New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-28
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS AND THE ASSOCIATED

NEw-YORK. Sept. 10. 1861.

NEw-YoRK, Sept, l6. 1867.
W. W. FULTON esq-De0r Sir: Your letter, inelo'ing
the article from The PhddeIpkid Press OF Friday last
came duly 10 hand ] write you, In response, chiefly
with view Of king your aid to procure from us ahor
distinct Information trhat important news" he refers to-
as having been too frequently not transmitted" and
which he has found IA days after date In the foreign
journals received by mail" II his complaint just
in that respect am most anxious to Obvlae its cause
but am confident that it is quite. without reasonable
Lam sure that Col j. W. Forney could not have
The Press article before it appeared in print for he Is too
experienced journalist not to bc of severn; things
Of which the novice who would appear to have written
tho article Is evidently OblyiOus
You will take occasion to remind the editors OF The
Press well those of other Journals IN connection
with that the Associated Press must collect news OF
all sorts and for al Of newspapers with differing
and Ofttimes conflicting views and sentimens-mGial
political cShctcal II the directors OF ie IreSS dislike
reports Of horse there are journalists whose views
are equally entitled to weight at this Office who complain
just bitterly although little more judicOusy, Wheh
we fail to give that class OF news.
Again: if amy day "Sl lines are devoted 70 clroni
cling horse race. While the news from Austria, Italy,
Malta Siam, and China occupies only % lines Col fHr
ney would understand at once nai u Is because on t ne
day IN question: the race happens 10 DE te eNcnS o
and the Continental and Eastern news happens TO CON
tain little of American interest Doubtless, some readers
of The Press would prefer to sec the entire journal
filed with reports of sermons, while others would never
and rapes hut probably neither the Colonel nor any Of
his assistants would feel bound to supply both demands
as they nd it, and not as individual reader
would want il 10 be- That Is precisely our case We In
nSh assortment Of news for all classes and conditions
OF newspaper readers according TO the supply from rom
which must dIaw-One day the horse race piedOnl-
natng-aiothcr Tic horrible muir en-" &c. &c.
The Indignation of the mathematician of Tie Press
who figures mp lucidy the cost of transmitting The
word 'rnaugjrtcd," probably was as udicrouS 10 Col
Forney u 10 You and us But that writer's pam
doubtless will Doe greatly soOlhed II you whisper IN his
that the Cloe Is not SO badly swinded utter an
devoted To C Italy, &C. contain more words than the
entire nun which the Associated Press have con
tractcd g. aud that consequently The Press gets
the Don cs, Market SC, gratuitousy, a d can
well All TO- t"Nr them ont in whole or IN part 50 lar
US the flame quest on is concerned.
Let IN ny D. j., fg lring aud how IT will COMPARE
with III 10 re- Pos. AS estimate it, that ion'nal
flto prsf M NJ ufII 81 n. IffIt
words p, . N,u are aware (but fear thar son of
the Phi &c a editors not that they not char ged
for the (a... according 10 NE amount which the
get, but small Per centaSe upon the basis Of
dspatcl q, uo.ds per day-nO matter how much dd
ditonal M We give them. Now. IL happens that on
the very ol winch the ungenerouS attack upon me
Associate .rtd IN The Press, Its columns contained
over scvc r Ico words of Gable news; aud on the fol-
lowing day publShed 1000 words under the same
head.
Finally. 1ut through you to the members OF tho
Associnied lf, m Philadelphia. that it would In every
case be w~r present, private lettert 10 the managers
General 'ry real or fancied grievance: Ldl-
tors Oftcii honestly think they have cause Of com
plant. who. e. few words of explanation would show
them bow easy 90 L. 10 be mistaken; and they certainly
The duii.- ju- olce are sufficiently pcrplexing and
embarrassii .ltloUt augmentation by means Of these
published assaults upon one who finds no motive strong
enough hh To hold It for an hour except the
ambition well as he can, profession in which
he feels j i.. aud to exert an Influence Tor good 50
J.W. SMoNTON. General Agent
EDITORIAL Rooms " THE PRESS
PIIILADELPHIA. Sept p, 1867.
Mr.. sMoNToN, Nnqger ASsocatcd Pres Ae,r- lorE
handed to Uie, drcIn IL proper to reply.
Enclosed You VIII ind a statement OF the Editor who
wrote tine arti,Ic OF which you complaint and which APP
peared IN The ircSs days ago To- desire 10 aud
The pres outside Of New-York City has, as you know
but little influence with your Association.
Conntrv CcysprerS time aud again omit matters Of
interest which are furnished by you to the great daes'
rriyate' complaint to your agent here receives no
Your AZ ts al the South are all influenced by the late
Rebels and SCI their news always IN sympathy with
them.
Matters of bat little interest are constantly forwarded
by your agents. barn burns down hundreds OF miles
away AID tn fact duly furnished 10y the Assocaet
Press whether We nave 10 pay lOi TINS nonsense OF ho
another matter but its being sent source Of annoy
and trouble
newspaper man Of your experience should know
that journalist of Col FOrneys position troubles
Think you that MI Greeley Of THE TRIBUNE watches the
dispatches nightly sent by your Association On me
Press have guemen who paid 10 attend to such
matters. aud WHO responsible 10 the managing editor
for what appears In the newspaper. Col FOrey many
duties do not daily examination Of the highly
Interesting news received from your agents.
In all COMMUNICATING hereafter please remember that
the managing editor IS the proper person TO write 20
May ak YOU II this CONNECTION. why y Is that our
furnish daily important news OF which your agents seem
In closing let me request you have anything in adj
dition sly that you VIII remember that your letter
I've read by gentlemen, and written In the insulting
in which the under consideration Is no attention
J. W. FoRSEY, jr, Managing Editor.
September 49, 1867.
J. W. FoRNEY JR.-ST: Yours OF the is received.
and Elau 10 ma your uudDe 10 pOhL
out any wherein, during several months past, at
least London agent has failed 10 telegraph important
which yOu have aiterwad taken from the London
files received IA regular course OF mail Assuming that
his published charge that effect accidental and
not an Intentional error. We presume you Will reraCt II
publicly az il was made.
Investigation will Ind you equally unable 10 substan-
tiate your accusation that we withhold from
out-OftOwn customers Gf, IN my letter to Mr.. Fulton
used the term country newspapers" IL certainly was
without intention To be dsrespectfu or 10 provoke any
local matter OF interest" which n fur
uished to great dalies OF NewIOrk think II las
sometimes happened that matter has come to us lntH-
pectly after Good night" had been given TO Phiadel-
pha which used here and could not be sent to you
But except in of such Acknowledgements which
we do best to guard-we invariably send You erGy
thing which suppose Will have the slightest Interest
Tor any OF You $500,
Ny letter OF last week agent at Philadelphia and
yours, which Processes 10 be reply thereto VIII be SUD
mitted TO Executive Committee who can thus form
their Judgment Of the respective merits OF the cor
respOndenCc.
III it is true as you say that "prvate complaint to
our local agent Philadelphia receives "nO attention.
proper representation of the facts by the Philadelphia
Association will secure prompt and decisive attention
here.
Editor OF The Press whom have unwittugy Onended,
must, nevertheless insist on choosing my own CORE
spondcnts While shall be prompt In effort TO Obyhte
every cause of complaint which may be presented
through proper channel must decline further core
spOndence with one who while prOclmnmg himself a
.'geneman" goes out OF his way impose insult upon
we who has given Inn no prOyOcatOn Respectfully,
j. ". SMONTOS, General Agent.
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