An Oversight by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 20, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 20.

An Oversight.

By Editor

We regret exceedingly that the advertisement headed "Fiestas, Carnivals, and Summer Outings," was admitted to the columns of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Its managers do not believe in those things, nor are they patrons of such doings. They are technically responsible for what goes into the paper, and will, of course, be so held, yet we desire to say a word which may perhaps serve to explain, tho it may not wholly excuse, the admission of the advertisement in question.

We have from time to time in the past advertised for the same parties what was unobjectionable. This advertisement was bargained for before the editor and the one who solicited the advertisement left for the east to attend General Conference. When it came, it was without examination handed to those in charge of the mechanical department of the paper, and was printed. It never came before the editor, either for approval or disapproval, and the page on which it was printed was never read by him, as it was thought unnecessary, and he was pressed for time. It was on our part an oversight which we regret, which we do not defend, and which we hope will not occur again.