Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Niwsiwpi k Directory and Historylit the county newspaper, into this Illinois Press Association, have him attend one ortwo meetings and he soon becomes a convert to the idea of county organization. Inother words, 1 think this association can do better work by sending out in the countiesa missionary to secure members for this organization. You get a man into this organizationonce, and he takes a very different view of his relation due his fellow publishersthan he ever did before. That has been my experience with every new member, once youget your man into the Illinois State Press Association, and you will have no difficulty inthis state. If you take Ogle county, all those fellows were brought into this associationafter the county organization was effected. If I could get one more man from ourcounty into this association, there would be no practical difficulty in organizing a countyorganization, and organizing it strong. Send a man out from this organization, askingthem to join; they come to the meetings, listen to what we have to say and they feelfriendly. If there is to be any missionary work done it strikes me it should be done forthis association primarily. Gen. Atkins' address is practicable. You get men to join theIllinois Press Association, it makes better men of them; it makes better newspaper menof them, and they understand their relation and duties much better. I think our dutyis to increase this organization first. I say send a missionary out into every congressionaldistrict in the state. You will have to make a judicious selection of the people you send;it is always the other fellow who will not come in. Every member of the Illinois PressAssociation is in favor of county organization."The editor of the Carmi Courier, Mr. Charles P. Berry, said:"I am a new member, and have been much interested in Brother Tinney's remarks.I would almost be willing to be a missionary myself. I think we should get membersinto this association first and then organize into county organizations. In my countywe have seven papers. There is a question that suggests itself in reference to what thisbrother said here; that is I can understand how the power and sentiment controls thislarge state organization, but in county organization how can you control certain members?Suppose a man withdraws from the county organization; he takes this localadvertising at half price; he gets his job work; there is no power in the county organizationby which you can control that. Of course, you can control it here, but I wouldlike to hear how you manage it in the county organization."The President of the association replied:"When we organized the county association in DeKalb county, there were butfour of the members of that association that were members of this association. In twoyears there were seven of the members of the county organization that became membersof this association. That convinced us that the proper place to start was in the countyorganization."Mr. F. E. Pinkerton of the Rantoul Press reported as follows:"There are fifteen papers in Champaign county, and only two are members of thisassociation. We have got in this association some of the brightest minds in this state.I believe if those at the county seat would take an interest and would make an effortthey could draw in, as the President says, from the outlying towns all the newspapersin the county. We need not combine. There is necessity for combination in prices.When you agree to destroy competition, you produce combination. We say we do notwant to combine, we want a good living price. Suppose one man says, 'I am going topublish so and so for twenty-five cents.' You say, 'All right, if you do that, we willdo the same,' but if you think you are going to make money by it you are mistaken.I believe if we form county organizations, we must get every member into this association.It is not what they could do in the county, the question here is, how can you get