Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-06

~ enough. AS Joseph Brown says:
Ideas have enormous potential pow
CT when linked to the stupendous
power of the printing press" 1t is
the inherent desire of many free born
Americans to be connected with the
press and our, responsibility is great.
May I again express a hope that
some time the Maine Press Associa-
ton becomes a leading factor for
good in this state. We have an I'M
limited field for service. and in my
| opinion are not cultivating it sum
GENTLY either for the benefit OF the
public or ourselves. Am afraid that
! many Of us fall far short of the aim
of a Western newspaper whose dec
laration of faith is as follows: 4
ITO inform without bias, to advise
! without rancor, and to intervene
| without malice; to be absolutely in
dependent in religion and politics,
and blind to race, creed and color;
| to account no victory won which
| brings distress to the people, and no
| battle lost which is waged in behalf
of their just demands; to serve the
| larger public interest with vigilance,
courage and justice-this is the spirit
and purpose to which his newspapers
are dedicated"
| Few people realize the hard work
| and amount of capital required to
! found and develop a successful paper.
| Generally it is not done in one year
| or one decade, sometimes not in one
| generation.
Years ago papers were looked upon
as q luxury, a semi-news and liter
airy product. Today daily or weekly
| newspaper is recognized as great
! economic activity and its advertis-
ing columns are the surest way to
| put most every new article on the
market.
| Following the reply by Mr.. Mich
OILS, the president appointed c. F.
! Flynt, of the Kennebec Journal, l..
P. Evans of the Dover (Maine) OBJ
server and Albert K. Stetson of the
"Aroostook Pioneer" Of Houlton as
serve both as the committee on reso-
| lutions and as the auditing commit
tee. The committee announced the
| nomination Of Mr. Nichols as presi-
dent and Mr.. Patten as secretary
| treasurer. The secretary was in
structed to cast a ballot for these
| two men, and they were declared
elected.
The report of the secretary-trcas
| urer showed that the association was
| in the best condition that it has been
| for some time. This report showed
that s712.46 had been received dur
| ing the past year, and that $53S.91
had been expended, leaving a COM
| Portable balance of $173.55 in the
| treasury.
| The president then announced that
| at some TIME in the history of the
Association some one had inaugur-
ated the idea of the president deliv-
ering a speech at the meeting. He
said that although he felt this to be
a superf1uous idea, he did not desire
| to go against precedent and that he
would therefore give them what was
expected.
Mr.. Fogg spoke as follows:
President Charles H. Fogg
As we meet for the 59th conven-
ton of the Maine Press Association
here in the capitol city of our state,
we find the condition of the Associa-
ton the best that it has been in, for
many years, in that during the past
Year it has been functioning as it
was intended, as an asset to the
Printer and Publishers not only of
the State of Maine but it has spread
to our neighboring states of New
Hampshire and Vermont, so that the
mem bers that we have in those
states are getting a great deal of
good out of it as we'll as those men,
Ders in the Pine Tree state.
During the past ten years the
Printing industry in our state has
made many changes, not only in the
personnel of the members but in the
methods of doing business. Among
the successful printers of our state.
we find that there is very much less
guess work" in arriving at the prop
er recompense for the labor of the
editor or the printer than there has
been in years gone by, for practically
every shop now has either the
Franklin Price List, one put out by
the Maine Typothatae that of the
Maine Press or one authorized by a
Press organization of some kind. all
based on a living wage for the work.
after adding the overhead of the
business which in former years had
little to do with arriving at the sell
ing price of the manufactured arti-
Gle, in which printing and publishing
are classed. A number of years ago
it was the general impression and
rightly so, that printers and editors,
especially of the weekly press, were
the poorest. risks from a financial
standpoint of any class in the state,
while today, in every section of the
State of Maine, can be found print
ers and publishers who have not only
a high standing in the community.
promptly and purchase many of the
luxuries of life. One cause Of this
is the broadening influence which
comes from rubbing shoulders with
the other fellow the same as we have
done in these annual meetings In
many shops the work which was put
out fifteen years ago would be n dis
grace to that shop today. for it has
been found that the shop which puts
out good work at fair profit is the
one that gets the work, and there is
seldom any question as to the price.
the same principle as in many other
lines of business, that you get just
about what you pay for, ii You pay
a good price you get value received
and if the price is low YOU generally