The billboard (Aug 1905)

Xhe Qlllboard Associated Billposters and DIst'but'rs V. S. and Canada Billposteps QUKSTION OP nilANCK AT THE beginnliur of the Oacal year of 1904-6 there was a balance In the General Fund of Associated Billposters of }S89.69. Durins that year, which ended Jolr Itn, tiM iiMmbttn of tlM 4—pel» tlon paid Into th« trMaiuy $U,t70.B0. Of this amount |2,S96,57 waa turned into the Reserve Fond, leavingr a re- mainder for th« CtaMcal Fund of |U,i74JS, wUflli, with ttetalMiM fttan the prevtoiui yaar. Ba.v» fh« XJnk ad- ministration $14,164.61 to spend. That It was spent is evident from the fact that there r«iiialnded in the General Fund at tiM aod of tb* flaesl ymr hat $533.83. Vtom^tlili tt wm be Mm tliat the Link adntmatiatloB apant a total of n3>es«Jt'from Xnljr 1M« to July 1S06. • • « The notable achievements of the year were the granting^ of a soUottor's commission to an employee of the American Tobacco Co., sivlng to that ^eat corporation a rebate on its post- ing bills; the defeat of an obnoxious ordinance enacted by the government of the city of Chicago, and the ousting of Sam Pratt from New York in favor of L4nk, O'Mealla and Campbell—^not one of which can be constraed as a boieOt to tiM AiMoiatlim at iwia. Xet> in doing theoo things, tU.€M.7» of As- sociation money was spent. • • • It is noticeable that the Astute Ed- itor carefully refrains from itemizing the report of the Auditing Committee and passes that important matter over itltll the general statement that the coounlttee "found the affairs of the As- aoeiatlon to be in excellent shape." Now. tUa is what the Conunlttee- found and read by tbe Cbalnnaa at ttw ooa- BmpoMer and Blitinniton' Fob. Oo.. 92,000 CO Attarnrr'i Fen: Frat tS;2IS SB Majer * ontwrt. 80O 00 P«ck. MUIcr * Seott 1,600 00—<,Ge5 29 Paid Dbcetora' Aeeoant of Btpcoae 1.748 78 Genrral Bxpcnae IJBSO T7 Stenognpbcr'i Salarr 888 BO 8cCRtai7'« Salatr S,000 00 BccrrtUT's ■spcoa* SOOSS mason The first Item on this statement to attract attention because of its pecul- iarity is that of the Secretary's salary, down for (2,000. Thla Is Just Si.ooo Shy, for the Secretaries official salary is $3,000 per annum, with expenses paid. Taking this as a cue it Is safe to con- clude that none of the Items In the statement of disbursements Is correct, eoccept one — Stenographer's salary. wliMi -waa pald irom waak to w«A • • • Take the Item of Directors' Expense. On page It of the May issue of the official organ President Iitnk says that It cost $982.68 to hold the special meet- ing in September, 1904, at which a soli- citor's trancblse was granted to the Amsterdam Supply Co. That meeting was attended by about two-thirds of tiM directors. The meeting in New Torit In December and In Baltimore In if^Ffli waca Qitfta funy •Manded. but according to oa flgiiras th^ ware held at an expense of only $382.10 each. This is not possible or probable for If the Chicago special meeting dost $982.58 the otbar two meetlnia ooat at least «UM aacih. which would laava $1.US.S0 atlO dm and tmpald on aoooont oC dl- KctoiaP ■TpailBSB • • • It Is also hinted that, although the re- port shows that 'Squire Frost got $2.21S.ttk tbMTo is am sooM oonda* to htm. men there is that 91.B00 to Fa«k, Unier & Scott for appearing in the ease of the American Posting Service vs. the City of Chicago, which we mention here to call attention to the fact that Bryan & Co. have had no assistance from the Association In fighting their battle In the courts, which has cost them, according to 'Squire FMet. more than $4,000. Evidently there Is a balance due the 'Squire. • • • The official organ got $1,600. It la estimated that there is sUll a small balance due It. There is no knowing how much has been held back from the Items of General 'Expense and Secre- tary's Expense. It Is not unlikely that no less than $4,000 of last year's ex- penses did not appear on the statement vfaad or reported by the Auditing Com- Bdttee. So, that. Instead of a balance of some $500 In the Oenetal Ttantu there Is a large deficit to be met by ue cur- rent year's dues. • • • It Is reported that the Auditing Com- mittee found that Secretary Bernard sent to Treasurer Beaii,. only three weeks before the convention, something like $4,600. This heavy zeBstttaaaa only sufficed to make good the' Baaerve Fond and place some $500 In thifGen- eial Vtutd, according to the So, thsm yea. axe; the expenses for the year 1904-05 were nearer $18,000 than $13,000, and, instead of a balance of $633.83 there is a deficit In the Gen- eral Fund approaching $4,000. So much for "President Link's clean record" and his "suit of immaculate white flannel." Don't wonder that he said in his re- port that he "preferred to look forward and see what work the future had In store" Instead of "dwellng upon the deeds of .the past.'" One Job that con- tronta him is to restore the of the A s s o ciat ion. • • • The greater part of the funds of the Association is contributed Toy the bill- postera In the smaller ottlea and towns who have not been boitftad In the least by anjrthlng done by the Unk ad- ministration during the past two years. True, as has been pointed out by the Astute Editor of the oWcIal organ, the dues of the small town members nave been reduced one-half ,and they have been granted a minimum rate of seven cents per sheet. But the reduction of dues is'a mere nothing—$6 per year, and the tnereased rate will not avail, since It does not eneoarage additional business. WheM^ flien. does the bne- flt come In? • • • What the small town billposter wants Is more business. It Is the du^ of the Association and within the province of its offloeis and directors to do some- thing ahmg that line. • • • The difficulty of obtaining business for the small town billposter is oc- casioned by lack of confidence on the part of the advertiser—not because advertisers have found all small town billposters unreliable, but because of Uieir unfavorable experiences with SMue of the bly elty biUpoeters. Cer- tain advertisers have said *Ve have trouble enough with the big cities that we can watch, what would we get In the small towns, which we cannot watch?" Thus do tte anall town bill- postere suiter becaose of the psaettces of the Mr ctty Uil^nrtara. • • • All this can be corrected by a sys- tem of Inspection which the Associa- tion can well afford to pay for. Barney has Intimated that such a system ought to be devised. Possibly he could em- ploy Ills SMtns to advantage in that direction instead of turning It to his personal profit by devising schemes to get an Interest in the businesses of other members after the manner of his deal In New Toilc. Ctty. . Be has an- other year In wlilcli to mahe good along this line. • • * What can have happened to the As- tute Editor of the oflMal organ. Can it be possible that be has exhausted his Stock of expletives? He has become Inexpressively mild and dull. The only noteworthy feature of the last Issue of the "organ" is the parading of Presi- dent Link up and down Its pages. Barney ought not to complain when he makes UP the deflclt, for he Is certainly being "touted" to the Umlt: "Jollied" to the finish. On one page "Link went flsh- Ine:" Tresldent Unk's clean record," •^^Mident Xiink opened his purse," -naaMwnt XAk avpaarad ta. a antt oC immaculate white flannel, with a gold braided cap," etcetera, etcetui. ctcete- te hie SoK The offloM Oisan says that "O. J. Gude sailed fnm Montreal for Europe days beCiwe the ee w w oU ca ' How unklndl BUT MNM P, DAtTBB Guy W. Hart, ol I^aKe Odessa, Mich., reports gooi ocdus ttaa the dreoMa ttat tmn ^ted^ Sy nje t jggoi^ .gmwg dal line. Miss Eva B. Adair, city billposter of AdalTTlUe, Oa.. aoccccdcd la mmklsa 0,034 woda ftaaa.tke Mtcia la tte .wwOa '^BMOole a Of" Olstltbutors' Assocla- .tlm« ftso for tb* cootroUlDC qnlte ma the Gomit ' Island, m. Charles Joseph denies the newspaper statement that be has been nispended from office as president of the National Alliance of Billposters and Blllers pendlns the trial of the Philadelphia coosplrac; cases. He claims that bt Is stUI acting In the capacity of prestdeot, aU stwlta to the contrarr. notwlthstundlng. $am Hoke writes that he Is too busy with the steel sign game to think of soliciting poster adTertlslng. He has recently bnilt a new factory at Palisades Park. N. J., within afty feet of tbe freight depot, which will effect a great sarlng In rent and trucking expense. Well, here's to tbe $teel $lgn. M $am will baTe It that way. WEEKLY LIST OF OUTRIBDTORS. A. Ctongb. a BlTcr st. ^F. B. Dcamar. AdT. Oa. MattoOB Me T bsCTOtt Bna., SOI K at. FalaiTia—^A. O. Farmer. ■Hontlngton—iB«n]smTn Miles, S Breiett at. Indianapolis—Indianapolis AdT. 00., 9UI Sterensoa Bldg. gCnsde—Monde Adr. Oo. Tetre Hacte—O. M. Barlett. IOWA.—^Dea Uohm^'n'. W. Hoait, EtaSSSd. . poods—Dtrloo B. P. and Adr. OS, atr—Heiii7. DIeid. O. Spaoldlng- WKK^MMaom Oltr BtUpostins Oot. Onwatomie-^ P. Fisher. IiA.-^«fayette—r. B. Gltard * Oo. XASB.—^Boston—Cunnlngbain * Conrlcy. Boston—Jobn T. Carter, S33 BdsMat It. Jaeksoo—iW. B. Solomai. Xmi.—OteTla—Geoixe B. Lamence, B. P. and mat. MO—St. I«nls—S. A. Hyde, atSS BncnU at. NEB.—Falrtinry—^Boliert J. CbHstlao. Schuyler—Rns tt Bohnan. N. TOBK—O^ensboTg—E. H. Bracy. Port Jarvls—A. O .M. Mpsler. Potsdam—Gdson Taylor. 20 Warerly St. ScbcDCcUdy—Chas. H. Benedict, m Jay St. Syrsense—James Motongber, Cmlet Bldg. H, OAB.—StatesTllIe—Bowlaad AOr. Qo, OHIO.—OtadaBatl—iT. J. atatvay A Ca. Oolnmbas—g. A. Bs&t. ■ P wla ri a — W . CL XtaS ,* Co.. US W. BhuBttlnzrg, Tonngstown—M. Gteger. ,—CarlUle—Wm. M. Melor, box tt. Oabola—O. H. Barlow, 3 8. Brady St. Bast York—Richard E. Staley. Johnstcnm—George UpdegraTes a Oo. PtaoenlxTlUe—Geo. K. Oberholticr. Tyrone—C. X. ffeilltta, . 8. CAS.—Colnmh us g . C *«" s *'j (at OSarteo- ton). Phoenix—O. 0. Tibbie. Bldg. Bam man—Harrlman B. P. and . Ice. TEX.—AmarlUo—J. C. Snaunezm. Hlllsboro-^. P. Joaes. Sherman—^W. J. Harrey, box lOB. UXAS.—Salt Lake CltT^^iaim U. WaUea. Adnrtlsements nnder this headlSK'.'l pnMlshed weekly at tbe imUona mm. Hrlraa—ritzpatriek B. P. Oo. eprtagdale—nte Samiden Oo^ Walnut BIdge—Walnnt Rldg* Post. A D. Co. COBH.—Stamford—^Hamley Oeflnger. TT.T.—^Bloomlngton—City B. P. Co., CoUscna Bldg. Boshnell—Chamberlain BlUpoetlng Go. Obarlestoo—T. G. Chambers. .-. -i Chicago—^A. DaTls, 208 W. Van BdiCB-A: DTD Michigan Olty—J. L. Weber t Co. Wlnemac—O. Borroagbs. x-.^. T£R.—fryor Creek—J. A. Qntnn BaruaUsrtHo toat Weatem BllIpoatlBg _ _'. c D*a M otn es W . W. ateore. Uceased Uik giy—I8lli»<iilh 'VTm. GasMu Nldntaso—Jobn B. Miner. B. P. aaS DIst. KT^—Broadbtad—Bioadhead B. P. asA Mst. OtL - MMMto-diBaiNlSia.:P.'''dt'^ Mm.—Remldil—A. T. WTi.'elock. BUmieapoUa—Gibbons tsIUiiosttng Oo. MISS.—anoUmes—F. B. Wlmberly & Bn>w MCTT Hmtngs A. L. Babcoek. r. Wcatwartb. On. H. ■atowB B. P. Ox ' ' K. ObeMMK . . . Mcwcastle—OSie J. O. LotIbs O. &.P;':Ok a ouur-aaoacT—M. h. dccuv. 4t a. r. wn.—Fralrle da Chlen—V, A. Ctmpbell. lEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL 60. . ...WANTS... TwOBoreneiGent age shows, merry-go-ioaiid. specialty people and mu.'Jclans. PrlvUeae neoDle address J. Q. WALLACE: all " BBOWNLEE & BEED. Ht. UnIaa.TH don Co.) Pa.. An?. 14 to 19. ...WANTED.^. PAY AnRACTIONS SepCSth toSth. tflOfi,tofro on fair in^unds In cla y time and on the sdcets In the erenlng. EAOLBS' BEaKKlIS PrafcrMOd oom tAf sbowt vmiuiavlUe, Timla n o b bss. write, laseif <s»iLstslliigjast wbatfos baaaf-' ...WANTED. PrIvileKt- people »nd nttraetlons oil kind? forOoontj AUpfUrtia, Wis. Uf AUTrn—Good CfcnilTal or Amazement On* Jttr WAHICU 4th Annul Fklr. Oet. IT-ll; fcntam, Rood Cronts^ucta miHiG as poaslUe. attncCSoaa deklred. Work oa per amat. Addnm, W. u. SAFF, Sec*7, Dalton, On. MAGNETIC TACK HAMMERS. 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