The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-27
What Citizen Roosevelt has TO say About


AmoderG newspaper Is a comp ica,cd machine /;
oct SO much Ia th- features Whicn catch tn eve o,
the general reader bat In its ninor points and
worFin details. une of late japanese VlsitUr-
II philosopher and man of cu4tiNaIoH-sAid tIat
the HerCh vas wonderful thing; That on it, ou.-
ado paAes tho 4 ,r. Llsin. ones Was 10 be- toun
everything that man waned. Inis stranger wa
stfuck with the astonishing extent and value the
aGveitisements And be Was nEtt, FOR thaI Is rea.-
IL IN value ls Inc news doraitmeh', tuat woraerfu
organization OF force which tells ~ whica SIDE i
wibnng In tie great batuCs OF Europe or AbSssiaia
while It records murders ~ New YORK. and 1eatsin
With tquaI rccuracy ne eaIorLsiS, able as the 4
orAn a-e, constitute bu. q snAI part OF 4 taper's
Nil1e, nLho he l'ortrenent. ana news items are
tlmpig mira .ulous. so niacl does eaca OF the ere Il
DANES oi large city contain, That one reads
item hali ~ quarter through each constitutes a
book in iisef ind together tLei record in inn risl
able words tie history Ct the World.
Gun newspaper development has grown up under
zoe led OF tile editOr and iOuDder OF the NeU YORK
berQ!d, vbo Was tie first to perceive the prepon.
derating value OF news over nne sEtin-, and hi.
aaIs have been car fied OUT to tLeir extreme Hm4t
There has, However. came ume In the Affairs u
ntn when the world 10 pressed with occupation
o'erWoi ked driven by stesrl aud telegraph until Il
hos ~ time ~ read news tina! itwants 20 hear Ihe
immense etshtpage, tNeiye-p1se. AMI oecasiO nally
twenty four Page qasrtos, arc too large " be u.
gstel IN the houis l. At sOrkugmea-and al
Americans arc orkingmcn-ean spare non then
ordinary pursuits A WEut wGs elt IN the neCes-
~ o. having iAo desired Information in more
ehdcnscd sa9pe II ueca.nt inpurl 4 10 boil down
Tie hrNs ana eK,raJt IL eStencs. 1ne hrst man 10
perceive 'nis requirement was Ch,res A. Dana, am
Mho tht 10 IKs bIc< upon me I y OF ten Year.
ago, even then bright and able paper, vog.d co
eve Nai II Cold nave dcNe ,oped mo the
~ .teiestius, VisCrogs SIS Of Oiay, paper mat
tis tnt argcst circulation OF any Ia Ia The unicl
hat's, ana Which J. read BY eVcsI one WHO eads Al
al. tnOse 10 look or The telsoi. OF this success
IN the editorials VIII he mistakes these are sia-u
and ICr,OHal. bul careless, often baulV y1rlci.
rarely eegAH, and CccIsIouAl.y ungTaai iIuoai.
bsns n uian OF strong nn, pJ- live Ia his LIKES
AMI dislAes radicd m his ieougs, his Friendships
snl us barrels, caNitt ! ~ miui but uuorsi
CO. uWns OF tditO la, and meet tat popular re
sp.nse which cI gcnc OpInlun4 re sure 10 receive
rom Er-e portion OF 10 oOmmuLity They
bcinei 60 secure circulation iOr TIE pLpe. ou he
star; hut id To-" sUS relic ca N IN alone for H.
tup9orr " noli u.rv .silcd before thia.
inc i'tc +l.''--l'n Of IuE SUS Is tAaE Il meets
sperih .n' 4.-'i.c' N4Lt Oi society II gives TIE
news, aud ali g. tcNF, 10 ..c SINAI est DO. lie
SAGE II - 1'ihnt'N" idtA curi,i alo actual
tfl'icc, AMI receives lht, rssHrl Ea.,l Is inyl
uabiy cOner.c. on t.s AI + II-,o.rrgrs oi t-.e.
theories. Attempts t. CO.'S !, npy f... bat IS ey.
lsiehce marks new era Ia j. lIli-li. Compare b,
raAt Impressive IIo.i Is, uo-t In tAlre..o.
classical - references; tHg Sun iu4br, or H.,
wees on pa ing events ~ Lest d. mas, WIN ~
style OF enOrl. the CORNER his full ,0rmatlol
Of Iut@ ts., Nlirh 1t spreads over c..uun
after cCi-na, and sets forth In wlie ht'I In
~ Irse CaJi'is, ana hdi az lIch apart; the it.t-r
has the SANE iniJrn ton IN hall tie words an /
Qlor''r the -pacc ihe tJrhLr N Ous arcpotcr o
can LIS ~ IN tou AMI exhaust lis TlCioiic Owe,
every ,cusailpuul even. whlch occur in he g 70
t4t 20 .um,taucc-, ani nothing more. In fine, ,hey
Lo.h lHutsh thelr reader. the same !icis pat %
hFaer eHi-e double p... f'r 81 erlaity Of
WOES 90 re. uCo OF t'...4 "'.ch tie Latter
oms al -stlel. Nv tlou u..-' Ion WHO bears
''r .l' r.' s.I aud III 90, rs Re have
l.'I. B.. '..u' Nul re- uat IN. r, .rs reached q
N'u HtpE ono ..lI!- uud 1. -.-.-..'f thousand.
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