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 CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-At the regular quarterly meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Associated Press held here today, the committee on the state of the Associated Press reported as fol- lows:
 "The committee appointed by the board of directors to present to the board the actual present condition of the Associated Press reports that more than four hundred newspapers are now receiving directly by telegraph the news report of the Associated Press. These newspapers are mem bers of the Associated Press and are supplied with the news directly by the agents of the Associated Press. A large number of daily papers in addition get news through minor associations. procuring news from the organlzation. Since the reorganization of the Associated Press, one year ago, 129 daily papers have given up other inferior service and have become members of the Associated Press and in the same period of time not single paper having membership privileges in the Associated Press has relinquished. that news service to ac- cept service from any other news asso- c1ation not in close and friendly rela- tions with the Associated Press.
 "The committee reports that the pres- ent actual cash receipts each week in payment for the various deliveries of it's news service are in excess of the actual weekly expenses of the Asso- ciated Press and in excess of the aver age weekly expense of the organization at the last annual meeting. The Asso ciated Press has for the exclusive use of it's news service today, 18,5S1 miles of leased wires, extending from St. Johns, N. B., on the east to Portland, San Francisco and San Diego on the west and from Duluth on the north to New Orleans, Galveston and San Antonio on the south. The independent agents and correspondents in the service of the Associated Press is ,560. The number in the eastern division is 528, in the central division 632, and in the western division 400. In the southern division the correspondents of the South Asso- ciated 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 16,000. The average number over the night wires is 45,0O0. The approximate number of words in the telegraphic news gathered by the service through out the country is 2S,000 per day.
 "The committee finds that the Asso- ciated Press has maintained and ina proved at every point, having great superiority in it's service over all competitors and not only in 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 legitimate use of news of that paper by any other American association and similar exclusive contracts with the chief and most important news agencies of Europe-the Reuter- of London, the Havas of France and Wolfe of Berlin, the three greatest agen cies of England, France and Germany which maintain