Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-09-25
NEWSPAPER LIFE.


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shows an inctraso in proportion in
population ~ two 20 one in ii,ut ~
Nrw lotA ioNrnplI-u 90 .rtIu.i thr
United state durng %" "n' hundred
,enf. mentioned ~Iutr is,n ot tnr
th.tW,ntA h,. wears rudinr December.
1851 ihr new .lpp'i. nni ,t.'ii.. ~. -
the m,tturuls hive inrust q 80 G-'l.
uf uu, tnr strfI $40, Inhabitants.
against nn iu,rrase ~ loo Tor the
I H.tI ~fN... nf nne iur every dh'i
ul.. lstf. th..t li.u' '."n b. lns"d
ui,nu sn,. hri ln,UuhtHH"t 80.
isu Tor Sew hnrh hnd 90 Hi.tHn Tor
tho t.n.t,i ~ it,a. While iho number
~ ff.f.l i.u tairt- md i'ri"dioal-
l...f.. ....l Loo aud unr bali times.
th. Iu.uu., ns compared "a p"pula.
tln lH. t,r u'itlt doubled IN IA"
fu. ni. .ht, ,,4t- under liberation
Ma. UIfIu ~ inrrut-s. a. compared to
tuinI inn. iu favor ~ New YORK. NJ
..,f.I 90. I uii.d States. ha. not ma.
ta. i ,lau.Uti niece iH,u the journal
t.i, b. m Of ihe United States having
t.ni. IIrt with that II New Work
De- literature 81 Newspaper puhlica-
ton }. msar,r. and within the recent
,ear. thr data uhtainahlo j. discon.
ir.ir'l nnd lacking IN detail The first
"AIv slnprf DIRECTORY was published
iu is'i. tm Wa not i-.urd thereafter
g.. attempt WRs f"llnwci Va is,,s iy
Row a Avn. uean Newspaper nirrc-
ior,. which has sinor appeared rrgu.
laIh each year from these puhlica-
linna. and from other aud various
soufrr.. r,.llnhle data hal ls.rn obtained
covering The period ffum l~sn aud In
olndlng tina, trar to Va" present time.
80 quarter h crutur,. lacking the
remaining daVs ~ issi
o. isgn The goa newspapers and
lter oicsl. In New lurk numbered ~
dalrs, 20 semi- Wceklcs. " semi.
mnuihlles. 20 mnnihl,s, seven hi
monihlics and eight quarieriie-. ~
the total pumher ~ were printed In
the German language. three In French.
two In spanish, two In Italian and ono
In Welsh. i.rss than unc.thlrd II the
whole sdh. 90 ~ ~ the publications,
furnished new. and general informa-
iioH, The remaining i-t were class
Journals. and tho wide rang. ~ their
advocacy embraced ,hlr,y.two differ
snt toplcs
AZ The pr-s-n, time there ar. ~
dsllic.. u ssms.weeklle@. 2as wecklir
"a sent. monitlir@. yss monihiirs. "
bl-monthlle. aud ~ quar,erlic.. az Gao
IN all. This " sn Increase since is6n. or
fpr twenty i've s.ara. ~ ~ dsllle-. four
semi. week.-Mrs., lis weeklies. ~ semi
manthlles. ist mouthiie-, 10 bi.month-
lies aud " quarietilcs. or a total in
crease ~ ilb. IN. foreign element IL
represented by ~ papers. classified a.
follows German, 81, spanish, ~,
French, seven Italian. three. swedish,
ess, hungarian. onsi bohemian. one,
and Latin. sns, This "a gain ~ four
languages and loss ~ one. and an In.
crease Tor the twenty-five years ~ ~
German, ~ spanish, fonr French AM,
one Itaiiss. or total increase II
papers printed In foreign language. III
10 The number VI publications dis.
ssminsting news aud general informa.
tioa II only q little over one-sixth II
the total aBn. ar iib. q ioss Of one hall
a. compared 10 1880. the correspond.
Glass NJ that date standing ~. or one
third of the whole. This l. q note.
worthy point, when u " taken into con.
siaerstiea that only such publications
~ distribute general news aud lnforma-
tion properly rank ne newspapers. all
otheFs being elias. Journals az pcriodi.
Gals. Ia this iiFh, the Increase III the
aumbef ~ newspapers III New York
tor the past twenty-five wears u 80,
against On iseresse ~ Bsi elass papers
aud periodicals. This dlsproporilon 81
increase IL explained hy the startling
and almost abnormal growth al
'special' aud ''trsde" Journals In tho
past fifteen years. In 1880 the five
ieasiisg classes In the order ~ great.
ness was q. follows
asssr.l ssws saa Literary -. y
Religious -. sss,ssi
The following i've GLASSES II paper.
In i-so were ~ minor importance In
numbers;
I,.; sS.. s. sS:''%" . .,
Tie classification has greatly changed
IN twenty i've years. and al present II
is ~ under
uessssl ne.s sss Religious ......... n
rssss :" -, w as,,'ssi ''.'. 1850.
The iaer-ase. ~ four NJ the i've
CLASSES ~ minor importanc. In 1890 i.
shown by a comparison with tho mum
i'er nov cslsting. a. follows
Silence ,.,.,.... e n.ll,osa. ......... 7