Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
RAPID TYPESETTING.
An INVENTION THAT WILL REVOLT
TOME NEWSPAPER WORK.

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Experias<nx-
II happens that hare very decided ideas
sions tie fnrurpof mechanical types<fsing
Originally q sIi,seiisyer and seoffer, have
become cpare<t. The machine is with US
TO star. Il hEs eoEne Just rs came the COT
foa gin Any device that viii resface the
csst Of the uroaustios Of a manufactured
article p par eeaE eaapoz be ignored Inc
newspaper + 4 manufactured article Type
setting b. machinery does reduce the cost
III lis prtsssss. ION az fxast 3 per sent There
fore the machine Is the life pEsseryer o. the
p1oztegl newspaper.
With the perfection Of the printing ma
chine came iise in=eatioa OF the typewriter,
and whiia- tAeir relation is nos obvious AZ
Erst there Is no doubt that their irterte-
pefsleisee can he siaawn and that the sue
cess Of tine typewriter has FASTENED the pei
fTrtioa Of tie iyisescttinS machine
We can all remember how crude were
the first typesriting machines, how mac
csara.e their alignment and how slow their
production OF copy. Today no well sp-
pointed newssssEer or lawyers Office Is COM
plete s.ishcs.s them. Many successful cor
respondents and special writers do their
eggn work - hs,.ly by dictation directly TO
tie typeusstsr 81 crest isthe speed Of the
expert operator today that he or she can
readily keep pace Hith the average rate OF
speaking lis. tyreSriter has become a
great s0iirc.. Of comfort to the copy reader
and esiitag, Lad Ea4,lish Is more readily
detected, pgo.s=r l.slfses are more accurately
put in type srssn TIE pEiated page. and the
general result Is niosa satisfactory TO bath
the writer ani the reader Of the paper.
5 The the9rg Rpoa which the copy reading
d.ss< exists Is, cFery newspaper otilcs Is tina,
1t Is FOR the peffssss. Of nakin4, matter in
tsrlstoSi for Publication more readable and
nor concise, hill, above all, OF pCssins il
OF libelpus ami inde.ieate matter end bad
English.
IL IL 4 matter of siaceFe modification 10
the experienced writer upon the newspaper
press 10 feel ti,--G tbs average copy reader
is 1. copy butH.rer While not entirely ro
blame for this, BECAUSE he Is instructed by
his Superior - read for space" the haste
under which the wo.k generally has 10 be
performed doc net Eliiitate III favor of mics
distinction 81 tAe ne Of words, in the
ierf,ilg 81 pur.,ses or in the selection of
sgbhesuts Very mush-ah, TOO often-the
individuality ii thu writer is destroyed and
ih2 plan a,4ya winch he or she constructed
the account II disaster. q murder or a
togn meetia. il utterly eg7idicated-
can reuueuaer 10 have heard in The
Tribune Office during the days of Horace
Greeley hum iistlas rebukes administered
Ia reporter, - l8H is staff who yentured To
Gle, efiy tgJ.i = pi:isgsc or to lie unduly "a
miiiar with al objective. In those days Of
tire hlne pene.i the copy readers brok :
hearts anG rla.hei manuscript, never stop
ping 10 eons.ier t,sit they were destroying
instead Of erra. 54G capable newspaper re
porteTsi a,il, respondents.
Looking back over an experience of neal
~ "A quarter az u century in New York.
eanl.ot reeal! !, single clever literary mau
who endured Gang harsh schooling for thny
or four ypass whose love uf his work sur
yiyld The Lille pencil, with n mere car
penter bch.ni II, Is the destroyer Of style,
the dis.ipa'o or OF ambition.
The typcrtt3as machine already looms
up rs Il valt.hic cGs'ijutJr 81 the working
newspaper tl;t1-viiCtAer lac be reporter,
editor er sp-.inl writer. The corapactHess
Of the typ. citing Ii'srhiHc OF today, the
possibility II Ia:4iag IL with II small dyna-
mo and jet u gas; the fact that one man
can do the orr Of four and can produce
tyre in columns ready for use with nearly
the same rspi iity that the expert typewrft-
or can place words IN Il row upon blank pa
per. suggest that the writer talk directly TO
the comPpsitt,r.
Before rlAny years | confidently expect
to see the ty1"settiny machine, with the ex-
pert composite behind il, take place at
the right h al Of every writing EDITORS
desk in every newspaper oilce in this coun-
try.
The manrai frud :ery Of composition is
alreuly relieved hy the introduction Of the
stenogr4phc1 aad typewriter, but at crit
zeal hours Of .he night when every minute
is worth saw ~, there il 10 reason why de
hay should / Suffered by writer who de
sires to turn tnto copy ideas that are ready
to flow trnni SIS pea upon the white paper.
Why longer submit to the tyranny Of the
copy reader Why shall not each star
reporter hire his typcsetting machine ju,t
as he already Employs his typewriter
4 Lefe are many arguments IN iaNos cl
this idea.
The write will he able to exactly fill the
space allotted II him for his article. ii
there be an, 5lerset." he will know it be
fore the art lie goes into the hands Of the
night editoi 4 gain he will he able to rt,
tain all his y,'culilrities of style, aud the
proofrrader $ Ill only revise for typograph-
ical errors. II addition the writer will be
able to psod .. e three times rs much copy
every uiglE g ha can possibly put in han'i
by the old 6 EN- Of writing out his ideas
As an ev lsHcc that this system is thor
oughly plac, cal | have undertaken to
COMPOSE tl:i snrticle directly to tine machine
The erudi;i IS sf expression that may be mp
parent are dua to the fact that what have
said went into solid type. There is ia
NOUS maxim, "iittsva scripta manet. :"
Here the sps'Hen word is cast into harl
metal almo5t As soon as uttered, aud from
its silver f,te ;an lie no appeal, no alters
ton, no rct37s tionl
As Au ext @ meat it ia inteTt sting, and
am sure thgt his IS what we shall all come
to eventually
In time We u0ay be better writer's, NOR
capable of accurate and regular dictation
The savin. If time in our brief and active
human existence IS worth 10 much To rs n !
that we ca rat afford 0 i4nole its possioil
titles. -Juil!s Chambers in New York Re
eordcr