The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-24

might be neceBeaTy TO win, or buy over
her i~ayoIite, IL shO has one. 1.-THE editor
succeeded It would bs by touching the
ppring Of aCtion In her heart with tho req
force and delicacy.
Cooperating literary labor, therefore,
is no longer q mere question oil money
The money which Is protered must have
mind behind it. One Of the stories CUT
rent smoug New York journalists relates
to Robert Bonner's negotiations with
Henry WaId Beecher for q continued
story, piecs OF work infinitely
~repugnapt to his disposition and
habits. II ever there was Q ma9
who hated desk-woIk 1t was Henry Ward
Beecher; and he was to be Induced to ~
down to bis desk every day, and remain
al Il wesrisome hours, and to keep at 1t
for six monthsl Bat being q piotuss men
with his expenditures, he was always In
want Of money. The aim, therefore, Of
thu editor OF the Ledger was to hx upon
the minimum cum OF money which would
produce upon the mind OF this indolent
genius the mt ximum Of induCement
lie spent some weeke, 1t Ia said, IN letlsct,
ing on this point, trying over IN hlS MIND
various RumF, and endeaYolinR to CON
Ceive OF their effect upon onT tmpecunious
preacher. He selected Anhlly twenty
i've thousand dollars as precisely the best
sum, which was then equivalent to o hun
dIed thousand in moral effect AZ the pres
ent time. But do you suppose, reader,
that this twenty-five thousand dolla's
bTouRhttho stoIy2 1t did indeed ronse
the preacher to brief spOsmH Of industry.
But 1t did not got the s;oEy. ThSt YVES
{ extracted from him by thu sklil!Gl aud
yipilant iolloSiug up oil the oieT by an
Impatient ard distTustGd editorj to say
nothing oil sundTy additional thousands
to bring the tals 10 an acceptable finish
During the present century We have
lad several indiVldusla who well under
stood this delicate art OF comPensatiDg
literary lebor, and some Of hem have a.
tanned by it memorable results. The
modern system Of p'yIHg dates
from tho Cstahllshrlens OF the Eiin:
burg Revi.U, In 1902 Now, the success Of
thlG celebrated periodical was partly due
10 lie sCcident that four young men Of ex-
ItTsordinpry talent were then living in
Edinburg waiting Tor employment or
uTomoIi6n in their profeaslobs. These
MGtb JSHLVyI A"'Hf $50
Sydney Smith. But the permanent IN;
Inl5rC0 apa-power OF the new periodical
wele due to the system they adopted after
the tLiId number, Of paying their contrib
utols. The young men began Rs trst with
lofty and romantic ideas OF d!slnteEsSGat'
ness.
They we're 10 DO animated solely by
nuhl,c apitit. md rewarded only by wit.
missing the public advantage. But, aa
Loid UoCsburn remarks, this bluuder
YVES ecou corrected by magnificent reCur.
rnrcs to the rule OF common ssnae," and
II was Sydney Smith who supplied them
with tbis nuGommon commodity.
1T is notorious" WOte no to Constable,
the publisher OF the Edinburgh, that all
the reviews arc the oraRns either oil party
or Of booksellers. l haven o manner OF
doubt, that an able, intrepid, and indie
pendent review would be as uBeiul to the
nublic as It would b. prof able to those
who were engaged in 1t. II you will give
| goo per Gnnum to your Oiitor, and ten
%puinCSs IL sheet to your contributors, you
will soon have the beat review In Europe"
Constable sSw tho poln. at once, aud
adopted the suggestions oil the witty dl.
| vine, Soon the minimum Of C1mpensa-
ton was raised 10 sixteen guineOs, while
speCisl contributors Were paid the precise
minimum requisite to get what was want
ed Of them. 4 good iDauy Of tho best
writer's wers extremely hand to start, and
some we're repealed by thH very idea OF
being paid. To meet this latter difficulty
the rule was elrly adopted Of admitting
no article to tho review unless the author
would accept payment Tor It.
The London Times, alHo, under the
second John Waller, adopted the princi:
pie OF not accepting regular or prolonged
literary aid without compensation. Tho
Timtp, too, was accustomed 10 paY more
than tho market price, and more than the
writer would naturally expect to receive
The editor continually acted on the prin'
ciple which has become 80 familiar TO
clientB who stimula!elG lawyers by excessive
retaining ieep, aud keep them up to the
mark by occasional "TeiresheIB"
Tho came editor onCe received q COM
municatiOn on q topic oil the moment,
which was ut OnCn 90 powerful and so
timely that he charged all the ls 10 we's
and inserted it ~ The leading editorial. II
made a great sensation, and the editor in-
YitO1 tic writer to continue the subject,
which ho did on twelve successive morn
ings. The object oil these aIticleH wac to
defeat o certain candidate for the Mayor
atty OF London, and they evidently &C.
COmplished the purpose, When the
election was over the aAitor sent the
writer u Cheque for two hundred pounds,
which was at the rate OF one hundred
dollars for each OF the articles, q rate OF
compensation then unprecedented. When
Mr.. Delane was in this country q few
years ago no told the late Mr.. George
Ripley, who told II 10 mr., thst the edt.
lorlalH In the London Tine cost the paper
on an average Of fifty dollars apiece.
In truth, the whole history Of this great
newspaper is al illustration OF tho effect
Of oompeusating special labor at special
rates. lake every other business that
prcap5rs the Times does not psy moro for
articles than 1t has to pay to secure q cor.
~tinUous supply Of the kind oil material
wanted. 1t 10 not mere lIberality which
induced the proprietor to fix the retiring
pension Of Mr.. Delane al ten thousand
dollars q year. II was merely q skiliul
adaptation OF means to ends. Hointends
10 have al the head of the 1TmCS the one
man in Europe who can keep the paperup
TO Its traditions, and finally hurpats them,
No amount Of salary, no possible pension
could get that man, unleRa other and more
honorable conditions wete complied With,
but at tho came time the man could be
neither got OF kept without the just com.
penBRtion.
/ can remember we'll tho time whom It
was still a question which Of tho newspa.
pers Of New York would become the.lead.
Ing journal Of the Western continent.
The Herald was ahead In point OF age,
revenue and circulation, but the Tribune,
by the aid Of Horace Gleeley's telling edi.
torials and Raymond's %tireless industry
and tact In tho news department, was fol.
lowing close at lie heels, and gaining every
month. Why did tho Tribune finally lag
bshind aud allow its moral inferior TO
keep tho irst place? II was q mere ques.
ton Of fivo dollars q week, Henry Ray.
mond, who was probably the pTomptest
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