The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-22
Associated Press.

That it shows up the weakness of the
organization of the New York Asso-
ciated Press. The Commercial says;
The New York Associated Press
has not been without its usefulness
but 1t has damaged the New OK
Press In killing special news enter
prizes, making all news common prop
erty, and the papers OF the city mo
notonous. The Western Associated.
Press in organizing to take care Q!
themselves, and especially to preVTfehI
the payment of tribute to the new
York Associated Press, estabIlshed
the principle of free trade IN special
dispatebes. This keeps up competl-
tion gives variety to the papers, and
is GOOD for the Telegraph Company.
The ,Sg,irit assumes that there is a
mysterious alliance between the New
York Associated Press and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. In
this we presume it is mistaken. 1t Is
the palpable interest of the Telegraph
Company to have competition in spe-
cial dispatches between the New York
papers, and # we do not greatly mis-
appreheDd them, the managers of the
Western Union telegraph would well
come the breaking up of the New
York Associated Press, as in such an
event the press business over the tele-
graph lices would, without question,
be largely increased.
We Do not see how the New York
Associated Press has killed off "spe-
cial news enterprises" The papers
of that city seem to keep up with tho
times in publishing special dispatches
The Herald is not exeelled by the
Cincinnati Conunaerctalin this depart
ment. Indeed, it is only feebly imi
tated. But, however the New Yorl
| Associated Press may have crippled
the enterprise of the leading paper
of that city. the second class papers o
the West, have realizing sense O
the fact that it furnished them a bet
ter variety of news. and at far le'
cost than they now receive throug
the Western Associated Press
The reason of this is NANTES
The Western Association is cor
trolled by a few leading paper
like the Gazette, Commercial and En-
Qairer, of Cincinnati, the Tribune an
Times, of Chicago. and the Repubhcd
and Democrat, of st. Louis. The:
papers, secured important privilege
D in the way of special dispatches fro
the Western Union Telegraph Con
5 pany, by contracting for thetransmi
sion of the regular dispatches sent
the Western Associated Press. II
D practical operation of the special di
, patch system is, that the smaller p
d pers Of the West-whose aggrega
e contributions make up the larger pa
e of the expense of the Association
S collecting and disseminating news
n receive the most important news o
: day after 1t appears an the special d
/, patches of The leading or naetropoht
q datlies. We do not know that the
a special dispatches are obtained al
r, forwarded through the agents of 4
# Western Associated Press, but t
e thing looks suspicious, to say the lea
n of it.
The Commercial "presumes tn
if there is no mysterious alliance /
e tween the New York Associat
> Press and the Western Union TIE
0 graph Company. Could it presul
) as much with reference to the leadi
st papers of the West and the Weste
i Union Company? The Telegra
# Company bases its liberality in tral
hitting special dispatches upon WI
a it receives for sending the regular
ports, and none of the leading dali
dare to receive specials over any oti
N than the Western Union lines.
S, We have heard good deal abe
N, the desirability of breaking up
as Associated Press arrangement, a
e the advantage the large papers wol
til derive from it; but we feel pretty C
ng tain that the leading dailies of
at West have too nice sugar-plum, I
der the present arrangement with
ou Western Union Telegraph Compa
& to willingly let it dissolve. So Il
n as the second class papers of
lei country help them pay for tt
OF special dispatches and monopoly
~ ~ news, they will find no fault with
Western Associated Press. At lie
we would mot were we in their nj;