The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-19
o'rent Newspaper Enterprise-Reports of
Congress.

Congress.
Mr. Richard NJ Hoe, one of the greatest me auical
re muses. of the present age has just completed mag
nihc.Dt improvements in machinery and otherwise,
in the hment of the Ner York Herald and is
now his way to London and Paris, for the purpose
Of introducing some of his magnificent presses into
The newspaper establishments of those cities During
The last six months, we have expended about forty
thousand dollars, in machinery of all kinds and va
rious other improvements. We are now enabled to
print Herald at the rate of from seven
to ten thousand copies per hour, and could throw of
a hundred thousand copies in twelve hours, with the
Greatest in the world. Having now the weapons
OF great moveme mt in our hands, mean to apply
them soon possible, to practical purposes
On the opc ming of the next session of Congress.
we me place before the Senate and House of Re.
pre entatves proposals for giving full reports of the
debates of both of those bodice to be published every
cay in the Herald, and give them a circulation
throughout the world, of from twenty FIVE to thirty
thousand per day At the opening Of the session we
ehall CONNIE giving those reports our own ac
count but it will require double sheet to embrace
the debates of both houses and vast expe udit IRE
TOT paper and reporting shall propose that on
gress paw portion Of the additional expense in the
same manner as the French republic pays a portion
of the expense Of publishing their newspaper organ
che Moniteur.
The advantages to Congress, to the governmsn Mt nd
TO the American republic Of such plan, would be nu.
rnerous. The Herald is the only American journal
that has a world wide circulation, and a circulation
too among the higher statesmen and inteects of the
age There several journals in this aud other
cities, called penny papers. that have large local
circulation, but they are without ability, and not
competent to give high tone to the newspaper press
ouch able TO do by the extraordinary faci-
ties Of arrangements organization, and prepare.
tons Of all kinds. The new printing presses which
Mr. Hoe has constructed for us the only ones of
the same form and capacity in the world. The pub
location of each days debates of both houses Con-
gres on double sheet of the Herald in the same way
ga the debates of the British Parliament published
IN the London Times and ether 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,
more or less while the Herald, have already said
circulates nearly twenty-five thousand per day, as
can be perceived by returns and when the next
session commences we, probably shall have thirty
thousand all this continent and the wide world
besides
This is the practical movement which we have had
n contemplation in expanding large during the
last few months proposition, embracing these views
will be presented to both houses Of ongress NO matter
what candidate shall be elected what party shall be
i n power. We shall en- deavour even at our own ex-
epse 70 commence the plan have described ut the
ming of next session. and trust to the good sense
Fagacity Of boil the Senate and the House to con-
IN views, after they shall their practical
efficiency and general merits.