Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-27

"The aggregate of all issues for one year
from the s,2l1 American presses mentioned, Is
1886 ,52 copies, against 1,794, 841 ,956 cop.
les issued by the 2, 92S British presses. Thus 1t
will be seen that our foreign cousins, with but
little more than one-thrd the number Of
American publications whose circulation Is
known, send out within one-eighteenth as
many copies-per annum-as ours. This may
at first seem incredible, when we consider that
the population Of the entire United Kingdom
does not exceed $4,000, 900, while that Of the
United States and Canada varies but little from
81 ,000, 600. There are, however, Ia the United
States and Canada, in round numbers, 1000
publications whose circulatons are INST In.
cluded in the American lists. Estimating their
average Issues per press at the same as those
given, these 1900 presses would add TO the
annual American issues 459 1888 copies,
giving to America for its 81, 000, 600 people an
aggregate of 2,295, 591 $3.50 newspapers and
other periodicals per annum. Tbs British
press, issuing 1,734 S4l ,e56 copies for ey,000,-
600 people, furnishes TO each individual within
the Kingdom 40 $500 copies per annum,
showing that were the circulation OF the Brit
ish press confined wholly to its immediate
Kingdom, the average Briton would intellec-
tually deyour seven more periodicals In the
course Of year than the average American
and Canadian-which would certainly be cred
liable to the land Of our forefathers Subtract
ing therefore, from the total circulation OF the
press Of the United Kingdom, that which
seeks the colonies, 1t is fair to infer that the
remainder does not exceed, per capita, the
number supplied by the American press to Its
own readers.''
A still more interesting fact is that the lit
tie city Of Zurich, in Switzerland, with a
population Of scarcely q, 900, Is the place OF
publication OF sixteen newspapers, with an
aggregate circulation per issue Of 10000.
-Four of these issues are daiies, with CON-
bned daily circulation of25 900, which is 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 a parallel TO
| this.
In Yew York, Brooklyn, New Jersey and
| Newark, combined, there are forty daily
| papers. Philadelphia has twenty-five, Boston
| has eight, Chicago has fourteen. Indeed, We
\ condense all the bulk of these figures into the
following, from the New York Tribune:
We find upon examination, that the cities Of
| London, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh,
| population of six millions, with fifty daily
| newspapers, demand 1894, 900 copies day:
| being at the rate of 103 papers per annum for
/ each individual, estimating 3l1 publishing days
to make year. On the other hand, the cities
of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark.
| Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago, with an
aggregate population of S.75O,ooO, having
| eighty-four daily newspapers issue an sg-
| gregate edition Of 1895, 900 copies; being at
the rate OF 140 copies per annum for each per-
| son in those places-or thirty seven
copies per annurn (over three per
individual in the British cities named.
! Hence We are led to conclude that both
| Britain and America are equally intelligent,
equally inquisitive, and equally well posted in
| all the current news and literature of the day
and that neither one has the right nor any
| reason to congratulate itself upon its eupe-
riority over the other"
There are S99 dalies In the United States,
with a total circulation Of 3,540,1Js per day;
| ,42S tri, semi, and weekly papers, with cir
culation of 1851 ,424; S04 monthIies, with
circulation of ACES, 1853, and 10,131 papers in
5Ss.
In connection with this address, it was ny
purpose to dwell somewhat at length on the
journalism of Minnesota, but / fIHi must
leave this paper for another occasion, as have
already occupied your time and patience too
long. "The Early Editors-Their Personnel
with the Rise, Progress and Present Condi.
ton of the Newspaper Press of Minnesota"
will afford abundant material for another aud
i trust much more interesting address than
this. / viii say, however, that there are 10
daily papers in Minnesota-circulation 5000;
1876 tri semi, and weekly papers-circulation
$4,000; monthly, ETC., 10-circulation 5000.
Total number of papers, 212-total circulation,
10000.
From what then, has already been said,
draw the deductions clearly and Enthusiastically
defined, that the Art of Printing has been ad.
vanced to the front rank among the arts of the
world, and that the editorial profession has no
rival on the face of the Globe. He who sits
upon his throne in his quiet sanctum, above
financial want, above the prejudices of the
crowd, above the influence Of money, above the
groveling instincts of human nature; who
draws inspiration from pure and noble
source;-who acts independently and wisely;
who moves outside of rings and combinations;
whose every motive is to do Justice and elevate
the human race; whose intellectual food is
! devoured every day by 10000 or 1900 people.
occupies grander, more powerful more
influential position than the minister, or the
lawyer, the orator or the statesman. Indeed
he is above all, beyond all, and more
potential than all, for while the
minister may address an audience of
500 every Sunday in the year, or in the aggre-
gate, $4,000, the editor speaks to 10, 600, $1,000,
$4,000, and even 100, 600 daily, or in the ar.
gregate, 10000, 900 of readers per annum.
The lawyer may address two audiences per
day OF 800 each, or &C., or In the aggregate
109,500 per year; the editor talks 10 1900
cooper year. The statesman may address the
assembled crowd at the capital of the nation,
amounting to q few thousand, and there his
noble thoughts would die, were i not for the
editor who takes them up and sends them out
into the midst of millions of people, to he per.
petuated forever. Like the grandest and tall
lest mountain that peers heayenward. is the
true editor of truly great paper. From his
highest elevation in the intellectual world, he
drops upon the hungry crowd below him,
thoughts born of noble purpose, which fall
like the pure-snow upon the dull and groas
elements of materiality, and from seed thEs
dropped, blooms nobler, grander, more
perfect manhood. To be such should be The
| highest ambition of all within the reach of
my voice. No matter how humble the editor
may be to-day, how circumscribed may be his
| field of labor, how poor may he his circum-
stances, how lowly his birth, let him remem.
Der that sparkling diamonds are found among
the rocks and debris of an uninviting mine;
that the highest perfection Of the
human race was born in a Thanger
that the most costly gems are made valuable
| by rubbing; that ali is not gold that glitters,
but that pure gold is made beautiful by fric-
ton. One noble thought, one elevating idea.
one grand conception, ema7ating from no mat
ter how humble an origin, lives through al,
time;-makes the circuit OF the. globe, and
bubbles on the ocean Of eternity
To Unsuccessful in any newspaper enterprise,
two elements are essentially necessary, viz
The invisible, or intellectual, and the material
or fnancial-Of course both governed BY
the law of force ana energy The one without
| the other fails; the two symmetricaly com.
bined, build monument of enduring fame. II
is too often the case that editors on our from.
tier, seek the establishment of papers on their
intellects alone. Ask them to-day where is the
result OF years of labor In the field of letters
and literature, and they will point you 10 liag-
gard looks, to thread-bare clothes, TO empty
pockets This reminds me Of the Young
| couple who wanted TO get married. but could
| not afford it. "Well, john said Susan, ''let's
| get married; I've waited long enough "Oh,
| no." said John, "can't afford it, WELL
said Susan, pouting, II wonld rather live on
bread and water than not get married"
| agreed, said John, "give US your hand.