The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-01
mus, be convincing to every newspaper

must be convincing to every newspaper
man who reade IL:
Atlanta. Ga, Nov. 30, 1894
| To- Charles a. Dana, President OF the
| United Press. New York.
| Dear Strive beg, In behalf OF the
| Southern Associated Press TO 3cknowl
| edge the receipt OF your very cordla
! telegram conveying assurances OF the
! heartiest desire on the part OF the United
| Press 10 cooperate in every possible way
| with our association. and to thank you
! for the same. We desire to express our
| appreciation OF your sentiments. and to
assure you that We have entire conn-
| dence In our own ability TO maintain the
| integrity OF the Southern ASociatesd
! fress. ana 10 carry out, i'm spirit and IN
| ietter the contract relations which we
! nave established with your association.
In approving the contract entered into
| between our Executive Committee and
your body on Monday. November 10Th. IT
seems necessary that a statement OF our
reasons for taxing this important step
should be fully undertook by your assoc
citation.
The Associated Press OF Illinois having
MADE certain statements about me rela-
lions between the Associated Press ana
the Southern Associated Press which are
full OF misrepresentation. we deem II
our duty TO make presentation or the
facts. that the truth may be known now
the relations between the TWO orSdnlZa-
lions were severed.
The statement that there was any real
difference between the New Orleans pa
pers and the Southern Associated Press
sufficient to Justify an interference by
arbitration. and that violation even 81
the supplemental contract by the South
ern Associated Press (Which we deny
was sufficient to authorize the conduct
of the Associated Press OF Illinois. is the
meTcst subterfugc. and was made for the
sole purpose of deceiving the public.
The Associated Press of Illinois had
violated their contrac: before the arbi-
II itiCn occurred. and had taken the two
New Orleans papers under their wing
in plain violation Of their promises In
writing. and permitted those papers 10
follow their lead and by their acts. to
repudiate their promises to our aSsocia-
ton We charge that the arbitration
proceedings were inspired by the Asso-
ciated Press OF Illinois for the purpose
Of muddying the Yates and to Great"
dissenson. We deny that the Southern
Associated Press ever agreed 10 the ar
bitration or ever cons elted to the de-
cision OF the arbitrators and we charge
that the said arbitration proc ceilings
were cX parte. intended TO be so by both
parties interested in them, and were de-
vised for the purpose q. giving an eN-
cuse TO the Associated Press Of Illinois
Tor conduct they well knew would have
10 be covered by such a course Of action.
Al a meeting of IN Southern AsSOcia-
ted Press, in Atlanta on November g.
1894, special committee was appointed
TO make statement Of the facts in
he case for the information OF the
public and this committee have prepared
the following declaration:
on october "A, 1892, the Southern Asso-
ciated Press entered into an agreement
with the Associated Press of Illinois,
which was to continue until 1910 The
United Press was also party to this
contract and IL has never faltered in
carrying 1t out, in letter or in spirit
On the contrary. the Associated Press
OF Illinois, because OF its hostility TO the
United Press violated It's agreement
more man year ago, surreptitously ad-
mitted 10 membership two New Orleans
newspapers, and then sent its representa-
tives to Augusta. where they attempted
to stampede and destroy the Southern
Associated Press. This effort having
failed, other devices to disintegrate the
organization were resorted to. and nothing
was left undOne to wreck the Southern
Associated Press and place its members
at the mercy Of the Chicago organization
A clause in the contract between the
Southern Associated Press and the As
ISOLATED Press of Illinois contemplated
the protection Of the New Orleans papers
in respect Of their assessments being I'M
duly increased, by appointing commit
Charles w. Knapp and Frederick Dris-
coll. TO arbitrate on the matter IN the
event of a disagreement between the
Southern Associated Press and their New
Orleans members growing out Of intended
increase in the rates fixed for that city.
No charge in the assessments upon the
New Orleans papers was ever made, or
ordered or contemplated. withstand
ing the consequent absence Of any excuse
for arbitration, the committee named
above met and lowered the rates at New
Orleans, and they did it for the pur-
nose OF creating a abstraction. No one
who is at all familiar with the circum-
stances doubts that. having made a
solemn agreement with the Southern AS
sociaIed Press, an agreement carried ON
i'm good faith by the latter, the Chicago
organization entered upon "A deliberate and
persistent course which would 50 affect
me members of the Southern Associated
Press that they would abandon the whole
Arrangement They reasoned That lhey
could then rush in and stampede and
capture the entire southern territory
THIS plan had been adopted and had sue
cecded in other parts OF the country.
The Associated Press, however, believing
I'm the integrity and the future of its
organization, and having absolutely lost
All confidence i'm the honesty OF the AsSo-
ciated Press of Illinois, entered into an
alliance with the United Press, with
which its relations have always been Of
cordial and satisfactory character.
This is the whole story, and any other
version of the difficulty IS untrue. mis-
leading and utterly unworthy OF belief.
Yours very respectfully.
THE SOUTHERN ASSO-
GATED PRESS
Atlanta, Ga.
Evan p Howell, Atlanta ConstituC I;
u EstiU. Savannah Morning News;
NJ. Glennan. Norfolk Nireinan; ). {.
Icmphill. Charleston News and Courier;
carter Glass, Lynchburg News, Commit
tee -.,...,.
held a short session tC. day and dijou,net
This afternoon the members OF the ASso-
citation. and all the visiting newspaper
men were taken in carriages to the Cot
ton States Exposition grounds Ihey
found much Of interest Their, and OBJ
tanned a good idea of the magnitude Of
the exposition.