Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-09-09
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRINGS WORLD TO
YOUR VERY DOOR

Scientists through abStruSe c5lCula-
tons have advanced the theory that
tho earth is shrinking and have even
estimated in inches the gradual les
seninq in superficial dimensions.
Regardless whether their concIu
sions are justified it is certain that
for all practical purposes the world
the last few decades, and the prin-
cIpaI agent in bringing distant places
close to each other has been and is
the short line seen in the columns
Of the Free TraderJournaI, by The
Associated Press"
These words are the embodiment in
print of one Of the greatest organlza-
tions of today, a mutual cooperative
enterprise known as The Assoc lated
Press, its membership, more than
eleven hundred strong, covering the
entire United States. and its CORE
spondents ard affiliated agencies
spread over the habitabIe globe.
"By The Associated Press" has
come to be regarded as the hall mark
OF truth, the sign manual Of verify.
The dispatch beneath it may bear
Paris or a London date may read
from Picking or Bombay. from New
York or HooppoIe, Ind, but with those
words above il its truth is certain.
The ordinary methods Of transmits
sion. the telegraph and the telephone
--odnary but none the less wonder
fuI--in NEST cases have brought the
news to the columns of the Free
Trader. Journal. Minutes have suf-
feed to carry the intelligence where
once days and even months would
have been required, and SO we neigh
Dor with the other side Of the globe.
In bringing the news to the Free
Trade er-JournaI no means Of trans
portation is overlooked by The Asso'
cated Press. though the principal
method employed is the telegraph
wire. With the exception Of the tele
graph companies (Which Rave no
other business) there is not an organ
ization in the world which has com
pIete control Of as many miles OF tele
Graph lines as are under lease to The
Associated Press Its wire mileage
exceeds $4,000. and the capacity for
transmission of dispatches is aug
mented by the code system used,
whereby one short word takes the
II. h1Ia
The telephone. too, has great and
growing share in the distribution o!
news by The Associated Press. Cor
tinuous talking circuits in operation
for stated periods have replaced the
telegraph in many instances and
thousands Of words daily are trans
mitted at a single reading to three,
six or even more papers on a single
telephone line.
Wireless teIegraphy is employed
where needed and when through the
breaking down Of the modern meth
DDS speedier means are not at hand
more humble agents are employed
The dog sled in the north and canoes
in the islands Of the Pacific are not
desp sed.
Men have waded waist deep i'7
water and mud for miles to carry ar
Associated Press dispatch telling Of
! storm d saster. Others with equal de
votion to the service have stuck r
the telegraph key while flames ragec
around them. The dangers Of tn;
front line trench and the discomfort
Of march and bivouac have beer
shared by Associated Press men, NJ
mine is too deep and no height toc
perIous to be sought in the service
Of The Assoc lated Press. It's men are
nameless. Their work appears only
under the modest caption, by Ths
Associated Press But those words
mean definite certainty and anywhere
and everywhere will stand the aci'
test of truth.