The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-18
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There arc published throughout the world
about 10000 newspap ers--including under
that namc periodical issueS of all sorts, from
the nimble daily to the slow and pordorous
quarterly and Iemianpual. Fully one-balf Of
all these arc printed in the English language.
Of tho number the United States furni, hes in
roundnumbsrs $500 practically ono .third of
tho whole. Great Britain and Ireland issue
S,000--R fraction leas than one-third the nun
Der Of American newspapers; so that in re-
spect OF numbers ofpresses we certainly have
surpassed our British nOighbors. The Empire
Of Germany comes noyt aflor the United
satos, with nearly 5000 periodical prosses
France follows with s5out $500, Of which
! 100 emanste from Paris alone. II ia
worthy of note that Tendon, with 4,0OO 600
| inhabitants, has no more periodical presseA
than Paris, with her 100000; while New
York city, with population Of 1905 900,
has about 5OO; and Brooklyn, with popula-
ton Of 56S,OOO, manages TO crow biz and
| clever with less than twenty-five newspapers
of all degrees--in fact, with considerably
smaller number than are published Ia Co
penhRgen, whose Inhabitants number 200
GOO, or in Stockholm, with 10000
residents. sladeed if the whole Truth
must como out Algisrs possessing
only $4,000 souls, good many of whom may
be supposed TO DO Ota somewhat doubtful
character, has rs many presses ut work on
newspapers As tho City Of Churches; while
Ceualantinsple, in spite Of hoathen and dogp.
with population Of only about 40 900 lsrser
than that of Brooklyn, boasts about twice AS
many regularly published nowspspor as tho
latter, and her papers ara published in almost
rs many different tongues as there are differ
ent journals. But then, practically, our biz
sister iSpSrt snd parcel Of Now York, and
these comparisons are scarcely fair.
1t is n somewhat remarkable fact that the
city of Milan, Italy, publishes greater mum.
Der of newspapers than Boston, simott iden.
tically the same number ~ Philadelphia, very
nserly As many IS Chicago, and fully seven
times rs many as Brooklyn. A nd yet the pop
ulAtion Of Milan does not, at most, exceed
c76,o00, which is considerably less than tina.
Of Boston, only sbou! one-hah that of Chi
cage, less than one.halt tina! of BROOKLYN,
and less than one.third that which the oepsuR
of 1880 shows Philadelphia to contain. A
still more interesting fact is that the little
city of Zurich, Switzerland, with population
scarcely $4,000, 10 the place Of publication of
sixteen newspapers, with an agEreg to eircu
lstion per issue OF 10000. Four of there
papers are dailies, with combined daily
circulation Of %, 900; which 10 more than one
copy per diem for each man, woman and
child in the city No place in the United
States or England can furnish parallel 10
this Aggregate thu population OF New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Newark,
amounting to 2,0s5,O00; combine tho
issues of the forty daily newspapers
published in those cities, amounting TO $50.
600 zach day, and the ratio of copis: issued TO
population is found to DO not half that of
Zurich. Philadelphia, with population of
s46,9SO, has twenty-five daily newspapers
with an aggregate circulation per issue of
4ll,00O, which is less than one copy to two
inhabitants. Boston shows better in this
comparison than either New York or Phila-
delphis, her eight dsily journals printing
223,OOO copies every day, which, distributed |
among her 9625o5 people, allow somewhat
moro than one copy 10 every two Of her in