New-York tribune., 1894-02-06
THE UNITED PRESS.
NO COMPROMISE WITH OPPONENTS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. INTENDED TO INFLUENCE
IT'S CLIENTS CORREcTED-TiiE EFFICIENT
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEWS
TO BE VIGOROUSLY CONTINUED.
Certain journals occasionally announce that
some newspaper has been detached from the old
service circuits of the United Press and its prede
cessor, the New-York Associated Press. and it
has come to our knowledge that the Western
gentlemen who are engaged in news
fare" against these old agencies assiduously
circulating the story that we not likely to
continue the contest" These representations
have misled some overcredulous clients of ours
into steps that they are certain to regret. 1t
seems well, therefore. to present herewith for
the first time q brief statement Of the facts, for
the benefit Of whom il may concern
"The New-York Herald" THE New-York
SUM-" The New-Yorl; Tribune. The New-York
Tines and their associates. under deed OF
trust hold absolute control Of the United Press
and of the contracts good viii and business
which 1t derived from its predecessor the old
New-York Associated Press. These papers are
engaged i'm the business OF collecting the news
of the world for themselves and their clients.
They represent all phases of political belief East
and West, and the good will accruing to them
through their long years Of successful service
to the public rests upon the good faith with
which they have done this work. Their clients
are other daily newspapers in New-York City
and Brooklyn, the New-England Associated
Press. the New-York State Associated Press,
the Southern Associated Press the leading
papers in Philadelphia Washington and nearly
all of those throughout New-Jersey, Penn
sylvana Delaware and Maryland, besides
many in the West and on the Pacific Coast, and
all of those In the British Provinces Of North
America. 1t is obvious TO any careful observer
that the United Press is now collecting the news
more copously accurately and successfully than
ever before, and it proposes to continue to do so.
Certain Western newspapers, which from time
to time have engaged in efforts to relieve us OF
this work. attempting 1t again Under no
circumstances and at no time will THE New
York Herald" THE New-York SUM- The New
York Tribune and The New-York Times con-
sent to abandon the business Of collecting the
news Of the world for themselves and their cli-
ents and to turn this work TO the irresponsf-
BILE and untrustworthy persons now conducting
the affairs Of the Western organization and who
are engaged in demorazing the legitimate busi-
ness of news-collectng by tempting offers OF
rates below a paying basis. Such inducements
are of no real advantage either to those who
offer or those who accept them. 1t is clear that
no business conducted on such basis can be
either efficient permanent
We have made no complaints and no ex parte
statements intended TO disparage others or exalt
ourselves, but we are going steadily aboutour bus-
ness, paying our bills as they accrue, and we
are prepared to pay them If they should be
doubled trebled or quadrupled. AS a matter
of fact these bills do not now equal one-half
the amount they reached during the successful
defence Of our present position against the last
serious assault upon it by these same disturbing
newspapers of the West.
The statement, therefore, that under any cir
cumstances or at any time likely to
abandon or have ever contemplated abandoning
the work of collecting our own news for our
selves and our customers is entirely groundless.
and We make this publication only that old cli-
ents Of ours need no longer be deceived by the
reckless and unfounded stories set afloat about
us Neither is it true that We are looking for
or desiring any compromise. On the contrary.
we should prefer TO have whatever contest may
be said now to exist to continue until the people
who have started it have had enough to last
them through one newspaper generation. What
ever any or all of the other newspapers may de-
eide to do, the journals herein represented Will
continue in the business of collecting copiously
and authentically the news OF the world Tor
themselves and their clients.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
For The New-York Herald"
WHITELAW REID,
For The New-York Tribune.
CHARLES A. DANA,
For THE New-York Sum"
CHARLES Il. MILLER,
GEORGE L. SPINNEY,
For THE New-York Times"
Witness: JOHN ii. HOLMES, President New.
England Associated Press.
Naw-YorS Feb . 1894.