New-York tribune., 1908-10-10
FOR SMALLER PAPERS
lord Ncrthcife Still Thinks 44mer-
can Journals Too Big.

ss Sir Alfred Harrnsworth. owner OF
co.. -ai1v MaiI- and several other English
-.s,apers. arrived here yesterday on the Lusi-
He said he came here on vacation and
tsn - would be IN or New York for a
I-s of months Lcrd Northclife expects to
-, --ip 70 Canada and viii visit Washington
=. bfv will spend most Of his time in New
~, r3fb friends His wood pulp interests in
,-s-fo,,rdland will take some of his time, as
s--ee 70 see what progress has been made
: - plant He viii watch the election closely
- vii study the newspapers for new ideas al
+borch -e IS already unusuaily wen posted on
American papers
- -, rou-snsper men recently account
= -he r-eat success OF The Daily Mail" which
IS t-e first English paper 10 be sold for half
penny.
-. -. -,=f-,,Iouslv unnecessary delay at Queens
-. .es.,s+ which an agitation should be raised
- bo.+ .ex York and London business men, he
szf5 70 : Tribune reporter
~. Ts,stania has revolutionized ocean travel.
-. of or PARTY. consisting OF Lady Northclire.
= ,,o-ber Mrs Harmsworth. and Mrs. Algernon
-,oyslas- Pennant the least Ill. for the first
me in many Atlantic crossings. The Lusitania is
perfect. as a house, a restaurant and as a speed
-nschine-
,rs election and talk with many old American
friends.
7 noticed that som. of the American newspapers
are smaller in size than they used to he. and 1
fancy that not even yet have they reached the
limit iu that direction
White paper must inevitably rise in price
7,-od3eal extravaganza in the cutting of for
ss-s forest fires and the increased demand for the
WOOD of the spruce tree caused by the growth of
-susvape-s ali the world, must have only one
s,s unless some OF your inventive geniuses can
refa the situation by discovering q substitute for
-co5 pulp. Some FIVE thousand different materials
have tested but vainly There is nothing Ike
wood
Issuing IS CO. publications at l. > ). T. u and
= cents J have csstiron views price Your
monthly magazines have varied their prices with
sg- ir5u-y - their sales and your newspapers may
have n follow suit So far I aware very
fex American newspaper owners have any indi-
zf5uzi sources Of PsPer supply Practically all OF
-he11 purchase from uiddleulea. and even these
-7ts5lsrnen do net in all cases appear 20 have
su@scienr pulp in sight 10 feed their mills Even
American resourcefulness and initiative cannot
rgpA- tree II <e7er than thirty-five 70 fifty years
Therefore, 81 opinion. many Of your daily jour
-alz uusr reduce their size increase their price
n the future
Z an in favor Of the smaller rather than the
dears- newspaper, though have no rooted preju-
die either way
Tire London Tines is il would be
70 sa- t-z1 I control the Mississippi which Lin
coin once compared il The London Times has
never once in Ks history been controlled by any
ilE-r,c-aL It's opinions are as they always
have b-or- JHe consensus Of thought Of a staff
which 81 daily communication with the worlds
governments. The editor in chief. G z. Buckle,
has IS manager in chief Moberly Bell who IS well
known or tlts SIDE Of the Atlantic. And the CHIEF
# the foreign department. in which The Times
y g dis-i1 Euished. Is Valentine ChiroI-
"I- no secre- that for many years desired
n become connected with The Tines It is the
rot unnatural ambition Of IN English journalist.
+ * good many years since 7 made my first
snd ever---zIv- early in the present wear. ! ac-
o-r-s5 N interest II The Tiu74s' bv reason Of =
T-aouEed 1eeal dispute among the seventy-ntne
owners division of its profits
Ire Times has always given more cable news
sn5 more American news than any foreign news
paper sr1 engagements are being made bv which
over million words ~ American political financial
sn5 genera news viii he cabIed 70 London during
1ps Hitherto rhe sole American Office of The
T--As rs= h@@7 IN Washington but the directors
have decided that additional Offices should he
o7e1ed n Nev York FIFTH avenue and in the
Tzfg-hr--,o- or Wan street
The price Of the journal * sir cents daily and
6 likely be increased 70 eight Or ten
cents Than fr Is - reduced - two cents IS
to-r= - vou- newspapers have suggested II
-rud 7e Impossible - publish tie journal - less
-hs1 sly cents vou must remember that. in I'd
o=-for -r f-e -o-r1iros letters from public men
* So=-+ar literary and other supplements and lis
rs- amount of general news The Times carries
F.r-z- eITf political report as YOUR 'Congres-
EorzI Record and its commercial intelligence IS
eg1al n that Of yoUr Financial Chronicle
~z- do very little 70 1nve-l the mystery of
'T-= Times A= n irs writer's 7 know little more
r. -H=- identity than does the rest Of the world
Anonymity has always been part Of the secret of
i's power. Son viii fnd n article on The Times
ir forthcoming issue OF your Outlook. which
W. reH sou IS much as can be learned b. the
oH-s-5a world
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