Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27

tent of 100000 copies a day, The Asha-
hi, published IN the same town. has
nearly as large circulation.
In Toxic the newspaper most widely
read is the Hochi Shmbun Cthe Bull
letin News). which sells 2OO, 900 copies
daily. The Hochi Is the great oppose
ton Journal. the organ OF Count Oku-
ma, ex-premier. and the most lnfluen-
Then there Is the Jill Shlmpo, the Nichi
Nichl. the Kokumin and the Ashanti OF
Toxic all with calculations OF between
10000 and 10000. The Kokumin Is the
government organ, and 1t Will be re-
membered when peace was signed the
angry inhabitants Of Toxic. enraged at
its attitude and acquiescence with the
peace treaty, attacked the offices and
nearly caused a serious outbreak.
When ! say that the Hochl is the OPP
position organ, It must NOT be UNDER
stood that my paper showed any oppo-
sltlon to the government during the
war with Russia. In point OF fact,
from the time when our relations with
Russia were broken of the newspapers
IN Japan. without any exception, sup
ported the government and the nation.
The jill Shimpo is owned and edited
by the son-in-law of Viscount Hayashi.
the japanese minister In London. while
the Nichi Nichi Is now the property OF
Mr.. kato, formerly minister to London
and It's editor is a Christian Mr.. Yokoi
who Is a member Of the Japanese par
lament,
The daily newspapers OF Japan arc
much cheaper than those of London,
even in these days OF the ascendency Of
the half-penny press. Most subscrlb-
ers pay for their fayorite newspaper
monthly, ana their subscriptions work
out In some cases at a fraction under
a farthing a day. and in none at more
than a halt-penny a day This not
wlthstanding that advertisement rates
IN our papers are considerably lower
than they are here. For small adver-
tisements the highest rate have heard
or is one shilling per line; while for
| large advertisements ] have never
| heard OF more than Sl25 Il page being
| paid for one insertion,
On occasions when we receive news OF
| very great importance, II is customary
| to issue special editions, but these are
| are not (as they are here) complete
copies of the paper They are, on the
| contrary, merely leaflets, containing
| nothing but the particular item OF
| important news. These are sold on the
| streets by newsboys at prices varying
| from one to one and one-half cents,
The recent Introduction OF the seria
story into English papers has been q
| feature of the Japanese press for *
| years past. IL will doubtless anus,
English people to know that the seria
system Is, in our press, frequently APP
| piled to the publication OF leading arti
Gle and important political subjects. Fol-
| instance, we may publish column Of q
| statesman's speech today, mark 1t 1T
| be continued" give Il another column
| tomorrow, and keep this up until II Is
| finished week later Similarly with
leading articles the same practice Is fire.
! quently adopted.
The production Of newspaper, COM
plicated though II is in England, ia
much more so In Japan. We cannot use
tho linotype machines for setting up
articles. This must be done by hand.
and when | tell you that In the Japa-
nese language there are some $4,000 dit
ferent characters, Of which $4,000 are
in common daily use. you viii under
stand that the compositor has To be q
man of no small skill and ability.
The typeroom OF a japanese newspa-
per In large compartment, with shelves
all around the four walls, and IN set
ting" copy the oomposltor has to run
round the room picking out from the
thousands of little receptacles the type
he requires. II Is at ono and the same
time both mental and physical exercise
of Il pretty strenuous description,
As an instance Of the manner in
which Japanese newspaper IL con-
Quoted, I may state that the staff OF
the Hochi consists Of SO editors, sub
editors and reporters. The STAFF IL d.
vided into some seven or eight depart
ments. viz, army. navy, political, finan-
cial, economical, city artistic and trans
latng Work begins much earlier than
II does on the London papers, We can.
not as you do IN England. print news
within n few minutes OF its arrival in
the Office From the time of an Item OF
news being written to It's appearance in
print we require one or two hours
while you can do Il In few minutes
Yasujiro Ishikawa editor OF the Hochl
shimbun) In the London Express.