New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-13
SOCIAL SCIENCE.

MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
UNUSUALLY INTERESTING PAPER READ AT BOSTON
Tus FINANCES or THE ACCOMMODATIONS
G. nuBBARDs PAPER on THE DAILY NEwsPA-
PEE PREss-ITs GROWTH, POWER, AND FUTURE
PROSPECTS.
trRou . REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRibUSEI
BosToN, Jan. 1.-THE eleventh annual
meeting OF the American Social Science Association was
held in fins city In the Lowell Institute Hall to-day The
was not large but the papers were Of an I'M
,,s,,v Interesting character. The Hon David A. Wells
President was the chair The Secrctarys report was
road by Mr. Frank j. sanborn, the Secretary Ater
s,eakiug of the Detroit meeting as peculiarly
successful one, no referred to the "orA u
ha wear. AT the British Social Science
Congress he'd a. Brighton IN October last this Associa
flor was represented by several members, and by two
r.ncrs furnished by the Executive Committee on nFla
tlon Il the Council. Cne OF these was bii ausuac'
of the report on Homes People in the Ci'S. On!
three OF the five departments OF the Association nave
been active during the year-Hcalth FINANCE an" 0cO
Economy. one result was the paper on school ny
giene" The finance Department had held two puplc
meetings n Boston, and discussions those occasions by
Mr. Bradford, Wendell Phillips, Edward Atkinson
william Endcot and j. :. Ropes had attracted much AT
tention The Btpartn cnt Of Social Economy lad neen
active and had furnished three or four reports du-
ing the year. Reference also made TO inc ueaIh Vi
Judge Wells Dr. Home. and AmaSa Walker.
The report OF the Treasurer Gamael Bradford showed
rereipts OF 43S 81 during the year, Of which Sl3&o
Ind been contributed. The expenses had been PAID and
d balance OF SGT left in tho treasury TIE Assocla
ton needed 81 O25 for the next year, OF which 5000
would have TO be provided from other than the
regular income The ballot officers resulted III the
election of the old Board with only few changes Dr.
G. Wines United States Commissioner 10 the interna-
tona Prison Congress at Stockholm in 1877 presented
communication upon that subject He described the
manner in which the Congress proposes work Inc
three grand divisions Of subjects TO be treated upon are
Penal Reformatory and Preventive Laws and lnstitu
uons Mr. Gamael Bradford read paper ON the open
ing OF the XLIVth Congress, and after brief address
from Ezu Wright on his plan for combining life lnsur
ance v! th the savings bank principle paper on 1ue
Sanitary Reform Of Schools" by ID. f. Lincoln NJ. d.
Secretary OF the -partmrnt OF Health was read Inc
paper Was a summary OF tie results OF an investigation
upon the subject made in all directions during the past
In lis afternoon long rop,r was read from The De
nett CoUmittce-i'f0f W D. RoScrs, T. Il. sau6o.n,
Jonn Ayres r. 7. Pane IT, che Rev LdTard r, hno,
Edmund Wrgley, Sidney Myers aud OiheIs on 'tohts
Ior thG Iooli9 10 O1Usj i iTnfba-d q" CaiIhrilcc
concluded the exercises which continued until O'CLOCK
ABSTRACT or MR.. HUBBARD's PAPER.
Mr. Hubbards paper on Tho Daily Newspaper Press
was long and interesting account Of the growth OF the
newspaper its inf with the public. and rs pr, s.
pcts the Recrn- to the incr case III o On
eulatOn Of newspapers. re aid:
century ago circulation was less tlah one
newspaper period, 81 Ia ear oi each PEI N now
one IN every four DAYS. increase has iabtn place
nmC 81 cntIely within tic tst 30 years In Iolu' iy1
100000 newspapers and periodicals. were Issued IN - y
eight lines many 5000 COCOA NUM- er sufficient
10 rnish daily 10 every io'II families anu "eehy 10
oh family lana. In the Eastern states the nuuptr
T,t has m the Western ~ lille tGc average
circulation OF newspapers ana efIOhcas LOT l. MhOe
country mas increased nom l,2OO 10 21OO IN 100 tie
ei.culai OF the daes averaging 1000 In 1917 is
dsilics published in NewHork win an agsTcgate
circulation 81 about 10000 Since then ll3 new DANES
have been started with fair prospects OF success Ou
after struggling for While most OF them nave s4s'
pended, leaving the same number OF u3'ts IN .Lo
English language as N $50 Inc lod ulh Clicu".4ou
a he ltll.sh papers is about 450OO0, varying rom
1000 Ia 10000 In tie other Eastern states
the history II tine press is substantially the same
II is very difficult to obtain reliable estimates OF the CIR
isnn IL not necessarily ether the best the most intu
entail most profitable In Ncw-10rk ne S"H "nu
NJ Ners boh claim the largest uiatou but ihe
ThBUNL the most influential The lnlce OF an papers
was raised durn the war, hut the demand FOR news Was
checked the increase OF the circulation IT reached
its maximum at tie close OF TIE war, was
war ilen decreased. anj scarcely twOhirds as
large a. During the last Is months especially
an unusually large number OF papers Law Doch No.,
IN szC and price or have snslchdeu luDIcd'io, ~,
las resulted HOu lack Il e@eitlnS news ioloWcu T..
depression in business, limited hummer Oh aINe'S ~
pepts ana the general desire 10 ecOnonllZr' Tao
decreased receipts OF TIE expensive papers incline them
10 economic, but thin reputation aud crca.
iston can be sustained only by increased effort
classes OF readers THE Tribune, recognizing. tHe
sIusfen has increased its expenditures, publishes
few iaIce dallcs that has glowing chCUi@ion' liz
TrBlsE aud me Sun relresent the TWO lines o enter
pri.s ana Owth the nrs hgn price ant aua tiiOh 70
spec interests the second cheap codclistd ree anu
esvneV p; pers popular among All Glasses Inc IoliO"-
ing statement gives ne loPulatoh Oh Sele'ot ~ o
lar. cs in 1870 ana the present circulation Oh lYois
pu6 shed IN English; and Though the popuall"u II
larger al present ma the circulation mas docfrStu
and the disDIOpOru9n is more uh'V"Oo l" '"o "eS'
rr,aific