The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-29
Great Newspaper Enterprise-Reports Of
. --.- Congress.

Great Newspaper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
II. ,..--r- Congress.
Mr.. Richard M. Hoe, one OF the greatest mechanical
seniuses of the present age has just completed mag
nifcent improvements In machinery, and otherwise,
in the establishment Of tho New York Herald, and Is
his way to London and Paris, for ths purpose
Of introducing OF his magnificent presses into
the Newspaper establishments Of those oties During
the last six months We have expended about forty
thousand dollars, In msshinsry Of all kinds, and va
rious other Improvements. We sro enabled to
print double sheet Herald at the rate Of from
to ten thousand copies per hour, and could throw on
hundred thousand copies In twelve hours with the
greatest ease In the world Having now the weapons
Of great movement In our hands, we mean TO apply
them as soon as possible, TO practical purposes.
On the opening Of the neat session Of Congress
We mean to place before the Senate and House Of Re-
proposals for giving fun reports Of the
debates of both of those bodies to be published every
day In the Herald, and give them = circulation
throughout the world, of from twenty-five to thirty
thousand per day. At the opening of the session. We
shall commence giving those reports on our own
COUNT but it will require double sheet to embrace
the debates of both houses, and q vast expenditure
for paper and reporting, shall propose that Con-
gress pay portion of the additional expense in tn.
same manner as the French republic pays portion
of the expense Of publishing their newspaper organ,
the Moniteur.
The advantages to Congress, to the government and
to the American republic, of such plan would be
merous. The Herald Is the only American journal
that has q worldwide circulation and circulation
too among the higher statesmen and inteects of the
age There are several journals in this and other
oties called penny papers, that have large local
circulation but they are without ability, and not
competent to give high tone to the newspaper press
such as we able to do by the extraordinary fao
ties Of arrangements organization, and prepsra-
lions of all kinds. The new printing presses which
Mr. Hoe has constructed for us, the only Of
the same form and capacity in the world. The pub
location of each days debates of both houses of Con-
ress on double sheet Of the Herald in the way
as the debates of the British Parliament published
in the London Times, and other journals there, would
elevate the tone of the country and of statesmen
and circulate their fame and influence far beyond any
other mode that could adopted The local journals
published in Washington have little circulation, and
less influence Probably the party papers there have
not an aggregate circulation Of over two thousand
less while the Herald have already said
oirculates nearly twenty-five thousand per day,
can be perceived by our returns and when the next
session commences we, probably, shall have thirty
thousand over all this continent and the vide world
besides.
This is the practical movement which We have had
In contemplation in expanding large sums during the
last few months proposition, embracing these views
will be presented to both houses Of matter
what candidate shall be elected what party shall be
in power We shall endeavour, even at our own ex-
pense commence the plan have described ct the
opening Of next session. and trust to the good
and sagacity of the Senate and the House
in views after they shall their practical
efficiency and general merits