New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-18
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nyer raised its prices to customers The sinews
~ the Now YORK Associated llcSS. VIM ar no"
he controlling forces in The intel pr 90 furthr
thAa that during the dcpr ssiom OF ,he la, We ny
smaller papers have FOUND It difficult meet their
it has 1oi been A9ns Of GHT Conserve s
The Chicago Associated Press has had 10 NEE; rs
increased expenditures by raising he easements
Of It's mcmlcrs. large or SINAI, rici or poor. ana
by borrowing money from the banks The assess
ments have been just about doubled since the neht
began and ne small papers are me real ,o1ein ny
ADVANTAGEOUS for the small papers than the CO.
operative plan which is supposed 10 inure to their
What, in your opinion, Will be the upshot Of
Il look for the dissolution OF tho entire concern.
believing. as do. that its organization Is iunda-
monhs mSrS i will d aS o o me o ac AND
shrewdness Of its very abe president Nis'or Fl
himself to the attempt TO carr to successful is
plan of organization which has no clements
voted Himself almost Exclusively to the business
of The Chicago Associated Press and has seareeS;y
entered his own newspaper once IN chicago. lie
has undertaken a hopeless task
ABOUT ~ per cent OF ~" ,'t,te - VI H,oiicSnns
cities. and it is but natural and just that tne
stead o: being scattered among a number 50 large
that !. cannot work coherenty together. Take TIE
EeM 5dpe hsy % pel @ 81 R Re ' of e
ton, and the thirty or forty otaors outs de
ton papers are naturally larSciy looked to for
the government OF the Organization Their cor
sentative influence in the management has worked
satisfactorily for over a quarter 81 century. and
the business is managed 50 consc cntiously that
the interests OF the other papers are safely
guarded Of those in Boston. Under the plan OF
venture at Springfield. Mass. has As much say
about the manasfineni OF the bHsincSs as 90
watch pay as much in month as ~ SprrsLcd
but i is not practical nor businesslike
TVS state OF affairs cannot last. Every whore
caco AsSoaia: : Press are dissatscd compar-
lively few papers in cities Hike pttsburs. Glove
Ihcir INTERESTS are slbord1t,od to ;ot Of small
obtain service averaging 2.oe1 words AZ night. or
part of the large paper. II Nh Lawson docs no,
look the true situation in the face
The cooperative plan. so called. he's never been
in Ncw-York by Kate Field. ono OF Tie ablest and
s Ss Of the Ho groa eAtgv sil bo~ mp5 IT,
The best Of the cooperative assurances societies.
in a short Time dehcit OF s-oocl. which hai 70 be
made up by donations and the eusn,ss hai 20
no insurance coinpany. no business has ever si",
ceeded in which several hundred men had equal
shares IN the m"nasemon, ard ne, lea a.kc
fail ultimately for the same reasons. and the crash
WI! come sooner than most people imas.r'.
Plan j. a new experiment in ne new, oisnc.s In
ceeded by the Chicago orglnizition the Membership
was lniica to my or a.Nty great ltrors. AMI the
Their territory was confined to country We, of
the Alechanies ard there o. ID tis" %! news
at the frontier The Western ASsp'Iti'I Pres wa
enabled - supply excellent service the yetr.y
toll collected from rs IN mhcrs was not NOR" than
half that which is charged 10y the present fNfrt-o
concern, and a surplus of $1,000 accumulated.
After q successful career o! more than twenty-five
years the Western Associated Press Was sui"r-eiei
10y the Chicago Institution two years agl. Tho In
PRODUCTION 81 the cooperative plan has hai tnr"
suits. First tho speedy dissipation Of ~" urp -
Of ;l.0roj second. the GOIbi o. tho tolls. md.
third. the pling up ~ d"Dt watch b. admitted m
the annual report Of the s'ciaon 20 have r'd h'
Sfo,"". and is generally believed - b" between
s,NoD0 and 10000"
What is your .dea u the way in which mo entire
bus mes should bc cOntEct,It
"Pcrsonaiy. ] una!trrdby opposed to tho CO..
operative plan on any extended / believe i
a federation Of the various associations. each 20
preserve its autonomy and govern Itself In i;s
own fashion: gather The news and 10 manage al
its pecuniary transactions. and to exchange the |
II has gathered. within agreed upon b'un-
dares frontiers that may he mutually acceptable
This country large TO- any ore news Oraanizd
undo rtake The work undilei o; collecting AMI
distributing the news Il the world. There should be
half A dozen more organizations. al, working 10
management OF It's Internal affairs. on the Same
theory that the various States which form ne !
Union reft practically FIRE, in ~" manhgcine NJ
OF all but interstate affairs.
a Board % Directors constituted az ours Us. IL |
competent to pass all ilicf-IsSor ttlnn matters !
with fairness and IN a manner approaching the /
judicial but there other questions essentially
local every fs1 having rs own peculiar c"Wilct- |
tons that they only be intclleniy dis os'l ~
by mon selected from the llflhN"s wH'f" tho" !
questions arise and VINO by reason of th-Ir long |
association with the peculiar conditions confronting
them are itted to SIT In judgmcn; ana de falty !
and wisely