The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-21
Great Newspaper Enterprise-RePorts Of
Congress.


Mr.. Richard NJ Hoe, one Of the greatest mechanical
sen,uses Of the present age has just completed mag
.ineent improvements in machinery and otherwise,
a. thu hment Of the NeW Fork Herald and 10
~ nm his way to London and Paris for the purpose
n ,ntroducipg OF his magnificent presses into
N. Newspaper establishments Of those cities During
Aha last six months, We have expended about forty
thousand dollars, In machinery Of all kinds, and va
r,ous other Improvements. We are now enabled to
~rint double sheet Herald ct the rate Of from
to ten thousand copies per hour and could throw Of
hupdrsd thousand copies in twelve hours, with the
.rsstest ease In the world. Having now the weapons
A \ treat movement in our hands We mean to apply
them a. soon as possible, to practical purposes
On the ope ming Of the next session Of Congress
~ mean to place before the Senate and House Of Re-
proposals for giving full reports Of the
ssb.tes Of both of those bodies to be published every
Sey 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.
sAall commence giving those reports on our own
count: but az 1t will require double sheet to embrace
the debates of both houses, and vast expenditure
for paper and reporting, shall propose that Con-
srese Ray portion Of the additional expense In the
sams manner O. the French republic pays portion
Of the expense Of publishing their newspaper organ
the Aoniteur.
The advantages to Congress, to the government and
70 the American republic, Of such plan, would be
Nervous The Herald is the only American journal
that has Q world wide circulation, and 9 circulation
too among the higher statesmen and intsects of the
are. There are several journals In this and other
elites, called penny papers, that have large local
circulation, but they are without ability, and not
sompetent to give high to the newspaper press
such as We able to do by the extraordinary facii
ties Of our arrangements, organization and prepare
Mons 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
hcstion of each days debates of both houses Of Con-
us,s q double sheet of the Herald in the same way
q the debates Of the Britsh Parliament published
!. the London 7Gmes and ether journals there, would
elevate the tone Of the country and Of our statesmen
and circulate their 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 two thousand,
more or less while the Herald have already said
sirsulates nearly twenty-five thou.and per day, as
can be perceived by returns; and when the next
session commences we, probably, shall have thirty
thousand over ell this continent and the aide world
besides.
This IL the practical movement which We have had
n contemplation in expanding large during the
Inst few months proposition, embracing these views
will be presented to both houses Of matter
what candidate shall be elected what party shall DO
In power We shall endeavour, even at our own ex-
psnsc to commence the plan have described 1t the
ope ming Of next session. and trust to the good sense
and sagscty both the Senate and the House to
eur in our vsxs after they shall their practical
efficiency and general merits.