The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-16
The HsraId's TelssrapAle News Arrange.
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The Herald's TelegTapAlc News Arrange.
Dents.
Ever since the NEW YoRK HERALD was cstab-
lshed, il has been fixed purpoee Of its proprietor
that the latest news, of whstever character, from
whatever quarter, and at whatever cost, must be
obtained for it's columns. To effect this purpose,
agencies and correspondence were established in
every prominent point in our own country, and in
nearly all principal cities Of the Of the world,
both civilized and unciv,lixed
In the carly years of the HERALD fast horses fast
steamers, and clipper schooners were kept in con-
readiness its purposes, and it soon be-
came as famous for the speed with which its des-
patches conveyed from the most distant points,
as for the vast fertility Of in obtaining the
intelligence those dispatches contained The other
respectable newspapers of New York, finding them
selves in the background, were soon compelled to
initiate our example nearly they could; and it
must be acknowledged that in the course OF feg
years subsequently TO the establishment of the
HERALD, a most remarkable revolution effected
in the character OF the newspaper press of New
York They have improved wonderfully, in all
their departments-commercial, political, news, and
literary. But the New YORK HERALD still oc-
cuples station far in advance of them ALL and this
position III owes lDHe W shSucitys cuerSy,
the far reaching enterprise, and the sintless OK
penditures Of its sole proprietor-James Gordon
Bennett.
In its news department-of which we mean chiefly
to speak-the HERALD, it is admitted, stands unri-
vailed The money absorbed by this one branch of
its expenses, even in its earliest years, was enor-
mous-unparalleled in the annals ofne wspaper enter
prise But the burden was shouldered cheerfully
for in the cant phrase of the day, we had mission
to perform, and not even the predictions of pecu-
mary bankruptcy could appal us But we didn't
fail, as all the world knows On the contrary, we
rushed onward, still onward stopping only to make
new improvements went, until the HERALD
stood confessedly the model paper of the Western
continent-quoted and relied on by all the respec-
table journals Of Europe and America. This char
acter it had attained long before the invention of
Professor Morse put into practical use, and thus
opened new era in newspaper enterprise.
When the electric telegraph went into operation,
and was made available for newspaper purposes,
the fast horses of trotted off the field,
and fast steamers and clipper schooners were only
useful for local purposes The electric wires usurp-
cd the functions of all three, and used al
most exclusively for the transmission Of domestic
news fiom city to city The New YORK HERALD
was the first journal in the country that availed it
self of this method of transmitting intelligence
and, ever since the first despatch flashed along
the wires, it has paid more than any paper in this
country, and with the exception Of its asso-
ciates of the New York Associated Press, probably
from three to Eve times than any other jour
nal i'll the world, for its Geographic intelligence
To prove this fact, we have had q series of tables
carefully prepared by the agent of the Associated
Press, showing the HERALD's proportion Of the ge-
neral Geographic expenses Of his office, for series
Of twenty.s six weeks. These tables we here sub
joins
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