The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-20
Great Newspaper Enterprise-RepOrts of
Congress.


Congress.
Mr. Richard M. Hoe, one of the greatest mechanical
Reniuses Of the present age has just completed mag
ni3cent improvements in machinery and otherwise,
in the hment Of the Neo York Herald and is
now on his way to London and Paris for the purpose
Of introducing 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 double sheet Herald at the rate Of from
to ten thousand copies per hour, and could throw of
hundred thousand copies in twelve hours, with the
greatest ease In the world. Having now the weapons
of q great movement in our hands, we mean to apply
them a. soon as possible, to practical purposes
On the opening of the next session Of Congress
e mean to place before the Senate and House Of Re-
proposals for giving full 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 ac-
count; but it will require double sheet to embrace
the debates of both houses, and vast expenditure
for paper and reporting we shall propose that Con-
sress pay portion of the additional expense, in the
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
20 the American republic, of such plan, would be nu-
merous. The Herald is the only American journal
that has q world wide circulation, and circulation
too among the higher statesmen and inteects of the
aes. There are several journals in this and other
cities called penny papers, that have large local
circulation, but they without ability, and not
to give high tone to the newspaper press
such as we are able to do by the extraordinary aci
ties Of our arrangements organization, and prepare
tions of all kinds The new printing presses which
Mr. Hoe has constructed for U.S. the only ones Of
the same form and capacity in the world. The pub
cation Of each days debates of both houses Of Con-
gress 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 be 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
oiroulates nearly twenty-five thousand per day, as
ean be perceived by our returns; and when the next
session commences, we, probably shall have thirty
thousand over all this continent and the wide world
besides,
This IL the practical movement which We have had
in contemplation in expanding large sums during the
last few months proposition, embracing these views
win be presented to both houses Of Congress- matter
what candidate shall be elected what party shall be
In power. We shall endeavour, even at our own
pense to commence the plan have described at the
opening Of next session. and trust to the good
and sagacty both the Senate and the House to
cur in our views after they shall their practical
efnoienoy and general merits.