New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-28

| W MS grave LA po'eftJ' thVugh some iutuIe gcu
Grafton would not fail to profit by his labors
The Press is to Business what the Electric Tel
/ egraph is to Intelhgcnce-it condenses years
| into minutes.
Editors are generally helping this or that fell
iow-citizen make his fortune every day Very
often they are compelled to throw gold into the
lap Of this or that inventor manufacturer, pro-
perty holder, &C., in the naked fulhlment OF
their duty to their readers. Thus we have all
been helping Mr. Mccormick make his fortune
with his Reaper this year but we did not do 1t
at his request nor for his sake, and he need not
thank us. But if he had asked any of US to make
his Reaper known to every body, he ought to
land we will trust would) have insisted on paying
for the service, no matter how much we benefit.
ed our readers at the same time.
Here is one great cause of general obfuscaton
on this subject "You did so and So which
helped Jones in his business why not do as
',as much for me :" Why, Sir, if farmer chose
70 give his right-hand neighbor half his farm,
would that give his left-hand neghbor claim
to the other half III did him good turn with
out asking any odds of him, that is my business;
if you want me to help you make money, pay me
for the service YOU require The fact that
chose TO help A. B. for nothing gives c. ID. no
lien on my purse, and no right to command my
labor for nothing.
There is many journalist now langulshng
in poverty while dozens to whose success in
business he gave the first impulse roll by him in
their carriages, and have forgotten his very ex-
istence
There is no country save ours IN the world
where journalists are expected to do so much
work for the special benefit of others without
recompense. Generally, out OF this country,
Editors are inaccessible if not anonymous; they
NAV let you know what they think, but not who
thinks it. You cannot walk into an Editors
room in London or Paris and ask him to devote
his time and his columns TO your own advance
ment or profit Here this is done every day,
even by utter strangers. Half an Editors time
sometimes his whole day, throwing over his
proper work into the nights given up to re-
ceiving the calls, listening to the stories and
obeying the requests of one good natured friend
after another, who drops in to try his chances OF
getting ten times as valuable an advertisement
out of him for nothing as he would be likely 10
get out of the publisher by regularly paying If
he fails, he loses nothng-ior he has plenty OF
brass left-if he succeeds, he has used his time
to decided advantage. And thus is cvlity
abused-thus is good feeling imposed upon.
Many an Editor receives several letters IN
day requesting him to do this and that, to hunt
up information and forward statistics or docu-
ments-for the benefit of utter strangers, or mere
acquaintance who have no shadow OF claim to
tax him. Let us give a ready example We
have received scores of letters through the last
three wears. askisg US to send Constitutions for
or advice as to the forming Of Working Assoc a
tons, Protective Union Stores, &c.-most OF
which we have somehow answered, though OF
course hastily and impeSfectly. At length they
came so thick that we were obliged to request
friend who had more fitness and leisure for this
work to compile little Manual embodying Con
stitutions for all such Associations generally
those of existing societies) with simple expla-
nations and practical directions. This we had
printed at a cost Of 500, ord notified CORY ono
who wanted information of the kind to send TO
the publishers dewitt & Davenport for this
Manual, which contained all they would need,
ana more IMAM we COulu iitlu tiutc W "ihO'
Yet still letters come to us, asking us to write
what is already better printed, and to send for
nothing documents which we must pay for. Is
that the fair thing
If any persons who need such Constitutions
are really too poor to pay shilling, they have
only to send for the Manual to-Dewltt Daven-
port it shall.be supplied at our expense but we
cannot fnd time to answer letters of inquiry on
the subjects fully treated therein, nor to hunt
UP kindred documents that may be needed.
Those who require service of this kind should
address some one who has leisure for 1t, IN
closing pay Tor his time, and for what they wish
him to procure 1t is high time thai this Spong-
ing Of a strangers hours or shilllngs were seri-
ously curtailed as also that all who seek to use
the columns of newspaper, however legttl-
mately, for their own private advantage OF
emolument, should uniformly pay for the ser
vice they require If an Editor without prompt
ing sees fit to aid them for nothing, or can't
well help il, that is another affair
MORE LIoNs.-We see a report IN print,
hat fhs All