The billboard (Feb 1898)

THE BILLBOARD The billboard. Subscription, ll.nn Per Year. Id Advance. ADVERTISISC RATES: Nevertheless, the I. A. of D. rr. : of the organization is a powerful a year will deny that he has been liene- fited. He has found that his ,1 or revision in the m of Om president, he may sug- gest il in bis regular meeting, ami I lie matter niaytbf.i Ik taken up The function of tlie Emctc live Committee is to execute, to carry inlo.effect the lieliests of the members at THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE MEETING. Ihirsuant lo the present's call, il„ Executive Committee of the Associi.ii.. Bill Pesters' met at the Bnrtholdi Hot. , New York, Monday afternoon, Juniui. 17. The session consisted of three m tntnty-firlTiorihe month. Oortei FEBRUARY, (898. The growth of the International dation of Distributors daring the last two all our experience we have never known an association to equal it. The best thing abont this remarkable growth, moreover, is that it is sound and healthy. The association seems to_b^ attracting_to jtself. the best men in the business. Applica- tions are scrutinized with great care, and it is next to impossible for an incompetent action is not now, nor is it near at band, present, or in the near future, would savor The I. A. of D. is making magnificent headway. We sincerely hope nothing will be attempted which is likely to prejudice advertisers be seen in another column, imited of England has failed, K the United Bill Posters' t Is spite of all the stuff that is written and 'printed about the value "of newspaper space, any serious, thinking advertiser, if he will but stop to consider, knows that it is ephemeral, and consequently fleeting and unsubstantial. Can any one imagine it more useless, worthless thing than yes- berofi HOW TO VOTE. Write the name of your Co.. Cincinnati, O. Each coupon will be counted as one vote for the It is prevent hoarding of coupons snd voting them in a lump THE SHORTER CATECHISM. the chief end of the £?«« -If it takes five pages of ads p feel themselves aggrieved. They argue that, the association having provided a guaranteed service advertisers should re- ciprocate by patronizing association mem- bers only. Their arguments possess both Still, it should be re- ,■ advertisers. It is demanding en- nnch ol an advertiser lo expect him lo summarily cut off these faithful Of all the doddering idiocy that a par- cel of lunatics could be gnilty of, the i of the ExecutivelTommittee of the A. B. P. in appointing a committee Oa constitution and by-taws is the worst Think of it : An Executive Committee, a body which by its very name is merely nbled. And Jefferson's, Cushion's. Roberts' and Smith's manuals may lie ■neb. reasonable prices, too. Geo. Castner J. Ballard Carroll... E. C. Donnelly. Frank Fitzgerald. . . Albert Weber IM H. : J. J. Flynn. Ques.— Who' else? Ans.- McManus. Ques.— Who tlie r Ant.— Nobody. Quel. —What do the advertisers get for Ant. —They get the double cross. Ques —Does Stahlbrodt love thc'ofncial organ? .* Am. —Devotedly. Qua.— Why? ^-I'.g:'' Aits - Because it glorifies Campbell. (hit:— Why does k not glorify Stahl- brodt a little bit now and then > ■ ✓1JTJ —Because that is the province .>i Display Advertising. - • Ques. -Why does Display Adverlisiu.e glorify Stahlbrodt? j Ans.— Because Hurt would lose bis fob it did in.it. " Ques.— Does glorifying Stahlbrodt pay ' Ans.— Yes; it pays Stahlbrodt. Ques, —Does Display Advertising pay ■ Am - Yes. So far it hos paid its bill* with commendable promptness. , ~Qves.—Dott it yield dividends ? ; ■fypf.— Yea-in the shape of great k\)i chunks of grief. . : {?a«.-Can Stalill.rrfllt fl'tand grid ? . Ans— Like?'a spartan. In fofct, be a perfect glutton fur grief. J Ques.- Will Stahlbrodt ever get tmmsO' diligence and 'j^wi-!