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1851-1921 By Elmer Davis Originally published 1921 |
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fill a keenly felt want in the New York journalism of
the day. The conditions which made possible the
prosperity of The Times in the fifties were in general
the conditions which opened the way for the spec
tacularly successful reconstruction of The Times in
the nineties. In each case New York newspapers,
numerous and varied as they were, had none the
less left vacant a large and profitable part of the
newspaper field; and in each case the demand for a
certain kind of paper - a paper characterized under
Raymond as under Ochs by the somewhat unpre
tentious but still popular qualities of moderation and
decency created the supply. In the fifties as in the nineties there were many newspaper readers in New York who wanted a paper which first of all gave the news, but which was not distorted by eccentricities of a personal editorial attitude or tainted by excessive attention to folly, immorality and crime. The-character which Raymond gave to The Times - excellence in news service, avoidance of fantastic extremes' in editorial opinion, and a general' sobriety in manner - is the character which The Times has retained ever since, and which those now engaged in producing the paper hope it still
retains.
There was a field for a sane and sensible' newspaper in New York in 1851. The city had not yet recovered-from its surprise at finding itself a great metropolis, with more than half a million people, already far beyond its old rivals of the Atlantic seaboard and obviously destined to still greater growth in the future. It was spreading rapidly, sprawlingly, with little-'attention to the manner of its extension;
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