Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-28
ANNIVERSARY OF
VAST NEWS AGENCY
Associated Press Celebrates
Twentieth Year of Its
Foundation.
THE EVENING STAR HAS
ITS COMPLETE SERVICE
The Roll of Newspapers in
the Combination Now
Reaches $50.


the power or the value of the vast
American agency for the collection OF
intelligence from all parts of the
United States and the whole world
as well. A marvel at all times for
thoroughness, completeness and Inn
Partially, It is in the days OF great
crises, in the event Of a catac1ysm
like the italian earthquake, when
100000 persons lost their lives; in the
midst. OF war involving giants
among nations. as when Japan
sprang at the throat of Russia, or
when handful of Beers defied the
power of the mighty British empire;
then, indeed, is seen the extent and
resources that count no distance too
great, no outlay too enormous, so that
the news shall be obtained and pre-
sented to the world with the least pos
sible delay.
This is why all newspapers which.
like the NEWARK EVENING STAR,
are of important standing and inf1u-
ence in their own section, must have
the franchise of the Associated Press.
1t is Indispensable. No wealth of cor
respondents, no personal influence,
can take the place of the command
ing power of the Associated Press.
A certain paper may pay $4,000 for
a single dispatch, in getting the first
report of momentous battle, but the
night is scarcely ended before a re-
port of the same conflict comes flash
ing over the wires from the Associat-
ed Press correspondent. The same
world-renowned journal may get from
Naples the first astounding news of
the assassination of Lieutenant Pet
rosini the metropolitan detective and
foe of the BLACK Hand, but dawn
has hardly shown her rosy fingers be-
fore, with infinitely more detail, comes
the full service of the Associated
Press, describing the same lamentable
crime.
Thus, it may be seen, does this no.
table agency march with the same
telling stride as the greatest Of Amer
lean journals in the exploitation and
dissemination of news OF world wide
interest. And this is due, not only to
the resources of the agency, but more
especially to it's manager, to the man
at the helm, to Melville r. ~Stone, a
trained newspaper worker, man who
understands the value of news of
every kind, and one who knows that
the American newspaper, the small
est, as well as the most powerful and
wealthiest of metropolitan journals,
demands the current intelligence of
the day whether 1t be in Central
Asia or in Indianapolis. Mr. Stone
understands this because he is him
self an experienced American editor,
and the success and fame of one of
the greatest of Chicago journals, one
especially celebrated for its enterprise,
is due entirely to his genius and his
capacity for work.
In the North American Review for
May there will appear an article on
the Associated Press by Frank b.
Noyes 1t should be read by all those
interested in newspapers of influence
and reputability, but for those
who have not the time or, cannot
obtain it, this summary of the article
will suffice.
The Associated Press is an associa-
ton of something over $50 newspa-
pers It Is a mutual organization for
the interchange and collection of news
and under its charter of incorporate
il is not permitted to make profit or
declare dividends. In other words. the
Associated Press is simply a common
agent of its members by which they
arrange an interchange of news
which each collects. This year the
twentieth anniversary Of the founda-
ton of the Associated Press is cele-
brated, and it seemed proper that this
presentation of aims and policy should
be published. The agency is con-
trolled by board of directors, formed
of active newspaper men, its presi-
dent and vice. president serving with
out salary. The Associated Press, as
Mr.. Moves says, is today constituted
solely as the servant and agent of
the journals which it serves. 1t can
have no partisan nor factional bias,
no religious utilization, no capitalistic
nor pro-labor trend,
The function of the agency, as has
been indicated in this Introduction to
the article of Mr.. Noyes, is to fur
nish its members with an impartial,
truthful epitome of the news from
all parts of the world, expeditiously
and economically.
To do this the newspapers compos-
ing the membership of the agency,
including the NEWARK EVENING
STAR, contribute first the news of
their own locality; and, second,
weekly assessments of money aggre-
eating $3,O00,00O a year, which main
tains a vast system of leased wires
%, 900 miles in the daytime and $4,000
at night-with bureaus in all the
principal American cities supple
menting and eollating the news of
local newspapers, and bureaus for the
original collection of news through
out the world.
One of the greatest achievements
of Mr.. stone as general manager,
has been the reform in the collection
of foreign intelligence. Where for
merly the Associated Press depended
on the Reuter-, Havas or Wolff
agencies it now has bureaus of its
own in all the great capitals of
Europe, under. the charge Of men
trained in American methods, but
who have also proved themselves to
be of catholicity of taste, of enlarged
understanding and men of the word
in the widest sense of the term. In
deed. the agents of the Associated
Press abroad are now recognized os
was the prototype of foreign cor
respondent, Herr Blowitz, by all mon
archs and chancellSries, as of i'm
portance scarcely secondary to that
of an ambassador.
In conclusion Mr.. Noyes points to
the charges of monopoly, partia lily
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