Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
THE NEWS AND THE POOL.


As already remarked, TIE GAZETTE has
treated the News SO fairly and decently IN this
matter that the News feels constrained to make
farther explanation in connection with the
above extract from THE GAZETTE, which at the
outset was not deemed necessary. The GAZETTE
errs in supposing that the contracts for adver-
Using in the News with the several roads in the
state were made through the then chairman Of
the Texas traffic association. THE GAZETTE is
not clear in reaching this conclusion, and as
sumes somewhat when it so declares. Vice
President loves letter to Receiver Bonner
among other things says:
When the Texas pool was in operation and
when the Southwestern railroad system had
been broken up by the appointment Of receivers
for different roads within that system the old
arrangements for advertising with the News
were abandoned at the suggestion OF Mr.. New
man. and Mr.. Waldo, the chief of the railroad
pool in the state, was assigned the duty Of out
lining series of contracts with the News. The
basis for these contracts, according to the pool
system, was not communicated to the News or
any member OF its organization. and no member
OF its organization was ever present at any meet
ings of the pool.
THE GAZETTE in its issue OF the sth instan.
also refers to the above, saying that to Mr..
Waldo. according to Vice President loves let
ter to Receiver Bonner, Twas assigned the duty
Of contracting with the News for Advertising
Vice President loves letter asserted. and IS
Serted correctly, that to Mr.. Waldo twas
assigned the duty of outlining series Of con-
tracts with the News Mr.. Waldo never con-
'racted for line of advertising with the News.
The Texas traffic association, having nothing to
advertise through It's chairman or otherwise,
did not contract with the News. Each road ad-
vertising with the News made its own contract
through its own accredited officers. 1t was
tive railroads whether they contract
ed with the News or not for advertising space.
just as their wants might dictate. Mr.. Waldo's
functions in the premises going no further than
to outline the contracts. For the satisfaction
of THE GAZETTE and the public the News prints
the subjoined copy of the contract made with
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway
and the News, which is in form precisely
the same as other roads contracted with
GALVESTON, Jan. 1.-The Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway hereby contracts and agrees
with A. H. Belo & Co.. publishers of the Gal
weston News and Dallas News for the insertion
OF its landing advertisement in each of their
daily editions for twelve months from January
l. 1889, for which it Is agreed to pay A. II. Belo
$500 per annum per inch of space occupied in
both publications., payments to be made
monthly. Accepted:
H @. Cross, for Receivers.
A. H. Belo & Co., per 2. G. Lowe, V. P.
i Galveston News, Aug. IL.
THE GAZETTE had 10 desire to assume
aught that was unjust to the News il
accepting its statements of the relations
between the Texas Pool and itself. THE
GAZETTE used the word contract
very naturally, it thinks, for If Mr..
Waldo was rot authorized to contrac'
and if it was entirely optional with each
road whether it contracted with the GAL
weston paper or not for advertising, then
there was no force in MIR. Newman
suggestion to entrust to Mr.. Waldo, the
chief of the Pool, the duty of "outlin-
ing' ga series of contracts with the
News If each road was free to adj
vertise or not, why should MIR. Waldo
outline the contract of eacn? Our CAL
weston contemporary will pardon us, but
THE GAZETTE g assumption (uninten-
tionally) of the term "contract" was in
favor of the News. since, if to
the head of the "Pool'' was left
the duty of "outlining" contracts
for each road, it has more the appear
ancs of an dpportionnent among the
various roads of a specified amount to be
paid the News by the pool for advertis-
ing.
Having ssdulously sought to avoid
placing any misconstruotion on the deal
ing of the News with the Pool or the
railroads, The GAZETTE does not desire
10 occupy the attitude of Hassuming''
anything to the detriment of its contem-
porsry, and used the word contract
as a very natural conclusion of the
News own statement of the case, and
stillIthinks there is more compulsion i'm
piled in the 'outlining of contracts ac-
cording to the Pool system" than in a
specific authority to contract.
Since THE GAZETTE has thus been i'm
PEELED to allude to this matter again, and
with an eye single to the effect on every
newspaper of these charges embodied in
Master Campbell IS report, the Galveston
paper should not forget that Master
Campbell's report will stand as a judg-
ment after thirty days unless exceptions
are filed in the district clerks Office of
Smith county. For its own sake and
that OF its contemporaries, the News
should not permit the official report to
stand unchalIenged on the records.
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