Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-16
OAILY DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. Deaaessss vvSshAFessal Tee.
the SeW HOFk Associated

Mr.. Deanesass vvsea6rawal Grose
the Jew I0rk AoooeooeeA
Rre~0s
From she Cmeinaa,i Commercial.
We see that nr. Jsmes 0epdcn Bennstt.
proprietor If the New York Hsroid, has
notified the New York Asso. lated Press
tina, he proposes 10 withdraw from the or
ganizstion. This means that he has 80
perfected his arrangements to procure news
tina, he proposes TO depend upcn them en-
trely, and 10 have no kilograms that are
not special.
The clause in the contract Of the New
York A. sociated Press ths, has long been
obnoxious 10 Mr.. Bennett, il the one pros
vi mug that sii kilograms sent TO members
Of the Association. fsein points other than
W a.hinGssh and Aibsoy .snsli be Duplicated,
and acepy sent to each member Of the As.
eociaaien, who Can take il and use Is upon
condition Of paying Z part Of the telegraph
tolls. This clips the wings Of that un yer,
81 seSesprise in which NJ. Benastt 10 fsnd
of indslEi0g. end which HE very large
revenues snsb bim - support. The in>
tention Of the suis vas to cut down expens
es. Bennett'a policy has oeen 10 use mon-
ey lsvtsh,y end make the newspaper buss>
cess too expe,.sive 70 be INDUCED in except
By those 40 OIL established ~ to have an
i0Hense income
The rule wgsked sgsinst him inthis way:
II he dispatched correspondent to any re-
mote point, and that cossesp ndent procured
some mDEortsnt information aud put On the
v'res, his ooopetit0rs were able to share
the tsuits of hts enterprise BY paying mere
j their share Of the telegraph Tolls, leaving
the expenses Of lbe c.nsespon dent " b.
borne exclusively BY the HeroM. Il would
Of course happen that the HsraIds really
valuable specials would be STARED BY the
other papers, while for dispatches Of little
general interest, the herald must bear the
whole expense.
The weaker members OF the New York
Association Ut consists Of the Herald, 7ti.
bsne, Tsa.ss, World, Journal Ct Commerce,
Sun and Erprsss, have sirenuously refused
TO repeal or nooiiy this rule, ana they hav,
been bound together 10y . clause OF then
Contract, which compe!s any memner with>
drawing. to pay its tuil snare OF the sssess>
ments iur six months after withdrawing
When the Atlantic Cable was laid the
Herald undertook to break down its weak
competitors By having great deal Of matter
put through the cable. The weak papers
we're ,rou'.led By the immense expense, 10,
they could not allow the Herald to hay,
.ong exclusive dispatches by the cable, evei
Il they were VI little account. AND to shsr.
the Herdlds expr ndiiurcs was no tigat taxi.
Blu. The Herald iis,lt was Mt so husn j..si
then o. usual, - thc new Herald bu,iatpg
cost oves . million dollars, aud ar. Bennett,
gave up the attempt 10 break the iule OF
sending around s,,ecisls in that way.
Recently tn. Hsraid's .pec ais from Ea
rope have contained neas ~ all the real new
received from that quarter. The New Yorh
associated Press arrangements Tor colec,
ing and transmitting news from Europe hav.
oecn sha,neiulIy detective Th,s vas obvl
Jus to the Association itself, and its agcn
Is NOS in Europe endcavorin9 TO effect a
satisfactory reform.
The Usrald's step In Withdrawing from
the Association, OF which il has been the
main support, is one Of great interest TO
journalists. and OF no uncomfortable import
,nce to the public, Its tendency will be 10
Increase the expenses Of newspapers and
promote their indep%ndeuce and individual
sty.
1lll000o Ceopa.
The statistics from tho Agricultural Bn
reau FIR last year show IN average for tue
leading grains last yesr 7.l7l .45S acres.-
The came authority puta duwn the increase
this year . m average Of twenty Eve per
cent on these crops. This would give near
y nine millions Of acres Of land under the
pillow, and gives good evidence that there
gill be no nece-sitylfor panic prices for grain
III this State f"r the coming year. Espec
tllly when We take into consideration =
largely increased yield over last year, the