The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-26
PREDICTS TRUST
OF NEWSPAPERS
Alfred HaPmSWOrth Talks of
Future of Journalism.
PRAISES THE
AMERICAN SHEETS
PPOnOunees Them Far Ahead f
the English.

New York, Dec 25.-Alfred Harms
worth, editor and proprietor of the
london Daily Mail. who is a passenger
on the Teutonic, due in New York to-
morrow, has contributed to the January
number Of the North American Review
an article on what he calls the stimuli
taneous Newspaper OF the Twentieth
Century" e
Mr. Harmsworth expresses the opin-
ion that in spite Of all the progress that
mas been made in the DEVELOPMENT of
the newspapers hitherto, we are still
merely at the fringe Of the newspapers
development Of newspaper illustration
he says:
IAN occasional newspaper iHustra-
ton, If II can be properly produced, is
no doubt a good thing, and is apprecia-
ted as helpful by the reader but many
OF the present day illustrations are
quite unnecessary and are merely given
as a matter of habit or because rival
journals use them. or even for the less
urgent reason that there is a certain
amount of space to be decorated and
artists or photographers to be kept
occupied No daily journal which re-
lies principally upon is illustrations
has been III any real sense an over
whelming success.
Neater Form for Newspapers.
Mr.. Harmsworth rakeA exception TO
the hopelessly clumsy shape of the or
binary newspaper.
With the newspapers of the whole
civilized world before me-" he said
each week I look in vain for any great
and impressive stroke Of originality or
daring We still cling to the clumsy
and awkward shape in which our news
papers are Issued. and The man Wh0
has attempted to manipulate one of
them OF a windy day viii best appTe-
ciate the force of my remarks BY the
use of improved machinery it would be
possible to issue the newspaper of the
future il what is obviously its proper
shape-a small, portable and neatly in
dexed Dublicati ton.
Among the newspapers that are,
in my opinion, now making progress,
setting aside the entire lack OF COM
merciaI morality, are some of the
French journals. They have always
been noted for their high literary eX-
ceilence. The anonymous editorial has
never been particularly strong fea-
ture of the French newspaper. on the
other hand. pure literature, in the shape
OF fiction, is one of its chief character
istics."
Thinks Power of -,ress Waning.
The power of the press is lot what
it used TO be, is Mr., Harmsworth' s
opinion. This is simply true of Eng
land. where the editorial or leader,
which was formerly read and comment
ed on by all prominent men, is now
scarcely noticeable. They look for
news. But, then, in connection with
this dissemination of news. the press,
in Mr.. HaTmsWorths Judgment, has
lost reputation. He SAYS:
Lately there has begun a kind Of
internecine warfare between its vari-
Gus organs Of the press, by which they
very largely injure their own positions
and that of theiT opponents. An item
of news publishes iR enc paper is m
mediateIy discredited in another, and
the public. naturally enough, comes to
the opinion that newspapers are Gsu-
ally inaccurate and too often dismiss
a perfectly correct statement as mere
newspaper talk
Praises American Newspapers.
Mr. Harmsworth pays a high tribute
To the press of the United states as
being. in one respect, in advance Of
the press - his country.
1.-THE Z ton" he says, what TO
put before = public and in what man
ner to place It before them is one that
calls for the keenest ard best judg
ment on the part Of the newspaper di-
rector. Here. undoubtedly the press
of the United States is in advance Of
that of Great Britain. Such newspaper
leaders as Pulitzer, Dana, Bennett,
Hearst. Raymond, Jones. chilos. Medill,
Lawson, Russell, Cummings. Taylor.
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