The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-27


be greatly reduced, and lastly the
revenues of the city would be added
to BY increasing the license fee Of
those places desiring to open on Sun.
day by 2s percent II is for these
reasons thar New York is being
treated to the unusual spectacle Of
ministers and social workers striving
to bring about the legalised sale Of
liquor during certain hours on Sun
day,
Whether it is due to a falling off in
his taste for literature, or because Of
business reasons, Father Knicker-
booker has lost one record, and worst
Of all, from his point OF view, TO the
city of Chicago, New York, once the
great magazine publishing center Of
the country, must now take second
place, since the latest figures show
that the Windy City has outstripped
| It in this respect. Woman's World,
the Chicago magazine which has the
largest circulation Of any in the
United States, which means on earth,
the figure being over 100000. ships
every year more than 100000
pounds of its publication. In the
face Of figures like these Father
Knickerbocker can only fall back on
the fact that he still has larger mum
Der Of publications, even though their
circulation is smaller Perhaps he
has only his business methods to
blame for the fact that the magazine
publishing record is no longer his,
A great factor in that business here,
as in good many other fields OF
business, has been to increase capt..
alization as fast as possible, with the
result that the total capital of three
leading magazines published here
with a combined circulation OF i,400,-
900 is many times greater than that
of the Chicago publication with its
100000 readers, which started with
the investment OF $1,000 and has
grown from the profits to a S2,500000
concern with annual net earnings OF
10000. Here such earnings would
be much more highly capitalized,
meaning smaller returns, and it is
therefore largely due TO Father
Knickerbocker's love for big figures
that investors have given the impetus
to the publishing business in the
West which has robbed him OF his
literary laurels.
Sixteen voyages across the Atlantic
on an investment OF one nickel would
seem to be a somewhat incredible
achievement but that is just what
the prize trouble maker OF the loca'
immigration authorities has accom-
Iplished. Benjamin Axelrod is the
name Of the precocious youth, who
starting from his Russian home some
years ago with the equivalent Of just
/ FIVE pennies has kept Commissioner
Watchorn busy deporting him evei
since. No less than seven times ha.
he reached Ellis Island, the emigrant
station, as a stowaway, and no les!
than seven times has he been sen
back. The last time the Commits
sioner, who apparently does not ad
mire persistency warned Benjamin
that he would never again be allowed
to set foot on American soil. Tha
occurred in February, 1903, and sine,
nothing was heard Of the prize stow
away for more than year, Mr.. Wat
chorn was lulled in to the happy be
lief that Benjamin had finally desistec
in his attempts to reach this country
| No such idea had occurred to Ben
jamin, however Repeated failure
had simply made him more circum
spect and the Commissioners happy
belief was rudely shattered this weel
by a telegram from the authorities