The sun., 1882-01-29
AMERICAS NEWSPAPERS.
n Russian View OF the Wonderful Influence
Of the Press In the United States.
From 0e st. PetersDur9 zaoronichnv restnn

Of the Press In the United States.
From me st Petersburg zagronichnv vestnn.
In all parts of the United States you will
nnd the newspaper occupying the most con
spcuous place. The present writer has visited
tho different States of New England the West.
orn agricultural states. the Pacific states. OF
and tobacco. of lemons and orunpes. and he
could not help noticing everywhere the Yam
The newspaper has become daily ncccssity
of the Americans. What paper do YOU take e.
one should answer that he took no paper, ho
would be tukon for an ignorant migrant. Tho
foreigner who visits New York city for the first
time might suppose that the sole employment
of its inhabitants related to newspapers. some
collect the news and write the articles. others
the rest OF the people read them.
In the United States tho number OF perodi
Sas haT Ia th in ratio Sdar an M
there were in the, thirteen Original states 81
periodicals all told, and as the popuIq,tIion
there was one periodical for every 81, 900
Inhabitants: Now there, are in the United
States over fifty millions of Inhabitants. accord
ing to the census of 1880. and the number Of
the periodicals has risen to the enormous
figure OF 9.l23! SO we see that in that country
sons. This shows that the Americans of to-
day, who but recently celebrated the centenary
much a. did their Revolutionary ancestors who
fought for and won Independence. As far as
the number OF nSwspnpers ana III maEaznns h,I .s, Is
moro than haif Of the total number Of perlodi-
OF all periodicals the wceklics are tho. most
numerous. There are 500 Of them: This fact
World. the farmers and workinemen. who aro
the principal subscribers for tho weeklics. are
reqdrrs. while in the Old World they are, hardly
Boston. Chicago. st. Louis, san Francisco, and
some other large cities even the workingmen
read the daiics. for there arr papers pub
liShrd which the poorest man can buy. There
are sds monnthly mas,azines. and si3 daily news
far,n ctir. who in their 1--we Of news surpass
even the citi1rns Of ancient Athens.
In regard to tho circulation OF Tho pcri"ii-
calls it may bc stated that there are n rec and
half million subscribers for the dailirS. over
ff;ecn million subscribcrs for the wc"kics.
monthly mal,.Hlnes, and about lGooon sub
scrb~rs for other Journals and magazines.
Therefore almost hall of all the inhabitants OF
the United states are regular subscr!bors for
different journals and haEnzines. IL Il Dt-
i pcrsons . thrr,lor ri there i; must g. - s,,"ntyye
million readers; in other words. there are mil
lions o! An'lir'1hSwhore reEu.hr!y ryHd more ~ th9p
present, ANYTHING to euual that. Tho impair
tlal ilEura lor,e VI 10 admit That tht Am.rl-
nation III the world Horace Grrrlry. the most
honest Ot stttisticans. affirmed that in his
country thrr"-quarterS oi ali the families took
some journal or magazine. That accoGntS for
tho enormous figures which are given IN the
American newspaper directory. THE sun. II Is
day. which exceeds that OF any other PAPER IN
the United States. Four papers have n dali.
circulation ri oO00; twelve of over - Ouu.
Every leHEien and Religious seer. oNriy sci
cn,'r and art, every branch of industry. trade.
ana finance, every public and priynt" institu
tiun. AMI societcs Of every possible Kind have
their own paper. There arc 42l lo!,--iui!S pa
prs, and 5js papers in foreign Innern-rs
The Americans value their periodicals very
highly. IEey regard the newspaper as the
.peecii oi masses and communities |, is the
% American -
library and th"ryrlopnia ~ the millions. II
IS the peoples university. l. places It's rcairr
him "a citizen Of the world. The Americans
live work, and think through the new7paper
Among he editors and contributors ol al kinds
ihrr" Is lnc,udrd "a large proportion oi the tai
cnl ri the Union.
their destiny in their own haId- the free and
highly Developed press is normal need. 1t is
on" OF the greatest Iactois u their political and
social life. viii 20 even further than that;
without the newspapers neither elections nor
public meetings would he of full value, 1t is
true, before the elections the people could con-
suit in public meetings. But AT these meetings
only hundreds. or. nj most. thousands could be
present; The newsrapers, howryer put new
millions of cOpieo and reaching every nook
and corner of the eountry. they bring together.
lie affairs. Thus the result Of many political
struggle is fpreshadowed long before the day of
unmerciful but not hloodshedling. thank God!
take Place in the endless columns Cf the mum
bpresS NEWSPAPERS. Az the ballot box all that
il done is To mako up the final account. which
Is often known beforehand.
Public opinion reigns in the country Of the
y 1ankees. 1t was not enough Tor the Americans
to have a representative Government. and So
they created = wonderful press. the like of
means of nearly lOUoO periodicals the sovereign
people constantly make known their needs.
their opinions, and their will The Americans
serve liz rights. and literally support it, While
he was President. Gen. Grant tried 20 bride
the newspapers: but the free. Thousand mouth
,,d press "Irned such a dreadful ctinhontdc
that he at once r-treatrd.
There are no special laws applying to news,
papers, ~ the Union, Al "iI"ures committed
through the press are tried under the common
law. OF course. there is no other censor than
the editor whose supervision. however. is very
energetic and stringent.
1t is calculated that the Yankees annually
spend s26 uOJ. 900 for newspaper, alunri That
i nearly equal 10 al ol lutsii's Si..tr EXPENSES
for public instruction. courts. means of COM
mnniration and the imperial court combined,
II Surpu~s"~ the entire stat" Np"nSeS # c,l OF
he-e countries. Sweden. SW itssrlhnd G!eecr /
Dennark. and Portugal
The American ucwsTaper. aim To give their ,
'ead"rs trr latest news of every kind. and F.
therefore the stan uf reporters i strong /.
'3mcs naturally 70 conclusion thhl they are (
offered To- All Intelligent Iuiiic. The Ameri- I
AN I"uInais ol to-day are modelled 10 a great /
Xtent after IHE sun. which has made d yerita- 4
llr revolution IN the American press,
II il of great luler'st To- compare the Ameri- /
population of Russia is duuhlr that Of the +
7 uitrd S;atrs y..t KuS,ia ha- uuly Gus period ,
Gals agin-. the 723 of tie United States. II! .
,,her words. America has sixteen tinrs ~ ,
many peri diculs rs Russia. The STATE Of New /
i1ra alone ha- tWi.r a. many periodicals a.
he Nhplr Il mininp # The Gar Ia Russia .
here is oh" periods, al for every $50 600 iilhah- I
taEts, and IN the tl.ied S;a"~ one Ter every .
,.4Wi. ihrr'i"r' 1t r. Iuirrs thirty tiE,r~ mur'
i1--.tn5 thlu Americans To- eGi'pult "a LtN~-
,t!"r The d"muud for tu'i NEWSPAPER iuhf- 4
.lt'- "a rs'rtaiu irsrrc oi education and wealth, /
I-n.'r II j. necessary tu a'!mi that the lankr'-
r. thirty times r.ur. lju'aird and Wpaitllr .
ran III" Eu--iHu- This comparison looks /.
'ii M Ir'' Interesting IA view ii the fa,i that
ilt Americans r.crutiy cuiuIrttod hH one han
ir ith anniversary ~ their mttinn'S Mrh. .
gnlir thr li.,sitgl, hJyt. a,geady .--.t--..,I .
l.,!r u4e tAuu-4nIta auAIvcrs1l3. /