even better tbings for him and his paper. The Herald, how
ever, with the good men it has already, recruited by others
will, it is said, be made financially sound; Issue an evenini
edition either under the present or a new namne; and retain ths
Liberal constituency which sprang into existence at the lat<
election.
This is what Te Herald itself has to say "A ptition foi
a winding-up order against the Montreal Herald Company wa
presented to Mr. Justice Doherty in the Superior Court yester
day, Aug. 7th. His Honor granted the petition, and appointed
Mr. Alfred C. Tucker, the corpany's accountant, provisional
liquidator, at the same time authorizing him to continue the
publication of the paper. The company's unsecured liabilities,
apart from those due to its directors, are comparatively small.
The object of the proceedings is the reorganization of the busi-
ness by an equitable distribution of its present assets, and the
formation of a stronger company, with ample capital and re-
sources to carry on the paper in a-manner worthy of its position
as a leading metropolitan journal."
Mr. Robert Jaffray, president of The Globe Co., is now in
Europe, but will return shortly. Mr. John A. Ewan, editorial
writer of The Globe, bas been in Chicago studying the silver
and other politia isues of the Republic. Mr. P. F. Cronin,
editor of The Catholie Register, leaves next week for Ireland to
attend the great Natiotialist meeting in Dublin. Mr. Cronin
will go with the other Canadian delegates, who ?nclude some
of the leading Irishmen of the Dominion, and will be the only
journalist in the party from this country.
THE CANADIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
N Tuesday, September 8th, at Ix oclock, in the Queen's
liiotel, Toronto, there will be a meeting of the Executive
of the Canadian Press Association. The business of the meet-
ing will be to consider applications for membership, the cases
of members in arrears, some small accounts, and the arrange-
ments necessary for the next annual meeting. The latter
subject, of course, will be the most important one. Usually an
Executive meeting is held iin lune, but this year, on account of
tlie smoothness with which the affairs of the association have
run, it has been found unnecessary to hold one before Sep-
tember.
Any person who desires to read a paper or introduce a sub-
ject at the next annual meeting (February, 1897) should com-
municate at once with the secretary or the president. Members
are sometimes heard complaiuning that certain subjects, on which
they have desired to hear discussions, have been omitted fromn
the programme. This would be obviated if every member
ould co-operate with th Executie in suggesting and arrang-
ing papers. Volunteer papers are usually numerous, but they
should be even more numerous. It does not take a iong paper
or a long address to introduce a subject, and almost any vital
topic introdued at the sessions at oce arouses the full interest
of the members, all of whom are willing to state their views
and their experience.

No member of the association should expect to come to the
aiation a and spend all his time listening. He must not be a
spoge. He must be prepard to exchange his own ideas for

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those of others. He must be preared, at least, to swap some
of his old, musty information for the bright new brain-products
F of his superiors in the craft. The selfish man is a confounded
nuisance anywhere, and the selfish newspape rnan at a gather-
? ing of the profession, such as an annual meeting of an associa-
tion, is-well, perha, a burgar would be too strong, but some
milder word which means sroething th same.
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There eemns to be an idea abroad omewher that the next
meeting of the association will be held at Ottawa. No ground
for this statement can be found. The information is certainly
not official.
There has also been some talk of reducing the initiation
fee of the association from $5 to $3. There are some who
claim that the present figure is too high. Others again claim
that if it were not so high old members who drop in arrears for
two years would prefer to come in as new members if the initia-
tion fee were low. There seems, however, to be room for im-
provement. Perhaps it would be wise to lower the initiation
fee from $5 to $3 in the case of country weeklies having les
than ,00oo circulation, all others to pay the $5 now assessed.
By amending the constitution to prevent a member once in ar-
rears being again proposed for membership, the danger of a low
initiation fee would be obviated.
INACCURACIES IN THE DAILY PRESSE
A CCURACY ought to be a reporter's first aim. A news-
paper exists to record passing events, and if it doesn't re-
cord them correctly it fails in its principal duty. The reporter
should avoid fine writing, and instead of making a god of style
devote his talents to simple, direct narration and litai ac
curacy. Charles A. Dana, the veteran editor of The New York
Sun, who is a good authority, places correctness as a reporter's
chief qualification. Yet t does appear sometimes as if the re-
porter, in hustling for news, is satisfied with getting the essen-
tial facts, and letting details tke are of themselves.
The other day a case which illustrates what I mean ourred
in Toronto. The whole subject was of no special importance,
but what is worth reporting is worth reporting right. There
was a meeting of Tory politicians in Toronto July 3o, and
several of the papers had errors in statements of easily ascer-
tained facts. For instance, The Mail said Sir Charles Tupper
dined at Government House, while The World gave himi to
Senator Allan for the same function. The Globe said Dr.
Montague arrived in town too late to at t tend the meeting, while
The Mail declared him to have been present. The World said
Sir Charles went east to Montreal by Grand Trunk train, while
The Globe recorded his departure by the 9.2o train. Both
statements were errors, because the ex-Premier left by the i
9 o'clock Canadian Pacific train. But these are trifles, it will
be said. So they are. But anythmg of sufficient interest to
print should be printed correctly.
THE DOCTOR IS WISE.
We have received a copy of The Coldwater Panet, Mr.
French's new paper at that place. It is well printed and plenti-
fully supplied with news. A good sign in the advertising
columns is the card of a local physician. There is no reason
why doctors should at aldvertise to thi extent.

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