Daily Republican., 1883-10-04
TIE New York Newspaper War.

fishers and the Dewsdealers Is raging
fiercely in New York and resulted In
the Herald entirely throwing Off the
dealers and becoming the merchant
for its own paper. This it IL doing by
establishing agencies, some i've hundred
in number, more If required, wherever
needed in New York and Brooklyn.
These agencies are news stands neatly
constructed and located in some public
part of the city wherever any merchant
will permit one to be erected, and to be
labeled "The Herald news stand
Five hundred news agents are wanted
immediately to attend to those stands.
Poor widows, with young children,
middle aged women in straitened cir.
men who are cripples, and
unable to do hard work, and orphan
girls out of employment are to be pre-
ferred in the agency Of these stands 30
far as they can be got. The Herald will
then supply the stand not only with it.
self, but with all the other morning
dailies as soon as issued and deliver
them by express wagons at the stands.
The agents will have nothing whatever
to do with anything except to take pos
session of the stands, receive the papers
furnished, sell them and turn over the
proceeds to the Herald collector, less
twenty per cent. which is to be retained
by the agents as their pay. Besides
this the Herald Is establishing newspa.
per routes all over the cities named and
will serve the Herald. at the doors of
for two cents copy. 1t is
it says that the people in
stead of the news dealers shall have the
benefit of the reduction in the subscrip-
ton price of the paper. There seems to
be no doubt that the Herald will succeed
in its enterprise, for it has n.ver been
known to fail in anything it has under.
taken. BY this plan it will have com.
plete control of its own paper and all
the other morning dailies as well. None
of the latter can object to the plan
though they might feel disposed to the
principle, of the Herald becoming the
medium Of their circulation. They
have their wholesale prices for their pa
pers to agents and these the Herald pays
and takes all that can be sold. This
checkmates the newsdealers
who we're determined to sell the Herald
and other New York morning dsilies al
three cents. The latter. however, had
very good eau 50 for complaint at the
forced reduction and the stand they took
TO keep the old prices notwithstanding
the reduction by the publishers is not
1t all surprising. Under the old system
they barely made d living, had to &c
up every morning at four o'clock, had
to order their papers and pay the cash
for them the evening before, had to run
all risks and bear the loss OF all unsold
papers, besides having the labor Of fold.
ing all the large quintuple sheets, a big
task of itself.
There is no doubt the dealers had
case for themselves, but they cannot
help themselves. The Herald is big
ger man than the dealer and the lat er
will "have to CO." The Herald is
never wanting in plan in every emer-
gency. If no way opens up in the
usual channels it makes, hsws and cuts
its own way. AS soon as the Herald
succeeds in pu'tiss it, new plan into
Active practice IL E>sw York and Brook
Ign it intends to extend its plan to
other cities, but it is doubtful if it will
extend to cities of the size of Whining
ton, though he dealers here will no
doubt be compelled to accept the Her
aid $ terms. The New York Tribune in
this rate cutting war seems to be the
only friend Of the news dealer and il
has profited accordingly, though it too
has cut down the price of the paper on
cent, but allows dealers "A more liberal
margin, being still a cent higher than
other papers. What the outcome Of
this newspaper war is TO be is hard 10
tell. II is evident already that two
cents for such papers as the Herald,
New York Times and the World will
not pay manufacturers prices for the
paper, The advertising patronage will
be COMPELLED to pay for all expenses
and that will naturally gravitate to the
paper having the largest circulation.
In this the Herald will have decided
advantage but its advantage will he
actively contested by the Sun, Times
and other papers with pouderous Circu.
laLiors. After all, then, the reduction
amounts to a tribute on advertisers aud
the other classes will reap the benefit
in cheap papers. The revolrtion how
ever, will not effect the local publira.
tiOns in such cities as Wilmington,
where local news is the incentive for
Cca readers. It would make no diff
ference if an enrerprising man in VII.
mington had all the leadi ing daiIies OF
New York ~ Il gift, he wonld still wa,
his local paper no matter what the cost
of it might be.
Is THERE to be another newspaper
war in Wilmington The Every
Evening seems to be anxious for The