, 1866-12-07

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After the settlement of the slavery aurs-
1inn, the next great problem for the Amer
Jean people to grapl'lc will be that of mono-
..elics. Slavery Itself, the greatest Of all
1nonopo1ics. required a war OF four years, un-
1'arallelcd in its 1crceness and cost, for It's
final adjustment 1t has been brought down
at last, and sooner or later, all the lesser
1Honnp'1ies which are drawing the life blood
cf the people, will come tumbling in ruins
after il.
IN The approaching conflict the press will
necessarily exert q great influence, aud, as
we believe, wise and benc1ccnt one. The
patrons cc newspapers arc .he great people,
For every collar that q corporation, or class
iu.,1cst, can pay to public journal, the
people can Fay ten, and the people will not
l2 slow TO discriminate between those jour.
nails which are for them aud those which are
against them. It is proper that the press
should a'cgln the fight by clearing their own
decks, and riddirs themselves both Of the
burden und the suspicion Of monopoly. Tie
political power Of the Glion b,Ins west OF
the Alleehanics to-day, and growing more
formidable in this section every decade, 1t is
filling that the preliminary skirnish should
take place here.
The Western Associated Press have, With
one or two unimporant exceptions, dcc1a.ed
their Independence Of the arrogant mono
;uly known as the New York Associated
Press. The public are already familiar with
the main points Of the controversy. These
points arc succinctly and poiutedly stated In
the le1tsr Of Mr. 1falstead, of the Cincinnati
t",.nsr':uI, III arotilcr column, which we
commend 10 general rerslsa!-
The battle in which the Western press are
engaged must be fought out in the face OF
the pubic, and 1t would be talse to assume
that the public are not interested in 1t.
Whatever concerns public journalism, con-
Germs the people in n very intimate degree,
and any movement to emancipate the press
from the evils Of monopoly, is . movement,
;,;ri l~,ssu, to cmancipatc them.
Tie feeling against nonopoiics is SO strong
in the West that even those who support the
Srw Eo;k rim" strive to bring charge of
u.'llnrrlr against :hc Western Press. Mr..
l. T.. SeriIpE, Of the Detroit littr'iser and
7risinr. is out with statement charging
that The leading papers Of Cincinnati, CHI
cage and 81. Louis arc trying to get up 4
ring to the dctriment and disadvantage
Of Tue journals iu the cities If tho second
size. Upon reading the production Of Mr..
Stripls Hnc is led TO cxclai.n
"Asa1ns, stupidity The Code themselves fight
EnTtEtOIluns,
Mr.. Scripps is q we'll meaning man. He is
hrim full of thosr good intentions which 4
certain place is said 10 be paved with, and
while his statements are totally untrue, it is
easy TO perceive that he is not Intentionally
lying, but is temporarily obfi,scated.,~ If Mr.
Srrirrs had reflected moment be would
have seer that it Is not the interest of the
Chicago TRlnrSE 10 build up all other Chi.
c;:@o papers to tie deirincnt OF Detroit. 1t
might be our interest to build up ali the pa
pets in Detroit to the detriment OF all the
PAPERS in Chicago except our OWL. Our
field Of circulation touches that of tue
Detroit 1apcrs only at one point,
uh;.c VT lave the competition of Chicago
papers here and everywhere. TT will not be
doubted, even hy Mir. scripps, TINT the re-
sources of The Chicago TElEuSE are greater
than those "f any other Chicago paper. Il
there i, anyillIu; TO be gained By cheating
certainly there is much more 10 be gained b,
chatting our nci=hbors than by picking II
pennies over III Kalamazoo, or MARSHALL, il
the State OF Michigan. II We wished to pla,
q a=anue uf grab, VIC shonld ,,se our innucnc,
to have the general Press dispatches lnadt
oSs.; rour and measrc as possible.
so that more room might be left 70
specials, for which NC eau assurcdly spcn
more money than any oihcr journal in Lii
city. But We bclicve that tl.rrc is nothin
10 bc made III The long run bt gouyiny GU
contemporaries either iii Chicago or Detroit
y,,Jirv+ tn m minds