Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27
NEW YORK LETTER.
The Rlse and Fall OF Newspapers il
N6N1 eTk Ci,y-A List of Recent
Is Births and Deaths.
49, Papers and Their Obj scts-Dsssesss
Which XIII Them Od-Graduai Growth
Of the Husiness.

Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The rise and fall
of daily newspapers in the metropolis
during the past five or six years form g
piece Of interesting journalistic history
thst may be useful to yet unborn "mold.
ers OF public opinion" With q few exS
ceptions, the failing has been the fate of
such enterprises. There are wrecks all
along the coast of daily journalism here
Some OF them are mementoes Of blasted
ambitions and of sunken fortunes. The
records contain the names of numerous
dailies that were "born TO blush unseen
and waste their sweetness" on en- un-
sp2recistlve public.
msy summarize this history as fol
lows, under the heads of births and
assshs; BIRTHS.
The Morning Journsl, Morning Ledger,
Dial, Evening Sun, Evening Standard,
Evening World. Daily Telegraph, Leader,
Dawn, Argus, Penny Press, Press.
DEATHS.
Truth, Dial, Evening Standard, Dawn,
DRily Telegraph, Penny Press, Morning
tTedger, Leader, Evening Star, Argus.
The Press is the latest birth in journal
ism, having made it's debut on December
l. It has crept into Immediate favor.
The Press is l cent, the size of'the Sun,
bright, newsy, competently edited, out
spoked in its editorial columns Republican
Of the steunche5t sort and vigorous in
its advocacy Of protection TO American
| industries. The editors are Mr.. Frank
Hatton, ex-Postmaster-G General, who put
the Chicago Evening Mail on its feet, and
Mr.. Robert P. Porter, both Of whom have
; 4 national reputation. They have
surrounded themselves with an eff
Gent staff of editors and writers
and from present indications 1t may
safely be assumed that the Press has not
only "Caught on" immensely, but that il
has great future before it. It is pub
| lished by the New York Press Company
| (limited), which is backed by abundant
capital. This paper hiss q mission which
is to represent the Republics party in 81!
consistent ways and TO uphold the doc
trine OF .protectioD) and for these reasons
it is looked upon By journalists and pub
lie men generally as newspaper tina!
/ gikEifse.
sG5her daily papers thst have come and
gone here during the last five or six yesrs
without hardly anybody knowing that
they lived and died, had no Well-deflned
object in view except the mistaken idea
! that there was "longfelt want
tofbe filed, and that they must msnsge
igomehow 10 fill it.
The Press, however, was started on 8
| diff 3rent basis, and for this reason, if fOr
no other, it Will dou otless carve out G
| place for itself rs legitimate newspaper,
worthy Of public support. Il Will IN
| doubtedly drsw from the TTibune's cirCu-
| lstion somewhat, not so much IS rivsl
in the publication OF news, perhaps, bu'
as political competitor. 1t will also
il ARE the Sun and the Morning journal
S. purveyor Of the news OF the day.
When the Journal was started in 1882
and can speak from personal expert
euce as member OF its original editoria
staff, it's chief object was &c
cater to the message. 1t WAS newsy
sparkling and sensible, and within three
months sitter the f tst issue it YVES grow.
ing like mushroom. Before the fire.
year Of its existence, that was SO full o.
promise, was cut the Journal began tt
grow f1ippant and 'too funny" and bJ
burles quing what was sometimes legiti
mate news SUBJECTS, lost the respect O
| UlEDN "a lIS Dlu ~ oloO h1ICI
Truth, the only one cent morning daily IL
New York at the time the Journal starred
which was tainted with the Morey letter
scandal. To-day the Journal has large
! circulation, although not so large as i
claims, but it's Numerous readers are
among the thousands Of giddy SHOP girls
and shop boys in and around New YorE
who are stuck on love stories and the
| aoandslG tniC
that the Journal Is making so mucf
5money that Editor Albert Pulitzer ha:
followed the example Of James Gordon
Bennett by taking up his residence il
Paris, or somewhere else in Europe.
The Evening Standard was the mex
venture in journalism. 1t was started
by a man whose head was full OF scheme:
and whose capital WAS limited TO the few
hundred dollars which he was able tt
sponge out Of Wall street brokers. HI
duped everybody connected with 1t, knew
nothing about running newspaper, ant
his venture of course WAS fly-by might
undertaking.
/ Tse Daily Telegraph, which
was newsy and well printed
started almost solely for the advocacy Of
protection ideas. Some New England
manufacturers were back of it, They
found that running 8 newspaper was 9
luxury and backed out of it. The Tele-
graph lived some four months, and il
that time sunk many thousands OF dol
liars. It's failure was largely due to poo
editorial management.
The Dial, which was 2-cent evening
paper, had unique name which attracted
the public attention, and was, withal, {
most deserving newspaper. Members O.
down town exchanges put up for it. The
Di.I had excellent material.
would have lived had it no
been for TRIANGULAR quarre