El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-26

in the contract and known TO all who
do business with us The circulation
of The Herald is a matter of positive
proof. not merely of claim We prove
our circulation in any manner the adj
vertiser requires and our records are
all open and above board Everything
and every body about The Herald Office
is acCeSSib BILE to the least and the great
est. FaVOritism, concealment. or fraud
are things none Of us can tolerate for
an instant Those Of YOU who have
long had established business or per
soual relations with us know this 70
be "a fact Others viii find 10 out in
time.
The Associated Press.
Il should like to 20 AT some length
into the actual making of the news
paper. how the news Is obtained. what
efforts are made 20 get it right. and
all that But my time is limited /
will refer briefly To the news sources
our general news comes mainly from
the Associated Press. which has i5s
representatives every where on this
continent. and overseas tt supple
mentS its news service abroad by
working arrangements with the Great
European and Asiattc news assocIa-
The Associated Press is actuated by
the same Identical motives and ideals
which 1 have outlined for you as gov
erninS the course OF The Herald i'm
this community. IL plays no favOrites.
knows neither bias nor prejudice II
anybody ever tells YOU the Associated
Press is biased. just cite TO him the fact
that among the 900 members every
shade Of political belief is represented:
that the association is purely mutual
and that every member is privileged
70 take a hand I'm correcting errors in
the management or the news service,
in reprimandinE or repudiatiug off
Gals, and in forcing the summary dis
charge Of correspondents If they do not
play fair with the mem hers This is
your guaranty that the news Of the
Associated Press is reliable IL has 900
Watchful critics. the leading newspaper
men Of the country. and any indica-
ton or bias at any time is sure 10
bring down on the heads Of the man
agement the fierce denunciation OF out
RACED members. The Associated Press
impartial and complete Just as I have
explained TO you The Herald'S very life
depends on conserving its reputation
for fair play
Through The Herald's leased wire
and the Associa ted Press YOU have ac-
cess a. all hours to the news OF the
whole world Incredible speed is made
ln Transmitting the news To us Only
few seconds elapsed in the worlds
series between the play on the field
and the click of the instrument in our
office. 4 great European event viii
he hulletlned TO us in normal times IN
a few minutes The system is perfect.
and you have the benefit Of all this
for your few cents a day The Herald
has been a member of the Associated
Press for more than Il years.
Local News
IN the southwestern field we have
our own special corps OF correspond
ents. In the local field. a number OF
experienced reporters gather the news
and telephone it or bring il into the
office. where il is carefully edited and
scrutinized- Very often there are
doubtful matters TO verify. It would {
give you a new insight into the work
Of the daily newspaper if you could 2
sit a few hours besides our editorial 7
force and note the energy and skill .
that 20 into verifying the news We
are response bic for our errors. unlike .
the ordinary man i'm the street. and Z
We have 70 make every human effort F.
To get things right. Sometimes Is or
20 telephone calls or personal inter- p
views are necessary in order 10 .
straighten out some little tangle You .
note lots OF errors typographical or in .
statements Of fact Remember there {
are 1000. 600 different characters in an .
average paper. all Of which have TO be .
written set. and corrected i'm a few
hours under high pressure Hundreds 1