, 1866-12-07
THE NEW YORK PRESS GANG
Relations Of the New York Asso,
clated Press and the Western
Associated Press.
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM uA1.
STEAD, ESQ.
nceflnc to be Held In Ch1envo nm -,
12th.

Mecffnc to be Held In oh1earo nm -.
12th.
10 The Wcttctn AeEociated p,e.s.
,.st,au, LILY INQUIRIES are made regarding the
t''!suia1s ol the proceedings OF thc FTacn-
'e committee OF the Western Associated
a., e' III olsto'rng the connection hetween
wv , 1tess o. the West and the New y,r1 A..
western As.oeisted dfs ffess aE ~ss ithe7s
nati OF Monday evening and Tuesday morn.
fng, November 10 and 20, to take into consid.
Grafton the apparent opportunity in New
York to Improve our arrangements for OBJ
tanning news BY telegraph.
1t was determined that the Executive Com
mtttee should visit New York unembasrasscd
by arbitrary Instructions, aud take adyan-
taee Of the situation to effect the reform Of
certain grievances, long and patiently en-
durcd by the publishers Of Western news
papers.
The principal complaint WAS that all news
and market reports throughout the country
were made up to suit the New York demand,
and that, while We paid large proportion
Of the cost Of collecting news for the Asso-
ciatcd Press Of New York, our convenience
was not consulted, or our wishes In any de-
gree respected In its distribution. This. Of
course, We ali recognized as the natural re-
suit Of the irresponsible monopoly for many
years established in New York.
Upon Ar. D. q. Crnig, the agent of the
New York Association from the commence
mcnt Of It's potency, public opinion visited
the largcr share Of the odium attaching to
the management Of that Association, and it
is proper to say that when going to New
York my impressions we're uniArorable 10
him, and my expectation was that the exist
cnce Of his news agency would be useful only
so far Us 1t might enable rs to make better
terms with the New York Associated Press.
| Mr.. c. D. Brigham, managing editor Of the
Pittsburgh Commercial and member of the
| Executive Committee. found, upon returning
home from the meeting Of the Board of Dl5ec-
teSs in tAis city, that it would be extremely
iuconTenicnt for him to 70 to New York, and
wrote to Mr.. Horace White, managing editor
Of the Chicago TRIBUNE, who had been
added to the committee By authority Of q
resolution adopted BY the Board, to serve
the Western Press Association in his place.
Mr.. White md myself arrived in New York
on the :Ath November, and found persons
connected with the newspapers, both within
and without the old "news ring" taking a
lively interest In the business that We had in
hand; aud our Acknowledgements nrc due
for the great personal kindness with which
We were treated by gentlemen TO whose
policy we presently became antagonists.
We had an interview with the representa-.
tive men of the New York Associated Press
On the afternoon Of our arrival. There were
present Mr.. Sinclair, publisher of the Tribune,
Mr.. Jones, business manager of the Tmes,
ME. Prime, editor OF the Journal OF Commerce,
Mr.. Beach, manager of the Sun, and Mr.. Mar.
bic ofthe World. Mr.. Brooks OF the Express,
was absent laboring with the New York State
press. Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, jr., who
is the reputed wcarer Of bis fathers big
shoes in the Herald Office, wns, We were in.
formed, engaged In putting his yacht Rebccca
III trim for @ race across the Atlantic, uu oc,
cupatjon that in his mind tar trausccuds the
duties TINT devolycd upon him in running
the Herald.
The first proposition We made was that the
Western Associated Press would take charge
Of the collection Of nows In tho Wrst, bcaring
all expenses In their own territory, and
send to the New York papers news report
from the point within our lines nearest and
most convenient to them; and that We
should receive from them in exchange fol
Western news the Eastern and seahoard news
making special arrangements for European
Washington and Pacific Coast dcsnatchcs
| We agreeing 10 nav an euuitabIe nroportfor
of tho cost of the same. We were informed
at once that this proposition "eou,d not b.
considered" Why note Simply because IT.
consideration would imply that the Wcstcrr
Associated Press was to be treated with Il,
the New York Association rs an Cd ual ; ani
that, in the view OF the New York gentle
men, would be IN intoerablc humiliation tc
them.
We did moi break Off negotiations will
the New York Association at this point. bu
had another meeting with that body In th,
Tribune Office, Mr.. AIanton Marble, Of th
Torld, absent, aud Mr.. Erastus Brooks, O
the Express, present. It was stoutly urge.
upon us that the essential thing to be accou,
plishcd was the unity of the press of th
country, and that the New York Associatio,
being engaged in tho business Of collcctiu
and selling news. aud proposiu:. TO remain Il
il permanently, could sell us Just the articl
| we wanted.
In return, VIC asscntcd to the succestio
that il would be we'll for the press To b
! united, provided all parties interested cou1
) be represented in The organization. "
were not In favor of nnitv at tho expense +
tbc continnc1 ccn,r,lizotion of ,nthor;tr /;
; the nronrjr,ors of seven New York ncvsn,
ncrs What wc asked ,roe a rcnu,,1;cor c,r,
r. <1ororn,non, ~ ,n,na,.a ~ aa.,,as ~
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