Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-12-04


"What has been done ?"
Nothiug"
"What nothing7"
q beg your pardon-Redwool Fisher spoke |"
PRoGsEss OF talent AND INDUsTRY--In the be-
ginning Of May, 1885, the Herald was started. It's
aggregate receipts during that month"; contrasted
with the receipts during the last month, thus
1882 1898 n jar l-BReceipts last month, s2!o 90
1852, NOV. l-ReceiPts last month, 1850 90
Increase in two years and six months $3.50 90
During the present month these receipts have in
creased weekly, so that on the ls of December we
certain they will nearly amount to Sc 900 at least
These receipts are the proceeds OF country subscrp
tons paid in advance, the daily sales made to news
men and newsboys, and the cash received at the
counter for advertising Nothing is done credit.
This unparalleled success has sprung from cndur-
ing causes-from industry, knowledge, learning ia
lent, genius, private virtue and public enterprise, all
united together. But l have not alone exered my
own talent and industry; have called into existence
the genius and talent of others. No person was ever
yet assoc ated with me- that will say he learned
his own value and his own ability better than he had
believed himself to have.
My expenses, as compared with my receipts, would
give my Wall street rivals the heartache to behold
My aggregate receipts average sos, 900 per an
mummy expenses hardly $45 900. Ny ewn per-
sona expenses do not reach over 5000 probably not
$500. spend notAing-for the best of reasons, too
i have no time to spend.
As compared with this financial condition. how
stands the Wall street press?
One of the leading Wall street prints is now in
Chancery, and expects TO die soon. Another is in
the hands of trustees and its paper maker
IL a A
bankruptcy.
Can such miserable, beggarly, bankrupt charlatans
expect to affect the onward progress of the Herald
My financial affairs managed that not all
the plots-all the consprators-all the banks-or all
the clqueS in existence can reach me, or impair my
independence. lam unpurchased and unpurchaSe-
able. When gang of spectators want to put curb
on the Wall street press, they easily do it, by threat
ming to stop their discounts at the banks. They can
not reach me in that way. because am beyond the
reach of the banks. do nay business with the little
Chemical monster, but only make my deposltes
there-never ask dscounts-never want them. If /
should ever be in want of dseouat shall then
consider IL tlme-not To speak profnncly-to cut my
throat, or blow out my brains.
lhave thus created, and established my Newspaper
Establishment on new and independent principle,
which cannot fall because il is the work Of my own
midland understand and sapcrintend all its de-
tails. Yet it is only in the germ Of It's existence. If
the legislature open the banking system 10 compeii-
ton, shall 90 to work and establish new system of
banking, that will cause similar revolution in the
currency which ! am producing in newspapers.
have this new system oil arranged and ready for ac-
tion-nothng is wanting but the repeal of the res
training law The miserable inapcers and editors
g NoIi 81 a
for the public good which fill my mind. They can
only appreciate orundersand them after they them
in successful operation. All theropposi,ion laugh
at despise. They cannot touch-they cannot
reach me.