The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-16

| deal OF judgment q great deal OF literary Gull
tivation to be able to I'LL that position.
Then finally you come to the editor-in-chief
and he is always man who gets Into his
place by u natural process OF selection. He
comes there because no can do the work ana
have known some young zen who had no idea
that they would ever have control OF news
paper. who have risen to that place. and who
have filled II with wisdom and success and
force Yet at the bottom Of 1t all. 1t is always q
question OF character as well ne OF talent. A
fellow that Ia practising arts OF deception may
last little while. but he cannot last long. The
man who stays Ia the man who has the stay
ing power: and the staying power is not mere
~ intellectual, II il moral. 1t Is In the charac-
ter. and people believe in him. because they
are sure he does not mean to say anything
that Is not so.
Now. every one who has written or talked
about newspapers. has made great account OF
the matter OF news. and in these remarks that
1t has heen my opportunity to make. have
not said anything yet on that subject. News
Is undoubtedly n great thing In q newspaper.
newspaper without news is no newspaper.
lLaughter.l The main junction OF news
paper la to give the news. and tell you what
has happened in the world. what events have
occurred OF all sorts. political. scientific and
nonsensicaL BY the way. one person that I
have not mentioned is the scientific man. That
is also place that has to be filed By special
cultivation. scientific man. ono who
knows electricity and chemistry: one who
can really understand the inventions Of
Edison. and who can tell what Is going on in
the scientific world where so many men OF
genius are necessarily at work bringing out
and developing new things. There must be a
man OF that sort on a newspaper. That is a
department OF news OF supreme consequence
But the business OF collecting news, which
has always been regarded rs OF primo impor-
tance, Is rather declining into a second place.
1t Is necessity. and 1t is very costly. to collect
and to bring here to Schenectady. for instance.
for printing tomorrow morning. the news Of
the whole world. from England, from Ger
many. from Russia. from France. from Africa.
from South America. from the Pacific. SO that
1t may be presented to the reader who takes
up the paper tomorrow. and he may have a
panorama OF all tho events OF the preceding
day. What wonder. what a marvel 1t is that
here for one or two cents you buy a history Of
the entire globe OF the day before! 1t is some
thing that Is miraculous. really. when you
consider it. All brought here to Schenectady
and printed! All brought here by electricity.
by means Of the telegraph! So that the man
who has knowledge enough to read. can tell
what was done In France yesterday. or
in Turkey. or in Persia That is
thing. But tho very necessity Of
bringing all this matter together. and the i'm
mense expense attendant upon it. have led to
The formation Of associations among news
papers and to tho organization OF agencies. 1
won't undertake to say now how much tho
expense is. because l do not remember 1t with
absolute certainty. but it is an enormous sum.
say perhaps three to five thousand dollars u
lay: but when it is divided among the four or
i've or six thousand newspapers in the United
states. first divided among all the great cities
md then among the cities Of the second class. |
which pay less, and so on until finally it is dis
ributed all around. why. it costs each indi-
1idual newspaper very little: and tho sys- |
en- which is most perfectly organized is |
he establishment in Chicago and New York. |
Known as the United Press 1t supplies the |
,ews Of the whole world. so that the individual
'ditor sitting at his desk has only to look after
he news of his own locality. When he has got |
hat he gets from the United Press the news
II all the rest OF tho world. and. putting them
ogether. his report OF the days history OF
he globe is complete. That is an institution
which has revolutionized and is revolutioniz-
ne the operations Of tho profession. so that
instead Of the struggle to hunt after the news.
o appreciate the importance of events that peo-
lie generally do not see. and to report them
o that you may have in your journal some
hing that the others have not got. that strug-
lie is mainly obviated by this organization Of
no United Press. The news OF the entire world
3 brought to you. and the editor. the news
aper is put back into the position which the
hinker occupied before this supreme atten-
on to news was regarded as Indispensable.
he editors and writer's OF the newspapers are
ow emancipated from all that drudgery,
nd have become intellectual beings again.
he work OF news getting is performed
y this great and Hide-rsaching agency
the United Press. and the individual
iitor here in Schenectady, or in Chicago or
ew Orleans has no anxiety on that subject
nv longer. He deyotes him self to the intel
ctual part of his business. and is able to carry
nat on to a greater degree Of perfection than
Q has ever been able to do it with before
hat. think. is a revolution that Is going to
AXE a great change in the profession OF news
lper making raising 1t to a higher dignity
ian it has ever occupied. l look forward to
e effects OF this revolution with the greatest
1pe and confidence. and | think you young
,ntlemen who have not yet embarked in the
'ofession may be congratulated on being
de to come into it under such auspicious
Gentlemen. am greatly indebted to you for
'ur kind attention. and l bid you FAREWELL
pplause.l
DereIicts In the North Atlantic
Oct. 15.-Reports Of tho exist
ice OF derelicts along the North Atlantic coast