Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-25
NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS.


"What does it cost TO run afirst-class
New York newspaper %
1T costs great deal more than it did
ten or twenty years ago. There is great
improvement in the intellectual quality
of The newspapers of New York city.
They are better furnished with talent
in every department, and spend IA great
deal more money for contributions than
they used to spend fifteen years ago.
The cost OF white paper tormerly
made up fully one-halt Of the whole
expense of the news paper, now it
makes up about one-quarter; the paper
cost from twelve to fifteen cents per
pound, now it costs from six TO seven
cents per pound. Owing to this great
reduc ion in the cost of paper, the we'll
established newspapers in New York
city are all of them making money, and
even the Tribune, which has been
weighed down by an immense invest
ment in real estate, seems at last to
have got through with the effect of this
misfortune, and commenced to do more
than pay its expenses.
"a tirst-rate newspaper IN New
York will require about ten editorial
writer's. whose daily duty it is to fur
nish leading articles and editorial para
graphs. Many OF these writers have
their special duties, but there must
always he five or six men who are
able to turn their hands to subjects Of
any description AS they happen to come
up. A competent writer of leaders Will
be paid from 500 to $50 per week, and
no man fit to supervise them and per-
| form the functions of editor-in.chief can
be had for less than Sl50 to 500 per
week. The reporters are of two classes:
| first, those Of the regular staif, who are
paid by the week at rates varying from
$50 TO $50. These perform not only the
routine duties of reporting, but are
always prepared TO be sent oft upon
spe cial service. in which case their rail
road fares, carriage hire, hotel bills and
other expenses are paid by the office.
"Then there are a number of repor-
tiers attached to each paper who are
paid according to the work they per-
form, without having any prescribed
| functions and who must hold theIn-
selves in readiness to do whatever
may be necessary. Sonr of these gem
tlemen are men of aient and learning,
and in time will make their way into
the front rank rs writers and editors.
know men who, without having regu-
lar salaries, average from $50 to so
I per week Of these two classes OF
reporters, taken together a tirst-cass
paper must employ about fifty. Next
there are the correspondents, both ut
home and abroad, and these are like
| Il, wi lad INF ,.ln nSl
who are employed upon regular sala-
rieS and those who are paid as their con
| tribu'ions are printed.
In Washington. for instance, each
newspaper has need both Of regular cor
respondents or reporters and Of Occa-
sional contributors, and the different
papers differ as to the respective num-
bers of these two classes. In Albany
each New York paper must have its
regular staff devoted TO its service,
while in the other capitals Of such States
as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Massachusetts, the papers are s"rv
ed by occasional correspondents, since
the news Of these more distant places
| is, for the most part, not important
enough in New York to be constantly
reported there. In Ellupr, also, every
leading paper has its regular stan Of cor
respondents in the chief cities. There
must esprcia!lv he A correspondent in
Lon on and one in Paris, who report
rcu>tartly either by post Dr by cable
" In the Sunday edition Utmost Of the
prominent papers of New York city
ihrr" is ALWAYS IA cable dispatch sun
ming VII the news Of the week. and re-
lnr-inu interesting poli.ical, social. ar.
ti.ric or literary events on which the
r,ur,crs Of the Associate Press. " hose
tricrrams are forwarded every dav. do
nor ordinarily dwell. Thus thr exprus,s
for the sort Of paprrs we are considering
vary for the mos, part, mainly accord.
ing as they print large or small cdi.
liunS, the chief difference being in their
rnust>,uptiOu Of li1c paper. OF tiIis
the Herald uses more than any other
journal. On Sunday esp,cially il. nd
vrrti,in sheets are many. and ul, thai
day II will sometimes uiut I3O columns
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