The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-09-02

IL Will he seen from this table that Cali.
f"rnx IL the third State in the Union in the
"u'"''cr OF daily newspapers; aid the sixth
In weekly newspapers. Massachusetts,.
which is by many supposed to l's the hub
ut civilization "n this Continent, las a pop
ulnti"n Of nearly l.5O0. 600. and publishes
| 81 daily papers. or one for 7l.428 of its in
hal'i'a",s. California. with /. population Ut
500. 600 excluding Chinese. who do not take
'r read "ewsps.~rs), has 40 dailiss, or one
for II. 500 inhabitants. Thus California has
about sir times No many daily papers a
Massachusetts In proportion to i,s p,pula.
'i"n. Maine. with larger population than
California, has only six daily papers. Ohio.
with O0O, ,OOO-fivs times greater than ours
has only Is dailies, OF one I" lO4 600. less
than one eighths Is many ~ California &C.
c'rding to its population. Kentucky. with
1900. QUO inhabitants, has ten dsilies, Or one
to l3O. .O0O-one tenth ~ many Ms this Slate
In pr'portion to its population. The large
foreign element in California. the newnrss
OF country, and the unsettled character Of
i's population would naturally lead u u
suppose that there would be less numl.r
ut newspapers in this R,ase, IN proportion
~ Il" swaso1tants than any other slate in
the Union. Statistics, however, show =
very sliHsssut result.
In Typographical apps"~"ncv Cs'stor"sn
newspapers are superior to the average of
Eastern papers. 1t 10 notorious fact that
many Of the country weeklies published at
the East, use old. worn out type, are ''set
up" and managed in most slovenly man.
nsr, and are disgrscs 10 the typographical
profession. A few, q very few papers in
this State, present IN unsigh,ly iypogrsph.
ica! appearance.
We believe there is not village in the
State with thousand inhabitants. hut that
has one or more printing Offices established.
Nevs1a City, In Nevada County. with only
5000 inhabitants. has given y fair support
n two excellent daily papers f.s many
years. and these are maintained almost ex.
clusively fr'm local subscriptions. job work.
and advertising. In tho Atlantic States we
KNOW IT quite numl~r Ut cities with .
population from six iO ten thousand without
daily par~r. Publisher in this State lave
SET On example tr industry and progressive.
ness in the newspaper line that might be
emulated by our brethren East Of the R,cky
Mountains To their advantage. Newspaper
competition IL probably n,orr active In Cab.
f"r"ia tI's" other States, hut printers are
better paid here than in any other c.,untry.
The reason why Ical papers here ars -
numerous and we'll sustained, n,sy l'e sum.
med up i" few words: The penple In most
every kx~li'y in California have, or fancy
they have, some interest to foster. and I've
lieve that newspaper inducnce il about the
best in vest'aent they can make. They csl
cul.te y g'Asd heal psper thsa does its duty
In setting forth the development of its lmr
,icular k,cxlity. il worth msny times what
II c'sts them fer ito suppsst. Further. the
people herc devour news, foreign and dom.
est,c. with svidity, and having liner.liiy
aud c''in. they are willing u pay for it,
RGcilc OS0ee ddssrtiser.