New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-02

Hi-tyases ass cord. over ! lana. 10 3 yssr
vslames ts1 pace Svsr) limo, Of so pages eeeo'
This amount Of reading matter costs, to country
reader, Ike myself-the subscription price of The
TRIBUNE, and the postage-g Sc, or equivalent to
four cents and nine mills . book volume. At the
usual Wholesale price Of duodecimo volumes Of the
ordinary eze-tesy $50 pages Of loaded long primer
rs cents volume. Ia low eetnate) this amour, Of
reading matter in books would cost ems 5o-bssag
more than fifteen times as much as ~ TIE TRlsuSE.
II we take of one fourth of this reading .,ter for
shipping Intelligence" " market reports or
money uticles-whch, though of the higheet value
10 any, is not of interest TO large number OF, to
put it in different form, il we take of one-foHrth
the average thst-one resder with arcther will from
the subjects or otherwise be considered uninterest
ing we shall have remainder equal TO ll6 volumes,
which in book FORM at rs cents voune-snd at
retail it costs at least dosr-will come to esq., In
The TRIBUNE it costs o. Sc, or equal TO 81 cents
volume. Reckoning advertisements and all, there
are 262 volumes in year Of The DAILY TRIBUNE,
which costs at the rate Of two cents eight mills a
volume. have entered into these calculations, not
to undeae the value of books but to show the cost
OF reading matter furnished in the columns Of The
TRIBUNE. The matter in the Ssmi-Weekly aud
Weekly would figure up nearly the same, there being
less advertising in those. WAS led TO this by seeing
an account, in the paper, The TRIBUNE being used
daily as reading manual in school. Aside from
the advantages of its cheapness, is its freshness and
the fact that it forms moving speaking permanent
historical record of the stirring sge in which we live.
Without wishing to disparsge the works of any OF
your neighbors, the epterprisng newspaper pub
lishers of your City, will say that on comparison
of The TRIBUNE in quantity as compared to cost, it
is cheaper from 25 to 200 per cent than any journals
with which am acquain ted. As TO quality, sub
sc,ibers and over million readers, can judge for
themselves. l did not set out to puff THE TRIBUNE,
but to show what it costs, and how much those who
buy it get for their money. on yht TO have men
toned that of the reading matter published in year
of The TRIBUNE The editorials alone will fill nearly
twenty such volumes as have mentioned.
Comparing THE TRIBUNE with the famous London
Times, the largest paper in the world | find these
facts-ea,hered like those OF The TRIBUNE, from an
analy ss of the paper itself 1t publishes from ~ to
l6 pages daily large majority advertise nents. The
entire reading matter advertisements and all, would
I'll about 400 duodecimo volumes OF these the read
ing matter would make lis; LEES quantity than The
TRIBUNE. The paper costs, to those who subscribe
TRrBusE-s42 year. That bring, the cost per vol
ume of re sdDg mater 10 % cents avolume while the
resdirg of The TRIBUNE is between and cents.
The London Weekly Despatch, apaper Of the largest
size, coss in s reading at the rate OF Is cents vol
ume OF $50 psfes.
Sir: have been taking chop" int London
coffee house, and waited twenty minutes to get
sight OF the morning paper because papers were so
!. -. anld no affD |
have been in the large manufacturing towns OF Ea-
gland. where Peynoids's Miscellany, The Family
Herald, and other penny sheets, were read by
thousaL ds, though debarred by Law from publishing
news: and the readers Of these could only afford
penny. two cents while FIVE minutes sight of
newspaper was considered great privilege. TIE
bulk of the population OF Great Britain, as you well
know. can no more afford to take and pay for news
psper, than the majority Of your readers could had
funds to buy The TRIBUNE cs'ablishment-provided
it was for sale. have been on the continent OF
Europe not three days journey from London, where
Low and then poorly printed weekly newspaper,
about the size OF oolscap sheet, was all the printed
intelligence that circulated, and OF these, not one
half Of the adult population OF the country ever read
one. or heard one read by others, and MT one in
thirty ever subscribed for q paper. The mail dull
geDCes that 90 loaded WIN la'elfe kuah vi thoui
Epelhh and Amercans) through the German States,
France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prussia, and
Denmark, II speak from personal observation and
knowledge do not carry mails on the principal
routes that give sversge-wi,h the exception of the
three or four largest cities in counwyto each Post
Office than from eight ounces to pound 10 weight
letters papers, and mail of every description, all
told. Often very en-, have seen the mail pouch
delivered from the mad diligence lone mail a,dayD to
Post-Ohice in village containing from one to
three thousand people and could have pu. every
particle of the mail in my vest-pocke., without in-
convenience. This was more particularly the case
in Austria, the Italian States, Germany and Holland
But, Sir. / have inflicted on you long letter. You
can however cut out what is uninterestng, pitch
i. oil into the fire. l could tell you how | do not
agree with all the political sentiments Of The TRIB-
usE; how my democratic neighbors-severa here
about take it-wili t0rrop it, and, after reading it
very earnestly for an hour, lay it down, and then
swear "a few about it. 1t does EN- good-rHE
TRIBUNE, not the suearing-I have no doubt, 80 |
indulge them. This is the old story, though, about
those who affect to dislike your paper. by the way,
il strikes me that either item in late TRIBUsEsone
giving the plen OF " Balloon-frames for Buildings"
and one showing the Value of Wind mills to Farm
"ers -is worth five years subscription to your daily
nau.r Am Sir Your Constant READER.
jan. % 1855.