The Atlanta constitution., 1897-02-08
Two Nap0le0ns
Of Journalism.

TIE rev Naroieon - EnElish journalism
g Alfred a.. Harms erth. a young man Il
thiEtv Wao has been in the newspaper bus
lrs-s only Short gime- al.nur eleht years
Al the present time H.lrmssgurth owns
four taliies ANA fourteen weeAlics- Two
rf - fr-s.z ~. - E.s--.-p.
AEe stArlas8 w4ta ae14etleally nothing. and
is u1w worth several million collars With
ais hrnthrrs. hr h.4s ursslnlzsl stock
company t1 luldlct h.s uul-4eatiuus. with
tle exception a.. tlle London C-.4llls. Wllleh
claim Esast so Ills attention
Luts tlrrra1r.s-ls journalist resides In tho
country. s-l4 rrs.l--.4s musI uG Jas rls4-
ness. ulL tyu ur ture- times Week he
runs uu tu London 20 personally. supervise
important ulattcEs-
Undoubtedly. tals yuEaa- man o. Napo-
leou 10 journalism. from au Easiisn point
VI E.aw. b4t lg Isl uunhaal. tAat more
than uue Hrt4r .l-.ur in the United States,
where conditions sre very different. has
accomplished naaE,. a.d puts more brains.
wurk -sul ea-e-Hri=- into one Zig daily
than fiAru.-ssvEtA eAEsen4s upon ali ct h-s
punLcttioa--
10 b. easier auI l.as expensive IL run
halr toz-n reputable t-uE-i-i. li-lliss thsia
% is tu culsluet ust ut tlr strictly i-rsl-clsis
American datliss-
SuL. the u-yle1ma- in British news
r.ls. ANA at Lls axe there d. a possibility
that be may y,t borrow AnIsrican meth
ods ANA make hls fres press shape Ing
llsh I.uh-le opinion ssud politics
Whether ha uas TOO many irons In tho
FIRE. or whether Le b. building up a gigan-
Ilc newspaper tra@t r.-lns.is.s g b. seen-
Hut when a Napul.ln u journalism IS
mentioned. Amerlcaa readers naturally
tl-uk uf uua nan. Jame5 Gordon Bennett.
the tller-
Bennett was a mid. la-asei man when
DE- earala-I tu-.latr $50 4ul STATED Tho
NeN York Herald
T-ar eas iu IsL The Herald at first
was sEeeE tsu ug fourteen Inches in size.
.rs- tl- a-L lrlr.li-r contained twelve cul-
Luus oE r' ..sl-ue ul--tlar El4 luur col
uwus y .lter- ls L-eats-
Ne~ York tl.u Aass only $4,000 inhahi-
tauss- Tlare were ua Telegraph lines. and
only two s-aat r-lWays lu tlu country
Geua AaI tu travel lu letters ly steam
boats post leE-.- all esrrl-r pis-ous-
1lr Hanu lt lsI vurl-.d fu tAe oiilcs q
lt ul1 ClaEle--1u Courier and un several
-ther ueasIaIerz- Lie nad been PROOF
easier. reporter. torf-s sIuA1ens and eii-
rial writer
r,relvs or rfteln years u this experience
& lttld ltm f0r his venture IL new
rk
U.A a- Aa-e-AAs e--ia-a4A -
BETTER classes
WIS s1o PERSONAL. too scandalous. too
.-al.uu4L
iii. ,.4tur wrote nearly everything in hts
l.uulu-. editorials. T'a-ruesr-.pils- i.uico re-
srrs -aurl stories and s.sitert mlellts-
u. introduced tlc ,l-ily money article.
-l thu~ made The Herald 4 necessity in
-err business mans vtiiee-
ia "a short timr he enlarged tho paper
He w.- tIle nrst O. print reports cf rclis-
GUS ul,-t t.uss aul sermons .lnI he intro
au.-.d many urh-r innovations. including
tf.. r.rrsu ut system 20 luterKieggiufs-
TH.- urlar .,llturs aud politicians Acnounc-
- Sim sar evers thlns thlt was vile and
sernus-
gs editors ruliciy clned him ON the
Il ard lIr ;,uuctt. after attending 10
bruises. wrote a spicy description u
r.Hlurers-
attempt was made 10 blow him up
81 bomb ans Tor q time his life was
IErly danger
cuuiI o. beaten and abused. but he
uut D. cuIei or sunprssseL
Herald continued 10 print piquaut