The billboard (July-Dec 1900)

I' ! l I 1-2 V 13 IS.': i« <:•*; « ; S &:P5 it?* H'-i'l .•i.«ti ■ '>■». " mm )■ I.: If ■ -i ti.Ti 1 M ill Ml 3 liSSi locations are their hobby, and from what 1 ^3 it caa see ' taey naTe Indulged in that hobby J^TT^ to their heart's content. is, IP- 1 Ft.'; i gfe? Fv * a IS.* f a 1*1. -7 '"A ,1' 5 * II. The Howard Fund. I A bill poster. .1. M. Mayo Cash (Additional.) .$1 n.i . I nil . 1 <» This is a popular subsi-riptioii. No one is asked for much. Send in your mite. Every little helps, and Howard needs it very badly. i i "iS- Lev'yne's Letter. 'flit To the Editor or "The Billboard:"* Jiear Sir—In speaKing ct bill posters, I al- ways put this man (c-iarley -Hager* on top. Wnat a. relief tt is* to come in a town that has such a plant, after traveling 7,000 miles and visiting ten .States'. Besides, Mr. Hager. who Is untiring in ms efforts to do business, will drop his work to go with me to a possible customer to contract for posting. St. Louis is the most cadcwara of all- cities for local work that I Knew cf. The cause I am ignorant of, and it is a question with me if I ever call here to sell posters again. St. Louis Bill Posting Company nas about TOO first-class local.oris for stand work, and some 1,500 3-sheet special boards. Their high- class center showings are especially strong. .. and their theatrical 3-sheets are marvels; Mp their possibilities foril-shets and small work rf*1 is nr st-class. SI! '■ Tne street car system is the finest in the ,%ii country, and is so recognized by the national strong line of the advantage one can get on the St. Louis bill boards, for they have a reputation among the commercial advertisers for a satisfactory service at alt times, and their theatrical billing runs from 10,000 to 25,000 sheets a week. The business, both: in shop, and office, is run on a system which partakes of the in- dividuality of Hager. and their expenses are as much as a" half-dozen ordinary plants Rentals are from $1» to $17,000 per year. Good „ ..,_. I asked Charley for figures on yearly re- -*-. >r fefHl ceipts. Looking me straight in the eye, he Bjiffit f:-y»*« said: "Not after- that report' of yours from |'Fm".b Chicago." ("The Billboard", of Sept. 29.) *' :i< ' > i.jtp But he told me on the Q. T. that he was se- "Jw'P riously thinking of taking last year's and Ui*$Mt this season's profits to buy out the Standard !^#t" Oil Company. ! Ip^lwJ Oh I Bob Campbell: how many scrapes you ^ilse'.SS Tiuva vrnt rrta intn *** nl.:..l. T'~.*lt ... . im found if?' tm'& haTe S" 1 me mto * of which. I will treasure S Ik §Ki an< * Dre at y° ur head some day! I foi s£ *lia "Mac" at his desk, and he was lavish with a. MS his smiles as of ycre. He hands them out to ffis*rf all comers. Si ?! "Williamson, who runs the paint end of the r j,- •* .-«*! deal, reports business brisk, and between pa- £*r*i i V~«*Si ver and P aint they S* v e employment to fifty Sji' j\1 3 Jj men. I could hardly realize, after.the battle i"?v3* "JcMjp "Which thex went tbr—*eh. ti—t ti-ese two m~n *'■""'- Ptofl are band-in, glove. It cost $30,000 on a side, "Iff |£ and now. like old veterans, they sit' down jpflwitb a cold bottle between •Vn and taiv jg'vy 1 of what might have been. What a lesson! »B*j«? A lesson yet to be learntd bv some one not i ;fe"t one ' million miles froni Lake Krie. I wonder IfilS I it this is any of my business? wt^-5 ■}■ Called on the Great Western Printing Com- fel|?* pany - Saw Mr. Walter S. • Donaldson, who ■**''■■-•«-i showed me seme wood' cuts which were won- derful In colors and exeevfo". If this firm continues with this wcrk. I don't see where the iitno business wil .<-ome in. Mr. Donald- son tolls me he has allitbe wrrk his olant ean li i*,t J IT^V' " ut * mj»#«r lire luiupan} -w T'-i 1 " ^ 'SwS.■aid something about r't Wjf * ts'^^ death. In a year's- t ; rae ^* J . t;.-:^». it... a n u i*i. t _»__.- |*J'S' stand, and is serTously thinking cf running , ifiAi overtime. Is in sympathy with the Donald- f t;~&&i so" Litho Company in the ; r art'sts' str Ve "' "X&* an . a . h Qpe *$? company will win out. He also ~ " d : ng a good borse to me th r s firm will be in the field with large stock dcsU rs. ;f:r I am writing in- Hatr-r's olfire. Mr W. J. Ti Horn, cf Sorlngfif-'il. Ill . »-rme »n M*> tells g# me he was elected president of the Illinois >i State Bill Posters* Association, which was a ?*| surprise to me. .91 .1. Jonnson. cf Galcsburc. vice president, arid rhe best fellrw- in tie ifv—Bob Campbell. F. P. Mor^ anp n Vonrs M. L I.15VYN"2. Des Moines. la. I* Ucti ■<<b. h w Moore's Letter to Levyne. world is secretafy^Bob im» Myers, of Danville, treas. **Mt truly.".. M mi fe??|t Friend M. L. Levyne—In accordance w'th •F fe your reauest when here. I snbm't to vo'r the ,S| I action of the Iowa State Bill Posters' Asso- ijifceiation. held at Council Bluffs. Pr day. Sent. 1#|;?S. 19«). and ynur h"mh'» "servnnt w»s there |j f| 1 was not in the room", but was en hand, as „'^£the result will show you. There were nine- -*f.! P teen member* of t> THE BILLBOARD 1 Rill Posters' | |U Department | ~ i? *•*•?« NKIIilwr' 1*1 !.••" i**.~— ***-nF* »»*"*u<^t; t*»n ;W^of those voted for Chamberltn & Kindt, nine .BI-'S voted for W. W. Monro. There were twenty 1^§ !-if proxies Bent In. which the nart'es .'bold'ne «&>^them said would have been cast frrlloora. jut they were not admissable: If they hsd Vlfi'rbeen, Moore would ha'we-bad-tb'rty votes. C, >'■£ Hi A K-. of Burlington and Davcnpcrt. ten votes. Those managers of opera houses, who had a plant of their own with three or four ex- ceptions, were with the Burlington and Dav- enport ' men, who have no interest in this city and have never furnished one penny in the development of the city, while W. W. Moore has spent thousands of dollars towards building up Des Moines, has paid taxes for fifty years and has been a resident of the city for the past fifty-three years, and the opposition are non-residents. Such is lite when you are opposed to trusts*. 1 "met my friend Chamberlin, who was in the city. I told him that if I had been per- mitted in the meeting, I would have-said him in the shade. He acknowledged it, and said my friends told him if I had appeared in the meeting and made my statements. 1 would have carried the day; in fact, after the asso- ciation- adjourned, two parties came to me and after I had conversed with them, said if I bad appeared in the-meeting.and made my statement, they would have voted for me. I am the oldest bill poster in the State; hav- ing been in the business for thirty consecu- tive years, and expect to continue in it. My steel plate has arrived, or part of it. and I will commence covering my plant, re- build-several prominent boards before placing the steel plate or galvanized iron upon tnero. I haver-always had an ambition to have 12.000 lineal feet cf boards—at least 10.000: then in the course of five years would sell, probably before, when any person desires to pay for it what it is worth, and the advertisers can have their wcrk dene in one of the largest and best steel plants in Iowa, and in the best locations in the city, at 9 cents per sheet, allowing them 16 1-3.per cent commission. 5 per cent extra en all three-month contracts or 10' per cent commission on all six-month contracts. Every stand from six-sheet up will be blanked: I have been doing this for the past two weeks, and shall continue it. Levyne. how I should like to see you to-day. I could tell you cf incidents that occurred at the meeting. As serious a face as you carry, it would even make you laugh. I found I had more warm and influential friends in the as-' sociation than I had any idea of. and for this friendship shown towards me I will never for- get them. As to those who opposed me, I have no ill feeling against them for so doing. 1 shall still continue to saw wood. I. made my application to* become a member of the Iowa State Anso'-'ation'Iast Feb. *1, 1900, and then again Sept. 14. Hoping that you are meeting your expecta- tion in selling Donaldson, paper, long may you live, with three cheers for "The Bill- board" and Mr. Donaldson,-.who is fighting the Association of Bill Posters cf United States and Canada > «»»« vn-«rs. as ever. UNXLE BILLY MOORE. London LeJteK London, England, Oct. 1.—(Special Corre- spondence.) _ The Exhibition in connection with printers, printers' engineers, paper- makers, papcr-makei-s" engineers, stationers, bookbinders,, fine art publishers, and allied trades, which is to be opened in St. James's Hall, Manchester, on the 8th inst., promises to be a very comprehensive affa'r, and-there is every prospect that it will meet with all the success that its promoters can hope for. The Exhibition, which is under the general management of Mr. A. P. Baker, will remain open until October 27. and it is expected that, during the three weeks it will be opened to the public, scores of visitors will attend it. Mr. Baker has had charge of many very suc- cessful "shows" of the kind under notice, and his experience dates from the Fisheries Exhibit/on in London, in the year l s 81, down to the Northern Counties* (5roc-?ry Exhibition in 183S. We believe that about all the ava I- able spaces arc now let, and that English, American. German, and other fore"gn firms will be represented. This looks well for a good assembly of exhibitors, and we know that Mr. Baker is doing his b?st to bring all the printers, bookbinders, paper-makers, box-makers, and others in the United K ng- dom to Manchester to "see the show." He has sent out no less than 6,0C0 free passes »o iraFter printers, bookh'nders. and others to visit the Exhibition. He has also under- taken to supply tickets to employes at much reduced rates. It will thus be seen that Mr. Baker is sparing neithor evp-nRo nor trouble to -"ske the Exh'bition a tnir-weli success. There is no reason to believe that in the Exhibit'on there will be the finest collection of printers" machinery that has ever been brought together in this country- We know •»' fir-—= in Yorksh-r". Lancash're. and Lon- don that are to exhibit some of their latest productions in modern letterpress and lilho- . rs.ft-.e rr nt-ng presres. and these w II afford special interest and information to those who , arc engaged in- process work, multi-color, r.nd other new systems of producing illustra- tions or the highest art'st'c character. There? will also be a good deal to interest paoer- maker<s. stat'oners jind the makers of fancy as well as of folding paper boxes.- and ma- -Mn'-ry connected with the last-named will be on view. The modern system of type- setting will also be represented, and there will be several illustrat'ons of the new sys- tem of driving machinery bv ele"tr'city. In- deed, a number of the largest exhibitors hava decided to have their raachinerv In- motion dur*ng the hold'ng of the Exh'b'tion. Tho .display is to be in Coftonopol's. and we bc- 1-eve that the people of Lancash"r<> are taking Fnecial interest in the whole affair. With the excellent management of Mr, Rake--, couple! with the pa'nestness of the Lanca- sh're* people, we hpvp no doubt obntt* tb" successful results which a-c «ure to folow John M--ore. the Amcr'can Pm-fr Fatewnnn. Is back in London nft°r a most succes»'ul trip-through Ireland. He bids ire say thit he Is always glad to hear from h"s American friends. His address is care of the office of the Donaldson Litbo. Co., til Chancery Lano. American posters are great favorites'over here. They are far superior to our horn-; product. Our printers do not seem to get the breezy dash to their work that you Yankees obtain. Your colors -are also clean and -"bright while ours are muddy and obscure. Scapa is very active this season, but the billposters do not seem to be unduly alarmed. The Aunual Dinner of the London Billp-jst-. ■ers' Protection Association: takes place at the Holborn Restaurant on Wednesday, 17th inst.. when Mr. Walter Hill has kindly consented to preside. I note that at the recent exhibition of ad- vertisement posters at the Crystal Palace the -winner of the <Jo!d Medal g.ven for the best design was a woman. Th.s is another instance of the prograss women are making in the professions which until comparatively lately were considered to be open to""'men"' only. • Which is the best advertising stat'on in the world? It is the great hoarding recently put i-'p in the Strand, round pait of the site of the County Council's street improvement. So. at any rate, the manager of Parting- ton's .who share the hoarding with Willing s, told a Daily Mail representative; and he added that the hoarding is the largest he has ever known erected in London. .The immense billsticking board is .194 feet . long and .19 feet high, and is divided by. mutual .arrangement between the two adver- tising firms. It was a happy idea, when the Strand- houses were pulled down," to cover up the backs of those still standing in Holy- well strec-t with . this immense sheet of matcb-boardir.g, facing the thousands and thousands of people who daily pass along the Strand. . - - ' The County Council will get 3,000 pounds a year for the billsticking rights, and the hoarding will be up for about three years. Its collection of pictorial posters, advert's ng everything from soap and sewing machines to plays- and patent medicines, is one of the most interesting and effective ever exh b'ted in the streets.- and one of the secrets of its effectiveness is that each bill is seperated from the rest by a space or border, like pictures at the Royal Academy, only more so. Tlrs arrangement gives every advertisement a chance to be seen, and is both grateful and comforting to the poster-artist. — Winston-Salem, N.C., Weavings. To the Editor of "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—!t is my desire to call your at- tention to the : fact that we are in the push, as far as amusements is concerned, just the same. As we are going to have ail kinds of amusements here during cur Free Street Fair. Carnival and Corn Fair, and the Piedmont Horse Show, the largest that has ever been held in the South, we will have all kinds of attractions. The bill posters and distributors in the South are busy billing for the coming occasion, which will be held on Oct. 29 to Nov. I. We will have a large attendance from all sections to witness tins large fair and carnival. Wc are having shows of all de- scriptions. Sept. 30 we had "O'Flynn Birth- day Co.." the 6th was booked for Dan Pack- ard Co.: Oct. 12 Prof. Gentry Dbg and Pony Show; 13th. Forepaugh & Sells Circus at ' Greensboro: Oct. 1 Buckskin Bit's-Wild West. Other shows booked for fair week. Now comes John Sparks-" Circus: 17th, Rusco & Holland's. Minstrels. We have West & Davis or Davis Bros.' Minstrels, people who left the Buckskin Bill show and organized for themselves. Their beautiful car came up for them to day. They held a rehearsal re-en'ly for the first tin>c. and are now ready for the road. I am building a nice office to cnterta'n my friends when they come to this city. Bus- iness is good; all I can do in all lines of ad- vcrtis'ng. I am not botbeici with inspecto s. as they know that I givs them honest serv- ice. All work received by me receives im- mediate attention, aud when the adv-rtiscr comes in he finds h"s work up awaiting his inspection. I hope you will pardon me for tak ng up so much space—it can't be helped— as "The Blllbc.-ird" lias so many friends herr that they are bound to poruse its columns Po I trust clcse, wishing yo'i happiness anl prosperity. Yours respectfully. . W. T. IM'OIIL. ..Manager Twin City Hill Posing Plant. Newport, Ark., News. To the Editor of "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—It's the first t-.mc since I'v.* been in the bill posting business that nil my boards have been covered at- one time. I can pn*-l about ?,000 sheets. They have been envcrrd w-th Dnimmond's Natural Leaf. Prrklv Asii Bitters, -Dr. Carlstrdt's Liver Powder. Vura- ' tan Chill Tonic. Palmer's Ten Nights in n Bur Roctn. Friend's Oats, Prof. Gentry's flog and Pony. Show was here on tho 13th: bad n geed cro*d, afternoon and evening. It was ft.n ^l^ nT)y .-i .h ow (, v rr in thin n*rt r-f tu<* country. :Every one wus highly pleased, with the exception of the sucker who was looking for a fakir to rob him. The gambler, thief or fak'.r in one feature that the Gentry Show- has overlooked. It seems strange to see n tent show', without a lot cf the abovc-men- t'ened catijlc. as <t bos always been custom- ary w'th -tome ether 'hows under a tent to have them,-as far as I've seen. Scott's M'n- fl'rels EhoHrd here en the even'ng cf thr* 11th to n vr-nd house. g!v!n<c sntiafact'en: to much eo that they plov a return engagemrnt on the lSlh. next Tuesday. I like vour paper • very much.' Myself and mime friends bu<- eeveral of tije leading illustrated pnnrrs. and nil read theni In my office. Your pnncr seems to interest (hem as much as the others, not- withstanding they know nothing of bill post- ing. I like to read what other bill posters are going, and It surprises me that more of them .don't report their work, as 1 consider It a splend.d advertisement. Yours respectfully JOHN CLARIDGE. ' Sherman, Tex., Sayings. To the Editor of "The" Billboard:" Dear Sir—I inn pleased to tell you that things are coining my way with a wliooo. Buffalo Bill's Wild West was here en the 15th, and I had more than i.vuo sheets- of their paper on my boards. I have built in the last two -weeks"-l.Ovu. running reet or boards, ten feet high. £."■« feet eight feet high and •■mi feet six feet high, and I have enough com- lnercial paper on. hand to fill every foot as soon as my boards are clear of tho show pa- per. I will put up another 1,000 Teet t8n teet high the coming week. I am keeping three men on the jump all the time, tacking, dls- t-'ibut-ng and posting. Yours truly, J. LONG. Yonkers, N. Y., Yieldings. To the Editor of "THe Billboard:" J>ear Sir—Business at the present time is b-ioming. I have all my boards filled up with theatrical arid commercial paper; also the election paper is coming in fast. I know of nothing else at present to write you about. I suppose you know that W. W. Seely and myself have bought out the bill posting plant at ML Vernon, N. Y.. formerly conducted by Geo. E. LeVcnlss. We have erected fifteen new boards since.the 6th of Aug., and have several locations leased, and will have more ■ of them later, as we intend to have a fir^t- class plant at this point. Very truly yours. W. L. MILDKUM. Napoleon, 0, News. To the Editor of "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—I put up fifteen signs for Pabst Chemical Company. I. must say that adver- tisers are slow in sending in paper in this lo- cality. I hare a fine system, but can not get advertisers interested. . The bartender at the Miller Hotel received twenty-four Zip signs and gave the bus driver 50 cents for putting them up. They are up, but I do not think they are up according to contract. Advertis- ers, send your work to a reliable distributor. M. G. PALMER. Daubs. Garrulous Gude is the way a caller referred to O." J.—he of the many twists and turns, curves and shoots. Not so bad wiici yea come to consider ft. Cbas. B. Hood, of Havana. Cuba, arrived in New York. Friday. Oct. 12. He looks good, feels good and is good. Behaving himself agrees with the irrepressible Charles. Pete Mylius, the $10,000 solicitor of A. Van Beuren & Co., New York City, heralded by a brass band, arrived in Cincinnati, Tuesday, Oct. 16. A delegation from the Chamber of 'Commerce, supplemented by committees from the Business Men's and the Manufacturers' Clubs, met him at'the depot, where the Mayor formally presented, him with the freedom of the city. He was then escorted in state to the Grand Hotel, where a sumptuous suite had been engaged for Jiim. Red fire, roman candles and much enthusiasm were manifest along the line cf march to the hotel. Mr. My- lius will discourse on the "Popularity of the Poster" to the Merchants and Manufacturers cf the Queen City. Louisville, Ky., is the next town on his route. Some weeks ago "The Billboard'' puM'shed a list of members of the Bill Poster3' AU- ance, which was furnished by the secretary of that organ'zat'on. S.-ice that tin-e Sec- retary Bernard, of the'Associated Bill Post- ers, act ! ng under official instructions, bus been doing all In his power to have these members . disavow their or- gonirat en. As some of theso members also belong to the Associate*^ be b**s fo»»nd -t necessary to resort to threats In order- to "thtow a fright" Into then:. Thoso who have become frightened, and, therefore, do not wish to have their names connected with the Alliance, should remember that they must first notify the olucers, jand, have tboir mem- bership withdrawn before they can repudiate the organization in the columns of this jour- nal. Any informat on In reference to lira sublcct forwarded by the officers of the Alli- ance, will bo chcerCuIly published as a mat- ter of news. An humble and vbrjr • mo-lest bill pos'er In Illinois was once shocked by an Into theot-. riejil manager. The man of tho brush wns named Berry, and It mnv hn ho was b little previous in rendering hi* hill. Anyway, It was rcturnod. Indorsed thusly: "You have sent your bill. Berry, Before It Is duc-Borry, Not that I care n Rtrnw-Berry. But some would k'"'c. : Yours raap-Bcrry. BILLPOSTERS' PASTE BRUSHES. -**e mott dtttrabte -* totting Brush made* Wt carry » hranda. "DONALDSON, Thii hriiuli la lunniilBetunit «*l>rc»»ljr tut II*. mill li fullv wnrmntH, It Is tin- «h<ii|M*A Good itnioh ,thm cflu nml miv- when*, fates*: rtttu. W.Wt'u. » lD..-|X?Af<A. 10lu,,f*,ftl ,■». UNEXCELLED/ Tho Ileal !*r<m« Brush made. Popular everywhere on AC-ouuut or In arrat tlural.llItr, Guar* mttitsl Mnutlri't a.)) nihrri. IMUCKS: H Inch...»?.7S .•«.'»■. »tu..r..00rB- l(Mn..f!.2&ca —™ H S1** ,h " nu»iwjr with Ih* nnlrr. None <MJHt O. O. D. TIic Dotialdfton lMiti<». Co.. Newport, Ky THE BILLBOARD istribuiers' Doings. | Ramsey-Morrow Investigation. The committee appointed at the I. A. of I) convention In Detroit'to invest gate the dis-- pute between the John Morrow Co of Spr.iigned, U., and the Consol.dated Billpost- Jlfi- i? ° f -h? u j sv "i e> Ky • arrived at Louis- ville, Ky., Wednesday, June 10. The com- niittee consisted of O. P. Fairch 13. of Cov- ington, Ky.. and Jas. L. Hill, of Xashvile Tenn. They were met by .Mr. Kamsev. of the iow^o ' aDd M " Gr;mtc8 - ef the Mor- The latter. It will be remembered, averr2d that the Consolidated Eillposting Co. had grossly misused their matter and violated the rond.tions and prov sons of their contract. Circulars, so it was claimed, were not put ??..- ?.L or according to instructions, and 2j!i«»> of them were wasted, it Is averred. On their count the Morrow Co. clamed S24.n0 la-eV"* Va ' Ue ° f tUe cltcu,ars - tne y -le- They also reported 47 banners missing, and for these claimed $3Ai>. r-£? r 5 W ^ k .'5.U me - ost bv their representa- tive Mr. Griffith, they filed a claim of J50. jnakins a total of »77.-l0, demanded for al- lowance. The bill for services rendered by the Con- solidoted Billposting Co. wasTi9 4o7 he°C 3 T h ^--?' row Co ' was ou| y w '" n e »■> Pay them 15 e . d, .? erence ' : viz - ti2m - lt was rght Ib.r.. that they made their mistake. If they had ?-°-L k 6d «• era-Wing, rapaeious and down- right hoggsb, they would have bad the sym- pathy of the committee and the support of the association. But their claim was an un- fair and outrageous gouge, and. be it said to credit of the committee, it was not allowed. The circulars were not worth $12.00 per l! , .?J!£ am i neitn , er w as Mr. Griffith's t me worth ?5<i n week. Furthermore, he did not lose a week. The John Morrow Co. could well have af- forded to pay the Cosolidated Billposting Co fK,,",. ,or the wo,k as » was done, and their failure to do so merits censure and r>- - - buke. On the other hand. Mr. Ramsey's men d d not live up to their contract. They did not carry out the stipulations to the letter by a r y ."! eana ' " l,d tue y- to"- should be officially cnided. Of course, at this late day no accurate In- vestigation could be made by reason of lack or evidence. People bad mostly forgotten the facts. Still, the finding of the committee seems very fair. We append It in full; viz.,— ., . , Louisville. Ky.. Oct. 11, 1800. Messrs. John Morrow & Co.. Springfield O ii i ??"*' a c <"nnHttee appointed by the I. A n. to investigate the claim of your firm against the Consolidated Billposting Co. ?J„ .. *X c ' we have made as thorough an thhTumc " ° f thG matter as ia Possible at This Investigation was made In company with your Mr. Griffith, and Mr. Ramsey, of the Consolidated Billposting Co., and alsZ Mr ■ SrSr?--K W ?-° is . the ror ' ! -'- a n •>> charge of the dlstr.but.n8 department or the C. B. Co. was doi,e V Cnd "" der Wh ° m yOUr WOlk /V^ 1 nd ,Imt iour contract has been vi- n-i-fY, ' so . rar as P'acng samples in busi- ness houses is concerned, but no evidence of is'showm ° r dostruction ot y°w samples vl Ve rrim\ e h e :uT m tne ev 'd--nce offered by JL r '°S that not more than 3I0-8am.pl* s hi« w-?h«f C 5i? t ? , r y to , your instructlOTs. but -»e have added to this 190 more, makine Ln 0 net°,o/r *"'* * ^ W<? »" ow *>? " ■^"^"..V"™: wi " ,eave " ba,an « du - Mr V rrlffi. n i, 0t b ? ,! , eVe , U Mi " bc Just to allow iim.. -Ti i th 5 ,:la, : n ,or * SIU " ) fop OI >e week's not Ji° '"m "" lost by "im on account of not being able to secure help, to put up th - rcmaluder of Ills banners. You-s truly IAS. L. HILL O. P. KAIKCHIL'}. Commlttrc. The liivest'gnllon occupied the best part ?,t,ly» "'i' 5 " 8, an 1 was "s thorough as possi.-.lo after so long a lapse of time. .*rnvr t ion"." n f".*; e n r e . of ,l,e «Vn°» that the provisions of the John Morrow contract are Riossly unfair, at the price offered If the Consolidated Blllposfng Co. badW'ed wt ell the ft nidations of the contract the s»r- iml »h U l d ""y^ " rtuo »y ™st them »S.(H) per ' -,' w h«' r eni> they received only $s «n>. ,„"«* Una-n" of the commltiee. we thnk will meet with general approval. Startling Charges. A r.vul d'etrtbutcr at Naehville. Tenn. has XisiivMlle Th„ "n '„ A - ° f '»' tn ™M™ at AllSIIVilli- The allegations are of the most "tXv'r' 1 ,'i 1 "","'"'-' ■•»« «'"<«■ «lie form o through the malls. Mr. Hill was a member ?, . V £■ J" D ' committee that recently in- e -r!\ Ba H d the trouble at Louisville. Ky. rhis. from London Advertising, should be first impressed upon every advertiser's mind, and then emblazoned upon a card and kept before his eyes all the time: "It is always an easy matter to get retailers to stock a new article when you have first created a demand for same; consequently, the public is the first party to be approached." ' The Hostetter Company, of Pittsburg Pa is renewing orders for the advertising of theii* Bitters. The orders are placed direct Our Wedge, the house organ of George Bat- ten & Co.. 28 Park How, New York, in its May Issue, gave over its entire space to the tr.p of its "commissioner" to Porto Rico The matter Is well illustrated, and of general in- terest. •*. A ,n . an can eat - dr ''>k. work and sleep by the s.de of brilliant advertising and not even know it Is there, while at the same time he'll grow exceedingly excited over some yellow- journal style of publicity that doesn't bring In two per cent returns on the money ex- pended.—White's Sayings. One little handbill can premise more than a dozen circuses can perform.—Printers' Ink. getting our plant lu first-class condition as fast as possible. We are mak'ng a specialty f»f country routes, and post several small towns near here. We distribute in eighteen towns around here, and have- contracts w th several of the national advertisers. These towns range from 230 to 3.5W population, and the most of them have no distributors. Yours for business. THE REDMAN DISTRIBUTING CO. foster IWeis Moline, III., Matters. To the ISdltor of "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—Business has been, very good here this season. I now have the following paper on the boards: Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, Old Virginia Cheroots. Bull-Durham Tobacco Quaker Oats. Pettijohn's Breakfast Food, Frends Oats, and about 600 sheets of local work. Have put out about 25.000 samples and booklets in the past two months, and have 1.700 more contracted for. to go out this month. Had five circuses this season. Posted all of them. Pretty good for a man with oppos't'on. Have had -iiy boards full all se-w sou. With success to "The Billboard" and its readers. I am very truly, R. H. TAYLOR. Caldwell, Kan., Comments. To the Editor of "The Billboard:" Dear Sir—Times here at present are pretty dull in my line, but I thought I would let y /*. u , a , nd tne rest of the boys know I am still alive and able to do any work that comes my way. I had a good spring and summer, but this fall not much work to be done How- ever .my stands are pretty full, the latest be- ing "Tom Kcene" Cigars and "Friend Oats." I look for a revival in business as soon as election is over, and expect to be kept busy Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show advertising car No. 1 was here last week, with twelve men. They were a nice crowd, and the bill posters were experts with the brush. The show will be here Oct. 17. Wishing "The Billhoard" and its editor success. 1 am yours et c- CLYDE R. VAX METER. ' Notes. Jas L. Hill's wife is very ill. L. H. Ramsey's father is a great help to him* Oi P. Fairchild was a "Billboard" caller October .13. -. Chas. Heverin is in charge of the distrib- ute department of the Consolidated Bil'post- ing Co. of Louisville. Ky. Milan, Mich., Matters. To the Editor of "The Billboard:" Dear •Sir—Business is coming in vary well this fall. We have received consignments, from the following, to be distributed in our- list of eighteen towns: 3,000 envelopes f.om Sterling Remedy Co., Attira. Ind.: 4.S00 from, Lydia E. PInkbam Med cine Co . Lynn. Mass.- 4,300 from Iir. Chase Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. Have done posting for the Sterling Remedy Co., Dueber-Hampden Watch Co., Piso Co., Walker & Co., besdes some local. Have in- duced two of our local merchants to try bill posting. Have also secured the distrlbut'ng for two local firms. Have contracts with both the Wabash and Ann Arbor ra'lroads to do the'r advertising here. Had lots of dis- tributing to do at the Dundee Fair. We put out 12,00 pieces in all. We recently joined the I. A. of D. and the Mich'gan Bill.Post- ers' Association, and are registered by the Feister Printing Co. We bought out our op- position in the bill posting business, and are Now that the holiday season approaches there will be plenty or local work in dis- tributing, and all alert as to the possibili- ties of the business should go after it. Gen- erally merchants are in ia hurry when they pat out circulars, and it would be a good idea to have printed a postal card or blotter reading: When you want distributing done the WORST WAY. Send for me and I will do It the BEST WAY. Your name and location should be in bold- face type, and a few firms mentioned that you have contracts with as reference. MAGNETIC JACK HAMMERS! Just the thins for tacklne tin and card 1-oard signs. Every distributor -dmuld have one. Prices, »itr. double extension liaurfl**. 32 inches long, each, £M)0i triple extension lian'llf*. 42 inches lone-, each. 52.2S. Send the money with the order. None sent U. O. II THE DONALDSON tlTHO. CO., Newport, Kr. The new artist force at the Donaldson! Litho. to. under the able direction of MrJ daiTv Hult<,u,st ' is increasing in efficiency A new lithographic paper, known as Steini papier, has recently been introduced Into Austria, and has met with a favorable recep ' t: ° n - 'V s a fairIy stout ca rd. coated on oni side with a matt white film that does not sot-* ten or dissolve in cold water. The paper is made glossy, matt, grained or with lines impressed on it. It will take either printing or fatty inks, and gives absolutely sharp clean lines. It is possible to obtain from it any number of transfers, without harm to the matrix itself, of type, blocks, wood cuts, en-? gravings, lithographs or collotypes, on to stone, zinc or aluminum. In lithography thei great advantage claimed for this paper Is that' it wil save the stones used in printing, as' an impression may be made on or from It : and then preserved as a proof. The stone- may then be cleaned and reground. but with' the Steinpapier proor preserved, the original'' design can be transferred to the stone at any subsequent time. Wherever posters are used, the man who.n P- ay ? f< J r -_ the work wants that which Is prac-.t tical. The one who creates and puts his sig-1 nature on a design, strives for that which laj artistic and tho artist who can harmonize J his own and his patron's Ideas will pleassS and sell goods at the same time. Some bUla boards of the country show the result ofS combining the practical and the artistic. It] can not be expected, however, that all bill 1 posters will use the same judgment In plac-% ing the posters on the boards. When the eyoSt is kept open to the color effect, the adrer-.ff tiffing value will be increased. Tt is betterf* to have a bill board arrangd with taste and! judgment than to put up with any arrange-i ment that may "happen." The country over.il there is more or less opposition to bill boards publicity. Much of this opposition is caused5b from carelessness In arranging of ooIoriM schemes. Frequently there are such colors al jumbled together on a large board as to ccr-itl' die all the milk in the neighborhood ando-f leave a bad taste In the mouth of the one Si who beholds it. Much of the objection could si! be overcome if the same taste could be dls-3- played in the posting as is frequently given if to the creating o fthe poster. -• In order to insure the reading of his ad- a vertisements regularly by the public, the ex- -1 . perienced business man- does not merely an- • nounce his line of trade and the location of I his store, but tells day by day what be has:« to offer that is new. The reader gains a prac- 0 tical education in social customs, fashions, . inventions, trade, etc.. from a study of the '. advertising columns of the-newspaper. A» the "ads." become more specific the number > of regular readers increases.—Mansfield (O.) I Shield. 1 -JPfe^-*.'- ---■>■• --•-•jg*:".-.- m&?~ - .- mm