The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-16
Ionrnaliam "a Amerlca

In the GALAXY for April, DIR. T.. ]
Jennings makes Mavericks book tho
text for a very interesting article upon
the late Henry j Raymond. In view
of the fact that Mr. j was an AmeTi-
can correspondent Of the London
Times, and ajournalist of high ran k
on the staff OF that paper, and of the
Pail Nall Gazette, the following COM
parison between the press of the two
countries will be read with interest:
The result of leaving newspapers to
manage themselves in this country Is
that they are, as a rule, more enter
prfsisg than English newspapers.
More money, f1t 4usAanaa. il here
spent in a single day for news tam !.
London daily would pay in q week,
1t Is nothing unusual TO see q whole
page of telegraph news in New York
morning journal Atlantic cable mes
sages Of column or two ia length
are IS common as a police report.
When q message of the same kind ap-
peared lately IN London paper, peo-
were struck with amazement, and the
rest of the journals prostrated them
/ selves IN dust and ashes. From tnree
/ to five columns of Congressional Ge.
bates are telegraphed to New York
every niRat during the session. Ii
may be doubted whether the general
| staff of a London newspaper, with per.
haps q single exception, is better paid
than i staff of corresponding nun Der.
in New York. A few writer's hero
and there may receive higher rate
Of remuneration, especially IN the eass
of the exception to which / refer
But put all the expenses together, an(
the New York paper will be found tc
cost the most IN its production. Re
porters IN London receive, have un
derstood, from e2 to G4 a week. MeI
could not be got to do the same kline
of work here for corresponding price
The New York dailies pay more 70
editorial articles than their LondoI
contemporaries. always excluding on
paper from the comparison. Again
the chief editors in this country ar,
generally part propriefors. and hav
their shares given them, or ct leas
acquire them on easy terms. Beside
considerations OF this kind, there ar
other circumstances which must tent
TO render journalism the greatest O.
all professions in this country. Tbl
people, young and old, rich and poor
read newspapers. The Journalist i
aware that be is addressing an audi
4 ence at least fairly familiar with tn
questions of the day, and knowing tn
history Of their own country thorough
ly. The subject upoh which he has t
write are of vide range an a vast inpor
tanee. There are thirty system
of government for him TO study an
, watch. New questions are CONSTANT
arising Ia every State, and all are dill
ferent In character, and have to be ap
proched from different standpoints
70 fit himself for the discussion O
the multiform problems which ar
daily offering themselves may perhap
be beyond the power Of any one man
! but it must be granted that the ambi
ton to do It ought to become a gran
| object Of life, The day will arriv
! when American journalism will al
tract TO Its service the finest intellect
in the country. The discipline whic
English journalists pass through ma
be of q severer kind than Is universe
here's butthat merely arises from th
fact that an editor in London wh
f wants a enod article can put his fnge
at any mo- snton a dozen men capabl
) of writing it. Hence high standar
has been formed, and lazy work
| thrown back on the workman's hand
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