New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-09
The Telegraph and the Press.

There Is great difficulty IN dsvising any system Of
charge. vi en- will es ias, 20 the Telegraph Companies
ard the time bring the use Of the Telegraph with
r the reach Of the Press moderate snd equs terns
II there De interchangeable tariff OF charges the nu-
presses IN large cities combine together ard
reduce the price very og n them seversly By Ovid
ing the cost. while the same ar Ia hgn - the few
sirge presses IN smaller cities snt towns a. - ak
ciuce them from Tie Of the Telegraph, or render
exceedingly burisnsome Again the practical eject
OF the system Of charges heretofore us-d hss been 10
c0ufne the Of the reessph the large cities 10 th4
stronger presses Wills The weaker have been entirely
cut Of
The folio Einz rezustons recently prescribed for the
government Of the southern line the result Of some
experience and much re5 action, viz
REGULATIONS.
l. Messages f0r the Public Press viii Be sent over the
entire line. 20 any ins-nediate 1oiHt upon t. and
copies furnished stations short OF their ultimate desti
nation full charge for the whole dis zee and I'VE
provided that such shall be 10 words and
ten,es Ineligible to be operators.
Whenever words OF more than I'VE letters are used
with different from their ord cary sgnncatiou.
every additional AVE- any ss number over the hrs or
second i've, viii be taken a. word In aseerAnins the
amount 20 be charged.
Suppose the line OF telegraph In operation from Wash
ington e~Orlssns the hrs regulation would put
In the power OF the Press 10 combine together Al along
the line and BIZ dividing the the news II very
low rate Or an able and enterprsng reporter might
organize system for the collection and transmission OF
news making his bsrg with the Presses the one
hand and the Telegraph Company the other. This
would. doubtless be ha better system for tue Press
generally well the Telegraph The Press 10 .the
smaller c.ies sad the weaker Presses Ia the larger
would be sbe 10 pay the reporter for copies thus
reduced in price. and ps,ake Of The general benefit
and the Telegraph would he sOon called on % transmit
columns instead of paragraphs a. a, present
IL will be remarked that the 1ve cents for copies Il
proposed 20 BE- uniform 1roaShow fss cA0e ltHs-ihe
same at Alexandria Richmond, Chsreston. Savannah
Mobile &c g., lts present eject Ia % enspr tn3 Viz
gnis Press by uniting vih the presses beyond 20 ge'
the Northern news. proceedings Of Congress. &c ~
paying the Telegraph Company only i've cents tor ten
words and still less where tNO az more presses IN TIE
same place unite and divide the expense.
The second regulation snd ,he provso to the nrst are
based upon the tact that the operators can uanimt IN
tesbe words aud sentences much faster and more &C
curaely than Isolated words which have natural or
apparent connection with each other especially whers
sach words Of coinage, not found In any dc
tonsry ancient or modern II 10 enough that ,he Tee-
graph loses half ts fes by conventional meanings pat
upon syllaoos or lsters without giving double time and
labor % their Transmission. II brought within the com
pass Of FIVE lstters however of some E1slish word,
these unknown messages 10 be sent here,oiore
These equations published TOR the consideration OF
tho Pre IT. by the Convention Of Editors proposed IN
this city or by any portion Of the Press mora eligible
plan can BE- suggested Il will doubtless be adopted s
the interest II 10 the pleasure, OF the several
Telegraph Companies to afford the Press all just and
liberal facilities
Msy no, hope that the Press will give general creu-
ston 10 thess few remarks upon most important sub
isrtP AMOS KENDALL,
Agent OF the Southern Line
H. IL.