New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-21

out OF that He did the thing. but the paper was
sort MS is now used What all employ is made
or almost any kind OF soft wood They ,, put II
through mil and grind II up INTO po 4,n r,uin
and from that the paper is made ana nj, me m@nn
factrrers of paper now yeneray ouy Sern is Justly
distinguished statesman of New-York. who, insteai
Ia arIy known as WOOD Pulp. lie has contributed
much toward making NEWSPAPERS ana towa i,h
his own, Ye, he is all right We him graft
tnde and desire to pay in all sincerity my snare
OF this general tribute.
SOME SUGGESTIVE FIGURES.
You will perhaps be able 10 appreciate the I'M
portance of the revolution little better wh'n
tel you that the cost Of paper for making news
papers which. thirty years ago, was Il 10 - cents
a pound has steadily declined until now we puS
It for pa cents pound Twenty years ago our
weekly paper bill was the heaviest bill we had 10
pay but now /. is of the light ones For -
cents you get pound OF paper all fit and ready u
be printed. One pound of this paper VIII give you
taking a page the size Of The Tribune htty-Ne or
sixty pages. and as a weekday edition OF Inc Inv
is generally twelve pages. you see yo" set nN
or six printed sheets out OF the ~ ceh's i""'
makes the business profitable. The tribune - -
tailed at three cents, and is sod at wholesale o'
something like 2l2 cents-I don't know precisely no"
much, but it rs 2ia to pa cents; and there you ""No
q very handsome difference between the money eX-
S1d dS ,b for h aP isnrn ana Ho S this is
Of great consequence in the business OF hr"s.'p.
m prS@T chc Sp isf Of Sw5paptrs viii
attempt to say They are already 500 very cn t,
nc ana ''t the paoer' such as the variety Of nte!
gence the cost 81 ana ns"is,ant editors and
the that must be paid in great Si'f io' ,crv
serious item For instance. there Is The New-i
Times, one of the ab.est ana mos, has a,eiy
been reorganized. that unlike some or the QUIZ ~
large newspapers. the company does h0t own 49,, -,
n% quarters to transact It's business in and cont
think that Is eYcessve' Tho os rr ri r The sun
own their own buildings. But taking everythihs;
n.oved in carving on one Of these big establish
ments. is less than million Io.l1ls. nae an u,
terprise lust begun but to carry on ne regular
business. to run the work at reasoiid"r maj
night be avoided II you ask how much II would
cost to establish new journal entirely. whg: mCn
but million is the least with which sul'a si
outfit can be procured hou m'si HSSe anlece T5en
You must have electric Lighting and the oH,', ior
that costs something considerable Aiter you n ;
H. II doesn't cost you much 10 produce the c,.C-
trlcy that Il, after you have got me pan. ~ ne
dynamo is by the steam ensne wnicm 80 , he
presses and the waste power that Wouiu "o' w
used al suffces to keen the dynamo s9Ihg an. ~
light the whole house with electrici,y ne'e neu,s
notable advantage in electricity FOR .ishthg new W.,
paper office In fact it Is nd.spenSSo' when tbe
weather IS hot II your printers hqys their DISKS l
he1 WI WIN se 10 emp,oy gas in July ana August
there would scarcely be a hot night when one p %,
now IL is ali done with electricity. and we have
no trouble or inconvenience from excessive heat
DIFFERENT KINDS OF NEWSPAPERS.
Now what have said relates to the mechanical
and Intellectual features OF making newspaper
but there Is a question which precedes it, nancy
What kind of a newspaper VIII you make Ana
that question may be divided into two parts FIRST
well you make a newspaper for sensible peop'e
or will you make newspaper FOR foo-s! Now
would no, be understood as intmaiing that 'heFe
is anything unworthy or be.ow anyboiyS diSniy III
| making a newspaper for fools. In the first pace
there is impressive evidence to show mat ne Zoos
form arg P par p, iestmonv Wien we turn 10
the Prophet Isaiah. the greatest the most inspneI
and the n9besi magnsuon ,Ii al '''g r,ei9 ~
the Way Of Holiness that me MAJ irihs reh
| perfectly right 10 provide for the fools IN special
newspapers. and thai duty as YOU nay haTe no
by gifted and conspicuous indlvlduais; ana ! aye ave
U,aughterD For my part however. md more
entertainment in making newspaper NAV ~ 20
the intelligent young men whose faces -lHe upon
bound to adopt he pr9fe;son OF 'a H. nm
their minds and come TO c rao On , Strb
kind they find most agreeable for ;aeir own read
| Ing.
SUNDAY PAPERS.
The Sunday paper Is a rather conspicuous OBJECT,
| and have heard a good deal &C discussion about II
such as whether It is right to make sunday news
paper and II 1t Is not right make IT, Is I; right
| to read It? dont think anybody should become
party TO thing that Is wrong by going and buying
| newspaper that ought not TO be made 1t al.
! 0.aughterJ But this debate we may perhaps
say has great part been settled. and although OBJ
| jec,ors to the Sunday newspapers are stu to be
| found the public large seems 10 have decided
| that they want them and will have them Any way,
, it Is an interesting circumstance that almost every
sells 5000 copies three cents, sells on sun
day an edition Of 10000 or 1900, or l,O.w at fve
being the wholesale price Now. long as me geo.
pie will buy the SUNDAY. papers suppose they WI
be made. At the time. considered as a question
| Of conscience, and Of moral and social iuly, am
bound to say mat cannot ya 10 IN me M IN
reading sunday n s,' In taS . i"ni
be e ready TO denou IN s ye we there is ab
to be something you would wish to have changed
not find any special fault in the SUNDAY n>sparer;
II is the picture Of the world as It Isl OF me good
and as the crimes OF half dozen are more start
| virtues OF a thousand good men II is 20 the crimes
that greet d,a OF at5n nj IL ses pad
EVERYBODY win TAX about thdm The newspaper
could suppress them If they would. and II any
peone would stop reading hal papcr and 20 on and
| subject mat if the Divine Providence permits such
! things 10 happen. who are merely me Witnesses
| OF It's operation may certainly stop a moment end
report the facts to each other.
THE PARTY ORGAN.
Now. a newspaper - naturally the organ OF
party political other. It's editors its conductors
hold certain ideas. certain principles certain social
! political religious principles and in discussing the
events Of the times they Will express those princi
/ pies Now. ought newspaper to stick to its party
| always? Here. will suppose is ed.-
tor who is advocate Of what IS
| called free trade. Some OF you peope under
/ stand what that means. presume 0aughter), and
! he is in the habit OF presenting the good effect
| which the adoption OF free trade would have. lie
! goes. therefore. with the party that Is most IA
vorable to free trade. But by and by the party
! protesting free trade does not do Il; what Is he