New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-22
NEWSPAPER PROGRESS.
THE SUBJECT DISCUSSED IN THE PROV
.DENCE COMMERCIAL CLUE.
VIEWS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, OF VARIOUS
JOURNALS JOURNALISM NOW VAST
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.

COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
Providence r. J.. Dec. II (speciaD.-At the monthly
dinner the Commercial Club tonight, seventy three
people sat at the tables. Among the prominent per
sons present besides the special guests al the evening
were eX Governor Herbert W Iadd tniied States DIS
trict Judge George NJ. Carpenter and Congressman
elect Oscar Lapham. The dinner was held in the
splendid banqucting hall Of the NarraGanSet Hotel ana
up to the usual high standard of the cub ana the
hotel.
The topic of the meeting was. Advances III Modern
Journalism The special guests Of the cInp' VINO were
to speak on this theme, were Talcott "lii~lS VI
THE Philadelphia Press" George Cary EseleN"h' "'
The New York World; Julian Ralph OF Nc" YORK
and Alfred NJ Williams Editor of The providence
Journal" John W. Barney. president Oh Uc rro'l
dence Press Club was also a guest.
Ev-Govcrnor Ladd took occasion 10 speak WON
about the prOpo>ed new pOstOfice lie san ura' INC
Office was doing business much larger than Inc piee'
facilities were adequate for. and oiicTcn Io''''
which was adopted indor>inE the acton " ~" ''"'
Aldrch in the present movement and urging inc ",'"'
Representatives IN congress 10 - al "''
further the project.
President stone in introducing the hrst speaker
ON the subicct of the evening said that when o"y ne
used 70 carry papers which turned "n al inc 'd
of 400 n. hour. He contrasIe1 TINS VII" '''' p''''
40. 600 an hour by "A single press -
George cary Egceston thought the greatest advance
n modern
noUspapcr /. no longer the slave of it, party Inc
cornl,in, against tic modern newspaper a. power
for OWL is uufonnded The newspaper i the greatest
mower in the country. in itself alone nut DIV o'r*'
ing all the other great forces In the country i! pun
fishing the news good bad II iurthers ue s'oi
movement, and exposes the bad projects ln'' j. NV
eour,e Of the newspapers power. Tic newspaper
which pervcrs or d,torts the news l. SWIMMER u'N
ing to il, customer, that which il la sold I" th"n.
Tho greatest - all advances IN Journalism l. the
recognition Of this fact by journalists them'eve''
Talco,t Williams began by speaking Of the fact re
Gently brought ont that Roger Williams me iohhdoi
81 This state began life As Shorthand writer '"'
timing in A wider vein. he criticised the modern Nv e
Of personal and nqu~itivc journalism speaking IN
a moro .liou, and eloquent he alluded t. the
great advance of Journalism in il material aiaIs ava
asked 10 what purpose is all this when the prihlP''
result is to Law all the details Of The latest crime up"
every breakfast table only about t"cn'lc,h ol me
w,papcr> revenue i, paid ont for VIKINGS. Yer me
american newspaper, have succeeded IN maNiI :
so 900 600 people 10 think (, thrill together. Journal
ism has become a vast literary pulpit The creates
Of American novelist, WILL it * said. leave the empl
Of pul ,hiuc house The lose OF the N'tr {" pm
lsh his novel, az serial stories in new paper b''"
The paper can pay him 80 PEI cent IN r. han any
maga1Re TIE e e Sa Of .d 3eW y , @' %nmme P OF
iri, now he no,Lcr thought that The objection
10 thi, came largely from thai spirit which led Cam t.
object seriously 10 AN investigation Of rs pU'Ai 'iI
peroration which stirred the company 10 great en-
Julian Ralph said that the greatest advance Of
journalism ha> been = IciOsrad" movement u" .-
original functions. II ha- become lct"-1ii"d a.
business Iormciy W. onIy Al gil l,
originally the newspaper va al "asloiil l'N'v" u
to state certain matter, Of purc nov w".h were
Bennett who discovered tha' III" new pap'r con-
De made purely hl-nc> pI'.ci ana e Il' 81, 40