Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-27

| successful and comprehensive press
association in existence. and NOBODY.
friendly or unfricndly. has Yet de-
NtSed Il more satisfactory machine for
collecting and distributing the news
OF the world.
'"re have passed through another
presidential campaign. serving 10
papers representing all Shades ur
events often mos; bitterly controvcr-
Sial. Complaints have Eccn ncgligiblc.
and those who depend upon Ameri-
can newspapers tor facts believe that
the Associated Press is 4 trustworthy
chroniclcr of current happenings.
With over seventy leased wire err
with frequently changing personnel.
with the inevitable errors OF haste
TO overcome. the organization con-
ttnucS to grow in the confidence of it's
mcinbNS and thrives upon the daily
criticism that 1t cordially welcomes
During the year we We're able not
atinE machinery that had been tenn
porarily weakened by the inroads
which military service, made mpon
our facilities for increasing the value
OF the report To our mem OcrS. New
leased wire circuits and :iidii ional
IN every division. The mileage OF
leased wires ~as augmented by i.GUU
mites. making the tota! 6a.i3.. Tie
Number OF operators Increased to 7N5.
ms machines To nearly 2op.
Foreign Field I:Npnn,is.
Abr"ad we expanded our news re-
sources as conSpicuously as at homo.
We depend less upon the Europran
news agencies and more upon our
trained stan men. At many OF the
IN Europe. for example. our Sta1s
hay" been larger than those of the
I;uropcan agencies. IL may interest
IN" members To note that more Than
!"u men are now regularly employed
~ our bureaus outside the United
states and that it is an established
poliSy To Recruit our foreign StanS
II ON those who have been trained in
our huraaus at home.
our cable service 10 .Nlaska and
our wireless reports to Hawaii tho
Philippines ANA Porto Rivo keep our
territorial papers in daily touch with
IN" continent. our reports TO Mexico
ana tuna' and our developing service.
bia.- Ecuador. Peru. Chile. Argentina
ana Brazil nave effected II mctamor-
rhoSis in tho exchange of news bc-
tween the United states and it's south
crn nrjvhborS. No longer can il IL.
truthtully said that incnnscuucutial
I"sSin ana sensational crimes form
N" substance ot the news reports rX.
changed between the United states
ana tn" rest Of this hemisphere. In
our relations with our l.attnAmcri-
ANXIOUS for news Of the highest i'm
portancc. and tho ora Of exchanging
trivia Ties appears to be happily al,
an end. l'hc Canadian i'rcss. l.itmito,i.
our worthy ally to tho north con
tinucS it's hcalihful expansion in tho
Dominion, aud our American
umc. are q crcdj; TO tho iourraiis,n
of the republics to the south of us.
Tribute 4" the Workers.
IN every "m"rrcncy our staff has
rcSpon'c! with that characterised 10
devotion TO The scr> ice which il; ono
OF MS most cherished assets ON, mon
Know that 10 represent the Associated
ir'ss - I" wear the badge OF honest
Journalism. they are welcome .NcrV-
wher"--cNc"pt Only in Russia. They
| are never called upon to seek news
ny deception or rUSc. They are care
III dtpcndahl". ind"fatigabic ana i'm
| pcrtHrhan!" IN excitement. They arc
trained to avoid error. but 10 :idrui;
Estate in ihc United sia,os '" anT i
! throughout the world is held in hilsb-
| icy Of honesty and square dealing
| which Associated Press representa-
tivcS and other American reporters
| Of similarly high standard have I'm
| failinSiy adopted.
| The employees BENEFIT Rcserv,
Fund is credited with Sll062I. the
board having restored thereto III,
total amount expended for pensions
death and disability benefits during
the year. This amount was ;i3.GS6
Thirteen employees are ON tho pension
roll. Death benefits wcr" paid during
the year TO the hcmciiciarics Of SiN de
ceased employees, and disability b.nr-
fits amounting To $2O.G3J. were paid
TO 2"6 employees.
Our revenues amounted to S5.212
oHo and our expenditures 10 SI.l9l,-
ii3. leaving an excess al approx J.
natcly $lSl.0uO for the years opera
lions. our emergency reserve fund
amounted ON December 81. to 100000
Statistics III Growth.
9TH" board continues to consider
each application for membership with
Il Wow not only To tn" local situation
but ais" TO the general interests OF
the organization. !, adopts no policy
OF forced growth. ON December 81
the memberships WAS las. OF these
"a & Il q g q Il 81 ca H a q 81