Billboard advertising (Feb 1898)

THE BILLBOARD A M ADCM T C" I "I'Li'D that an June i, 1S97. they "ire forced 10 Mil elation, he immediately bw the juatice or the Before the meeting took place we were AN U»N,US1 I UK. a« r Mvtm.lkcyM* MWa-*™*™? P»»ton talten by .heCnllf 0 rnia*a»el.tlon..nd mfon]led it WW simply ridtallons for 11a to nuke application, as Mr. Edward iim ana fliamMH county are now exclusively urncr noi 10 stand in Ene way ui wuiuiiiuh , , , _ . _ , Sfebc & GrtCn, tO the owned and controlled by sir be & Green. Asjocinton oblainioa; a charter lor California *- Stahlbrodt had already decided the* * — ' -—1- —« —•—*-•-•»--' «_-_-._f_\_j — ■ . ■ — ■ ■ ■ -.-w~~i Owens &l Vanity, a rival concern in San Francisco, would be admitted. A letter, from J. Ballard Carroll, secretary. Fol- lowing are the words: gentlemen, let us talk to yon right we unhesitatingly say to you at on the very lace of the actios by the Executive Committee that the Association, in our opinion, is nothing more than a fraud, ruled by a few bill pos- ters or solicitors who don't even have a cent of capital invested in plants. Is it bytl leteliuotoottownlnthe Slate ot California are amply not "in It." In the first olece, they ,™tal so far of tuoooo invested, am ■ t dare refine our post'"*- Then, on the don't San a square foot of board: they rent front .J". . . - - the other hand, eao Ihey post Oakland. Als- the California Adslgn Co.. „d « b, » well- I"™*! « °' ™ f™™„ P „, ■da eounty. reuluma, San Rafael, T/ktih. knonnfacttnatthcreiseoeyeHkelheowner'a. America to-day,should bemiedf Weaa; From now on, we shall simply take an entirely different position than we have heretofore, for the reason that when bill 1 trolled and ruled by a few m of the association, it is high time for a* to call a halt, and refuse to take any further for the association. Why, how preposter- ous for the Executive Committee to have admitted the Pacific Coast Bill Fosters' As- at the last meeting which took place December S, its vice-president, Mr. John Williams of Portland, Oregon, Mr. H. G. We have all the work that we can do in the city of San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda county; the boards are always packed, and the paper that comes from amounts to so little that it small difference. How ri- diculous the position when an asaociatiotr like ours should be refused a charter sim- ply because the charter fee did not accom- :■> Uu Honorablt Exteuli not responsible for the few paltry di — , .jr meloown the plana of The following letter from the Wilkshire Santa Monica. Redondo. San Pedro. Long Bill Posting Co., of Los Angeles, was Beach. Sullertou. He and hereafier will post Blso submitted : these lc«rna under roy own nanie. Advertiser* tion? We really do n. friends suggested to us to join that as it would be to oar interest We are really satisfied, and glad that things turned the way they did, and that wa were not admitted as members of the association, for had we, we would hate of ourselves to join an is ruled by « boss. When people want work they want the very choicest and best boards in a town, and we assure the Executive Committee that we shall never bother them again. Were they to ask us to post for them any should decline the same, unless e able Talk about eastern posters, let ns tell yon who we are P°* n K * . vlcconid arta «t very «mt„ Theruuitwaa, elided rfecprenident of the Pacific, c«* Aaan- Heapeaiuiiy yours, ^ TrjT|1tnm ^ | rivato are posting for. We post the Amer-