The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-27
The Cincinnati commercial ana as
ENefated Press.

The Cincinnati commercial ana as
ISOLATED Press.
The Cincinnati Commercial errone-
ously credits an article OF ours, On
tbe Associated Press" to the Day
tom Journal, and replies to 1t at
Ienotb. We presume we are indebted
far The reply to the Commercials er-
ror in confounding the two papers.
That paper says:
Tho .sdttor Of the Dayton Journal has ior |
wears been in a condition OF incapaclLy 70
understand the management OF the Ne"
yortr Associated Press, and of the West
eru Associated Press, and especlaliy tne
relations of those organizations 10 1n0
western Union Telegraph Company "
r,eatediy he has been told all aOo''S - - |
have labored with him often anu seF 80,
THE editor of the CineinnaIl oo'~e'.e' 49,
t1-a,,tr,osf nafns-taking and In MS most
,-a~,,,sg5z,e stvie. has gone over the matter
s.1 ~, o1itor Of the Journal. 1t has been
80 o,,d vaxation of spirit. When It Is
sI1a--,,Iafned to the editor of the Journal,
s-l6e-ins Mt the beginning with fresh
80 Of absolute ignorance that is start
Tinq and in ten words indicates that ne
mas not comprehended IS liable that has
been advanced to him.
We do not know how much pains
the editors Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial and Gazette have been at to
induce the proprietor of the Dayton
Journal to look at the Western As
sociated Press business precisely as
thew see it, but We can readily under
stand Why their efforts might not be
successful. The proprietor of the
DAYTON Journal, as we'll as the pro-
prietors of all other second-class
papers, does not occupy the pleasant
standpoint from which the owners
of the metropolitan journals view the
benefits and excellencies Of that or
ganization as it has been and is now
managed. Yet it was not our intention
to End fault had not a self-g clarifying
article in the Commercial, criticisins
the New YolS Associated Press, from
which the Western Association get
its news, provoked such criticism.
The Commercial, however, will no
weary in we'll doing, SO it oracularly
and would be sareastically, proceed
again to enlighten the Dayton JoarnC
as to how the New York Associate
Press kills off new enterprises:
we will suppose something OF impor
ance to be about to happen in Dayton. I'll
New York HeTQlpS managing editor hi
heard of it, and sends a special correspol
dent The other papers of the Associate
are not represented at Dayton. The He
etZd's special writes up the whole AHA
handsomely, and telegraphs the matter
the Herald. Now does the Herald enjC
this news exclusively? Under the rules
the Association it does not. The Herald
special from Dayton must be sent to a
the papers in New York belonging to Il
Association, and they can use 1t or not,
they please, by simply paying their shal
of the telegraph tolls.
This kills enterprise, because the Herald
1t. n ne rnaKes faffture,9 they 40 not r5S
anything for it. of course this kills sp
ciaI enterprise, for it Is direct discrim
nadon against the journal that 1ndulges!
1t. This rule the Herald has struggled f
years to break, but the other papers ha'
persisted In sustaining 1t, and, by doh
so, have curbed the HerGJd's enterpris
and prevented the enjoyment by the pr
y
his superior pecuniary resources.
lit is a sufficient answer to say, tn
the New York Associated Press hi
been willing to let the Herald ST.
out of tho Association whenever
desires to do so. More than. that. Il
Association at one time was on Il
point of expelling the Herald for
violation Of its rules, and the propri
tor of that paper made greater efforts
retain his connection with it, tht
he ever put forth to obtain speci
dispatches. IF that organization
so destructive of special news ente
prises, why, in the name Of commC
sense, does not the Herald cut loo
from it and astonish the newspap
world by showing what can be accor
plished in the way Of special new
Like the Commercial, it has frequent
threatened wonderful things in tn
direction, but as yet fails to come
the scratch. The reason why, 7
don't kaol1, but it does not requi
any Yankee shrewdness to guess
correctly.
In response to our suggestion tn
the New York Associated Press fc
merly furnished the second class r
pers of the west witha better var
ty Of news and at far less cost tn
they cow receive through the We
ern Associated Press, the Commerce
says:
Then we hope the second-class papers
the West viii quit taking their news
the West ern Associated Press, and buy
for themselves from the New York Asso
ated Press. They Will not have the slig
est trouble in getting out of the Assoc
tlon, and we will warrant that the n
York a ssoeiated Press and the WestC
IN ion Telegraph Company Will negoti
18th the seeond-class papers upon terms
as they negotiated with the whole
Inc ommercial did not think
AZ lG I Lnee;ng of the Associated Pr,
- oni'q 81, ":;en the New York Ass
oiated Press 'prC4osed to gunnlv !
seeo class papers Ts.b ~ u naL
stro ngly was its editor IA. 70. .,
an arrangement of the knit -. 80
Of his tact and ingenuity-of -;
he is we'll supplied-were emplo
to defeat the combination. HisefF,
were successful, and he has rea
the advantage, no doubt, he had
ufouy IN eoarr1rc "a IT. r.