Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-07-16
NUMBER %.
Newspaper Matters.

The following paragraphs have been given in
various newspapers, we suppose with view to
showing the prohtableuess Of a branch of bust
ness which, perhaps, interests the public more
than any other, for who does not read every
paragraph which appears having reference to
newspaper, even to the libel against its editors
and propretors? The extracts referred to are
follows:
Gordon Bennett, who began the Helad with 5000
$500 borrowed mouey in Anhstleet cellar writing
u board Is nov worth Sa,0uu,OOo-
Manou Marble, who. years ago task writer
the EHHg Ib at SO week is a present sole owner of
the Uod valued at least at 50oooo aud has income of
81 1000 year
leury j. Raymond, the time of his death, worth
SSoo0OO and made every cent of it out OF the Times
Horace Greeley with all his eelessnoss Of aud sovereign
Indifference money could be sold out for 100000 though
he made his entry in the metropolis poor printers boy
stick,
than S50uO0 eaeh all made from their earnings owners
Robert Bonner not long since a printer at the case max
ing with very had work $50 week boasts of possessing
100000 worth of horses, has annual Income from the
Henry bowen, failing a merchant, turned his
entire attention to the publication aud of the
Independents and realizes $4,000 100000 year hom s-
This is not II very brilliant showing, perhaps,
for there are over five thousand journals pub
lished in the United States, but If one in five
hundred pays expenses it is probably as much
as they do. But, after all, the newspaper bnsi-
ness is in more healthy condition than We are
here made to hlieve but it is questionable
whether ability displayed in publishing news
paper pays as well as some other branches of
busincss-trude for instance. Bennett of the
Herdid, is said to be worth SD, 000, 900 in tho
extract given, when he is probably worth three
or four times that amount. We have not
doubt that the Chicago Tribune is worth rising II
million dollars The Missouri Repa6lcda is
worth million. The Cincinnati Commercial is
also worth n million. Either of these journals
pays at least ten per cent, on million dollars,
one year with another The Philadelphia Led9er
is worth more than million dollars So is tho
Baltimore Sun. In Boston there is one paper
the JourHdt-whieh is worth six or eight hun
dred thousand dollars. There are, at least, four
other journals published in Boston which are
worth rising one hundred thousand dollars each.
To come home to California, we believe thero
are four journals here, any one of which would
sell for $ 100 600 and upward. There are jour
nails In Cnliiornia--at least two or three-Which
pay an income OF ten per cent. on one, two,
three, or four hundred thousand dollars. or
weekly papers, it is said the New York Weekly
aud Bonner's Ledger have each moro than 3OO,-
000 circulation, aud exceed any other in tho
United States III that respect. Among the news
papers-weekly (which are printed with news,
the New York Tribane and Pomeroys Democrat
have the greatest ssue-about 200 900 each.
1t has been stated, in newspaper directory,
that there IL one daily newspaper in NV York
(the Heraid) which annually receives over $780,
900 year for advertisements, and there are two
others which receive over 500, 900. In Caifor-
MIA there are probably four journals " hich re-
ceive for advertisements published, from 500
600 to 800, 900 Annually each.-Sdn Fr. actsco
CaH.