New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-13

tOly out tLoyaIe aittI Lii bAJ VS'4H@te0-
The NEWo QUESTION.
The crowtl Of the modern newspaper, from simple,
partisan news sheet, was then sketched. Referring to
this change r. Hubbard said:
In the Eastern States, and TO considerable extent in
pewspapeh are now independeut, criucisiug pasug
with rcele gard TO party. Editorials aud coumung'-
OF - ,g.l and gathered from all quastrs II
the globe interest great cree 81 Ie",S!S
sri1gc '"t y NEVIS NEVIS i always welcome but
INST niehgeue, even thoul meageI ana
Is sought foI We most eagerly therefore we
reports are the first ami The most important to INC
can, - mess casy perceived the ytiue % . te
siapb, hht Wsa IMPORTANT news was ntIurElcs
were frequent etMeeu e aiels to OBTAIN me exclusive
iG 81 new wss I % dae sSa S. @ re-
telegIaphic reports or tlcir common use, by Wal II al
Ianseent fuller obtained, ut reduced cost
Besides iEese Assoc atad Press reports, the principal
attached to the home oee OF newspaper, TIA great
RIny OF rgDdens, foreign and home regular ana
special The b. Ell pad correspondents reside in London
and collect ths news Of tAe old world e!e2laphiuS
FIJI reports OF what is Of especial interest Perhaps
TIE most important position is Washington where all be
PRINCIPAL dail.es have Offices, ana employ one OF
moe corr sspoDdcnt-, either alone or ~ common
Ibes daily visit the Executive Manson!ehe Depart
riouts IN seDstr and House OF kewescntitNe,-
tne various Committees Of Congress Some
times they are e.rs for these COmml tees,
They interview the members o. the CABINET ana ~ CON
gross, WHAT'S mOre comm.n te latter can al neli
offices 90 I've interviewed. About o'clock they com
their reports, which between 10 and ii are hcd
in the teel raph Chce Ihrse correspondents are feLc
rally excellent writers, truthful, honorable, and o.
servant some OF best editors and journal sts nave
been trained IL ills school.
Few real either The number OF persons employed ~
the various g. partments the numncr 81 papers ls7 IL
tie daily expense or Tie amount or rau.hs MAt, eI
furnished IN each issue. daily Hcrdd or ILlHiNE
reOuTOs a Of f0M - TO 900 persons etltOn reg
nlaI aiu occ-sitnm o0uespohoeht'' Pu'iiHiSIo ~
and employees, a. al expense 81 from 91,oJV
@ $4,000 day, OF n gross yedIlf tNl't-
0itrre SOMETIMES amounting 10 over SlOOJ,Uoo'
daily edition Is from $4,000 10 bOOuo whlle me
yeadlug matter in doDs IGlBUNE, sold Tor Tour cents,
Is sufficient to fill ~ mo volume SOFA iOr ~ tny
small portion OF the expense OF PUBLISHING ud9 i ue
frayed by sales During ne war inc cot tc plpV
was 0redtgr than the price for when Inc pIN'eu paper
vSs s,d Editorial ability alone j. not sufficient 10 IN
sure success since that dScnrcs ony tac ciruatOn NE
uee M which t is sold does not determine lts prosperity
sltoy and cxperenced publisher, ful telegraph Iepots
And sufficient capital 20 organize the various Gepd urS
and 10 carry On lhe paper at large dai} "ss ul oho
two or three years. There ere Few Newspaper mat
day by day and year BY year bear the ADMINISTRATORS IN
press OF individual mind giving tone ana CO"I 70
every article. Neither editor. writer, nor pubic are
always conscious OF this inhncn bn gHn the phe
changes hands then II Is Immediately fcIt Inc lca!tI
seens brought into an al,aOst personal lpuhtcy WIN
fbe writer and the paper mighty fOf gOoL or t' le-
hans ths has never been better illustrated than in Ihk
TRIBIsg under Mr. Greeley. The Libtrdf0r un1cr Mr.
harrison. or me Rcpu6i,e0n rnder Mr. Bowies.
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM.
Successful daies and independent Journalism were the
,,,b,ects next considered. Tbs speaker said:
The circulation Of TIE Sios probably about 10000,
the largest OF any daily wspaper IN Alnrreh iere rs
no newspaper except The L0adCn Times, that mas had
such uy aired prosperity The Aew YORK neFdtd BON
Of these papers lave always 6een ownod from IN
father to SON In lSi7 the circulation was
i07l1, which gIadually rose until IL reached
about 100000 1t IL new about $1,000 THE Tribune,
In 1si7. had circulation OF ll,4o3 ana mas no"