The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-16

any other three years in the annals OF the country
We, the proprietor of this Journal, not only the
originator OF those reports, but they were written,
with very few exceptions, by our own hand. We had
prepared ourselves introduce this new atuIe into
the management of daily newspaper by devotion
OF nearly twelve fifteen years 10 the subject Of
political economy-the banking system, and com.
mercal affairs generally. During that period we
had collected every fact and every document bear
ing upon the commercial interests and the agricu-
tural affairs Of this country and the extent Of the
information and the accuracy of the research
which these commercial reports indicated, were
drawn altogether from our own resources. II is
unnecessary TO refer to the manner in which these
reports were conducted in these eventful years.
In the spring of 1893, we engaged Mr.. Keteil,
whose previous occupations had not at all
fitted prepared him for such labor, and had
not given him any knowledge of the subject;
but for six months, during our absence in
Europe, he contrved, in very feeble and
weak manner, to keep up the chain of reports,
and that, by the aid of reference to articles pre-
viously written by myself On my return from
Europe, having brought with me great variety of
important documents, collected in London and
PARIS, in relation to banking, commerce and other
industrial subjects, commenced series of arti-
Giles, which continued without intermssion, from
the fall of 1888 up to the recent tme-all planned
and dictated by U.S. the individual Mr. Kettell, hav
ing no more to do with their authorship than any
reporter has with the speech which he takes down.
Our sources of information within ourselves as
they always have been within ourselves, consisting
of documents and papers. collected during period
of nearly twenty years, and which preserved and
arranged in our Office always ready for reference,
in order to illustrate or enforce whatever new
views, new events may necessarily suggest to the
mind.
It will be seen then, from these facts, and the
evidence which we have given of them, that if
any merit belongs to the money articles of the
Herald, to their Introduction into the newspaper
press, it belongs to person beyond the limits of
this Office, and Of the individual who originated
the enterprise. But the paltry attempts of the
EDening Post, and other journals, to deprive us OF
the reputation of this thing, is only in keeping with
the contemplate and jealous conduct of our con-
temporaries from the first moment the Herald
was started, till this day. Perhaps there
yer such an instance of meanness and
jealousy against any establishment or any indi-
vidual, as that manifested by the newspaper press
of New York towards the Herald And all be-
cause from our indusry-trom our attention to bu.
sness-and from having given up our whole life
and strength to the establishment Of this Journal, we
have surpassed them all popularity-in circulation
in proft-and in influence. We look back upon
all these attempts with perfect scorn and contempt
and all such attempts in future shall regard only
as the mere twstings and turnngs OF the worms
under our feet and we dare them to interfere with
us or our career. We have the public with US
we have the people with us-we have the inte-
gent, and liberal and thoughtful minds with u.s. and
that is all we require.