The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-13
BIGGEST CHINESE JOURNAL.
San FrnncisoO's Yellow Editor OIL
jects 10 sensatIOnnIfsm,

San FrancisoO's Yellow Editor OBJ
jects 10 SensatIOnnIism.
In San Francisco the yellow man gets
out the white paper and the white man
gets out the yellow paper. At least that
is the opinion Of NC Poon Chew. manag-
ing editor Of the Chung Sal Vat Po Of
that city. which is the Oldest and most
widely circulated Chinese journal in the
United States.
NC Poon Chew had the honor OF es-
tablishing the first Chinese daily newspa-
per outside OF the Chinese empire. This
was IN 1899 and now the Chung SAT Vat
20 has an average circulation OF 4O)0
copies.
Il am lrrevocably opposed % sensa-
tional journalism" says NC Poon Chew
as quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer. 1T is peculiar. but, nevertheless.
true, that In San Francisco the yellow
man sets out the white paper and the
white man gets out the yellow paper. We
run O. conservative paper 10 every way.
1t is cleanly edited and our whole aim is
20 educate and elevate the Chinese
people; 20 make them better citizens and
better people Anything immoral or
which savors Of immortality does not ap-
pear either in our news columns or in
our advertising. We VIII not accept the
advertisements Of fortune tellers or Of
any other persons who we believe are un-
reliable We are opposed 10 gambling
and lotteries Of all kinds. and give them
no mention of any kind In the paper.
I'VE exchange with all the newspapers
Of the Chinese empire our system and
methods nave been adopted by nearly all
Of the newspapers in the Chinese empire.
and we are proud 70 believe that the
study and work we have given the bush
ness has revolutiouized the newspaper
business in China.
Nc Poon Chew says that there has
been a great increase in the number OF
newspapers in the Chinese empire in re-
cent years. in the year 1907 alone l67 new
newspapers were established.
The Chung Sal Vat Pc has been a sue
cessful newspaper. During It's first three
years enough money was earned 10 pay
all debts and make the enterprise free O.
ali membranes. The paper gets OF,
six issues a week; none on sunday. The
plant. Office. and furnishings-in fact
everything that the paper owned-wert
destroyed I'm the san Francisco earth
/ quake and the Ere that followed How
/ ever. the Chung Sal Vat Pc was not dis
| couraged- Only three issues were missed
/ The Chinese reporters, clerks, typeset-
| tiers. and pressuen went 10 the plant ol
/ the Oakland Herald. and. after overcom-
ing one OF the greatest difficulties ever
encountered In the newspaper business
IN three days had their paper on the
streets and delivered TO Chinese homes
Every BIT OF Chinese type owned by the
paper had been destroyed and the sltua-
ton seemed hopeless.
Every employe OF the Chung Sal Yat
/ Pc went on the local news stan and be-
gan 10 get out copy with ink and brush
This was taken 70 a photo engraving
plant and zinc etchings gotten out. They
were put IN the forms OF the Oakland
Herald. and put on the press. For the
/ first time in the history OF American
newspapers, one was printing a Chinese
I newspaper on its presses al more than q
hundred a minute
The Chung Sal Vat Pc had TO send "a
China for new type and rebuild its plant
but now IL Is more prosperous than ever
before. There are two other Chinese
papers IN San Francisco. the Tai Tung
and the sal Cal.
NC PoOn Chew was born IN Summing
/ Canton province, came 20 the United
States while a young man. and entered
| the ministry. He is a graduate OF the
San Francisco Theological Seminary, and
a Presbyterian by faith.