Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-02-01
NUMBER 4s.

NEWSPAPER TLSIABLl SHMENTS.-- ne iOI~
lowing article, which we find in the Bos.
ION Transcript, gives some idea of the ma
lure Of a newspaper establishment, and,
ALTHOUGH the London Times is an exreme
case, may serve rs warning 10 those
who are SO ready, now a,days, with little
or no capital, 10 embark in 50 responsible
aud costly an undertaking.
Persons are apt TO think that it is an
easy matter TO establish paper, and
many individuals have tried the expert.
ment 10 their hearts and purses cost.
Observe the many deaths that have taken
place of late years with newly started Pc
radicals and small journals, and when
you ask the cause--It is 'cant of funds-a
vital disease With newspapers, and akin
to acant Of breath with the human consittg:
ton We have been left to these brief
remarks by seeing in foreign journal,
an enumeration OF the expenditures Of the
London Times, The largest paper in tho
world, circulating probably The greatest
number OF copies. It's emphaticaly a
profitable paper TOO, and this cannot bo
said 10 any extent Of our American Jour.
mails.
The statement 10 which we have alIu-
ded, has respect to the receipts as well az
The expenditures, and commences with
the editorlal expenses, which amount
weekly TO Les then follows the salaries
of correspondents, i4O; Parliamentary
reporters, go in number, LIS each per
week) LOO; scientific, fine arts. aud lit
erarv reporters, Lei; penny a-liners, ire
porters OF the occurrences of the day in
London, viz: fires, murders curiosties,
&c..) 2l; for extraordinary information
rom authors Of celebrity, per week, L30;
Tor law and police courts reporters, (sey-
eral IN number,) per week. LEO. The
whole of thelrexpenses for literary mat.
Ter amounts per week tonL3OO The ex-
penSes OF printing and composition, week.
~, amounts to 1850; the expenses Tor
The managing clerks, bookkeeping, &c,
L256; adding to it interest upon capital
sunk by the establishment Cor building,
machinery, and type, &c, amounts 10 the
sum t"eekty1 OF la ooo, therefore, pss
annum, Of $4,000 Or 25o,0O0 The Ply.
ment TO Government Tor stamps and ad.
verisement duty is L35,O90.
The budget of receipts Of the sans
Journal is as follows: in the years 1928.
'5oo'Ooo copies were sold per annum,
to about Ll25,O00, or 500.
200. The entire expenditure, with the
Exception of the paymen to the Govern.
nent Tor stamps, &C., amounts to $685.
)UO. Itappears that the annual profta
lerlved from It amount 10 100000, with
'u the profit derived from the advertise
nents, OF which no account is given, but
he average number Of each copy of The
lines contains from about 700 to 1000
1000 to 1000 DER week,
md annually 100000 TO 3e4O0o an
II has also been cacuIa-
I'd, tina; 100000 typographical letters
ire used TO each copy, divided into octave
'ages, will form volume OF 800 pages,
Q that the 100000 impressions of the
Times annuity in circulation would form
library Of 100000 volumes in octave.
The number oil letters received per day
I The Times Office amounts upon an aver.
30 " ioOs hahinS ahHudiiy as many dS
1000! We find, however, no calcula.
ion for the time spent in their examina.
on.
The Times newspaper is "great fact"
the history OF jpurnalizing, requiring
onstant activity mental and physical) TO
lsIain it, and exertlng an immense in
uence. In our country, not paper can
3 compared with ii, and yet, as we have
nd, our American journals are attended
nth tremendous expenses. When we
sar OF the b'rthof a ne,c paper, we won.
'r at the moral courage Of the editor in
ring IT being, and il il survive to its
c1nd year, we are ready TO cry-G mir
lie.