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Show THE MWSI'AI'l.ll III" KUiOIIItOtV. I'oitkii C'iiatm, nianalna; editor of thu New Vork MMlan'l .jirest, lu an nddreaa before the l'rts Cluba at Ran Francisco a few days ago, male aouiv aUrtllng statement, with regard to "The Newspaper of Tomorrow." I'lrst, It will be bigger In lnt of tlie, and In aaylng this, he never uttered one word of aynipathy for the rraler of tomorrow. tomor-row. The day la not far distant when a lortr- age paper of the same silo aa tho Ban rrAiiclsoo CAronforo can Ik printed on one prun. In the making of preseea thealvance ha beengriater than even that male lu newagather. Ing. The modern H-rfoctlng printing pris la ore of the marvel of the age. Mr. Coattaenlertalua little hopo for the editorial uf tho future, lather It must go allogether,or vlo bo written by a specialist. Already he thin'. tho editorial la hemming a bore, and that thvavtrage rtalor kuowa more about tin, matter lhau Ibeeirlbe who penned It. Work of till kind la couaclenllou. ly performed, but lu most cirealt la jvrfunctory, A man cannot write ou a half dozen dliTereut topics and give new light on all. The coming great man on the newa taper la the reporter, and even In this llm.ppiclallly wlllUIhe rule. The police court revortvr will not do for the theological conference, nor will the dramatic editor buaultod for the political convention. Illustration will be tho marked tea-turf tea-turf of thooomlug neaapaier, and In that department great towards are avtaltlug tbetutureacrlbe. Mr.Coatea, however, did not mention that the founder of lllustralod Amerlcau jour nalliin, Mr. CJIeeein, la either In a workhouse at preKUt, or dledluouea few wet ka ago. The most Important part In the make-upof the "coming lieu spaper," la the ndvertlavment. (lenlus of the hlghiat kind will bo required to write for tbla depurtmeut. Alreudy the work of conisoslug acceptable ndver tbeinenta lathe most dllllcult brauch of Jouruallstlo literature. Mr. (Joules thinks that the rlchttt rewardaofthe future will lie In writing advertise-meuts. |