Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-06
Where the People Get the News.

now looking for news every day with
more eagerness than ever before since
the war in the sixties. The chief source
of all their information is the Asso-
ciated Press. This is the greatest
news collecting organization that waa
ever established. With a single ex-
ception, every newspaper of importance
in the country belongs to it. All are
served by it, and in turn serve it; for IT
is in a sense cooperative, ana each
contributes the news that it has fol
the use NJ all the others in other places
Thus it has all that the newspapers
get always at its disposal, and what
ever happens anywhere is known every
where. But the cooperative feature is
not any longer the limit of the service
of this association. 1t is representiVe
as we'll as cooperative When the AS
ISOLATED Press asks the government to
flying squadron. the permission is
granted. 1t is Impossible to admit rep.
resentatives of all the papers that ask
leave to so. SO the representative of
them all goes. War is not 4 picnic. rs
some very bright and promising young
Americans are likely to learn before
long. The correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press with the fleet Will have
more work than fun when the trouble
begins. But he is there and cannot get
away if he wants. If he survives, he
will be the source of informing the
country of the outcome of the great
naval fights that are looked to with so
much scientific as We'll as patriotic in
terest.
so there win he Associated Press re-
porters at all army headquarters. and
it has its representatives at all Euro
pean centers and at all points where
there is prospect of troubIe-at Havana
al the Cape Nerdes, at Madrid. at Porto
Rico and so on. Every possible seat Of
activity is being watched and the pub
lie will know when anything happens.
The service of the Associated Press is
recognized as trustworthy. The de-
mand of the newspa buying public
is rather these days for what is inter
esting than for what is the fact, but
this organization has had the courage
to hold closely to what is known to be
true and ii has not been caught manu-
featuring news one day TO be ignored
or contradicted the next Indeed, Il
has come about that. when even the
most sensational Journals want To give
character to important news. they point
out. when they can. that the Associated
Press confirms the report. II that can
be said. the Information has standing
and credence at once If not 50 sus-
tanned, it is open to suspicion.
The service is continuous. Nobody
can tell what viii be the next bit Of
news flashed off the wire or when II
will come. As a consequence the AS
ISOLATED Press cannot ever stop. 1t is
at work all the time The public get
the benefit in bulletins all day and
night and in the papers when they
come out. Never was a war entered
upon with such elaborate plans for in
forming the world OF its events prompt
~ and accurately.
This great news service belongs to
the kennebec Journal and is the
foundation for the ample news we give
our readers, each morning. A special
wire comes to our editorial rooms ana
there an operator receives 1i.000 or
dozen or - Journal columns. the cream
of the news from every section of the
world by day we have also special
bulletin service of which the public is
promptly given the benefit. With the
Associated Press service at its com
mand the Journal is able to give its
patrons all the news in the early morn
ing, hours before the Boston and New
York papers containing the same news,
reach the city. 1t has been a member
of the Associated Press since its re
organization and its aim is to keep its
news department, as we'll as every
other. thoroughly up to date and to be
reliable as well as complete
The Yale men have made a wise