The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-03
The World MovinR-The Herald the Great
Business Medium OF the Country.

| The World M0vine-The Herald the Great
| Business Medium OF the Country.
This is the age of progress and Improvement
The whole world is undergoing revolution in
every direction. Art and science, only just out
of their swaddlng clothes, are striding on with
the tread of giant, sweeping out OF our memo
ries the things ofyesterday. Moun'ains are no
longer barriers in the path Of progress; oceans
no longer keep continents apart; distance is
| nothing. Human skill tunnels the first, cables
the second, and annihilates the third Elec-
| tricity draws all the countries Of the earth
| together in instantaneous communication, and
enables us to whisper in the ears OF our neigh
| bors thousands OF miles away. People forget
how they used to travel only few years ago, as
they are rushed along by steam at the rate Of
| forty or fifty miles an hour; and before long
the iron horse in its turn may be driven out Of
their memory, as they find themselves tearing
over the country at four times that speed on
pneumatic railroad. We no longer recall the
satisfaction with which we were accustomed to
receive news from Europe, by way of the Hall
fax lines, in the short space OF six or seven days,
while we read every morning in the columns
| of the HERALD intelligence from all parts OF
the world only few hours old; and we may
soon forget the days of open kilograms, as we
receive long sealed communications sent flying
through alright tubes quicker than the cleo
trio hammer could spell out half the words on
| the magnet
With these changes and improvements has
| come an entire revolution in the manner of
doing business all over the world. few
years ago the importer on this side Of the
Atlantic would send his order to Europe by
steamship, which took twelve or fourteen days
to reach its destination, and Stand the risk OF the
market when he received back his goods. Now,
| he tclegraphs his agent on the other side
| two or three times day, if necessary. and con-
(, forms his purchases to the demand Of the hour
4 or the daily fluctuations of the market For
merly, a person travelling abroad was COM
PEELED to hamper himself with letters Of credit,
| and sometimes driven out of his way or put to
| other inconvenience in obtaining his funds.
| He can now transact all his cash operations by
telegraph, and receive money whenever he
| pleases or wherever he may be, provided he
| enjoys the necessary credit at home.
The most important of these business changes
is the substitution OF newspaper advertising
for the employment Of agents 10 all business
| transactions. Some time since, il person
desired TO sell or buy property of any descrip-
| ton, he was driven to the necessity OF engag-
| ING the services of middlemen. or agents. 10
whom material per centage on the price re-
| ceved or paid had to be allowed. Now. he
| adyertises his want in the columns of the
| HERALD, is brought into direct contact with
| the principal himself. without the interview
ton of any third party, and receives in day
| dozen times as many offers and proposals
| as the most energetic agent could procure him
| in q month. Taking the article Of real estate
alone If person desires to purchase q house
he no longer has any occasion 10 visit a score
| OF agents and to travel tor weeks over the city
| TO hunt up such a dwelling as he may require:
| but he looks over the columns of the HERALD.
where, classified under the appropriate head,
| and arranged in such form as to enable him
at . glance to see in what part Of the city they
are located, he finds scores OF houses advcr-
tised and probably meets with the very pro-
perry he needs. If not, then he inserts his own
advertisement in the HERALD, and in a day
or two he is enabled to make his choice
among three or four hundred offers
| from all parts OF the city. The admirable
| classification Of the TlERALDs real estate
advertisements also saves the property
owners and the property seekers great deal
Of unnecessary trouble and annoyance, as IL
affords the opportunity to all to discover at a
glance the character, location and style OF
property required or offered for sale, and pre-
vents needless applications
The real estate business Is oriv a small
item, however. in the great system OF the
HERALD Every conceivable want can be sup
piled through its columns, from marble man.
sion 10 poodle dog. In Europe there are
number Of journals having q distinctive char
acter in their advertising columns. Thus, in
some are To be found houses In others,
horses 10 others, domestcs; in others, dogs,
and so on through tho list The HERALD IL diff
ferent from all these. II IL The general adver-
Using medium OF the United States Railroads,
ships, expresses auctions, houses, lands,
horses, carriages, business, partnerships law,
physic, machinery, millinery, dry goods, do
mestics, clerks, clothing--all things, In fact
that 90 TO make up he life, business and hustle
Of great country are to be met with in lis
columns, each under its appropriate head.
Tho post Office department Of tho HERALD
advertising room is OF itself . stupcndous
affair and keeps three or four clerks constantly
employed sorting and delivering letters
When Il s remembered that single advertise
mcnt frequently brings two or three hundred
answers In q day, some idea Of the labor Of
thls branch Of tho business may be formed. A
short time since sporting gentleman made
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