Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-24

your curiosity mus, be aroused" said
Mr.. Stone. 1T must interest you to
know how all this so-called news
good and indifferent. important and
trivial from nearby places and from
the uttermos; parts. is collected. trans
m!ticd and delivered 10 YOU AT 60 small
cost. Well. this shall strive to tell
YOU.
Also, il may Eratify YOU 10 remem-
Der that this business OF systematic
and comprehensive news satherning is
All American enterprise Ii originated
here, and here i: has reached its most
perfect development The work began
In The early days 81 the last century,"
Continuing, Mr. Stone described early
news gathering and the changes
wrought by the telegraph. the cable
and quicker means OF TRANSPORTATION
lie told how. after many bitter con-
tests, the nation wide organization for
handling news WAS organized.
And now what is IT," lie asked
\nd how does it operate" First there
are something like 900 members each
owning daily newspaper. ana each
/ having 4 vote III determining the man
aEemcnt. These 900 members repre-
sent every angle OF every fad or ism
outside the walls OF Bedlan,
And NOT only each member. hut
) every employee Of every member--nay:
"
'hes. 600 daily papers sits IN hourly
Judgment or tho service which the Az
( "oc!n'si Press i rendering.
CRITICISM SAFEGUARDS
An HONEST SERVICE
This criticism was expected by
those 81 - who founded the ins,itu-
ton. and u is rot at all TO be deplorel.
+, u Is The thing which safeguards an
honest and truthful service OF news 10
YOU. There arc competing orGaniza-
t'ons, and their rivalry tends 10 ce!eritv
IN gathering and presenting tho news.
i do no, undervaluc this feature Of
our worl.. e, regard its reputation
Tor ;ruihfulncss and strict impartiality
a. IN" bes, asset OF the Associated
Press
~ : f"i less inportan, that YOU
&c; pt"Mpt news than that you get
NHe news ENer' one familiar with
o"' "".h knows iaat il Is utterly i'm
r"Ss'h'e 70: any one III the service.
IRON tho genera. manager TO the least
iHno!iah; agcn; -; the most remote
point 10 Send a. untruthrul dispatch
''nG es"ar" detection.
You ma. N.icc & biased or inacu-
r"te Statement, Tor = single newspaner
and sci AVA with ia hu, you can.
NOT 80 u WIKI ;he ArEus-eycd millions
VINO read the DISPATCHES q. the Asso.
'iaied Press. The very magnitude or
- work tends % make truthfulress
mn" Hapariiali'y Imperative
ti "c have made an error We nayc
~" always VIII, correct il IN the mos;
Slr" tEhNorward "iG ample fashion.
we nave no sQucaMishuess about This
am convinced ;h1t there is no ,yran-
ny S'cuter lhau that OF tho rriu.ed
word. and thnt a newspaper loses
nothing. but gains greatly. by an hon
est confession of error. Ii is NOT easy
10 estao'ish reputation for inralli.
'nit'iE II = very easy ~ secure /; rem
@'a'!"a 20. integrity IL il IS deserved"
For collecting foreign news. Mr..
agencies; Reuters. Of London. which
assumes responsibilities for news oc tho
t"tsh empire. Japan and China; III.
s'aNas. az Paris. for the Latin corn-
tries Northern Africa and South
America. and the Wolff. OF Berlin. COW
etlhf tic Teuton, Scandinavian and
shy c"untrics, ana ,iie Associated
fress. which. maintains branches in
Al the important cities of tho world
me speaker described how ans i'm
porlnit happening in any nart or rho
<n""n world was described and sent
!" America. How. when Pope Leo
Niii. dicd iu Rome. - san Francisco
paper published the Associated rress
t'.eEfai" announcing the event nine
minutes later.
~ toLLrC TIoN on NEWS
tsE 10000 MILES or WIRE:
For he collection and interchange
o. ms lnf"rmation.t said Mr.. stone
We lease from the various telephonc
aud telegraph co.,pan MICS. and operate
WIN our orn employees. something
Ike 10000 miles - wire. stretching
'ou' III every direction through rhe
country and touching every imnortant
center. 10 "ca"" smaller cities tho
telephone Is employed. Everywhere in
every land ana crtry idornent o. every
Day there 4. csiscicsS vigil for news
Y am frcauently asked what II costs
mus l" collect the news 81 the world
Aho cannot answer, Our annual
hud%:' is between s3h0a 900 and "a
""u,"u0. Bat th's makes no account a,
The work done by tile Individual ma
pers all over the world i'm rcpnrtjnp
the matters ana handing the news over
!" "" agencies Neither can esii.
mate The number II men and women
engaged in this fashion I. is e,." 80
measure ~" COS; of certain specin.
events ". '"r instance. We eAncndel
>:Hoco 10 rcpor, the .isrtin.tuc ais
"S''r And tho Russo Japanese Wa
cost u ovc' i3oc.dGG.
SUCH, my friends. - an outline 81,
, "Ai activities IN what wc call normal
lines Bat these arc not normal ti,n.s
Wntn the ercn. European VA, br,le
on Us eighteen months ago an or no
: processes OF civilization seemed 10 20
Gown ~ an hour. And wc suffered IN
/, common with others our lnt.En,
noha' relations FOR the exchange Of
news were Instantly dislocated
we hah n"cu able Ia impress The
governments abroad u;th the value Of
an impartial AMI uuuurciiahablc .c..
. service a. opposed 20 Tho Ntual ,yn,
j ~ journalism which was TOO con,,non
on -he European Continent Ana IN
7 or nfhaf trey had abolished their
censorship. They had accorded ~,
IultS assuring us great rapidify in the
: transmisSion OF our message. oyei
thtir government telegraph liner They
!. mao nrencn the doors ~ thci: chnuctI.
Ieries 70 our correspondents and ,o,a
! 'herh freely the news q: II developed
All these advantages ceased. The