The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Report of the Committee on the
State of the Association.

Report of the Committee on the
State of the Association.
Chicago, Sept. 27.-At. the regular
quarterly meeting of the board of direc-
tors Of the Associated Press, held here
today, the committee ON the state Of the
association reported as follows:
The committee appointed by the
board of directors to present to the
board the actual present condition OF
the Associated Press, report that more
than 400 newspapers are now receiving
directly by telegraph the news report
lof the Associated Press. These news
papers are members of the Associated
Press and supplied with the news di-
lrectly by agents of the Associated
Press. A large number Of daily papers
lin addition, get news through minor
associations procuring news from
1.-THE organization. Since the reorganiZa-
ition of the Associated Press, one year
ago, one hundred and twenty-nine daily
papers have given up the news service
of the United Press and have become
members of the Associated Press, and
in the same period of time not a single
paper having membership privileges in
the Associated Press has relinquished
that news service to accept service from
any other news association not in close
and friendly relations with the ASSOci-
ated Press. The committee reports that
the present actual cash receipts of each
week in payment for the various deliv-
cries of its news service are in excess
lof the actual weekly expenses of the
Associated Press, and in excess of the
average weekly expense of the organi-
zation at the last annual meeting.
The Associated Press has for the ex-
elusive use of it's news service today,
,581 miles of leased wires, extending
NJ II OF tn
Portland, San Francisco and San Diego
ION the west, and from Duluth on the
north to New Orleans, Galveston and
San Antonio, on the south.
The Independent agents-correspon
ents-in the service of the Associated
Press, is 1850. The number in the
eastern division is 528; in the central
division, 632; in the western division,
400; in the southern division the CORE
SpondentS of the southern Associated
Press cover that territory.
The number of telegraph operators in
the service is 16S The average number
| of words transmitted over the day
wires is $4,000. The average number
over the night wires is $4,000. The APP
proximate number of words in the tele-
graphic news gathered by the service
throughout the country is $4,000 per
day. The committee finds that the
Associated Press has maintained and
improved at every point great superior
| ity in its service over all competitors.
and that not only in it's domestic but
also in foreign news arrangements it
stands far ahead of any previous re-
cord. It shows exclusive contracts with
the London Times, prohibiting the
! Legitimate use of news of that paper by
any other American association, and
similar exclusive contracts with the
chief and most important agencies of
tEurope-the Reuter-, of London; the
Havas, of France; and Wolfe, Of Ber-
lin, the three greatest agencies of Eng
| land, France and Germany, which
maintain correspondents in every i'm
.portant city in Europe, Africa, South
America, Asia and Australia.
The examination of the books Of the
| Associated Press show that it's members
have signed and pledged themselves to
a guaranty fund of $3.50, 900 to maintain
the high character Of its news service
/ and to meet any extraordinary contin-
gencieS of expense. Of this vast sum
not one single dollar has been demand
| ed from any subscriber and the entire
sum remains in the account unused for
any purpose and available any minute
for service.
I. S. CARvALHO, New York World.
| FREDERICK DRISCOLL, st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
C. w. KNAPP, st. Louis Republic.
| CLAYTON MMICHAEL, Philadel-
pllia North American.
ALBERT J. BAR, Pittsburg Post.
]. S. SCRIPTS, Detroit Tribune
E. H. PERDUE, Cleveland Leader
| and Cleveland News and Herald