The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-18
WONDERS Of
NEWSPAPER PRESS

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How many OF he as we take ur
our morning newspaper at the break
fast table, realize the number of peo
pie who are acting Ia a similar man
uer and The enormous output Of the
Press to supply the demand Of the
public for news and reading matter?
Take the United Kingdom. for in
stance. says London exchange. AZ
the present time Il possesses 1881
newspapers. distributed as follows:
England 1856; Wales. 1iS; Scotland.
25S; Ireland, 1888; and adjacent isl.
ands l6
OF the total number there are 200
morning and evening dailies, the re-
mainder being weeklies and bi-week-
lies. While newspaper proprietors
generally lie low and say muffin "
about their exact calculations. It is
possible, by striking an average. to
gain an approximate idea of the
number of morning and evening pa
pers sold i'm the United Kingdom each
day. The circulation of these dailies
may be said to range from 10000 for
provincial papers to 100000 for i'm
portant London papers. There are o
few newspapers in the metropolis
which exceed this circulation. while
quite a number of the thirty dailies
published in London and important
newspapers in the provinces can boast
circulations of from 100000 to 40O,-
600. Then, again, there are many pro.
vincial papers which easily exceed
ten thousand, and but few whose dai e.
ly circulation does not reach that fig
ure.
One can scarcely be accused of ex-
aggerating, therefore, in estimating
the average circulation of the 200 dali
lies at $4,000 each, which means a
daily sale of 100000 copies, or one
paper to every five persons of all
ages (the present population of the
United Kingdom is just over 45,OOO.-
000). Sunday newspapers could al
most be counted on the fingers of
both hands; but most of them can
boast of enormous circulations. One,
in fact-"The News of the World
has a circulation of 100000 copies;
apd tba total Dupobar Of Cupdoxy ,,ouc
papers sold may be safely estimated
at 100000 copies. Thus we get a
total of 6t,OOO,OOO copies of daily and
Sunday newspapers sold in one week
Up to the present no account has
been taken of the 1000 weeklies. BIZ
weeklies, and localized issues, which
are published during che course OF
the week. Even if we reckon the av-
rage circulation at the low figure OF
5000 copies, we get a total of 10000.
600 copies. And then no mention has
been made of the many weekly peri
odicals which are sold. There are ov.
er 200 of the latter, some of them
Boosting circulation of 100000 copies
Reckoning an average circulation OF
$4,000, this gives a total circulation
of 100000 copies, which, added tc
the other figures, brings the grand to-
tai of copies of newspapers and per
iodicals sold in the United Kingdom VI
to 81 100000 per week, or nearly two
for each man, woman ard child.
America provides even more striking
figures The total number of newspa-
pers published there is over $1,000
This, of course, includes all kinds
dailies, weeklies, monthlies and quar-.
terlies There are, however, ovel
1000 daily papers, as compared will
our 200, and in New York the daily
papers circulate to the extent Of &
third more than the population.
Forty six million. That is the es-
timated number of newspapers printed
daily in the States. or one for every
two persons of all ages. This means
that 1000 tons of white paper are con
sumed by the daily newspapers ev'
cry day in the year, representing
daily expenditure of &36,000-$180,
+ 600. Thus, in the course of six DAYS
276.OOO,OOO daily newspapers are sold
or three for every person in thu
States.