The billboard (July-Dec 1898)

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When it is necessary to mire us the instructions and copy for advertisements, great saving in the matter of telegraph tolls may be had by recourse to the Donaldson Cipher Code. Entered as Second-Class Matter at Post Office at Ctncinnati, Ohio. JULY, J898. Where are all of our anti-British Jingos? In all America there Is not one to be found. They have disap- peared like hoar frost beneath a sum- mer sun. The two leading nations of the world are fraternizing like old chums. Is it not strange that this al- liance did not occur years ago? The logic of conditions warranted It ten years since. Thinking men have point- ed to the fact for a decade, but all their arguments have been set at naught by the frothy vaporings of a few. light weight politicians and pred- judiced newspaper hacks. Then came the war, and with it a hearty-British cheer for America's boys in blue—and it was all over. Verily, our ends are shaped by our emotions. The heart accomplishes in a few minutes what the head has struggled for years to bring about, * * * Among the crafts, the bill posters of America will be the first to take steps to cement the friendship. They will this month send an ambassador to their cousins across the water. He will be the bearer of a message of es- teem and good will. He will carry with him greeting from the bill post- ers of America to their cousins over the sea. He has not been chosen as yet, but whoever he is he will be honored. He Will be chosen as the ablest, the best— the man most fitted to represent Amer- ican bill posters abroad. It will be an honor—an honor such as seldon falls to a man twice—and he must indeed: be the most popular bill poster hi America who secures it. * July is a month of conventions. The third annual meeting of the Interna- tional Association of Distributors is, perhaps the one in which'the greatest Interest centers. If we may believe the many letters received almostdaily, ther£ is'many a bill poster preparing lor a trip to Chicago who has never rm BfLLBOAM) attended a bill posters convention. The progress of the International Association of Distributors has been -vonderful. During the year just p*is* it has almost trebled in membership, and this in the face of the most ex- acting requirements. There have been almost two hun- dred members elected, but there have been neariy five hundred applicants re- jected. As a result, the personnel of the organization is of the very highest quality. They are all men of unquestioned standing In their respective commun- ities. They are able, and they are capable. The outcome of the meeting will be watched with the keenest in- terest. * * * The A. B. P. Convention at Buffalo will also be well attended. The of- ficers of this organization have mark- ed out a most prodigous amount of work for the three days, and if the delegates succeed in getting through with it they will have to work like beavers. There must needs be sessions morn- ing, afternoon and night, and even then it is likely that a fourth and even a fifth day will be required in order to complete the programme. A. complete revision of the constitu- tion and by-laws, a long debate on the question of agents commissions and an acrimonious dispute over liouis- ville, Memphis and Worcester are only a few of the many things that will en- gage the attention of the delegates. Friction between the cities and towns may also ensue if the latter succeed in organizing and agreeing upon a leader. There is hard work and plenty of it looming up at Buffalo. * * * • Considerable interest is manifested in the proposed association of Amer- ican sign painters. We have received letters from all over the country re- garding the matter, but they have al- most all been inquiries. We have been unable to reply to the most of them, for the reason that we do not our- selves know how the movementshould be inaugurated. In the first place, however, some practical sign painter '• must take the lead. A committee should then be ap- pointed under his supervision and a meeting arranged for. Much of the preliminary work could be disposed at this meeting, and, be- sides, the general scope and plan of organization could be outlined. Who will take, the initiative? The work will be arduous, bnt the reward will be great Who will lead? LOOKS LIKE LOWDEN. • The only objection heard to either Don- nelly, Ames or Roblson is—too near to New York City. The association hag had enough pf New York to last them for Just about an even thousand years. A Tremendous Vote Polled During; June—The Contest Has Now Narrowed Down to a Race Be- tween Monk, Schaefer, Leonard and Lowden—This Is the Last Coupon—The Polls Close Satur- day, July 9. The voting contest has been a triumph- ant success. Interest has steadily in- creased from the day it was inaugurated. During June it mounted to such a high degree of enthusiasm that it quite over- shadowed all other features of the paper. Everj- mail bore evidence of the zeal, concern and attention of the many friends of the various contestants. Not a day passed but what the Ameri- can News Company sent in a re-order for more copies, and many a day they sent in two and three orders. Advertisers and sign painters have caught the fever, and are voting and working for their friends. Sherer, of St. Paul, Williamson, of St Louis, and J. E. Williams, of Chicago, are working hard for Schaefer, and, al- though they started in late, have boosted him from a tail ender into third place. L. H. Ramsey, W. C. Tcrrill and the Michigan billposters have given Leonard splendid support. Hustling, bustling Ike Monk, who runs three big billposting plants, two theaters and sis traction parks, and then com- plains of not having enough to occupy his mind, has no associations behind him except the Illinois boys. They vote for him every month like one man. But he has a big lot of friends all over the coun- try and they vote for him early and often. Jam Hoke and the members of the I. A. of D. have rallied to the support of whole-souled Billy Lowden, and the way they are pulling for him is a caution. The next two weeks will be busy ones in the office of The Billboard One mail will not be entirely opened before the next one comes in. No votes will be counted and no person will know the standing of any contestant until Saturday afternoon, July 9. The polls will close at noon on that date. The votes will then be counted, and t'ae man who receives the most votes will be formally declared the winner. The strictest impartiality will be main- tained and the utmost fairness manifested. The winner will sail from New York July 30 on the steamship Aurania of the famous Cunard Line, andjhe will receive a hearty welcome both at 'Liverpool and Dublin. HOW THEY STAND. The votes received by the various con- testants up to June 25 were as follows : W. B. Lowden 965 Geo. M. Leonard 818 P. F. Schaefer 53? Isaac M. Monk 391 L. H. Ramsay 163 Geo. H. Siebe 109 Jas. A. Curran : 30 J. Ballard Carroll 26 H. W. Walker 25 Chas. Vogel 24 E. C. Donnelly 24 Geo. Castner 24 Albert Weber. 23 Jas. F. O'Melia 22 • Frank Fitzgerald 21 R. C. Campbell 20 John G. Reese 18 Geo. J. Sherer. 15 P. B. Oliver 13 J. J. Flynn 12 Edw. A. Stahlbrodt It Al. Bryan .:.. 11 Emmett Littleton 5 A. B. Beale , e W. C. Thrill 3 C.K. Hagar. 2 J. Garlick 2 E. M. Slocomb 2 C. B.Woodward 2 Barney Link ; 2 A. Van Beuren.............. Harry Stoops Mrs. Dundon C. F. Filbrick Fred. W. Jenks F. P. Ketelson J. C. Fockelinan W. P. Fay C. H. Griebel, Jr H. G. Wilshire Geo. H. Bubb Chas. Bryan Sam Pratt Remember- The polls close at noon on Saturday, July p. The Billboard is going to send the most popular bill poster in America to at- tend the convention of British bill posters, which is held at Dublin, Ireland, next August. He will be an ambassador ap- pointed by the craft at large. Pacific Coast billposters and those in remote sections of Canada will please re- member that they had best mail their votes the very day they receive this issue of The Billboard, for the polls close July 9. HOW TO VOTE. Write the name of your candidate (nothing else) on the coupon below, and mail it to The Billboard Publishing Co., Cincinnati, O. Each coupon will be counted as one vote for the bill poster whose name it bears. All July cou- pons must be voted before noon on July 9. "Voted" does not mean "mailed," hence bear in mind to mail votes to us in time to reach us the morning of July 9. JULY COUPON prior so iaif 9, or it will not be c mined. The most popular Bill Foster in America and he should be our ambassador to the meeting of the United 'Bill Posters' As- | sneiation in Dublin, Ireland, next An- 1 Rust. S Notice— The final polls close at noon Saturday, July 9. Under our arrangement with the Amer- ican News Company, The Billboard is supposed to be on sale at all newstands. Patrons unable to secure it will please notify us, giving place and date. The members of the International Associa- tion of Distributors conttnue to vote solidly for Lowden. Since It has become known that lam Hoke Is also Interested In Lowden's suc- cess hundreds of his friends are sending votes direct to Hoke. While It Is very agree- able to gee these evidences of friendship. Hoke will feel very sore should some of these votes this month reach him too late to be resent to Cincinnati; therefore, those who want their votes to count should send them direct to this office. The pang will be put off at Buffalo. Eddie Donnelly, of Boston, seems to be the choice for President. Ames Is also ta:ked of, with San Roblson, Mike Breslauer and Jimmy Curran among the possibilities. Either would be o. k. A NEW CORPORATION.—The Falls City Bill Posting Company, of Louisville, Ky., with $6,000 capital stock, filed articles of In- corporation In the office of the County Clerk June 15. The Incorporators are L. H. Ram- say, of Lexington. President: Otto lifer. Vice President, and Reuben Robinson. Secretary and Treasurer. Each of the Incorporators holds 20 shares of stock. The Executive Committee fired Gillam A Shaughnessy on account of their giving more paper to Munson than to the association member. 'A member of that Committee, who is also n solicitor, has just committed the same offense, only more so, as the associa- tion' member doesn't get a sheet of "Navy Fine Cut." while Munson's boards are full of it. What will Dugan do to Ma? THE BILLBOARD >oo*< >O » 0»0 O »»» »O » O 9 O »»«O»»»»»»»»» » »O»O» « fair« Department Uv»»w»»«»00 Q « O »0w»»»»»»»>»0O0»OO0O0<0 O » 0 »O O O»»0O»»»»4 MICHIGAN. TEXAS. Board of Directors' Meeting Held at Grand Rapids lune 8. The Boards of Directors, of the State Fair Association, composed of President William Hall of Hamburg, Secretary Henry Frallck of Grand Rapids, and Directors I. H. Buttcrfleld of Lansing. Frank H. Latta of Battle Creek, and Eugene Fifield of Bay City, were in ses- sion most of the way June 8 at the office of the Secretary. The principal business under consideration was the race program and the means of advertising. A number of special features which the association is after were also discussed thoroughly and steps were taken which will insure the patrons of the big agricultural exposition next Fall an ag- gregation of attractions such as has never before been gotten together in Grand Rapids. Some of them have already been contracted for. but the Secretary Is not yet ready to state what they are. The board authorised the purchase from the Donaldson Litho Co.. of Cincinnati of a line of posters which are a radical departure from any style heretofore used by the association, and which will be the moat attractive ever put up for a fair In the State. The race program, which is usually the most interstlng feature of all fairs, was adopted as arranged by Secretary Ward, and entry, blanks ordered printed as follows: Monday. Sept. 26.—Two-year-old trot or pace, 2:40 class. $160: 2:30 trot. $300. Tuesday. Sept. 27.-2:17 trot, $300: 2:15 pace, $300. Wednesday, Sept. 28.-2:22 pace, $300; 2:40 pare, $300; free-for-all trot, $300. Thursday. Sept. 29.-2:22 trot, $300; 2:40 trot. $300. Friday, Sept. 30.-2:10 pace, $300; 2:30 pace, $300. The same conditions that govern entries for the driving club meetings will hold good for the State Fair races. Entries will close Sept. 17. The following letter from the Secretary of the American Association of Fairs and Ex- positions Is highly significant: Columbus, O.. June 13. 1898. Editor of "The Billboard," Cincinnati. O: Dear Sir:—In a recent number of the "Bill- board" I noticed your editorial relative to membership in the American Association of Fairs and Expositions, suggesting that the scope of the organisation would be largely increased if county and- district fair organ- izations were admitted to full membership. I wish to sav that I heartily accord with voui 'lews, and shall take pleasure in pre- senting the matter to the Association at its next meeting, to. be held In Omaha. Oct. zti. I agree with you that the fairs need to be as- sociated: they have an Important work to accomplish In connection with the productive Industries of our country, and I can see no good reason why any well-organized fair as- sociation should net participate as full mem- bers of the American Association organized, and thus strengthen it as a body and mater- ially Increase 1U usefulness. I have 110 doutot the A*sociatlon will be willing to ex- tend the membership as suggested In your very timely editorial - -'-Vi*. Yours very truly. 3.-3W FLEMING, Secretary. We believe now that the fairs and exposi- tions of the country will toon be organized, and that order will soon reign where now all Is chaos. AN ODD ADVERTISEMENT. Huge Candle Which Contained a Com- plete Candle Factory. Among the odd trade advertisements dis- played at' the recent Stockholm exhibition the Lllletolmemv candle played a prominent part This candle stood 127\ feet high. The lower part, which was Intended to represent an old Swedlrt candlestick, was In rea.lty an enormous structure of bricks and mortal, iu which was established a perfectly-equlpjied candle factory, where employees worked six hours *l day. The base of the candlestick covered a apace of 40 feet square. To conic to details, the candlestick Itself was 47 teet high, while the candle—a real stearine spec- imen— was fully -80 feet: Its diameter was 8 1-2 feet. The appearance of this extract- dlnary trade trophy was at once remarkao.s and imposing. The colossal candlestick was painted with an aluminum oowder until It shone like weii- pollshed sliver. At night, too, an electric searchlight of 7.000 (ordinary) candle-power cast Us beams from the lofty summit of tne wick over the whole exhibition ground*. Al- together the cost of the monster was about *10,C00. As the official organ of the American Asso- ciation of Fairs and Expositions, "The Bll.- board' will do everything In Its power tul further the movement, and to that end In- vites comment and suggestions The possibilities for good In the new scheme are almost limitless, but there is about much work to be done In order to bring It Secretary Fleming Is the right man in mo right placo. Now that the movement lias received Its first Impetus, let every fair man- ager lend bin support to Mr. Fleming and keep the ball rolling. The Citizens of Dallas Should Offer Special Stakes or Purses—Some Inter- esting Statistics. "What about the special attractions for the fair?" inquired a "Billboard" reporter of B. E. Cabell. Vice President and Director of the race department. Replying, he said: "Well, our ideas and suggestions hereto- fore explained have, after careful investiga- tion, proven to be eminently correct and we have the data to show it. Our Secretary has been in correspondence with all leading fairs clal features thoroughly advertised. It Is a conceded fact that the Texas State Fair is the one great annual Texas event, and they seem to think that it is really more highly appre- ciated by the people of the State at large than by the citizens of Dallas themselves. This idea has prevailed, no doubt, from the seeming apathy of the people of Dallas dur- ing the fairs, as well as the absence of any public demonstration at its opening, and also the lack of special premiums, purses and stakes put up by the citizens themselves as inducements to attract visitors. "Now, I have known the people of this sec- tion for quite a long time, in fact, nearly all my life, and I know they have always come to the scratch when called upon, and when they understand the plan we are now work- ing I have no doubt of my success with them. We wish, in the first place, to procure for the ladies and children, as well as the public in general, a 'guideless wonder*—a horse that will make his mile on our track in less than 2:20 without driver or harness. This attrac- ts a we wish to put on three times each week during the fair. "2. We wish to put on a mile and one-quar- ter running race, winners to take the en- trance money with $1,000 added money. This race to come off on Dallas Day, and be JOHN GUILD MUIRHEID. ard race courses, compiling data as to the re- sults of their efforts to secure special features to Increase the attendance and we find that in e\ery Instance where the citizens of the dif- ferent towns in which these fairs were held took hold of this matter and rendered th^ as- sociation the necessary assistance, they in- variably Increased their attendance more than three times over what it bad usually been on those days, so much so. in fact, have they been remunerated for what they donated In this way that they have in many instances doubled for the coming fairs the amount they ga e last year. Notably among these are St. Paul and Minneapolis, each of these cities giving the Minnesota State Fair Association a purse of $5,000. making a total of $10,000 for the association to spend for extra attractions. In many places we find that the purses of- fered by the citizens and known as 'Hotel stakes,' 'Merchants' purses.' 'Ladies' days' and 'Derby days.' amounted really to more money than is offered in the entire race de- partment of these fair associations. Of course wo do not expect our people to do anything like this, for us. for the premiums offered by us and published in our rare programmes for this coming meeting aggregate nearly $30,000. and If our neople will only add a small pro rata of this to be used for special features .we will bring to Dallas this Fall the largest crowd, by far, ever seen In this city. "In view of the fact that the Fair Associa- tion has asked nothing from the citizens of Dallas this year In the way of help to run the fair, I am satisfied that our people will re- spond liberally when called upon for these aneclal features, and we Intend to test their liberality at once that we may get these spe- known as the Dallas Derby. "3. A free-for-all pace, winners to beat 2:10 and to take the entries with $1,000 added money. This race to be known as the Mer- chants' purse. "4. A free-for-all trot. sam«- condition as above, to be known as the Hotel stake. "It will cost $4,000 in addition to the purses we have already offered to secure these at- tractions. "Now. we expect the people of this city to put up this money for this purpose and when tbrv read the Ptntepierts below as to the profits to the different ci«.i"-s thet ha-» et- tempted this same move there can be no doubt but what their good business sense will tell them that it is a move in the right direc- tion. "At the Ohio State Pair. Aug. 8. 1897. the citizens put up one purse of $2,500. and they hed an increase in attendance of $20,000 peo- ple. At Reading. Mfss.. Aug. 28. 1897. the citizens put up a special purse of $1,500 and they had an increase in attendance of 25.000 people. At the Wisconsin State Fair on Sept. 22. 1897, the citizens' purse was $3,000. and they had an increase in attendance of 30,000 people. At the Indiana State Fair on Sept. 17. 1S97. the citizens' purse was $3,000. and they had an increase of 20.000 people. Owing to bad weather, it was not finished the first day and upon the second day they had an in- crease of 46.000 people. At the Illinois state Fair on Oct. 1, 1897, the citizens' purse was $5,000, and they had an increase in attendance of 65,000 people. At the Michigan State Fair on July 19. 1S97, the citizens' purse was $3,000. and they had an increase of 20.000 people on that account. Further comment is useless." JOHN GUILD MUIRHEID. In this issue we publish a portrait of John Guild Muirbead. the well known and highly efficient Secretary of the Great Inter-State Fair of Trenton, N. J. There is no more popular fair manager in all America than Mr.Murheid, and the great success of the mammoth institution which be directs is a far more eloquent testimonial to his match- less ability than anything we might offer. Some idea of the magnitude of the insti- tution he presides over may be gleaned from the following: The Inter—State Fair Association of Tren- ton, New Jersey, was organized under the General Corporation law of the State of New Jersey, on June 23, 1888. As provided by the by-laws, the official or- ganization consists of a President and Vice President; elected annually by the.' stock- holders, and a board of twenty-seven Direct- ors, also elected by the stockholders for a term of three years each, nine members of the board retiring each year. The Treasurer and Secretary are elected by the Board of Di- rectors, and are not necessarily members of that board. The authorized capital stock of the associa- tion is $150,000. divided into 7.500 shares at a par value of $20 each; 6,750 shares are issued and fully paid up—1,000 shares of preferred and 5,750 shares of common, amounting to $135,000. The real estate of the association consists of 120 acres of land, situated in the: town- ship of Hamilton. Mercer County. New. Jer- sey, adjoining the City of Trenton, con- nected therewith by the double-track trolley road of the Trenton Passenger Railway- Com- pany (Consolidated), and is also located di- rectly upon the main line of the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ninety acres of the tract referred to are enclosed in the Fair Grounds proper and usrd for exhibi- tion purposes. This land cost. In- 1888, $19,771.61. The buildings and improvements consist of a first-class oval half-mile clay track, rebuilt in 1897 after the most approved plana, and which is as near perfect as It is possible for a track to be. The trotting race record, made in —., was 2:16t4. and the pacing rec- ord 2:12%. Forty-three fleets were trotted and paced in average time of 2:17>4. Thirty- eight of the forty-three heatB averaged 2:16%. A single-deck grand stand 427 feet long and 60 feet deep, the actual seating capacity of which is divided as follows: 168 box seats, 1 670 folding seat reserved chairs, 3.341 high- backed bench seats: total. 5,179 seats. In addition to this there are provided 1.516 seats on open bleachers within the grand stand paddock: as many as 12.278 pay admis- sions to the stand and its enclosure have been sold in one day. (September 30, l"-97). . There are the following exhibition build- ings: I.- Art and ladies' work and home and dairy products, 80x160. ...- 2. Merchants' and trades display, 80x160. 3. Agricultural buUding. .200x200. 4. Poultry building. 72x100. The stabling for the live stock departments is divided as follows: 140 stalls for speed horses 10x12 160 stalls for general horses .10x15 252 stalls for cattle 10x12 206 stalls for sheep and swine..... 7x10 . Ther are about forty booths and stands for the sale of refreshments, a jail and office tor the Police Department, Mr. Murheid's of- fice, and engine room and pump house and the necessary ticket offices and stile-houses. The buildings and Improvements cost to date $141,854.98. The loose furniture and fix- tures have cost $6,346.06. NORTH CAROLINA. Fair Will Be Held at Raleigh Week of October 24th. Until recently the managers of the State" Fair were in some doubt as to whether or not they would be able to bold a State Fair next fall. This doubt, however, does not now exist, as it has been determined to hold the fair as usual. President John S. Cunningham was in Raleigh a few days since, and called a meet- ing of the Executive Committee, and after a free conference and full consideration of the metter, it was decided to hold the fair, as usual, from the 24th to the 29th of October, inclusive. A committee was appointed to revise the premium list: which is now being done, and will be ready for the printer at an ear.y day. The President appointed a local or man- aging committee. located at Raleigh, wno will have in hand the direct management of all the business affairs of the Association. The full Executive Committee will be ca—ea together from time to time for general con- sultation. The local committee is composed of the following well known and pubiic-spirited cit- izens: ■ R. H Battle. Esq..-Chairman: Messrs. W. E. Ash:ey. W. C. McMackin. W. S. Prnnio^e. R. B. Rainey. W. M. Russ. J. S. Wynne and Jcs. E. Pogue. The officers for the y=ar are as follow*: President—John S. Cunningham. Cunlng- ham's. Vice Presidents—Permanent— Hon. Kemp P. Battle. R. H. Battle. Esq.. Col. Julian S. Carr. Col. Benehan Cameion. Vice-Presidents—Districts — First distrlcf Dr. W. R. Capehart: second district, Dr. I~ Staton: third district. Hon Wharton J^ Green, fourth district. MaJ. J. M. Crenshaw:*«rt fifth district. L. Banks Holt; sixth district, W. A. Smith: seventh district, E. B. C. Hambley; eighth district. S." F. Patterson; ninth district. Geo. P. Weston- Secretary and Treasurer—John Nichols.. Raleigh. h ilti