Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-18


Mr.. Ballou. No, sir; he would not
| Senator Nelson. want to call the
Senator's attention to the fact that
my recollection is that there is a
theological seminary at Andover
I Senator Cummins. That is, Andover
Mass, not Andoyer, N. Y. >~-.. }
Senator Reed. il a wonder they
the minister's sermon.
Senator Walsh. I want to turn to
the other page of this thing, and in,
wife your attention to the identical
boiler plate matter, or canned editor.
ial, as the case may be, appearing in
the st. Regis Falls paper Of February
| /, 1913, the Adirondack News, under
Matters concerning the law makers,
and important events at the Capitol"
Mr. Ballou. Yes. \
Senator Walsh. THAT the West is
now getting its sugar. cheaper than
the Atlantic seaboard, in striking re.
versal of the condition when the trust
refneries held undisputed sway" etc.
the same editorial. ~ ~s< p ~
Mr.. Ballou Yes; but that is not
boiler plate. That was sent In type
writing, as you can see by the fact
that 1t is published In different type,
in a different column. That is not
sent out as plate matter. t-..>.s.. =.
Senator Walsh. What want to In
yite your attention to particularly Is
the heading in brackets United States
/ Press Association"
Mr.. Ballou. Yes.
! Senator Walsh. The United States
Press Association is q regularly rec.
ognized accumulation and purveyor Of
news. It provides news for papers?
Mr.. -Ballou. Yes.
! Senator Walsh. Was that gathered
by the United States Press Associa.
ton? - 80
Mr.. Ballou. No, sir; nor are we in
any way responsible for that heading
being there.
Senator Walsh. Who Is responsible?
Mr.. Ballou. The newspaper itself
undoubtedly put 1t in. saw the type
writing as It went out, and as you see
by the other papers there was no men,
ton when 1t went out from the press
service bureau that 1t was from the
united States Press Association.
Senator Walsh. So that, although
the matter was actually gotten eu. BY
the Hawaiian SUGAR prhiueess. it at
to the reader as haY5ns been rr!left-
ed, gathered. and p.eDarsi b. tie
United States Press Association?
heb Mr. tBalclcu. do not consider
myself or the press service bureau re-
sponsibIe in any way for that. It is
the only instance to which my atten-
ton has been called, but it was not
part Of my plan or Of their carrying
it out.
Senator Walsh. Let us take the
one right next to It. the Cattaraugus
On, Y,) Times. 49, {.
Senator Cnmmins. May / interrupt
right there - These gentlemen on my
left here. who are newspaper men, In.
form me that there is no such press
association as the United States
Press Association. =
Senator Walsh There is not even
such an association? ..
Mr.. Ballou. I have no idea. know
i neyeh fathered any such thing.
Senator Reed. Is 1t the United
States, or the United Press?
Senator Walsh. United States
Press Association" This appears in
the Cattaraugus Times to, be regu.
lar editorial - -. =. -.
Mr.. Ballou. Yes; it was sent out in
typewriting to that paper. If one pa.
per put it under a United States Press
Association headline. with a Washing.
ton date, and another printed 1t as ed.
itorial matter of their own, that is the
way those different newspapers treat.
ed it. :, III. ~. - E.-... ~. ~
Senator Walsh. OF course, the read.
|er Of the Cattaraugus Times naturally
assumed that this was, the ordinary
lucubration OF the editortof the Taper?
Mr.. Ballou. Very likely. ,
Senator Walsh. And accepted it as
such. {. .tl~.'..:r ~ - ..:
Senator Cummins. understand he
says he had nothing to do with 1t.
Mr.. Ba1lou. / knew that some news
papers would do that; that is, the
Press Service Bureau wolffd send out
this manuscript. They would fire.
quently send me copies of the manu-.
script that they were sending out to
some papers. The small country pa
pers, as has been pointed out, would
use it editorially; some would attrib-
ute it to a mythical press association,
or make any other use OF it that they
might see fit.
Senator Walsh. Or From our own
special Washington correspondent"
Mr.. Ballou. Yes; something of that
kind.
Senator Walsh. And you knew that
this matter would be used in any of
those ways?
Mr.. Ballou. Yes.
senator Walsh. Now, really, do you
draw any very marked distinction be-
tween that and Mr.. Lowry's species
of deception?
Mr.. Ballou Yes; consider that
evidetly the plane of newspaper eth
les. If newspaper ethics are on that
plane, that they will take matter and
put it under a date line, that is
quetion of newspaper ethics.