The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18
the nSn Issued during the winter OF
1850 Will spawn during the summer
of 1882.
Journalism in the United States.


The Variety and extent of journal.
ism IN the United States is shown off
to great advantage by the forehcom-
ing report of the tenth census. The
COLLECTION and collation. of the facts
bearing on this particular national
Industry was committed 10 the hands
of ). n. d. North, who is himself
an experienced newspaper editor,
and his report will show that there
were printed in this country during
the late census year IL ,4l8 periodical
publications, of which 982 were daily,
S,725 weekly, and the remainder
semi'weeKly, tri-weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly, semi monthly and tri-
monthly New York takes the lead
with LAP. Illinois coming next with
1902; Missouri standing eight on the
list wilh5S1. These publications are
divided Into some twenty classes:
Devoted to general news. politics
and family reading are 1855; to re-
ligion, 572; agriculture, 1852; COM
merce and finance, 1913 trade, 166 ;
INSURANCE and railroad. 81; maga-
zines fnlperiodical devoted to gem
eral literature, 145; Sunday news
papers, 247 ;medicine and surgery,
Ill {; law, A Science and mechanics,
73 education, rs; art. society, music
and fashions, 2; college and school
papers, 2l9; ckldren's and Sunday
school, 1872 freunasonry and similar,
l46; Illustrated publications, SIP !;
miscellaneous, 1876. Of the whole
number l0,6l9 are printed in En-.
glish, and 100 il other languages.
OF these latter O5 are German, So
French, Indian,2 Chinese, Polish,
5 Welsh, 10 Bohemian, 2 Portuguese,
80 Spanish. % Swedish, 9 Dutch, 4
italian, 10 Norwegian. and l Catalan.
or the religious Publications there
are ia unSectarian 10 Methodist, 70
Baptist, 81 Catholic,32 Episcopalian,
30 Presbyterian. y Dmkar,l, Esprit
ualist, 6 Mormon and1 Shaker. An
estimate of the cost drumming these
publication show that S2S, 571 1886 Was
paid out in wages alone during the
census year; the pei cpntage of which
paid for work on daily papers was
$3.50 and for weekly and other pa.
DerS 1885 per cent. In the prOduc-
ton of these publications, 80, 799 male
and 1856 female operatives find EN-
ployment 16,480 persons, among
whom are quite a number of females,
are returned as editors or ON editor
ial Stats. The gross value of the an
nual product of these publications
amounted to SS7,44l,1 1872, of which
the dailies are credited with S42. $780,
1872, and the others with S44, COL ,09S.
ThePeseent .geofreceipts from adver.
thing ON the former was 59.69, and
the latter 1885, per cent. The per.
centage of receipts from subscription
was-dailes, 1921 others, 1919
The average daily consumption Of
paper was on dailies, .297, sos
pounds; the total weight used dur
ing the year being l7S. l65, 05l pounds.
The atryrpuntp rirru l., inn NOR i~Sua
of daiies was 1867 .424 copies. and
for all classes. 81, 1888 The aggre,
gate number of copies of daily pa
issued during the census year was
,135, 532. 446, and for all classes q
NJ .65O.575. The average subscrip-
ton price of daily papers is S7.3l.
The people of this country pay out
more than SIG, 900, O00 year for their
newspaper and periodicals.
Mr.. North's newspaper statistics
will soon appear in the shape of re.
port, which will give an exhaustive
history of the subject. and when his
investigations. which are of Il more
thorough nature than ever before
made in this line, when completed
he will present the Smithonion insti'
tute with collection, embracing a
copy of every paper ever printed in
this country,-Paper Trades Jour.
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