The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-14
PRES. WRIGHT
GIVES ADDRESS
THIS MORNING
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err a 100 per cent organisation the
association had, the nearer we would
come to doing some good for oul
fellow publisher and the great state
of North Dakota as a whole. How
near we have come to the goal is best
told by the secretary's report. He
has done q lot of good missionary work
and circularized the publishers who
are not members of the association b
number Of times during the past year.
ION entering the duties Of the
presidency there were just three
things had in mind to do for the
press Of North Dakota" Wright sid.
''They were to make the North Dakota
Press Association as near 100 per
cent in membership as possible-for
in union there is strength; to get oil
the printing laws ssembled into one
book 30 that every publisher in the
state could have a copy handy for
ready reference. and at this time !
want to say that Editor Bill Francis
of Velva. chairman Of the committee
who has this work in hand, has start
ed the good work and will give you
a full report on what he has done;
and to change some of the existing
laws relative to legal printing.
Fake Advertising
"May not call the members
attention to the fact that all outside
6r foreign ativertisina, unless seni
by q regular advertising agency
should be accepted for publication
only on q cash basis. Your president
received the % for 800 oranges I'D.
vertisement to be run and we Dumped
~ t,&As n <1&s ~ x,oskn ,.o,,a s1~esA. a. pi1o,t
quick, for concern that will nse
blank letter paper and mail their let.
tiers in Atlanta, Georgia, when they
claim to be doing business in Texas
are not worth the two cents to fine
out what they are worth, as the gen
eral run Of this class of advertisinf
is fake. And yet there were grea
many members Of the North Dakot,
press-yes, and a few Of the asso
citation members-that ran. TIL
orange advertisements.
at is a safe bet that when orange!
are selling for 50 cents per dozen II
North Dakota you cant get then
for a cent apiece in any other stat,
in the union. Let's be more carefu
about accepting this class Of adverti1
ing. Every once in a while the Mort
Dakota newspapers are circuiari4e
to run this sort of ads--and some o
the papers will run them no matte
what. The best thing to do with TIL
class Of advertising is to put it Int
the waste basket and then watch th
newspapers Tor the arrest of tn
crooks. 80
Suggests Resolutions
II recommend that the resolution
committee be instructed to prepar
appropriate resolutions, copies Z
which would be sent to our senator
and congressman, on the foalowin
J urgent legislation. ut
. Agricultural relief for the farmer
of the United States so that the sci
ing Of their products may be plAEe
on an equal basis with the fnanufa'
), turer's products. ,,a.e..5.ss
Support Of the Great Eakes-St. Lay
renee Waterway to the Atlantic. !,
Endorsing and supporting the M
> tionai Editorial association in l
fight on the government printing
stamped envelopes.
, II could not close without VOL
: on the field secretary plan. Persona
". l think and know it is the on
way that an organization can
g brought up to the 100 per cent mar
{ Our good friend, Sam Haislet, forn
r erly publishing a paper in our stat
and now field secretary of the Mi
nesota Press Association, is with |
D. and this afternoon will give us
!. account Of what the field secretal
= plan has done for the editors Of Mi
nesota. I think that the field seer
tary plan should at least be givl
D. serious consideration by this co
vention and heartily am in favor
trying out the system for ut lea
9 | wear in this state"