The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-13
F COMMERCIAL DAILY.
THE VIEW FORK oOMMERoIAI TO
1ppELR ON MONDAY, JAN s.

r, r.. nj, outrrowth or the sbippinE aud Cen-
-erciai List. ana Wm Ne = pniiS-Eisns
- n, Proprieter-Its Editor In Chief.
Nav York is to have o now commercial daily
ne,vspaper, tho fret number OF which will DO
issned on the morning OF Jan. B. Its name viii
~ ,ho N,,p Fork Commercial. 1t win DO in
reality q daily edition OF the Shtppin0 ana
Conr,rciat List and NeD Fork Prtcs Current.
tha oldest p,rer In this country. For 102 years
this paper has been issued weekly and semi
yrockiv. and now under a new name Ito which
IN, old one will be appended It will be issucS.
every morning with q much wider and moo
commemorative scope than that Of any com
morcial paper now in existence. The owner
NJ the Sr,p York Commercial is ID. o. Haynes,
the publisher Of the paper Of which tho now
daily IA The outgrowth. and also of the Phdr-
mdceuticdl Era.
Tho Mem York Commercial 10 the result Of
two Years OF work spent by Mr.. Haynes in pro-
pering n history Of American commerce. en-
titled conc Hundred Years Of American Com
MERGE" This book was published two years
aRo lin celebration Of tho Tooth a%nniver-
sary of tho Shipping and Commercial List
and Nep York Price Current. Mr.. Haynes
had been In the trade Journal publishing bust.
ness many years when he undertook tho task
OF making this hictory. In procuring materials
for IL he became impressed with tho lack Of
journalistic representation of the vast bulk Of
the industries Of this country. Tho strictly
commercial papers Of this country were es-
tablished when tho country was young and
manufacturing industries were In their in
fancy. The news Of these papers was there
fore confined within narrow limits. Exports
and imports, shipping news In general. and
financial operations, together with items Of gen
eral news that affected these interests directly,
constituted the news published by these papers.
With the growth Of the manufacturing indus
tries these commercial papers did not grow In
proportion, and consequently now the manufao-
turing industries OF this country are without
any representation save that which they get
through their trade journals. These seldom
State Of affairs has resulted IN tho extraordi.
nary growth Of the trade journal, the very exist
ence Of which dates back not much more than
fifteen years. Each trade Of any magnitude
now has one or moro papers, devoted to It's in
tercsts; and many of these publications are very
tbese so5 piEd9P Sot d. f MFi ib ma S1anu fset,zsG mat iae
dustries as a whole, the cool that a strictly
commercial paper with a general circulation
the idea Of starting a daily paper which would
cover thoroughly tho field now occupied by the
commercial papers and at the Same time give
adequate attention to the manufacturing in
dustries of all kinds and in all parts Of the coun-
try. 1t was with this idea in view that he do
Shipping and Commercial list and Wep YorH
Speaking Of his now paper last night Mr..
Tho Ns,o York Commercial will be exactly
what its name implies. II, will be strictly q
commercial, financial and shipping paper and
such affects the interests we represent. The
news field is already we'll occupied; but after
many consultations with business men / am
convinced that there is n well-defned opening
for a daily paper that will devote itself to the
needs. tastes and convenience of the busy man
OF affairs. 1t should be comprehensive In its
grasp Of business topics and interests and at
the same time treat these matters with brevity
MY idea of such a journal is that 1t should
give, ample space to routine matters. such as
market reports, prices current. port statistics,
field Of American commerce and business &C.
tiyity; There is q vide variety Of purely bust.
daily new has neither Ries the aes space .He n arf inelio
nation to handle adequately, such as the growth
and development of our vast manufacturing in
ping and transportation departments and q
large line Of related subjects OF vital interest to
"our purpose Is to Cover the field of com.
merce just as thoroughly as 1t Is covered now.
II not more so. In addition to that we shall de:
their allied trades. W. shall have .psu the wh sas
field thoroughly covered. and shall give all the
tSst t ihmfis'1 p4os essh AND and e dsTslo Sns of th msR SO Sc
known to all the business community. We will
make a special feature Of this department. AS
issue on Jan. 3 we shall publish a comprehen.
sivs and authentic review Of tho condition Of
frSas b IN inc ,en Sh,,e fn ssars' bla nGs E to al tB Bs1 Iss Tc
ing houses In every branch of trade, commercial
and industrial. in all parts of the country, and
freely, we shall have a compilation that viii be-
motely he is connected with business. This viii
he followed from lima m fima with ntha- ~.
features. of which I cannot now speak.
1T VIII not be our purpose to conine our.
we shall endeavor to find and explain the causes
get at these we shall have 9 complete teiegrapbio
and keep in touch with trade everywhere.
"a special feature Of the paper will be the
matter. Each line of trade will have its spe.
cihc department.. 30 that the busy man can
turn directly to those pages Of the paper the
I'm politics we shall be, first Of all, Ameri-
can, and it will be our aim to further to the ut
terests. We shall advocate protection, com.
mon sense protection, such as will give duo help
to our industries and provide a sufficient rev.
paper deals with political and economic ou 1me
tons. 1t will be along the lines Of strict and
Mr.; Haynes will confne his work to the gen.
e a1h.r interests e s,s OF the paper: The editor VIII be
been with Bradstrea's and for ten years ho has
been its editor. Mr.. Stevens for Q long time
and he took the editorship in order that he
might have a free hand In conducting such a
paper; His e%ssociate will be Charles 4. Buck.
land, for the past five years editor of the 1meri.
The New York Commercial will be a sixteen.
printed on fine white paper. A quadruple GosS
printing press equipped with ali the latest i'm.
WHICH will cost s cents, will not be sold zen.
orally az tho nows stands, outside Of the bust.
ness district 1t viii be sold by subscription.
most encouraging. Manufacturers in ali parta
Of the country have evinced great intorest in
coming In freely. The editorial rooms are N
the Downing building, 10S Fulton street,
National Association or Aaanuraetursrs a
Meet Here.