New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-20

number Of foreign, oolonL and proviHcis; IL -
must also be had, either BY exchange or sass, y.
ton amounting say TO l5o day. These ars nas5
and their news msde up by The sub editors Tso
paper mast also have friends who vii bring in aesa
rom me various government othces. The ncwsa.
INC 0eos' especially the Reform and the ''--t'-
must also be had.
ice expense Of sending reporters and cor -
dents 10 the places whence they are TO
news, ard Of getting their dispslcAs. |. ,.os~.~v
sometimes q special railway engine eeln, s.,..sx.
ed. Railway parcels Of this sor, coz, trou fss
f7aweek. The overland mail costa some s4oa,
year, but by sharing among four papers, anp,
duced to tso week each. The electric telegraph
is expensive bat though the charges are hight
is not 90 costly as in America for the rsasoc
that Is 10 less used. The expenses Of the printing
and publication Offices also make serious isena-
The printing employs some sixty persons; &
"prirter" or foreman, weekly wsges Is 70 Fl.
assistant - los. TO "a mskeeup Of advertise
ments - los. to "a; three proof readers 81
sach,vith three assistants boys at Il to q lOs;
forty five or fifty compOsitors ~ los to Is. Thers
are also eight or ten grass hands or 40 they ara
called in this country "subs," who take the places
Of regular oompositors when they are absent
The foreman also employs tive or six men deer
the composition 10 closed TO help put the paper 10
press these men earn from - los. 70 81. ln ths
machine rooms are employed amschiniss and A.
,stant machinist, q chief engineer and assistant
sixteen men and boys to feed the machine and
take out the papers, and one man to wet down mo
sheets. The Publisher 10 paid guine"s week
and has an assistant and four or five errand boys.
There are also a secretary. cashier and account
ant; three advertisement clerks, snighs porter,
day porter and errsnd boy. The aggregate week-
~ expenses Mr.. Hunt sets down thus
Eiung writing, and reporting double daily paper dur,
ing he session OF parliament. ......'.....''''''fS
Foreign and local eorrespcndeoee,. Nv
psn.s. Of ScSSe p.per with occs.oo.f second and
third editions, and an eveoing edition three dayss -
week ."
Total.
This estimate il will oe seen, does not inciudc
the cost Of paper or stamps. The stamp Is one
penny on each sheet. and the paper costs Including
lid. per ID. excise duty trihe above pensy.
Surprising, then, that the paper has daily cirouls
ticn Of .5CO the item Of paper and stamps will DO
fl75 ayeek, making altogether nearly 200, OF
O.. 500 for the entire weekly outlay This estimate
il probably too small TO be applied to The Tunes.
a. that paper IL under,tood-psrsy on It's own CIV
ing Quito pay its writers higher salaries, and 70
spend larger sums for news but current reports
ON such subject are almost always exaggerated.
However. we have good authority for saying that
tb,. psper hs. paid ia Paris correspondent eco
aveek. which 10 twice as much as Mr.. Hunt men
tiops.
From the above statement We can aPpfenend
the improvement in London journalism since u hrh
attained prominence In the latter half OF tho last
century. The total expenses OF Inc Paohe 40
r,rtiser, for the year 1913 were A3s6 los. beside
psper, which then coat 25i. reau. Out OF NAV
600 were paid for translating rom foreign papers
and f2e2 a. Md. for homo news. There were
no Parliamentary reporters, aud no paid foreign
! corre,pondents. The sale OF that paper was, how
ever 600 daily, and the profits Of the year, tl7Ao
THE Time, il generally considered tho arst
pewspa 81 err in the world beyond dispute II Is tho
richest and best furnished with the means oil OK
cenence. Its position seems TO u.s. however 70 %
due more TO the practical wisdom and energy OF It's
past MANAGEMENT than to any surprising excel
Iepce which il now exhibits. /! 10 the monument
Of the ability and industry Of JAMES WALTER, son
Of its founder and father Of It's present man
aging proprietor. 1t was commenced January J.,
1888, on small seven by nine sheet. Ia It's pros
pectus the proprietor announced that !! would omit
10 department proper to daily journal, but woald
nav due attention 10 matters literary, polIioa'
comm ercal, philosophical, critical theatrical
fa,hionable, humorous, witty, SC. For a long time
il was not remarkable for ability, nor profitable 70
It's owners But when the founder oontided i@
Oh haOa UD
opened a new era for the Engiih press Mr.
Walter was one OF those men who strike OUT into
new patbs. He instituted the present system OF
reporting and foreign correspondence, called around
him writer's Of eminent talent and paid them
largely, and began to spend money for news on the
laree,t scale He was thought very eXtayasant
even by bis father who had great confidence
ia his judgement, but he knew what he wM
about HIS Innovations Vero as successful AZ
they were brilliant. During tho wars oil Ma
poleop, which covered Europe at the Incoming OF
the present century, be carried bis paper to is
ure,ent eminence by the constant priority aad CON-
ne,,pe,s Of lis news over that Of any competitor.
hi. arargem ents were such that be frequently
bsdirtellieence Of NEST important events long be-
fo,a tbs Government bad received dispatches. At
the same time, too, he was carrSioe on awarfare
against III. ministry, aud suffered from them many
acts of despotc msannsss, such as the ssoPPase o.
h,couders, and the detention o. b. dispatches
Dir Walter wss fostansts, as sach men always
are. in the assistants be gathered about him AT
tie head Of his editorial corps vas ar. BARsEs,
writer Of ready AID uEtfing ability srsas Oroe VI
n,,sion. and q vigorous and diving style ito
w.spaid L 900 year, and became owner Of one
tenth Of the paper.
Al the same time. Mr. Water made bis pa
s.r r. marLsbIe for sturdy Independence Tho
eoprse be pursued on the tia ID oaeen Caroline
whose cause The Tunes supported, gained the pa