The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-07

grapn, or the book review, or the in- terview. l have thought seriously upon this subject and think well of the idea, though I know it is the habit of newspaper men to ridicule it. The value of the idea would depend upon it's execution. A brainy man of high talent, elevated principles and actual experience could make a splendid pro- lessor of journalism. But the difficulty is that such man would never accept the chair, as such men are extremely rare and generally have papers of their own, which hold out much larger in- ducements to demonstrate their capac- ity than any college could. A second class man could do some good, but not so much"
 "What branch of the newspaper profession brings the highest honors and emoluments?"
 "This is rather hard question, as you put it. There is no particular branch of any paper of mine which commands higher honor than another. It is the man rather than the depart ment. It is simply the capacity, character and time of service which influences me in fixing either the highest honors or highest emolument among my people. Time of service Influences me almost as much as ca- pacity, because time of service involves the test and reward of loyalty, indus try and integrity. If man stays With ne ten years he will certainly be much better off than the first, or should not want him to be with me that length of time at all, and he would have very little sense if he ex pected to be as we'll of the first year as the tenth"
 "Does the newspaper business pay as well as the other professions, or is it as good as commercial life?"
 "l think, considering the number of newspapers, that the great prizes are very few. Still, should consider a newspaper preferable and safer than an ordinary commercial house. When l speak of prizes l mean that when newspaper is very successful it seems almost as rare as a Patti among the opera singers. There is only one Patti in the world, and very few ot the newspapers that pay extraordinarily well. The majority of newspapers pay fairly well, but many have hard struggle, and quite a number go out of existence every year. For every newspaper that succeeds ten new pa pers are started and fail, after melan- choly existence and the loss of a great deal of money. The law of compensa- tion, however, seems to make it al- most impossible to destroy newspa- per, after it is once fully established upon paying Dasis."
 "Do you expect the newspaper of the future to differ much from the newspaper of to-day?"
 "Yes, 1 expect the newspapers to improve steadily. I think the whole profession is only in its infancy, like other great inventions, such as the tel egraph and electricity. I especially expect the newspapers to improve Tn their tone, their character, their inde- pendence-at least, the more promi- nent ones. :"
 Newspapers arc more expensive now than lew years ago, are they not?"
 Newspapers are very much more expensive than they ever were before, and the tendency is irresistibly that way. There is hardly paper in the country l should judge from my own experience, the expenses of which are not increasing year by year, and this ill spite of a revolution in the cost of white paper, which is much less now than ever thought it possible to be few years ago."
 'ln most newspaper offices there is a conflict between the editorial and business office. Which do you con- slider the most important"
 "There is no such conflict in my office, never was and never will be. That is one reason why have always maintained the absolute control of my papers. It was not on account of the pecuniary element involved, but sim ply because of the supreme necessity that there should be one head and that have absolute control over every de- partment.-Denve, Republican.