Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-11
The Telegraph and the Newspaper
|T Press. -. -

The Cincinnati papers did not publish tn,
Presidents message on Saturday mornings tn
reason being, in the opinion Of the proprietors
.that they were praoticsd upon unfairly BY tn,
Associated Press. the Telegraph Company gan
orally, or Its representatives in Cincinnati, OF
by somebody elss,' in respect to the transmits
sion of the message. In referring to the sub.
ject. the Pres of that city says:
"The price Of teIegraphic matter to newspa.
pers In Cincinnati mas recently, notwithstand-
| ing the pressure of the times, and the great
| consequent increase In the value of money,
been considerably advanced. We are paying
what 10 equivalent to more than double what
we were paying three months agoi and this,
without corresponding increase In quantity,
or--ss the public Is well aware-anythisg that
resembles an improvement In quality, And
when, in addition 10 this, tariff which was
thought exorbisant, was put apon the message,
under the idea that, being indispensable. we
could not choose but pay, Whatever should be
demanded, We, one and all, concluded not to
trade. .n@
"The circumstance is one--and we say IL with
extreme regret, for We entertain no feelings
but those Of kindness toward the proprietors
and local managers Of the telegraph line, in
this city--which shows how difficult Il 10 for
men to avoid ayailing themselves of the means
which the exclusive ownership Of something
necessary TO the public, affords for making
money. Wealthy BY accumulated gains, and
powerful by the possession of that which 10
equivalent TO monopoly, this company has the
ability to advance It's prices In the face of D
most unprecedented reduction In the value Of
everything else; nor, were their exaotions ten
times as exorbitant, ,hsve the publievor the
press any recourse but to pay, or TO decline
70 avail themselves Of the facilities which II
Offers" ~ - e,fe.1 grt
We submitted to the exaction, although We
felt that It was an outrage, and furnished the
readers of the 6tatesman with the message re.
Oeived by telegraph. What Is said BY the Gin
cinnsti Prsss about the conduct Of the monop'
oily is true, and for one vs feel that the time
has come when the ptoprIstofs Of the Western
press should have some concerted action to re-
lieve themselves from the exorbitant charges
which sre imposed upon them by the telegraph
company, or the agents Of the Associated Press,
or somebody else" for we confess to our igno.
rance Of where the whole abuse and blame are
properly ohargeable. r-3, .s.l,s y
There IL one thing, however, Of which We feel
quite certain, and that 10 that the Associated
Press Agents are nuisance. and even worse
than that. Two.thirds Of the gossip and, stuff
which they send over the wires. is Of such . ma
tura that no iudioious editor would think Of
extracting itfrom his exchanges and publishing
IL In his columns, and yet as 1t comes by tele.
graph, it aads is way BY . sort Of compulsion
into ell the papers that take the dispatches, and
an exorbitans price is paid for II Into the bar.
gain! a saH4 u sss.aors
We submit to our cotsmporafies whether an
effort should not bs made TO correct the abuse
and imposition which AL admit exists. A uni
ted movement would work most salatary re-
form. nf aspa a,.s,2