The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-02-25
AMERICANS AND THEIR NEWSPAPERS
What IA Russian Editor Says Concern
ing Them.

The st. Petersburg Zagranichny
vestnik says In all parts of the
United States you will find the news
paper occupying the most conspieu-
Gus place. The present writer has
visIteA the different States of New
England, the Western agricultural
States, the Pacific States OF gold and
silver, the Southern States Of cotton
and tobacco, OF lemons and oranges.
and he could not help noticing every
where the Yankees love of reading.
The newspaper has become daily
necessity of the Americans. "What
paper 90 you take?n is one OF the ques-
tiOns oftenest heard there. If one
answer that he took no paper, he
would be taken for an ignorant emf
grant. The foreigner who visits New
York city for the first time might sup
pose that the sole employment of its
inhabitants related 10 newspapers.
Some collect the news and write the
articles, others print the newspapers,
third sci sells them, and the rest Of
the people read them.
As :ar as The number OF papers and
magazines are concerned. America
surpasses al other countries. In fact
the United States puts forth more than
half the total number OF periodicals
published in the world
OF all the periodicals the ,weeklies
are the most numerous. There are
$50 of them. This iael is very gra.-
flying. for it shows that in the New
World the farmers and workingmen,
who are the principal subscribers for
the weeklies, are readers, VIII le in tho
Old World they are hardly able 10
read at all. In New York, Philadel-
phia. Boston, Chicago. sl. Louis, SIN
Francisco. and some other large cities
even the workinGmen read the dailies.
for there are papers published which
the poorest mau can buy. The Amer
leans regard the newspaper as the
tongue Of the nation and OF the age.
ii j. the speech ofthe masses and eeni-
munities. II is the school OF Ameri-
eau manhood. II is tie peoples IL
brary and the cyclolaedia Of tho mil
lions Il i the peoples university
II places is reader ii tie parliament
OF the world. aud thus make, him
citizen Of the world. The Americans
1--we, work and think through the
newspaper.
For the American people, who hold
their de>iinies i'm their oAn hands, the
free and highly developed press is
normal need. il i, one OF the great.
est factors Of their political aud social
life. l vii so even fariherthan that;
without the newspapers neither elee-
tons nor Pablo meetings would be
OF fun value. Il is rue, before the
elections tie people could consult in
public meetings. But al these meet
ing~, only hundreds. or, at most,
thousands, could b. present. The
newspapers, however, put n new face
on the matter. Spreading themselves
in millions of copies. and reaching
every nook ami corner Of the country,
they bring together, as IL were, tie
whole nation TO take part in public
affairs. Thus TIE result of many
poliSieal struggle j. foreshadowcd long
before TIE day OF election. The real
p tieal battles, passionate, unmerei-
lNlt hHt ll0l RlVt1 --ilfsi iltlE. lhAiih
Godi take place IN The endless col
umns OF The numberless newspapers.
AT the balot-b box all that is done is 10
make up the final aceount, which i,
often known beforehand.
Public opinion reigns in the country
OF the lankees. Ii i no. enough for
the American to have a representative
Government, and 50 they created
wonderful press, the like OF which
the world has never known before.
BY means OF nearly 10000 prrio licals
the sovereign people constantly make
known their needs, thfir opinions
aud their viii. The Americans warm
ly love their lress. They zealously
preserve lis rights, and literally sup
port il.
The American newspapers aim to
give their readers the latest news of
every kind, and therefore the staff of
reporters is strong point. ON read
ing the American journals one comes
naturally To the conclusion that they
are offered TO an intelligent public.
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