The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-09-28
GREAT NEWS COLLECTOR
The Associated Press Service Which
Tells All Of the Worlds
Happenings
Report OF the Committeo on
the State OF tho Or
Ranlzation.
bsr Of Employees, Amount OF
Busiusss. Eto.

CHIcLGo, Sept. 9.-At the ropulnr quar-
terly meeting of tho boerd Of directors Of
the Associated prssI, held hote to-day, tho
eemmitise on the state Of the organization
reported "a followsi The COMMITTEES Ap-
pointed by the board OF directors TO pre-
ssnt to the hoard tho actual present eondi-
iion of tho Associated peas, report that
moro than 400 newspapers hre now reosiy-
Ing di ectly by telegraph tho nova report
OF the Associated pross, Thess nswsparsru
arc members Of tho Associated rross and
supplied with the news directly by tho
agents OF the Associated press A large
number of daily paper, In addition, gel
news through miner associations procuring
news from the organization. Sinos the
reorganization Of tho A'soclatsd prssa
one year ago. l29 daily paper. have given
mp tho news service Of the United Press aud
have become members OF the Associated
press, and In the sams rsrIod of time not a
single paper having membership privileges
In the Associated press has linQuishod
that news SO vice 70 accept services from
any other news association not In close and
The committee reports that the prsssn,
actual cash roc.Ipts OF each week In pay
ment for various deliveries OF its news SER
vice are in excess Of tho actual weekly ex-
pensss OF the association. and In excess Of
tho average weekly expenses OF the organi-
zation nt the last annual meeting.
''The Associated pross has for the e1.
elusive uss Of i,s news so,vlos 10 56l miles
of leased wires. extending from 81. Johns,
N. b.. on the cast, TO Portland. San Fan
cisco aud San Diego on the west, and from
Duluth on the north to New Orleans,
Galveston aud San Antonio on the SO ath.
lhe independent ARents-cor espondents-
In tho service OF the Associated press are
l,b60. The number In the eastern division
is b2S, In the central division 632, In the
western division 400; Ia The southern div
iSion tho correspondents of the Southern
Associated presa cover that territory. Ihs
number OF telegraph operators In the ssr-
vice IL l65. The average number Of words
transmitted over day wires IL 5000; the
average number over night wires 10 46, 600,
4 he app oxlmaie number OF words In tho
teleRrst thio news gathered by the service
throughout the country is 2S.000 rer
daJ, Tho committee hnJs that the
Associated press hna maintained aud i'm
p owed al every point V eat supo iority in
It's service over all competitors. and that
u lot only In Ito domestic. bot also In foreign
news u raugements 10 stands far hhsad OF
any previous record. IL shows exclusive
CONT acts with the London Times. prohib-
itinR the legitimate use Of news of that ra-
pr by any other Ame loan association, AMI
similar exclusive contracts With the chief
and mos, important nsvs agencies OF
Eu oEe, the Riu,er, Of London. the Havss,
of France. and the Wolfe, of Berlin, the
th CO greatest agencies OF England, France
and Germany. which maintain oorrsspond-
ents in every important city In Europe.
Al, ics. South America, Asia and Australia.
THE examination OF the books OF the
Associated press show that its mem bera
have sRned aud pledRed themselves 90 q
guaranty fund Of $500, 000 10 maintain ths
nigh character Of It's news ssrvios and 10
mtet any extraordinary eontin agencies OF
expense, OF this vaat sum not one single
dollar has been demanded from sny sub
scriber aud the entire sum rem aims In ths
nccount unused for any purpose aud avail
able any minute for service"
Ihe report 10 aligned by tho members OF
the oommittse; Il. 3. CsIvslho, New York
World; Frederick ID isooil 81. Paul Pio-
neer Press; q, w. Knapp, 81. Louis Rs
prblic; Clayton McMichasl, Philsdel phin
North American: Albert }. Barr. Pittsburg
Post; J. s. sorlpps. Dshoit Tribune. and
Il. II. Perdue. Cleveland Leader and Cleve-
land News and Herald.