The log cabin Democrat., 1921-05-02
A.P.' LEADS NEWS GATHERING FORCES
FIRST IN WORLD FIELD
Associated Press, of Which Log Cabin Democrat Now Member, Bril-
 liant in History.

The Log Cabin Democrat takes
 particular pleasure in presenting to
 it's readers today the first of it's tele- graph news service by the Associated
 Press, because of the brilliant history
 and high reputation born by that
 great organization. Wherever news papers are published or read, the As sociated Press is known as the "Old
 Reliable" and it's news dispatches are
 accepted by citizens and officials in all walks of life as statements of fact recurring no verification.
 As it's name indicates, the Associat- ed Press is a cooperative organiza-
 tion for the dissemination of news and is almost as old as the newspaper publishing business itself. It was formed before the civil war, first serving only few clients, but grad ually expanding until it now serves over l HOO members and operates eX- clusively for the transmission of news over II ,000 miles of leased wires. It is maintained through dues assessed proportionate 70 the cost of service for given time and member also makes payment in reserving for the exclusive use of the Associated Press, any news of importance gathered in it's field.
 Having the American field covered by it's l 100 members and also staff correspondents placed at important news centers, the Associated Press covers the European field through CO., operative arrangements with the Havas Agency of France and the Exchange Telegraph Company, which covers continental Europe. Russia, which has no national news gathering agency, was opened to the Associat- ed Press in 1902, and Russian news is cabled by staff men placed there. The British empire is covered by staff representatives and through a cooperative arrangement with the Northcliffe newspapers.
 The domination of the Associated Press in the news field is shown by the fact that not until recent years has any metropolitan newspaper been able to exist without Associated Press service. The one exception was the New York Sun, which broke with the A. P, and remained out of the fold for 20 years or more, joining when it was combined and became the Sun and Herald. Due to the strong competi- tion among the larger journals, SUD- plementary news services have been established, but are in no way relied upon to replace the A. P
 While the Log Cabin Democrat ser vice will not compare in length with that of larger journals, the relabili- lty and freshness of it's dispatches will bear the "A. P.," and will hence be the best the field affords. In ad- dltion to it's national and information al facilities for news gathering, the Associated Press has recently become
 more valuable to Arkansas papers through the establishment of a state bureau at Little Rock. Events of state importance will be picked up by the bureau and dispatched to it's Ar kansas clients, making the service a most comprehensive one.
 During the world war, the Associat- ed Press assumed international inn portance as the most thoroughly equipped news agency in the field, and Its war news was accepted by Europe as we'll as America as au- thentic. Previous to the world war,
 the associated had been at no extra
 ordinary outlay or the gathering of
 news, since the Spanish-American war
 and had created reserve surplus of funds to be used in emergency. The reserve, however was soon exhausted
 and additional assessments were made upon members. This fact, together with the rise in cost of news print, accounted for the burden placed upon
 American newspapers for the period
 of the war and more than offset
 profits which might otherwise come from the increased circulation.