Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Hubbard's Right Hand Record and Newspaper Directory: Giving in Alphabetical Order, Towns in Each State, With Population; Papers in Each Town, With Circulation, With Blank Space for Recording Contracts, Estimates, Offers, Acceptances, or Any Other Data
There are catalogued in this book 10 131 American (united States and Canada) newspapers 899 dailies; weeklies, tri-weeklies and semi-weeklies; 804 monthlies and semi-monthlies.
The total circulation of a single issue of each of these papers (omitting not given) reaches the enormous aggregate of copies, divided as follows: dailies, weeklies, tri-weeklies and semi-weeklies, 13 monthlies and semi-monthlies, This is an average of to each paper for a single issue, and taking all issues of the Whole for one year, a grand total of copies.
Taking ordinary 40 lb. Newspaper at its average measure of sheets (solid) to the foot, one issue of all these piled up would measure feet (nearly a mile) in height, or for a whole year feet (over 87 miles) high.
Counting them all at the average size of 27 x 41 inches and placed end to end, one issue would extend feet miles); for one year 6 feet miles), or over 47 times around the earth, and five times the distance from the earth to the moon.
In a thousand ems of type there are nearly different pieces, and in an average four page, eight column paper, set in solid brevier type, there are ems (about 450 lbs), or types in one newspaper.
To print one issue of the total papers of this average size, there must be handled nearly five million pounds of type, or types. The total number of editions of all these dailies, weeklies and monthlies for one year would make and to print them, occasions the handling of types.
These averages are minimum rather than maximum. There is usually twice as much type, at least, in an office as will set the paper, consequently for this purpose alone, there must be ten million pounds in use, the value of which is about five million dollars.
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