The sun., 1897-06-20

Ana. Incidental Thereto, somo Remarks on the
Relation OF Newspapers 10 Population.

"You may not bc aware Of It," sententiously
remarked the newspaper sharp to the editor,
but there arc in the United States grand to-
tai OF 1880 publications which go through tho
mnils at publishers rates. divided up into
2,oi8 dailcs, 1880 weoklies, 35s somi-woek-
lies. 40 tri.weeklies 1850 monthlos, 3Ol semi
monthlies, so bi.monthlics, tri-monthlies, 159
quarterlies, and l59 somi-quartcrlies
''Of course Now York leads" sAid tho editor,
with some local pride, being New York man.
In point OF number Of publications, yes, but
her total, 1912, doesn't divide up rs largely
among her o.999.s53 people as does Nevadas
27 among hor d5,76l people. In other words,
my dear sir, and the sharp Rrinned with ghoul-
ish gleo, New York will have to multiply her
list about three times to get up to the Nevada
standard. The Illinois standard, including
Chicago, with 1887 publications to 3,s26.35l
people, Is higher than that of New York, and 30
The editor WINGED at the information.
How about dailicsl" asked the editor.
New York has l56, which is 20 less than
Ohio, each OF which has i6i, and 81 more than
Indiana whose population is 3;s07, 449 less than
Ss Sw Scr fS e han ne
sE New ri %y ywesRiy SsREF 11%i st inquired
nois and 16f greater than Pennsyivunia. 10
CO. S a SGi shs srs
isSSa si9s + having 81 SsS PuSiisstons
lions, or, 2I7 more. still, Now Jersey, with 4e
District Of Columbia, with 230,sos population,
has dailies. while Wyoming, with 90 zoo, peo-
es With puSeaons PnS rhs aw
which has but al. These two are the lowest N
the List Of dailies except Alaska. which hasn't
weekly and, one monthly. Comparing, q
Northern and a Southern State, We find that
saoSs %c p%h hss puhS has
lsi papers Of all kinds only ten OF them being
dailies. This is the lowest average of dailies
''rhe colored people in that State ought to
read efhd the newspapers suggested the editor;
Most folks wouldn't believe it, but Maine and and
toms 10 S and LoHsann i eads With 0l daes
to i8 In the state OF Maine; In population
louisiana has l,llS,5s7, TO 6l,o06 in Maine
Maine. Michigan and Massachusetts make a
fair comparison of States East and Middle West,
publicetions, 10 AIassachusctts's 6is for 2,23s.-
S43 In dailies Massachusetts, with 10. leads
II wouldn't have thought Michigan could
That's because you don't know Michigan"
Texas would compare with MassaChuscttsT'
"0h, not at all" exclaimed the editor, in hor-
rihed tones.
And it doesn't" grinned the sharp. Texas
with 3,loo less population, has rs more publ.
cations than the old Bay State, with its CEN
the Hoosiers come from that the Bostonians
turn up their, noses at-Indiana, with nearly
more publications, and beats her in dailies
the difference between lag and 10. Now, how
arc you going TO explain thatf
The editor shook his head sadly. He had
been SO proud Of Massachusetts,.
Now, there's Idaho, continued the sharp
each Others nccks and shoot the atmosphere
full Of holes. Idaho has $3.50 people and ~
in the midst of the ctfete East, with a popua-
tion OF nearly double u66, ,493i, has only about
half as many 1881, OF them daily. How are
The editor shook his head again. but not so
sadly He never meyer, thGpasht much Of the reading
without irrigation, anyhow.
New Mexico shows the character of her peo-
people whch shows h that s the grsaser 70 IS not
vori.cious reader. OF the southern States Gcor-
gio, leads with s3i publications, % OF them
has but 293 publications, 2I.ot them daily. She
has 2ls wee klies to 237 ill Georgia. Iowa
and 1,o69 publications, 81 daily and s77 week
IL s The IN m %9tS th gaL and ps9Pi has but
fona @ h ns @a too 10 Win sps & SSpe %S and S SO
publications. los daily and AGO weekly. This is
Largely due 10 her remoteness.'
I'm err" hesitated the sharp. But as
of Rhode Island, which for SO many years has
sat under the intellectual drippinss OF Boston,
TO be compared with Oklahoma, where even at
this moment nothing may be dripping save
gore in eobs, but l shall make the comparison,
and the figures, show us that Oklahoma. with
daily and ? waeEy i W whie RhodS Isand an p with
over five times the population l345,5o6D. has but
let the bns Hens % GheRsns sGHa1 SSss Snd
again DID Ia the sharp Siniie with <. <.
10000 loss population than Rhode Island has
100 publications. II OF them being daily Colo
EEado oSd With ,ya SRy Al21ss people does well 70
weekly, indian Territory, with lbs, 900 popu.
1ston5 has s,c Si Gaiy and = weekly Tho
being daily and $50 weekly BryaSs ';:i; State hS1
you rememher, 1t is Nebraska shows UP about
numhsr OF pTgbIicsations l57s,, % OF them daily
"Ahem," observed the editor.
oH, MaHthE another G0parisGfP f, 5 the sharp
while New Hampshire right alongside, with
876,59o people; only about A 900 more, has lOl
IDENTIFY that excess OF population reads only
"Evidently," srll tho editor.
From a general glance at these figures" said
the sharp in conclusion, lit vii! be seen that tho
and monthly, and that tho monthly is more
prevalent in the more settled, not TO say more
appear that Illinois, Chicago's home, has 25l
monthlies 10 III in Massachusetts and 2l3 in
pennsylvania. Every state in the Union, and
Territory. except Alaska, has dailios, with
Idaho at the bottom OF the list with three. All
have wccklies, with Alaska at the bottom with
three and all have monthlics except Wyoming,
with Alaska and Arizona at the bottom with
one each. Goodby." said the sharp. uncxpect.
edly. and went away. the editor signing tho
meanwhile and wondering why In the name OF
goodness Noah ever took pair Of statisticians
on board the ark when he sailed that time