The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-20
Another Herald Quintupls.


We present the public to-day with q
HERALD Of one hundred and twenty columns.
Of these eighty-three are advertisements,
leaving thirty-seven columns for news and edi-
torial matter. The stormy weather of yester-
day did not prevent the advertising public from
crowding our business offices throughout the
entire day and until nine at night, showing
that advertising is becoming more and more
necessity not to be interfered with by the ele-
ments Time was and not so long ago, when
a heavy shower would keep the advertiser
within doors. He would rather be day later
with his proclamation to the million than face
the raindrops, the hailstones or the snow
fakes. But we have changed all that, and the
citizen who wishes to reach the public on
Sunday with his business announcement
would no more think of deferring his visit to
the HERALD Office until the day following
than our correspondent at the lava beds
would think of going to sleep after
days battle without first writing his de-
spatch and seeing the courier on his way to
the nearest telegraph WIRE The advertisers
anxiety to reach the public at the earliest
day through the HERALD is logical
sequence to the anxiety with which the
HERALD is imbued to give the public the
earliest news. Our success in this respect is
the advertisers opportunity; and, as these
eighty-three columns will tell, he improves
it with the keen perception of future
benefit which characterizes our enterprising
and cumulative business community. The
advertising columns Of the independent
journal are superseding all other means of
commercial INSTRUMENTATION for the pur-
pose of making known wants or wares. From
the HERALDs advertising columns to-day to
the ''mart'' where, of old, merchant met trader
to find out by word of mouth what one wanted
to buy and the other had to sell is long step.
The Worlds Fair-The American Com.
sioners.
The Austrian Vice Consul at this port writes
to the HERALD in reference to the statement
in our special despatch from Vienna which
describes the backwardness of the Exposition
building at that city. His information on the
matter is by mail, and not therefore, SO late
as ours. He directly contradcts the state
ment, certainly not made by as that the grand
opening ceremonial viii be postponed. His
information regarding the prices Of accommo-
dation at the Austrian capital will be found
Interesting.
Our special despatch to-day touches on
point which, we think, if true is more dis
graceful to America than anything we have
heard for long time. 1t is to the effect that
many of the United States Commissioners
have obtained their places by purchase. The
reason given, too, is one which makes the
offence rank among the most contemplate in
the eyes of Americans-namely, that snobbery
which would induce man to obtain position
by fraud in which his incompetence would be
ridiculously manifest to accomplished foreign
ers, and all for the sake of the "oficial char
acter." This official character, it may be
mentioned, includes free admission to the
Exposition building a good place at
all the ceremonials for self and fam
lily, covers at international breakfasts,
dinners and suppers ones name in the
papers and numberless other little privileges.
There are, doubtless, many of the rich vulgar
who would aspire to such place, and at such
price as from two thousand to six thousand
dollars many would think it cheap. The
man who buys his commissionership is not
ct for decent society, but those who sell the
place are unworthy Of liberation in self
respecting community. We wish to see this
matter investigated, as in its present aspect,
il places America IN very disagresahls Light