The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-07-23
NUMBER Z
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.

III Wv newspapers VI IIullVe. DIuIll, ulNl
other countries Of Europe. Every editor
in France has to deposit $4,000 as Sc.
curity money, and if he should publish
anything that could be construed as an
"attack on the President, and condemn
principles Of the Goycmment--and at.
tempt to excite hatred among the citizens,
or an attack of religion, family or proper.
! ty," he forfeits this sum, and may DO
punished by imprisonmentfor five years,
by transportation for twenty years, ora
fine from 5000 to 10000 francs. Nci.
ther is he allowed the right Of a trial by
jury. but all offences of the kind are
submitted to a special tribunal, which is
probably, only an instrument i'll the
hands of the President. In this respect
Spain is in no better condition than that
of France, and pretences can be easily
obtained for abolishing such papers as
are obnoxious to the governing powers.
The Spanish editor must be twenty.
five years old, pay taxes of 1000 reals
in the province of Madrid, or in any
other portion Of the kingdom, from 500
to 1000 reals.
Offences of the press are of various
kinds--against the royal family, the
state. public peace, society, religious Or
moral authority, foreign powers and per-
sons. The Government may forbid the
introduction Of foreign publications.
As general thing, no capital is less
profitable than that invested in news.
paper, owing probably, to the neglect
of subscribers to pay. The National IN.
telligencer alone has over $25,000 owing
to it by bad subscribers. Many of tho
papers, however, after they arc well es.
tabliShed, and have obtained good cir.
culation, make money very rapidly. Tho
total circulation of the New York Trib.
une is 1900 copies; and the annual ex,
1penses are about $270,OO0, its advert-
sing alone is worth about $4,000; and
the annual profits, clear of all expenses
of every kind, are upwards Of SS0,00O.
The annual profits of several other
papers are as follows: aH.us.
The New York Sun, $G0,000; Jour
nal of Commerce, $4,000: Courier and
Enquirer 10000; Philadelphia Lcdg.
er, $4,000; Baltimore Sun, $4,000.
The New York Herald is supposed to
be worth $46O,O00; the aggregate nun.
Der of copies issued in year is nearly
15,OOO,0 $130,0O0 are paid out an
nually for paper; heincome of the Office
is 100000; the advertisements alone
are worth $l50,O00. 1t has fifteen edi.
tors and reporters, and eighteen or twen-
ty foreign correspondents in all
including printers, pressmen, clerks, &C.,
two hundred persons employed in the eS
tablishment. 1
The United States Gazette, says an
exchange, sold, few days since, for
$45,O0O; and the Missouri Republican
was sold in 1888 for $2s,OOO; and it is
valued now at 100000, and would,
probably, be good investment at that.
The New York sun has circulation
of $4,000, and pays out for paper alone,
per annum, $l50,000, and for editors,
reporters, &c., exclusive decomposition,
$sO,OOO. 1t is printed upon a press
which shikes off 10000 per hour, and
its daily is larger, probably, than that
of any other paper IN the world. II Is
a penny paper, and conducted upon tho
cash system
The Philadelphia Ledger has daily
circulation Of 55,O00, and has made its
proprietors wealthy.
The Baltimore sun not long since er-
ected an iron building for its publica-
tion house, at cost of $4,000
The London Times, the brag journal
of Europe, is said to have a circulation
of $4,000 and its income upwards of a.
100000 per annum; its profits are about
$5OO,0O0. This press is said to WELD
an astonishing inauel CO in Europe -
Stocks fall with rapidly on the stroke
of its editorial pen, and leading ari-
Gle from its gifted conductors will shake
a throne and may drag down principali-
ties and poweis.' II is a JOINT stock
concern, and its principal editor recei,
we'd salary some years since, of 46,-
600, or abou 100000 per annam, Its
advertising is enormous and paid for be-
fore it goes into the paper The new
advertisements in a single day hove
been known to reach as high as l,03S.
Probably the income from this source
for single day would be $4,000, or
$4,000 per annum.
Owing TO the tyrannical laws IN
France the circulation Of tue press il
limited. The following is the circnla-
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