Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-04

THE men and women who belong to
the newspaper profession spend so
much of their time telling about
the affairs Of other people that they
rarely think to mention their own work,
or refer to the many interesting phases
Of a business that bears such an impof-
tant relation to our advanced civiliza-
tion. The distinctive features Of vari-
GUS American papers are quite as pro
-nounced as the varying personalities Of
individuals.
The Baltimore American, founded IN
1773 is proud of the fact that 1t is the
oldest newspaper I'm the United States
which has been published continuously
from the time il was founded until now.
The Philadelphia North American is its
only senior, but i'm its case there have
been some brief lapses. The Baltimore
American is able to boast that It has
chronicled the history Of the United
States of America, having been born
three years before that memorial bic
Fourth Of July which heralded the birth
of what is now the greatest nation of
the world
1t will be a surprise to most news
paper readers to know that there is one
Sunday evening newspaper in the
United States. 1t is the Westerly Or.
- Evening Sun the editor of which Is
former Governor Utter of Rhode Island,
who is a Seventh Day Baptist, and
whose paper in published in a Seventh
Day community. The Sun, therefore,
comes out every evening except Satur-
day.
The Omaha World-H Herald is the one
paper in the United States that within
the space of few years had upon its
staff both candidate for president ana
vice president. The former was Will
liam jennings Bryan, and the latter
was Thomas II. Tibbles, who ran with
Tom Watson on the Populitst ticket in
1900.
Fought Sixteen Years
The Los Angeles Times deserves to
be known as the fighting paper of
America. In 1890 strike was called
upon a days notice on all four of the
daily newspapers in Los Angeles. One
of these surrendered to the strikers at
the end of three days, the second sue
cumbed little later and the third held
out about two months The Times con-
tinued the struggle against seemingly
overwhelming odds for over sixteen
years and finally won out A boycott
of organized labor is generally dan
gerous thing with which to contend,
but Gen. Otis seems to have thrived
on it, When the fight began in August,
1890, his paper contained only eight to
sixteen pages a day, but during the
final week of the fight last December
it had one issue of 1852 pages, contain
ing total of over 600 columns of ad-
vertisng, which was more than any
other paper in the world has ever car
ried in the same length of time.
LincoIn's Humorst
The Toledo Blade is still known as
"Nasby's paper" Abraham Lincoln
said the three forces which settled the
Civil War were the United States army,
the navy and Petroleum V. Nasby.'
The latter was the late David R. Locke,
owner of the Blade, and the greatest
satirist of his time. Even in his later
days when he had become rich and
famous, Nasty was prouder of the
fact that he was a good printer than Of
his reputation as the favorite humorist
of President Lincoln. Often when he |
had some subject in his mind he would
go to a printers case, pick up a COM
posing stick and set his article as he
thought it out. Some of his best work
was done in this way.
The Louisville Courier-Journal enjoys
with the New York Tribune the dis
tinction of being the first to use the
Mergenthaler linotype machine in
America, both of these papers produc-
ing them simultaneously. AS a result
Of the introduction of the machines
into the Courier journal Office a big
printers strike followed, but the pub
fishers finally won, thus blazing the way
for all the newspapers in the country TO
begin setting type by machinery. On
account of the Courier-Journal being
edited by Henry Watterson, one of the
last of the old-line personal journalists,
n ic Ora nf tho JNriHa1U
provincial papers in the world. 1t is
stated by many newspaper men of ex-
perience in the east that more Courier
Journal men have graduated from that
paper into New York journalism than
from any other provincial newspaper
in the country.
Makes Its Own Paper
The Kansas City Star is the only
newspaper in the world, except the Lon
don Telegraph, which manufactures its
own paper. The Star has had in opera
ton in Kansas City since 1903 a paper
mill turning out nearly fifty tons daily,
the entire product being consumed by
the daily, Sunday and weekly issues of
the Star. The pulp is brought from
Canada and made into paper in Kansas
| City. The Star was first to sell a
weekly newspaper at 25 cents a year,
and is one of the few newspapers that
has never used comic or color supple
ment. The Washington Herald, Scott
C. Bones new paper, advertises mo
color; no comics" and has enjoyed a
phenomenal growth, despite the fact
that the funny section" is supposed
to be the greatest circulation builder
ever invented.
The Nashville Banner is the official