Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-29

naturally drawn heavily upon our stall
II has been the policy of the management
not only not to seek exemption from gov
crnmcnt service on behalf oi ITS employees
but 10 encourage such service. Men VINO
a wear ago were serving this organization
now are bv hundreds IN the military anu
naval or other service oi the 'hiee"
States Our operators IN particular have
been able to render valuable service ior
which their training has peculiarly h,'eu
them Within a wear we thus have lost
more than onc-fourth of our stan, ana
many more men soon are to leave us
In tins period of war, rs the achvlueS
and responsibilities ot oar service u'sN'
steadily increased, II Is source ol great
pride to know that those upon whom 'hc
! burden has fallen have met their ohilga
tons with II measure oi ialthlilineSS anu
intelligence for which the management
| is deeply grateful. by direction "i INC
| board of directors and rs PARTIAL recogn-
| tion of the efficiency Of the staff, the nc
| oI cach cmplovc in the United States
| whilc in the service, has been insured Tor |
! the benefit of his heirs or dependents IN |
| the sum Of 81 600.
| Because of the greater risk involved,
| established companies wilt not accept
| insurance upon the lives of our men IN
! foreign service. but the board has ltseil
assumed liability ON their hchah
/ INCREASING IT'S SERVICE.
While the growth in membership was
| unusually large during the last Nra''
The members should not mistake the
nolirv as TO growth. Unlike the privately
owned and profit making news agrnrieS'
| We do not traffic IN news. We welcome
only such additions 10 membership rs
strengthen the news gathering ia''il'S
| ul tins body.
Al the close of the wear there were 63b
evening ncwSnapcrS 39I morning news
papcrs and 6l Sunday morning news
rancrs. or "A total ot Loss. receiving the
service These newspapers. from the
smallest which receives Jh-Word
daily telegraph service. to the largest,
winch receives upwards Of 10000 words
| daily shows a net increase IN membership
IN the wear 1917 ot l39 ot winch ~
ar, evening, - morning and n'nc sunday
newspapers
In 1917 there Was great expansion IN
the Morse leased wire service more than
&, 600 additional mlcs of wirc being added.
making the leased wirc system ot the
orranl7atlon over 900 miles N length
and more than twice the mileage oi all
other press associations combined
WTRts RrACII twice MOUND WORLD.
Receiving the report on these leased
wires. which would stretch moro than
tvicc around the world. are 30S evening
nc,vSpapcrs. 20 morning newspapers and
, | Is SUNDAY morning newspapers W hlf
There WAS a rapd extension ot tho leased
vine scrvcc, the increase ~ the uunnc'
+ o( papers receiving pony services, rmahc'
! tban the Morse leased wire was s'l
I, greater. showing . growth 81 - over that
/ uf tho preceding wear
With tho extension VI tho Morse service
IL was necessary ~ employ addltiona
Morse operators The number "t opera
tor, employed ~ present l~ 66o represent
\ ,uc m increase ,d 80 over the uumhC
cmrlovcd fnr tho preceding year y
!, body Sc operators Who copN the report y
rvcrv State IL thc u,ou, with >ingl'
4 exception Is greater than the ComhlnCt
/, opcratlug forces of ail tho other pres
/. associations n the world
Regardless 81 ne loss Of trained mci
ANA tho fact lhat anC-tourih of'tt~ pcr
Sanncl has hccn lu service less than on'
+, wear. tic DELIVERY ot the report has no
been Interrupted and no member wlshln
leased WIrc has hccn without scrvlr
owing a. the shortage of operators
: The total ~ assessments charged agains
! members ot The Associated Press tron
: Jantlar, /. 1000 tr pcc,m mhcr ~ l9l'
e Mas Sl7.-3l a&7 CT this amount th
2 treasurer was unable - collect 81 i69.
IT little lcss than one hundrcdth oi one pc
4 cent
i Respectfully submitted Frank I
p Moves. Nictor + LAWSON W L Mclean
i AdoIph : Och~. CLARK Howell ;
NIc( 'atchy, 4 q Weiss Charles Hopklu
r tark Charles 4 Rook " II Cowc;
2 Il M JohuSton ~ l. Town Elhcrt i
+ BaArr. OSWALD Garria \lonlard, John /
Rathom