The Newspaper World > Rivalry with Hearst
Don C. Seitz
Typed Memorandum of Agreement as discussed by Mr. Seitz and Mr. Carvalho
New York, September, 1899
World Papers, Box 13
For a brief time in 1899, following their success in the settlement of the newsboys’ strike, Pulitzer and Hearst considered something of a peace treaty in the price wars that had begun with Hearst’s takeover of the Journal in 1895. This would be called price fixing today, as documented by this memo. In addition, clause 9 stated that “neither of the parties to this agreement shall endeavor to take away the employees of any other of the parties to this agreement by offering higher salaries or special inducements,” something that Hearst had been doing on a regular basis, including hiring Carvalho away from the World.
Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
Ralph Pulitzer
Autograph Memorandum comparing The Journal and The Evening World
New York, ca. 1899
Pulitzer Papers, Box 4
Ralph Pulitzer, eldest of the children, had started working at the World after graduating from Harvard. In this undated memo he compares the World with Hearst’s Journal on a variety of points: that their “editorials are more striking & commentable,” their “cartoons are generally better,” and last and most important, that they are able to condense their features and regular stories more than the World, “with sometimes two pages less.”
Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
John Norris
Typed Document Journal & World Revenues Compared
New York, November 14, 1898
World Papers, Box 11
In this memo business manager John Norris lays out where the circulation battle between the World and the Journal stood in November, 1898, with good news for Pulitzer.
Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
Don C. Seitz
Typed Memo for Mr. Pulitzer on Mr. Norris’ Comparison of World and Journal Revenues
New York, November 18, 1898
World Papers, Box 11
Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.