Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1910.
NEWS WHEN 1T is NEWS.

The EVENING NEWS has become
30 accustomed to having it's contem-
poraries publish the news a day OF
two after 1t has given 1t to the pub
: lie that the practice has ceased to
be- a matter of comment in this Of
fee. 1t is a new trick, however, for
other papers to wait a month or
more after the EVENING NEWS
has told something, to publish it and
then follow it up with a claim 1t is
a beat on the NEWS. The facts
are very. amusing.
We do not often have occasion to
mention our esteemed contempor-
airy, the Chronicle. What it says is
passed without notice as few people
see 1t. But its recent claim is SO
bold and yet so humorous that,
thinking even the few may be de-
ceived, we have decided this time
to. disturb the Chronicles dream.
Yesterday our local contemporary
published the following little COM
ment after 1t had said nice things
about the new cartridge factory
coming here in connection with the
United Lead Works, the facts about
which the Chronicle has just given
to its readers:
tBy the way, have you noticed the
way in which the Chronicle has
been putting them over" lately,
with announcements of new factor
les and other notable news beats2
Publishing more and better local
news than any other paper and keep
ing the public informed as to all that
is going on In this vicinity, the
Q is~further adding to
dtation as the leading home
paper of Perth Amboy."
1T seems q shame to tell it, but in
ats issue Of June Is, over a month
ago, the EVENING NEWS gave to the
public all the facts about this new
cartridge factory. On that date the
EVENING NEWS had the following
headlines in big, black type: Half
Million to be Spent by Plants for I'M
provements." The story under this
heading. goes on to tell about the
oessler g. Hasslacher Chemical
Works spending 100000 in new
buildings, also about the LEAD,
WORKS TO SPEND 100000 FOR
THE ERECTION OF A LARGE
CARTRIDGE FACTORY. All the
"details were given by the EVENING
NEWS at that time together with a
story of the fight between tho United
Lead and the Union Metallic Cart
ridge Company which the new cart
ridge factory here is being built to
oppose.
In its hasty glance ove the first
edition Of the EVENING NEWS of
that day, to grasp the stories the
NEWS had hat the Chronicle did
not, only that part of the story re-
lating to the chemical works was
noticed, as that was in the first part
of the EVENING NEWS article. AS
a result, on that same day in a para
graph or two down at the bottom of
its fret page the Chronicle published
something about the chemical works
addition. But In It's haste not to be
beaten the feature about the lead
works was not noticed and 1t re-
NAMED for the Chronicle to come out
over a month later with the news
about the cartridge factory.
Really, we do not believe many
people noticed It, but publishing
news" a month old is so unusual
that we thought it deserved some
comment. In the meantime the peo-
pfc become all the more satisfied
that to get the news when it is news
1t Is necessary to read the EVENING
NEWS.
There are certain kinds of beats"
that the Chronicle can have, however,
For instance, some time g it had
the startling announcement that the
new railroad bridge over the Rari-
tan river was sinking. But how II
ot that beat" is another story. II
ncient nov to Jay that we have
-ore about this wonderful
81 and that the bridge