Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — The Work of a Single Day. [ARTICLE]

The Work of a Single Day.

Figures will give a clearer idea of the extent of the work performed daily by the Associated Press than any other form of description. The New York office handies daily from 75,000 to 100,000 words, equal to from fifty to seventy columns of matter. On Jan. 13, 1891 (a date taken at random), this news amounted to 95,000 words. Of course, of this mass of material no paper prints the whole; but most of It finds a place somewhere. To meet the requirements of the service, the Associated Press adapted the type writer to receiving directly from the Morse Instrument, and a special pauer was made which facilitates the handling of reports. These details may seem of small moment, but they go to show the pains taken to insure perfect work. The agents of the Associated Press, who are selected for character and ability, are instructed to get all of the news, but if need be to sacrifice the “story” to the facts—ln a word, to tell the truth. They are required to treat all pol tical and religious events with judLlal fairness, and omit soc al happenings having an Immoral tendency. We do not find any thing is lost to thorough journalism by such limitation, but on the contrary much influence is gained thereby. The Associated Press enjoys the public confidence in its reliability to a degree unapproached by any other organization, aud this enhances the value of th’e franchises of the tapers supplied by it. This confidence is based upon an experience of forty years. — Century.