The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-07-05
DAILY PAPER
PUBLISHED BY THE Gov
EMINENT
HAS Big CIRCULATION
But Only a Few People
Know About 1t.

1t will surprise many persons TO
Know that Uncle Sam is the proprietor
cf daily newspaper, and that he
maintains the largest reportorial staf
of any newspaper in the world. He has
correspondents in every country, in
every cline, and the stories they send
in are blue-penciled and edited as
carefully as the copy that is prepared
for any great newspaper.
This important newspaper is the
daily bulletin issued by the bureau of
statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor. The bulletin Is is
sued daily, except Sundays and legal
holidays. Oscar Phelps Austin, former
chief Of the treasury departments
statistical bureau, and an old news
paper man, is editor-in-chief of tho
bulletin, and under him work man
aging editor. an exchange editor, four
sub editors, two translators and a re-
portorial staff of $50 men. All our con-
sul-generals, consuls and commercial
agents scattered all over the globe
make up this staff of reporters, and
all collect news for Mr.. Austin's daily.
Mr.. Austin makes assignments as does
the editor of any newspaper, and these
assignments are transmitted through
the secretary of commerce and labor
and the secretary of state. These as.
sigpments are in the nature Of sug
gestions as to what commercial ina
formation should be gathered in dis.
tant lands.
The consuls write their reports on
certain kind of paper, as the proprie-
tor Of this newspaper, Uncle Sam, is
very fastidious in the matter of pre-
pairing copy. They must write on
PAPER known as consular cap"-long
sheets of the legal size water-marlIed
Department of State, u. s." The
sheets of the manuscript are tied to-
gether with silk cord that is known
as Official tricolor" Silk cord COM
posed of red, white and blue strands.
1t may not be obligatory to use the
"official tricolor," but this cord has
been used for 75 years for tying state
department manuscripts and tradition,
custom and precedence are important
factors in the government service
All the copy Is first received at the
state department. The patches ,,, of
manuscripts pass through the hands of
enc of Mr.. Hays trusted lieutenants,
who extracts any data of diplomatic
or confidential nature. Then they are
submitted to James G. Monaghan's
desk. Mr.. Monaghan is chief of the
division of consular reports. He is a
linquist of rare ability, speaking Span
ish, French, German, Italian and
Dutch. He is the managing editor of
the daily. He divides the manuscript
among his copy readers and then be-
gins the work of the blue pencil. The
verbiage in the reports is trimmed and
the pith of the news extracted. The
amended copy Is then rushed to the
state departments printing shop and
the paper is set up and printed. 1t is
then ready for its subscribers. These
subscribers do not pay for the paper.
1t is sent to them free, but those
who receive 1t are expected to be bene-
fitted by the nws. Each nwspaper cor
respondent in Washington receives
copy and each board of trade. chamber
of commerce, stock exchange, CONNER
cial library and each individual ex-
porter and importer In the country re-
ceives copy of the daily journal In
tho mails. 1T has large circula-
tion. Last year nearly two million
envelopes were required to mail these
consular reports. Rochester Post-Ex-
press. ~