New-York tribune., 1866-12-03
Tile AsSncLATEn PRESS.


Mr.. Hal5,ead, editor Of TIL, Cincinnati Commercial,
and Mr.. White editor Of The Chicago TrbHHt feel
moved TO write Us a letter in defense Of Mr.. Craig,
our ANONYMOUSLY dismissed agent. We are OF course
clad to give these distinguished journalists all honor
and their statement has been carefully considered.
We regret that we did them seeming ibjustce We
think the injustice was only seeming. The trouble
with these gentlemen is that, coming toNew-iork on
Press business they find themselves m)re concerned
with the success Of the Craig speculation and more
anxious to build up a monopoly in Cincinnati, ST.
Louis and Chicago, TO the detrment ofgrowing cities
like Detroit than 10 attend to what would seem
TO us to be the real object Of their mission
If Mr. Craig had paid these men to do his work they
could not have done it better. The Associated Press
here was asked 10 abandon its organization and to
surrender business that had cost many hundreds Of
thousands of dollars, and which now costs the daily
New.York journals thousands of dollars per week into
the hands of charlaan aud adyenturer, who was
dismissed because we could not trust him. merely to
accommodate certain gentlemen who pay the merest
fraction of the expense. Thus the news which costs
The Chicago Tribune about seventy dollars per week
costs THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE more than five hund-
rod; for the seven journals in New-York composing
the Associated Press pay much themselves as the
combined Western Press.
These gentlemen mistake entirely when they say
the "New.York Associated Press was willing to sell
us all the news we wanted, coupled With restrictions
that did not regard quantity The Associated Press
does not sell news and certainly no anxiety was oris
felt to make the sale Of news business We had
merely an organization which gave rs news, and
If our neighbors wanted our news they might pay
onethrd the cost and take much as they pleased at
that rate. We could not enter into competition with
any private business because the rules Of AssOc
alton prevented.
As we have said, this Committee has been more
anxious to Mr. Craig and destroy the Associated
Press than to attend to its own business. Here is
card, for instance, which Mr.. Horace White sees
proper to send to paper in Troy, NewYork, paper
which he does not represent:
"NEw.YoEK, Dec. I.
j. NJ FRANCS esq. Editor Troy Tmes n. Y.
The real philosophy Of this tight is whetherwe shall have
Upon this issue he leading papers Of Cincinnati Chicago
81 Louis and other Western cities rprentng hrger capt
al than e Nsr York Assoea'ed Pres ggh 10 me end
HORACE WHIb-
Editor OF The Chicago bibue'
This card plainly shows the "real philosophy" Of
Mr.. White and Mr. Halstead We can scarcely
imagine anything more impertnent than for the
editor of a Western paper to attempt to manage tho
affairs of newspaper printed in New.Fork and it
would be difficult to write a statement more disin-
genuous than this. Mr.. Craig has tie reputation of
putting about the smallest smountd truth in any
given quantity of writing of any Gentleman with
whom We are in correspondence and ve fear that Mr..
White has not been unnjured by thu new relations.
lie and his comrade have decided uIon their policy.
We can frankly assure them that thatpocy does not
in the least affect the existence OF the Associated
Press. The Western press will probably find it easier
10 leave our Association than TO r,turn. We are
anxious, however that the journals in the West,
which these gentlemen have so unyorthiy repre-
sented should know the truth. HenW we say what