The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-14
JOURNALISTIC srECULATIoNs.

1t was generally thought that the report
that Senator Hearst proposed to purchase
for his son a New York newspaper was mere
talk. bnt it would appear from the following
paragraph copied from recent number OF
The Chicago Tribune that there is something
in it. That paper SAYS:
Senator Hearst is determined TO buy New
York paper for his son VIII Of The San Francisco
Frn1n i1ter The Senator offered $4,000 for
the Herald, and was told that Mi Bennett would
not sell for S2o.0O0,000. Then" he says, 81
considered the san, but / discovered that Mr..
D,na wouldn't sell at any p'icr. He gets too
much fun out of the sun TO sell H. SO didn't
make any offer. But WIN is coming 10 New
Yore. He will never renqush the idea now
that he has made his mind up He is determined
10 own New York newspaper II We can't
buy one we VIII have 10 start one'
a short time prior t. the publication OF the
above the following par graph was published
in the aMe neW- paper, ths Chicago Tribune
Senator Hearst is reported TO be dickering for
!he New York star ior his son. now proprietor
OF the san Francisco EramtRcr. he story goes
;ba: the Senator will risk Sl,50O,0OO in the
star.
The public may consider it freak of sim
pliclty fer Senator Hearst to purchase
New Yolk lew >paper Tor his son, but after
all who knows but it is the best thing he
can do? 1t costs less L publish newspaper
in New York than it does in San Francisco,
for Iarer is cheaper there than here, and la
Dor IS also less. The best editorial ability
can be- much more readily obtained in that
g:eat city Il AL anywhere else in the Union.
1t is in fact much easier TO succeed in jour
naism in New York City than it is in Cali
fornia, for in and about tEat city there is
large population, ard 10 matter much what
principles paper may advocate there are
people " 10 viii take If. In California We
have q small population all told. In New
Yok vicious new papers seem to lie ne
cesSty. and the worst appear to be the most
successful. As a case in pont We may cite
tie u orjd. which is now enc of the most
profitable journals i'll tie country. few
years ago when in New York the World
was offered to us, in company with another
newspaper man, for even esS than It's real
estate and machinery were worth. We re-
allied that money could be made out of the
enterprise and were only deferred from en-
gazing in il from age alone. There is no 10
cation, as we have suggested, in the Union
where the publ catien of Il newspaper which
is furnished with Il reasonable amount
Of money, and is conducted with even
IOltldflt dtIlIlNr 10 ultlt llEt4N ~ SUI
coed In Tie paragraph which we have cop
led from tie Chicago Tribune MI Hearst
says he would have liked to purchase the
sun. but lie "diScovertd that Mr., Dana
would not sell at any rice" Nj. Dana is
wealthy, and we believe he has sens who
are competent to manage the paper hence
he will not sell at any price. Why should
he sell tie New York sun? Mr.. Dana has
why should he give up a PAPER which he
has made so valuable? The Sun gives MI
Dana position; eSides, if he hiss desire to
give his sons also position, how can lie place
his money 50 it will 60 them so much good
as where it is now planted? Mr.. Dana may
also believe he can be- Of benefit to the pub
lie hereafter, and that his sons, in whose
hands lie will leave the paper. may also
benefit the public. Il is not at all strange
that tie Sl'a rannot be purchased. So with
the New York Herald. What would MI
Ieunett have been without the New York
Herald We regard tie New York Herald,
the New York Sun ard he New York Tyi-
Juae as very valuable pieces Of property
and if they are well managed they will con-
tinue to be valuable pr, pertics for long
time in tie future. Opposition will not
destroy them. Vicious journals may arise
in New York as they have elsewhere.
There will be men who viii invest large
sums of money III newspapers in order 10
advance swndling schemes; hut such jour
mails are really ephsmeral, and will uti-
ma;ely 60 down unless their policy be
changed. Newspapers are not ruined by
their opponents. They are ruined, if at ALL
by the men vino manage them. Here is
where the shoals in journalism are encoun-
iert d, and p pers are wrecked by the ndis-
cre.iuns of the management. We can realize
that young man may be ambitious to OWE
a great newspaper; enc whose opinions will
be looked up to and quoted all over the coun-
try. There are not, however, very many
newspapers of such eminent standing in the
United States, for the reason that most
journalists consent TO be the instruments of
corporations and private individuals. They
labor to advance personal Interests rather
than those of the communities in which they
are located