The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-20
Williams { NJ 'ANULTY
Carpets, DraDarioS, Wall Papers
SCRANTON. PITTSTON.
DAILY NEWSPAPER.
Population Appears to Have Little to
DO with Their Distribution.


From the sun.
There are 10000 newspapers in the
United States, of which 1850 or more
than ten per cent, are published daily.
These daily papers, however are not
distributed uniformly throughout the
several states, and there seems to b.
no clear rule for the discrepancies to
be found i'm some states New York,
for instance, the largest of the states
in respect to population, and the one,
tuO,haVing the largest number of news
papers. has only 1S3 dailes, whereas
Pennsylvania, the population of which
is one million and a quarter less than
New YorH's, has POI. Missouri, with a
population of 100000, has only 81 daily
papers, while Indiana, with popula-
tion Of 500, 000 less has 137 yet, the Hoo
scr state, with Illinois on one side and
Ohio on the other has not usually been
noted for its public enlightenment. On
tls other hand Missouri has 709 week.
ly papers, whereas Indiana has 5I7.
The population Of Massachusetts by
the last census taken-tbe state census
of 1S95-was 2,5O0,OOO. The population
of California at the same time was
12jO,OOO, or just one-half. Massachu-
matters connect d with education and
public enlightenment. 1t is the state
of several universities. it is prominent
in all educational matters, and it is
one Of the very oldest of the states of
the country i'm point of settlement.
Yet Massachusetts has only eighty
eight daily papers whereas California,
with one-half the population of the
Pay STATE, has 113. These are some of
the discrepancies which seem to re-
Iuire explanation.
The distribution of daily papers
throughout the country is in other re-
srects singular. Mississippi, with
population Of 1,250,000 and with large
merCantiln and agricultural interests,
has only nina daily papers, whereas
Arizona with a population one-twelfth
as large and much Of it made up of
persons wholly illiterate or nearly so,
has ten daily papers. Delaware, in
oluding the thriving city Of Whining
tor. and with no foreign population
numerous enough to be considered has
tha same number of daily newspapers
as New Mexico with a population of
$4,000 less, and considerable portion
of il Indians and half breeds. There
are only nineteen daily papers in the
state of Tennessee, only fifteen in West
Virginia and twenty-uine ii Kentucky.
But in North Carolina, a state desti-
tute of large cities, there are twenty
one daily papers and in Arkansas there
are twenty-siX. New Hampshire and
Vermont are neighboring states: their
population is about the same-betWeen
800 0OC and 375, 900. Yet New Hampshire
has fifteen daily papers and Vermont
has four only. Connecticut has, rela-
lively, more daily papers than has Mas
sachusetts. Iowa has more than Tex
as ana Idaho has fewer than any other
state or territory with the exception of
Alaska, though this condition may not
De permanent when the belated returns
lave been received from the Klondike,
We're heretofore Journalism has not
fiourishd. The United States have
more daily papers than any other coun-
try, but their distribution is peculiar.