, 1860-11-27

Experiments I'm Journalism.

! The New York Norld, heretofore sold al
half . cent to carriers and dealers, has put nI
! its price to cent and half to dealers, aud
/: two cents to single subscribers. 1t is now OIL
: thc same footing IS the other New York jour
lsa1s Of its class, and must depend uPon it,
ability and enterprise, not low price, for snc
! cess.
Ne hare watched the experiment instituted
by the proprietors OF the I'orld, with no little
:: interest. The particular point Of wondcrlnei'1
has been this: How long will they be Willing
! to sell their paper, which has, up to this time
cost fully two cents per copy, at the ruinont
! price ut which they set out:" That question
: is now answered. They have been about fiyt
; months in getting up their circulation, and
! have expended ut least $4,000 over and
! above their business receipts. But now tlse
inquiry comes: ''uow long will tho 1Iorld be
able to bear up against the competition .!
powerful establishments like the Tribune:
| TINES, and Herald, without its former recon-
mcndn1ion If low price to ensure it, fAvol
| with the public!" We must wait awhile fol
| tho answer to that inquiry. IN the mean time,
| We point to the experiment as forciblc illnf'
tratiou Of the cost aud difficulty of establish
iug new Journals. It set out with cash
| capital Of s2a0,000, three-fourths Of which
is already gone where, if It's future IL not
Il success, its owners will never see it
again; but to Use 4 yulgarisnl, that pa
per is mot out Of tue woods yct. The
probabilities are that tic balance of its uncx-
pended capital and perhaps 4 good credit will
be exhausted, before tide turns and the ledger
shows that receipts are larger than cxpcndi-
lures. II is safe to say that quarter Of mil
lion will 10 spent before the experiment is
concluded. This is poor encouragement for
men who are anxious to shine as the founders
Of new Journals; but it is the hest VIC c,n
oi1rr. journalism, especially OF thc metropoli-
tan sort, has become large and in every way
an important interest; and lie who would
break lis way in must be strongly backed up
by capital, else his failure may be certainly pre-
tlictcd. We say so much for the benefit Of the
gentlemen who arc talking Of a Douglas paper
in Chicago, If they have both brains aud
money let them 50 ahead.
To-Day.
lltnify Fair is ont with cartosn, by Ste
I'hens, bearing the above title, and portraying
the aspect Of the seccssionists with effective
earnestncss. Tie words underneath is lis fol-
lows:
"A certain man had two SONS: dthc young
or Of them said to Lis father, Father, give ulc
the portion Of goodsfthat fallcth me"
The artist las represented Uncle Sam as n
noble, stalwart old man seated in his arm chair,
and wearing a library gown, suggestive Of the
national emblem. With one hand he half coy-
ers his sorrow-stricken face, with the Other he
waves back Lis "rrodieal Eon." The latter is
depicted as a tall, handsome Southcrncr, with
bis sirc's vigor ind manliuess In every feature.
Hc is equipped for a journey, and stcrnly
claims lis portion Of goods" On the walls
arc hanging the Declaration of Independence
hall faded out, and a print Of the arms ol'
South Caroliua.
The picture is drawn with striking cticvt,
and is terribly suggestive Of the cxprricncefin
store for the younger Of the two Sous, after he
has taken his portion and departed. Onr day
hc will come back hungry and in rags, and ask
admission into the family.