The Billboard 1902-02-22: Vol 14 Iss 8 (1902-02-22)

Nie RATES CHANGED. | to Several Cities Announce New for Posting. Changes in rates for posting have be: made in a number of cities. The new rat: follow: Dighton, Mass.—The Taunton Bill Posting Co., owners of the Dighton plant, announces a rate of 10 cents per sheet for that city Mansfield, Mass.—Abel W. Gilson «at nounces a rate of 8 cents for Manstield, t correspond with his rate in Attleboro. Livingston, Mont.—M. J. Wells has pu chased the interest of his partner, and h Prices raised his rate to 7 cents per sheet . Glens Falls, N. Y.—A. M. Cheesebro will j increase his rate to 9 cents after April 1 Schenectady, N. Y.—The rate for postiu i in this city will be increased by the sehe Ff: nectady Bill Posting Co. to 9 cents pery! sheet after April 1. ”” Cambridge, O.—Chas. E. Mammond nounces an increase in rates to To cents fet she et, to take effect Mareh 1. Portland, Ore.—The Portland Bill Vos in Co. give notiee of an increase to 12 ¢e | per sheet for posting and per thousand for distributing, after Apri Winamag, [nd.—E. 0. Burroughs gives | tice of an increase in price for posti 7 cents per sheet, and for distributis $2.50 for city and $3.50 for ocuntry to take effect April 1. A DETROIT MINISTER Who Champions Bill Boards Ef Resurrect Blue Laws. . = + Detroit, Mich., Feb. 17. and upierar re Some leg 0 moral ghouls are strenuously et + ving to disturb the rest of the blue os ve palmy Pilgrim days, and inflict 9 uo the people of this city. The Mir ’ phssoci ation has determined to stir py of » ¢ lows. written or unwritten, that } ‘2 Te remot est bearing on the illegalit t mi Sunday ecommerce except preachit ' pasey want the theaters closed, and are “s @ every ef fort to lead the city dads « & J&s an ordi nance providing for a hea .® seae for any manager who offers to afford’ sistile amuse ment to the Detroit working * opk An especially vigorous fight being made against bill boards. Sou efffbers of the Ministers’ Association manage to see some thing objectionable in every thectrical pos ter, and now demand th uch matter must not be placed on the bewrds. Key. Dr. Elliott, pastor of a loca gurch, is not as vigorous in his denuncié.ion of bill boards as his associates, and ays that he has failed to notice anytoly espemally revolt ing about the lithogr®lysr% ‘pting, pos sibly, those of the We hew rd show, which recently perf, re as tev. Elli ott believes in the oie yey ters to ad vertise, and also t? © “ been vast improvement bh kt" resent-day sters oe oe s.ago. posters over tho SEFUL Ak A GRAtection «1C0T rdt Next ._ Would be the leetucn the’ Edward A. Stahib: been men July. says Mr st Mr. Edward tioned for the Stahlbrodt’s A ecorresponden, | yict: A. Stahibrodt hés® M's" presidency. He friends have mad ake. He can not be elected. He has 1 many enemies. And thus dismissing the matter he brings forth a member of the Association who, he says, deserves the office because “he has not an enemy in the world.” His reasoning is new and to a degree rr freshing, but we hardly think it will influ ence bill posters. We recommend our cor respondent to get out his Fourth Reader, and commit to memory that old rhyme that starts something like this: ‘He has no enemies, you say; My friend, your boast is poor. He who hath mingled in the fray Of duty, that the brave endure, Must have made foes. If he has none, Small is the work that he has done. He has hit no traitor on the hip, Be has cast no cup from perjured lip: He has never turned the wrong to right, He has been a coward in the fight.” There is no honor the Association can be stow that is not amply deserved by Edward A. StahJbrodt. All that the organization now is, or may become, is due to Mr. Stahl brodt. He conceived, projected and organized it. He nurtured, fostered and fought for it. Of course, others have contributed greatly toward its development, and have helped to make it the powerful, influential and for midable body that it is to-day. But back of them all, long before many of those who are now prominent In its councils had ever AV Ge | | riven ita thought, Mr. Stahlbrodt struggle: lone and unaided to bring it into exis.ccuce give it life. Yes, he made some enemies ven in those early days; but you will tind those enemies voting for him pext July, ii ‘ msents to be a candidate. Ch sillboard”’ reiterates that it will bx a graceful compliment and a_ peculiar!) } tribute to a man of sterling wort to eleet Edward A. next July. Stahlbrodt preside MORTON FINED. Cincinnati Court Upholds Validity of | Permit Ordinance. After many Continuances, the case of Phil Merton, the Cincinnati bill poster came to trial in the police court Feb. 14, resulting in Col. Morton drawing the limit > $2, and costs, which he paid undet eks ago Building Inspector 4“ Warrant to be against harging him with erecting b ll vithout a permit, in violation of an t Morton decided to test the valid Took issued he ordinance, and engaged counsel. meh, in prosecuting the charge against said that the latter had erected a fon West Clifton avenue, for which ewmit had been obtained. .Mortou'’s de fas Pwas not a denial of the charge. Atte! hie some testimony, Judge Lueders that the ordinance was valid, and Mor was accordingly fined. However, Col. ton will appeal. Manager Anderson, of the Columbin and ie ainut Street Theaters, who placed a num r of bill boards on the Joffee Building Fifth and Walnut streets, and who ws ireatened with prosecution unless — he ither out a permit or removed the signs. took the former course, thus escaping a Ae, ‘. took $$$ $$$ SOCIETY AGOG. Columbus Elite Circles Shocked at a Recent Marriage. Columbus, O., Feb. 17.—He is only a young nan who makes his living by going from store to store in Ohio's capital city, hanging theatrical posters in show win dows. His name is Edward I. Ziegler. He has br s and good looks, and when Hele K. Chittenden, a wealthy heiress, daugh ter of Henry T. Chittenden, and a Coiuin bus society leader, saw him, she toved lim and her people were not long in detecting the odor of a rodent. They were aghast ai the idea of this girl, this idolized beauty, reared amid surroundings of luxury, even condescending to notice the person who fo! lowed the plebian calling of hanging post ers. But she did not heed their warning. She did not quail at their threats, and wher papa bundled her up and seut her t i rope, she went calmly enough. Ou uer re turn she met her Eddie, and Cupid scored another victory. Now the 400 are around with their hammers. But Mr. and Mrs. Zicgler don’t care. They are too happy to recognize social distinction, and the bride, with her $100,000 in cash and with all her prospects, doesn't care a rap if her postei hanging husband's brother loon. Mrs. Ziegler is a grand-daughier otf Ek. T. Mithoff, vated as the wealthiest man in Columbus. She is a cousin of Mrs Sells, does” run a sa DEATH BY TAXATION Is the Fate sow Task Dailies would have Bill Boards Meet. New York, Feb. 17.--The recent enormous incrense in bill board advertising in this city has aroused the daily press, and the li have drawn forth their knocker ettes, and have started a hammerfest Tin old tack of antagonizing bill bourds on tie grounds that they mar the beauty of the city is no longer the weapon used, but they claim that every poster should be taxed t« increase the 1ounicipal revenue. Under this plan, quoth the nselfish (7) editers, bill posting will be regulated. Why not tax advertisements in daily pa pers? Nearly every one of them carry ad vertisements of such vulgarity, that were they placed on the hoards would cause the resporsible knight of the brush to bheeome en object of particular igi interest to a vigi lance committee The fight of the New York press against outdoor publicity 1s prompted by jealousy, and does not hurt the interest of the bill poster one iota. The worst the dailies can do by their unwar ranted attacxs cn a legitimate business is to attract advettisers’ attention to the bill beard method. The idea of taxing each poster placed on the boards originated in England, where it is in practice in some lo calities at the present day. After a wiille the daily paper editor will grow so mag nanimous as to want to place a tax on every breath the hated and successful—rival takes, IN ALABAMA. Constitutionality of a Municipal Ordinance Successfully Attacked. Rtessemer, Ala., Feb, 17%—Recently the loeal Conneil passed an ordinance, fixing an innunt license of 350 on fesident bill post and $150 on non-resident bill posters. lheis, Smith & Douglass, bill posters of Girmingham, Ala., who do considerable business in Bessemer, objected strongly to the discrimination shown, and engaged ers ‘counsel to test the constitutionaiity of the rdinance. The ease was called Feb. 18 in he City Court, and a motion made for a nandamus, compelling City Clerk Mitchell a license to plaintiffs to transact usiness in Bessemer under the same _ Hnse as paid by local posters. The motion vas sustained and the license issued. Considerable dissension exists In the municipal board regarding the passage of a iiscriminating ordinance, some claiming it discourages the location of enterprises in 'o Issue Bessemer, others contending that it 's a protection to loeal industries. Whatever | course may be pursued as to other ordi nane>, one at least will be amended. The amendment means the increase of the an nual bill posting license to $150 for all. DAUBS. Fire recently destroyed a portion of the Putnam (Conn.) plant. The Jackson (Tenn.) plant of C. R. Col lins has been enlarged. S. D. Hunter, poster of Steubenville, ¥., says that his business is large. L. A. Daniels has sold his (Cal.) plant to Mikel & Burkett. The. Bill Posters’ and Billers’ Union, of Denver, Col., gavea bal masque Feb. 17. The Americus. (Ga.) Bill Posting Company, yrganized recently, reports a big business. Every bill poster in Indianapolis has joined a recently organized aerie of Eagies. The Winona (Minn.) Bill Posting Company sends out locations and routes in a circular. A. M. Oswalt has succeeded Wm, Funk and Dixon & Mustard, bill posters at Anderson, Ind. k. Brown, of Aberdeen, Miss., has added WO feet to his’ bill posting plant of 6,0UU eet of new boards. Earney Earl, the popular Indianapolis bill poster, bas attracted considerable attention duesugh his pencil drawings. Charles Sanders Will do considerable post ing for the Chautauqua, to be held the comug Summer at Springdale, Ark. ‘The John Chapman sill Posting Company, of Ciucinnati, are posting a great deal of aiper on their well located boards. the Bernard Advertising Company, of Sa vunnah, Ga., have sent out an attractive irciiar, giving rates for bill posting. sill posters John Donnelly & Sons, of Boson, how occupies its new quarters in the cour-story building at 97 Warrenton street. The Paterson (N. J.) Bill Posting Com puny was a heavy loser by the recent fire .u that city, many of its best boards being onsumed. The Building Inspector of Cincinnati re ports that somebody has been erecting bill voirds in that city in the wee sma’ hours, oO escape payment of the price of a permit. Large editions of 20 and S-sheet posters ire being posted for “‘Electrozone,”” a re ent medical discovery. New York is the principal field at present, but the posting will extend over the country. Mr. Jos. Howard, formerly connected with The St. Louis Bill Posting Company, isa severed his Connection with the above ‘company and joined the Barnum & Bailey show. He sailed for Paris Feb, 16. Danbury, Conn., has awakened after a tip-Van-Winkle-like slumber, and now has 1 up-to-date ‘posting plant, organized by Santa Cruz «*. B. Dalton, W. E. Bulkeley and Horace o. Ayres. They have 1,800 feet of boards Mr. W. S. Burton, the Association repre sntative at Richmond, Va., has organized he Burton Bill Posting Company, and pur thased the bill posting privileges at Win ston-Salem, Wilson, Goldsboro, Fayetteville, farboro, Rocky Mount and Burlington, ¥.C An ordinance has been presented before the Philadelphia Council, which, if passed, ineans the imposition of a tax of 10 cents i year on every square foot of bill boards rhe ordinance is meeting with strong op position. Local unions, it is claimed, are ighting the “Cubanola’ cigar, which = is largely posted. FREAKS TO ORDER. The Ormsby quadruplets are being exhib ited at Northern museums. A Meridale (N. Y.) cow gave birth to a heifer calf that looks like a bulldog. Its head is the shape of a bulldog, with large eyes, short legs with half hoofs, short ears and no tail. The receding waters of Russell Creek, at Greensburg, Ky., exposed the bones of 4 giant, buried in a rude stone vault, that the waters had broken An operation was performed in Paris, Mrance, last week, whereby the Hind twins, Rodica and Dordica, were separated It developed that the livers of the twins were joined. Whether either will survive is extremely doubtful. Mayor L. O, Edson, of Hartford City. Ind., aged 65, recently possessed locks and beard of silvery hue. Recently his hirsute appendage began to grow dark, and con tinues to do so, NAT GOODWIN Agrees with Mr. Butler when he says that4 the Delicatessen is the cleanest and best place in Cincinnati to partake of good nour ishment. STRINGENT LAW Work of Distributors in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin law on distribution is giv Hampers ing distributors throughout the country trouble. The law provides that distributed matter can only be left inside of residences and then in the hands of some adult oceu. pant of the house. If, when the distributor calls at a house, no one is at home, he may not leave the matter, and If a child re sponds to his knock, he is not to place the eireular or sample in its bands, but must see an older person, and hand the matter to him or her. Of course, this is a great thing for the advertiser, but it is a hardship on the distributor, unless the advertiser should wake up and agree to pay for such extra services the prices it warrants. FOUND WITH THE GOODS. There Will Be “Some Doings” Among Distributors. One of the most important things to come up for consideration and adjustment at the meeting in Cleveland in March of the As sociation of Bill Posters and Distributors ef the United States and Canada, is the alleged discovery that certain distributors, who are members of the association, have been “caught with the goods on,"’ diserim inating against other distributors, and in favor of the out-oftown advertiser who would deal with them directly. It is said that In one case a certain big medical con cern, which distributes extensively, wrote to a certain distributor for terms, which were quoted at $1.75 per 1,000. The asso clation distributor in the city where the nfore-mentioned medical company has Its headquarters, having been consulted by the advertiser, also wrote the same distributor for terms for the distribution of the same advertising matter, and the price quoted was $2.25 per 1,000. The difference, it is supposed, was intended to cover the 16 23 per cent. which the laws of the association allow the distributor through whom the business is placed. However, this is not only manifestly unfair to the distributors individually, and to the association, but it sets a bad precedent, which, if allowed to go on, would eventually tear down the very foundations upon which the association is built. It is charged that the case above cited is not an isolated one, by any means, but that several well-known distributors are charged with the same offense, and at the Cleveland meeting names, dates and places will be mentioned, and that some se vere lessous in diseipline will be taught the offenders. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT Given Distributors in the Way of Prizes for Efficient Work. Chicago, IL, Feb. 17.—The Boston Med ical Institution, of Chieago, three years ago adopted the idea of offering prizes to dis tributors employed by them, as an extra re ward for meritorious work. The annual prizes aggregated $150, ranging in sums from $1.50 to $5. The scheme proved a novel one, as it urged the distributors on to better work, and enabled the company to keep a line on the good ones and fakirs The prizes of 1901 have just been awarded, and the following are announced as the lucky ones: Charles Bernard, Savannah, Ga. H, A. Taylor, Oil City, Pa. C. A .Harnois, Butte, Mont. Lafayette Bill Posting Co., Lafayette, Ind : Cheesebro, Glens Falls, N. Y. Alf. A. Edwards, Waco, Tex. Fred, W. Jencks, Elgin, U1. : J. M. Enek, of Vandalia, Ill., and EB. E Stoltzman, Rhinelander, Wis., were honor ably mentioned, If other firms would exhibit the same ep terprise as the Boston Medical Company, it would enhance the distributors’ interest, &s well as the advertisers’. DISTRIBUTORS’ NOTES. The Lyons Laxative Company have fou! distributors, The EB. Brown Advertising Service, of \" erdeen, Miss., says that his busines good, The Kendall Company, 18 gvttet vem g dianapolis, have completed a large distribu tion of booklets for Mother's Oats. It is intended shortly to Incorporate N. A D. A. Charter members will never have to pay more than at present, but all pew territory will come in at a higher rate than now in force. When the organization is in corporated it will be turned over to the control of members, who will elect officers, make by-laws and have full control of the organization, no ut™