nancial public. A stereotype ma.
chine ~ some form should be- In cy.
cry newspaper office In the cOun.
try. The cost In nominal for tho
returns and tho investment will
prove one Of the bcst that news.
paper can make"
stereotyping Machines
A discussion of the various stcreo.
typlng machines In use and the meth.
DDS Of using them and the various mats
and other data sent out by agencies
followed and NJ. L. Moody " Mclean
il. w. Albright ~ Wichita. Kans.. G.
llerndon " Electra. J. W. Cheney, Am.
RrlllO, and Claude Wells II Wellington
all made interesting talks M 10 the
types ~ machines In use in their Of.
fees and the methods they used IN
placing the mat service before their
advertisers.
There In not newspaper IN the
Panhandle that should print any u this
FREQ publicity stuff that comes into our
offices" Haid Jess Adams OF the Plain.
View News In discussing Free Pub.
iIcity." Newspapers all over the state
have been giving lot ~ free publicity
90 the Texas State Fair at Dallas aud
what do We receive In return. nothing.
Does your LEGAL fair organization pay
you for advertising? I'll say they do.
they why should We give the Dallas Fair
free publicity and charge our local fairs
for advertising. We shpsld prin, moth.
linz that pertains To boosting any bust.
ness " any sort unless there = IA pro.
portionatc equal amount ~ advcrtis.
Ing" Mr. Adams ~ caused prolonE'
cd applause and much favorable com
mcnt was made upon H.
oran Kelly ~ the Spcarman Report
or and NJ. l.. Moody ~ the Mclean
News added 10 Mr. Adams remarks ana
seconded every statemcn, that he had
made.
Advertising and Subscription Rates
Under Present Conditions was the sub
jcci discussed by c. N. Warwick ~ the
Randall County News Harry Koch Of
the Quanah TtibuncChicf and Jack
Hull u the Clovis Journal. Among the
points brought out In the discussion
was the fact that although newspaper
has declined In price recently that II II
still 200 per cent higher than II was
before the war and that ink II 200 per
cent higher. labor 200 per cent and all
other items used In the business are
high In proportion ~ therefore II II not
logical to conclude that subscription
and advertising rates will come down
within u short time.
I'D l.. Manson Of the Clovis News
discussed the Wage Scale In the Pan
handle" 1--WE face real labor prob
lem but Il II u lot better 20 have more
printing than printers than more print
crs than printing" said Mr.. Manson.
~ uniform wage scale Ia more ar less
with each individual employee"
In response 10 questions by Mr.. Man
son. G. u. Walker 81 the Dalhart Tex.
IN said that he paid nj the present time
time and one half for over time. hut |
that ncwspapormcn should do away |
with overtime ms much IN possible, |
Seth II. Holman ~ Hereford said that
the hand type man was worth more
money than the linotype operator In |
that he had 10 know how To- do every. |
thing while the linotype operator could
only do one thing. G. W. Warwick Of
Canyon said that he consiicgcd uni. |
form wage scale impracticablc. Tho |
association voted 10 appoint a commit |
tee a. ascertain the average wage scale
paid IN the Panhandle by the ncwspap.
crs and u. II. Nichols and Horace Illus.
90 report to the association this morn
in..
e. iI Walker Of the Dalhart Texan |
told his experience In handling office |
supplies IN connection with his news
paper aud said tina; he found II 10 bc ~
SUCCESS.
Hon. Ice SattcrwEllc spoke briefly |
on the need of mn appropriation for an al.
dltlon to the West Texas State Normal
NJ Canyon where printing could lie
taught
The secretary was instructed 10 send
~ message ~ coincidence a. the family
~ ". \. Bowen. noted Texas journal
ist " Arlington who died today.
The following telegram was read from
Marvin Jones;
II suggcs, that In the interest Of
harmony you place Hen Smith. sam
Traswcli and Jess Adams IN separate
cages. music won't do them any good
Ny regards aud best wishes a. the
entire association,
The morning meeting ~ the assOcia.
ton opened With pep. ~. W. Albright
earned his title ~ the kansas Mock.
ingbird." Much interest was aroused
In duet by Lindsay Num- and II. H.
Nichols ~ the lOcal papers.
DR.. J. u. Num- 81 the Amarillo Daily !
News delivered the address OF welcome
To- which Hon Lee Sattsgwhitc respond !
cd. After the presidents annual al |
dress. neat litpc booklets which con.
tanned passes to everything In Anna
rlilo were presented 10 the members II
the association by W. u. Estes score. |
tary of the Board ~ city Development.
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