Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-23
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Leaving the farm to become a post
Office clerk and later telegraph op-
( orator, the boy Munsey came into
! contact with newspaper publishers,
, and from them received his ambition
TO become publisher himself. Com
ing to New York with n suitcase full
of manuscripts and $40 in cash, he
induced publishing house TO issue
the Golden Argosy", a magazine for
Juvenile readers, of which Mr.. Mum
Sey became editor.
Upon the failure of his publisher,
Mr.. Munsey received the good will of
the magazine in lieu of unpaid wag-
es, and with that as a stepping stone
began his climb toward fortune and
fame.
On his so-called ruthlessness in the
slaughter of magazines and newspa-
pers, Mr.. Munsey once said:
''The lazy of economics applies in
! the newspaper business that operates
in all Important business today.
Newspapers that disregard this eco
nomic law are inviting disaster and
are fixing charge that could and
would be reduced If we had fewer
newspapers" 4
President Coolidge in a telegram
to William T. Dewhart, Mr.. Munsey' S
general manager, said:
1.-THE death of Frank Munsey has
taken one of the outstanding pub
fishers of our time. He started as
poor boy in Maine through energy
and an indomitable will to succeed.
Typical of our true American spirit,
! he conquered all obstacles in his
path. AS an editor he reached a po-
sition of influence in the country.
His support of measures appealing to
his better judgment was strong and
unfaltering."
Governor Alfred e. Smith tele-
graphed to Albany ordering all flags
on state buildings to be flown at
half mast until after the funeral.
1.-THE state of New York loses one
of it's foremost citizens" Governor
Smith said. IT grieve not only for
that but for my personal loss"
From the ranks of Mr.. -Munsey's
eral manager of The Associated
Press, expressed his regret for the
publishers passing.
IT am personally deeply affected
at the death of Mr.. Munsey, whom
I not only admired, but whom l held
in sincere and affectionate regard
as I had come to know him in re-
cent years with friendly intimacy.
In the Sun, as he had published it,
he expressed the highest type of
journalism" Mr.. Cooper wrote.
Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the
New York Times, said in part: HE
was man with a high conception
of honor and a gentleman in the
true sense. He was an ardent
patriot and a valiant defender of the
public welfare"
Other messages came from Charles
S. Dawes. vice president of the Unit
ed States, William Howard Taft,
chief Justice of the United States,
Andrew Mellon, secretary of the
treasury, Herbert Hoover. secretary
of commerce, Harry S. New, post
master general, United States Sena-
tors James Wadsworth. Jr.. of New
York. Reed Smoot of Utah. Arthur
Capper of Kansas, George H. Moses
of Now Hampshire, George w. Nor
ris of Nebraska, Representative
Hamilton Fish, New York, and from
many others.
During his various career as
newspaper and magazine publisher.
Mr.. Munsey edited or owned about
score of publications. among them
being the New York Continent, es-
tablished in 1890 and merged with
the Star; the Washington Times; the
New York Daily News: the Boston
Journal: the Baltimore News; the
Philadelphia Evening Times; New
York Press; New York Sun. merged
with the Press; Baltimore Star and