Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-24
MANAGER or ASSOCIATED PRESS
TELLS OF WORK OF oRGANl-
zATIoN.
ASSOCIATION NOT
CONDUCTED FOR PROFIT
Members Pay Weekly Assessments
Sufficient to Cover Cost Of Greatest
News Gathering Organization in
World-orehard Discusses Prsju-
dices in Editorial Writing.
Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
| Iowa City. Nov. 24.-Melville h.
Stone, general manager of the Associ-
ated Press, this afternoon told Iowa
newspaper men attending the second
annual conference at the university
many known facts concerning the
! biggest news-gathering organization in
the world.
| There are today $50 members of the
organization, each owning oaiiS
newspaper and each having the right
| to vote for board OF fifteen directors
| who in turn elect the general manager.
| and he is responsible for the character
| of the news service" Mr.. stone ex-
planned. after he had related the his
tory of news gathering agencies.
Not only every member" he con-
| tinued. but every one connected with
each of the $50 newspapers printing
| the Associated Press reports. is 1eai-
ously guarding the accuracy, integrity
and impartiality of its work More
| than that indeed every reader tano
! hese probably comprise sixty or sew
enty millions of our people, is alike
| ensor The service is necessarily as
early truthful and unbiased as posi-
le.
Declares No Dividends.
The Associated Press has no CAPT
tai, makes no profits, declares no divi-
ends 1t receives from its members
| weekly assessments a sum intended
to cover the actual cost Of The collec-
J, on and distribution of its news, and
more. This revenue aggregates ap-
proximately s3,50o,oo0 year. No one,
not an owner of newspaper receiving
and publishing its reports. can be
1lember or exercise control over its
work.
I'VE lease and operate with our own
employees something like $4,000 miles OF
ire. stretching out in every direction
t1ru the country and touching every
Important center. Everywhere in eV-
cry land. and every moment of every
day there is ceaseless vigil for news.
We are striving to report the rea!
istory Of our times. We are not deal
ing in scandals or pandering to the
prurient desires of our people. We
think We know something Of the re-
sponsibilities of American journalism
and that they are something different
than the moral obligations which at
'tach 20 the side show of a circus We
are seeking to do valuable thing and
wholly under forms Of law
The conference opened at 80 with
an address by President Jessup of the
university. Talks followed on "Ad- 4
vertislng in Iowa Newspapers" O. E.
Klingaman: Front Page, Make up"
VI l. Curtis Knoxville: THE Future of
the Iowa Weekly ]. B. Huneerford.
Carroll: THE Writing of the Editor
iar. W. r Orchard. Council Bluffs:
Policies and Pot Roasts"- w, ".
LOOMS LaGrange. H.: What Le-is-
lation Do Iowa. Newspapers Need"
Senator G. L. t'aSwcll. Denison.
Preiudiced Editors Not Wanted.
The judicial minded editor is the man
the American public wants today, no,
the politically or otherwise prejudice>
editor.
This is the opinion that ". r Orch
ard. of the Council Bluffs Daily Nom
pareil. expressed in his talk at the
newspaper conference late this after
noon on The Writing Of the Editorial.
The editor of general newspaper
may with entire proprety discuss in
mis- columns music, the drama, science.
al t'AiANo'P-'s- Neo''S'1'-N-'
poetry. religion. prohibition and poll
I Cs,' Mr. Orchard said.
Most of our American editors con-
fine themselves largely to the last two
subjects for the reason that they like
other people are creatures Of of enrir-
onment and their knowledge OF these
subjects is much more extensive than
it is on other lines.
tazo1 ,, Il
nor wholly good i, is susceptible OF
great improvement.
There Ia profound need today Of edi-
tors who assume the attitude Of judicial
interpreters Of political policies rather
than biased advocates Of party candi-
dates and party policies without re-
gard to their intrinsic merits or ack-
nowledgment that there is some merit
on the other side The drift away from
tine radically partisan Journal has been
pronounced in recent years.
In the not distant future the one
paper town will have but one paper
During political campaign the col
umns of this journal will be open to all
sides. Editors will continue to express
their opinions on political as on other
subjects. but they will be more judicial
and less partisan. They will not pur-
sue a policy Of exaggeration in one di-
rection and suppression in the other.
They will publish all the news and all
] the opinions that are worth while.
Then. newspapers will be published
| only where there is economic necessity.
ITO be effective an editorial must be
fair and just 1t must be pertinent. II
must be logical 1t must be devoid of
malice. Ii must appeal to reason and
intelligence and avoid appeal to pas
sion and prejudice. 1t must be brief
and pointed
IF 1 were mailing a motto to the
desk Of the American editor / think it
would read something like this: You
cannot afford to be unfair to those who
do not agree with your policies"