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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1911)
(Copyright, 1911, by William L. Alt- The members of the commission Into the magazine field, and called his perl- growth, seemingly coincident with the dorfer.) whose charge Congress and the presl- odlcal The Royal American Magazine, ' growth in population, until I860, when WHEN, the magaslne postal rate dent have placed the investigation of or Universal Repository of Instruction there were more than 100 magazines commission, authorised at the this matter are well known and are and Amusement Each number con- or monthlies, as they were then called, last regular session of con- men of wide experience In the business talned three sheets of letter press and having a circulation of about 700,000 greSs. and scheduled to meet and professional world. They Include two copper plate Illustrations, and this eaon igUe. In T860 the number in- In Washington last week, gets Justice Charles E. Hughes of the United is believed to be the first Illustrated creased to 250 with a circulation of Its work underway, the , battle of the States supreme court, chairman, and A. journal published In this country, about S. 500,00. In 1870, the number mHgaxIne will near the end of the Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard There were only six numbers of this more than doubled with 22 doing busl- rampalgn. Dates for hearings will be university. The third original ap- magazine Issued, the Revolutionary war nee. having a circulation of 5,650,000. selected, when everybody will be given polntee, Lawrence Maxwell, a Cincln- compelling Its suspension. Agam i lg80 there was another great a chance to present his side of the nati lawyer, resigned May 1. giving as x .miliar experiment was made in increase. 1H7 pulicatlons of this class question, and the findings of the com- his reason for so doing the fact that New York in 1782, entitled the "Inde- appearing on the market with a clrcula- mlssion reported to congress as soon his work as attorney for several ex- pendent Reflector." This also suspended tlon of 8 138 000 as completed. . press companies made it Inadvisable business within two years. In 1758 About this time, or Just thirtv-one This commission was directed by for him to serve on the commission. . the New American magazine was pub- years ago, as the country was emerging congress to Inquire into all questions - . . Used by James Parker at Woodbrtdge. from the loss, distress and destitution affecting the deficit In "venue from Development of the Magaiine. New jersey. This was said to be a caused by the war between the states, carrying second class mall matter and Th magazine Industry,' as It is known publication of great merit, but although congress adopted the policy of extending to adjust. If iss bie, the dispute be- today( ha reachea ,ucn Vftst propor. there was bui one similar periodical pubiic aid In the acquisition of general tween the postofflce department and tlon and nM 8uch a Kreat , the whole colonies, publication was eduction among the people, the magazines of the country wnicn throughout tne ,and that Ug ear,y discontinued at the end of twenty-sev- As mediums for that purpose, news- are opposed to carrying tne Duraen or h,8tory anfl wonderfu, development are en months for lark of support. There papers and periodicals were selected It- J!Tr,T V.,.?n... Hh 7,r.u? r.f of Merest. It has its origin In this were a number of similar ventures in a8 worthy objects of the favor, and tne postal DU"'n"- "J,, , country with periodicals devoted to Philadelphia previous to the Revolu- upon them congress conferred the valu- erence to rates on magazines, -wuine meratur and literary topics, of which tlon which met the same fate, with abie privilege of reduced rates on their , ' ., " ;" ",;,, ;., , there were a number founded in Mas- which the names or Benjamin rraniuin publications to any part of the country. thJ LuT-i ton at neJ sachusetts previous to the Revolution, and William and Andrew Bradford were This charge then and npw Is 1 cent per out none or tnese colonial magazines connectea. met with any financial success beyond , , . the first few years of experiment. 19th Century Development Marked. une oi me nrsi magazines In this Th isth oenturv onened somewhat the next regular session of congress. What the Government Claims. The government claims the actual cost of carrying magazines through country was the Boston 'Weokly Maga- the malls is cents a pound, while this sine, rounded in 1743, but this one last- more auspiciously for the magazines. pound. What Census Figures Show. As a result of this action on the part of congress, the census of 1890 IQIO 100,000,000 IQOO 37869,000 1890 18,63000 class of periodicals Is paying only 1 ed only four weeks. 'Then followed the TllG flrst nurnber of tne famous Prt- shows another striking Increase In the cent a pound, thus leaving Uncle Sam American Magazine and Historical rllo m0 118 appearance in January. number of new magazines in the field to shoulder the loss of 8 cents on each Chronicle, founded at the same place 1801. and was followed In 1803 by the and a gtllI Kreftter Increase In the clrcu- pnunu carnru. i ue yuiuiin.-e -iri.an- una in in name year. J nis one lived Monthly Antnoingy. in inio, in norm lafton In 1890 it annenra fhorA wr ment proposes to Increase the rate on three years and four months. The New American was founded by William fru- adverttslng matter alone to 4 cents England Magazine of Knowledge and dor. This magazine was originally pub- 1734 monthlies In business, with a clr- h pound. Whether this Increase Is Jus- Pleasure, started in 1768, did not sur- lished every two months but later ap- c"lation r io.33.000. In ten years tlfled Is to be determined by the com- vlve Its fourth monthlv number n..rf monthly. following between 1890 and 1900 the mission. Isaiah Thomas In '1774 ventured Into From this time on there was a slow increase was slight 1n the number of number of magazines. 2500- while the circulation again more than doubled, contribution. HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY Conducted by Lora O. Little. cent of the total monthly elrculai.o... tendency for the monthly magsslnas to while three states are the principal pro- concentrate In two or three large urban ducers New YorJ, Mslne and Illinois, centers. The publishers appear to These three states published three fifths think their interests In connection with of the total circulation for the entire literary material, advertising and sales United States since 1880. are best served by locating in thesa The prominence of the state of Maine centers, while the public, on the other5 has long been an Interesting develop- hand, wherever located, seems to hava ment' In the production of this class of a vague belief that publications em periodicals. In 1880 to 1890 the Indus- anatlng from certain cities possess ad- try began to be developed In Augusta vantages that are not possessed ny moss and other cities. Many of the original published elsewhere. publications have ceased to exist, but In consequence, many of the prlncl there are still four establishments In pal monthly magazines which were not Maine, located in Augusta, that hare a originally established In New Tork city volume of circulation so great that al- have removed to that city. Thus thera though the city Is small In population, has been In progress an educational it ranks among the first 10 communl- process In connection with the dlstrt tles In the United States in the amount butlon of the monthly magazines, To ot second class mail -matter handled, suiting in the rather exceptional condi Slxteen publications are Issued by the tlons noted. " iur leaning emaDiisnmems in Maine, . and several of these publications have Express Rates to Be Studied. a circulation of more than 1.000.000 i. .i.A m.nfA t copies per issue. Three of the four es- . " . eJi tablishments send out 2,000,000 copies Investigate express rates as compared per Issue. with postal rates for magazines anfl To trace the circulation of the. maga- other second " class mall matter. Ths i . , - . . .i.i S . . . . , . i t - .4. tt,a' I)m rnr.l Mm. shown that the 10 states which pub- panles' rates are so arranged as t laics lished more than 90 per cent of the away from the government package bus-. ... total monmiv circulation, cmhrura all inu wnion tney can orouwuij Drawing showing relative Increase the c1tea ln thB united States having leaving Uncle Sam that part of ths bus-; In combined monthly circulations more than 500,000 inhabitants, with the lness which is unprofitable. VV of Amorlcan maeazlnpa ln three exception of Baltimore. Of the total As an Illustration, magaslne can b v v. k v All I V J u tOMUUk JJUV U " " j- - , 60.000,000 in the 10 states mentioned mall from New York to caurorma ax furnish more than two thirds of the distributed over every railroad ln Call- entire circulation of the United States, fornla by employes of the railway mail- in xnis group new lorg city is rar ln service. Tnis inusimiion HiyticB i the lead, furnishing more than five every state in the union. But whers times the circulation furnished by Chi- the short haul rate of the express com- ute iu iiiiviiis tw nexv largest panics jo hjw. . , ntrlbut on. of l cent a pound, tne express com- ; From a study of the facts as pre- panles get the business, leaving the. un- decades. new magazines, there being but 1817, but the circulation of all monthlies more than doubled. The actual figures being 37,869,000. The census for 1905 shows another srreat increase in the 1 w t j i .n rr,n-.. i a j-j belnsr 64.308.000. The figures for 1910 fn irr,meHif Is always the wav where, haaith romAin. are not V1 vallabls. but a conservatue 8ented by the federal census of 1880 nrofltable end of the game to Unci The people who get so frightfully arar. Self-indulgence and a flabbv will jiu u 8na also 0r 1906. there seems to be a Sam. muddled over the different theories of are the obstacles. The first must be nur,n? lno precening years, ana paniy S health are people who are looking for an put down and the second exercised into opening through the fence, instead or urmness. the gate of the straight and narrpw IMPLE as'A B C. Tha, is what able reports, where both vitality and tta'El TV n cu ZZ" 'l7. Z them how to be well while they pur- I of chronic disease. To expect health Is. Because the multitude purse are drained; then to the "after cnoose not to Deueve mis mys- CUI... where an treatment 1 suspended Ifl. nluTe.i'.?H.T'i8Ji . nd nature is given a chance. One pog- fortune tellers have no monopoly of lt,v K0(I and on one Is found ln it mystic healing. ' The regular medicine al1- Regularity has its value. The wa rn an holds over them all when it comes ter at the spa is as efficacious as that to welrdness. His cabalistic prescrip- drawn from the tap at home, and no tlons are unread by the patient; but raore Ba Quiet and regular life at sue a life that is lawless.. By Way of Example. on other facts, would be not far short of 100.000,000 copies Issued each month. Of the three classes of papers the dally, weekly and monthly in which the greatest change has taken place, the monthly shows the most decided and WHICH DEATH WOULD YOU PREFER7--C ontinued From First Page: X restoration of health in a few slKn'f'cant changes. This class of pub davs or week h, , At., llcation has been the time honored me- eased condition has been years in grow- d,um ,or Pre8nting literature as dis tlnguished from news. The great op portunity of the monthly arose ln the From that time on, it Is said, he lived About 130 emigrants were going by ; evn " Mia .-hanre rajne imexnectediv they were camped at Mountain Meadows, j c , f.w.. in wannincrnn rmmrv in siniirnwstsiy i nA nav flrtor ma rsiriirn rrnrn tna na n v w t. lands, Luce met his conquerer on the by Indians, and it is claimed that among Here Is a concrete case of the more In. Is manifestly unreasonable riiffl,.ii1t tlnrl nf tha klnrl wham at Pure Water, fresh nir aunahtna -tr. first glance it 'may be hard to see where tact the earth, natural food and decade from 1890 ,0 1900 the sufferer is at rault. A young wo- noi too mucn or it, agreeable company man in nmnlrtved in n dertartment mtnrm and not tOO much nf it anlitnriA onW .ii6 nnnnestmnin faith His "fight home cou,d miy be secured with but at a good salary. By her earnings she not too much of that, mental exercises. Mind, Unquestioning laiUl. ni 1 '"" a fraottnn nt h mnnxr .n.nt .Um.A .u. i .. IV. v. antimnrlita nVi vala I , . t Al.-a.a" hia Inn cr Ilnra nftaaett " o.i.. aius 111 uu 1110 iiuinc inu ouu- - -r-- ' ach 'aco wum: J!rr7i., r. aneenh Into Itara fact when nture has somewhat restored porting parents who have little means these are the best medlelnes. Rightly rffin nre.s was adapted to exact- account to settle with you, and well ?e'8 "na "8 massacre InTwXre is waeed against a sup- the nea,th that had been nearly doc- and no earning capacity, owing to age applied they effect cures that are mar- J" rf? ""L"?, 1,, of this the "ttle It right now," he killed his former al'atln the treatment mv wMch g"ioe. thou?' t"d to death, back home goes the and infirmities. The young" woman vels to those who only know of the ,nfr rqU,"m.n.t. B,m!"8' Vh!'?! companion. - ,- ad1?Lve".n 1 .i HaJniir vnuth and beauty erstwhile sick man and , forthwith re- finds her health breaking under the resources of drugs and surgery. But m88a!1""; ,uu,u Mention is made In the old copies of .fL ; Hf cultures " m,mes h,s former "pleasures." He Is combined strain of work at the store, they are slow. Most things come slow- and attractively and .also typographical the newpapera of that time of another a. ' . - . , . . . a thn Trtrtlana WAP f nrmnn rnlsl mm ' ry . . t T11 . . innin aiirci ui iuu t-iiv aim 111 iruui, ui ... ' Development of Illustration. the oId 8alt Lake houee without hesi- redaklns. ..... . ; . .t.x . i. . . in,., .-.i i .ui i ui- i it was cnarrea inai jonn i. L.mit. was ' ,J " " . . rr ' . ' -v-ft,.na. .. r tratlon came Into general use and the and with the words. "I've got a little one of Brlgham Young's destroying sn- ana wen -v.- T V"" 1 , .v. ... . -4 miBsiunanes. in- naa Doisonea water niev umn inn hm , lnnocenoe and age. mis cuiiuibh, hi. ..i14 ,. ., . , 1 i. ,, .... .u . .7 a k. rH.iH at much less c ,00 K..t .i. ... i..i, driven away their cattle. The Mormon ' iration for an- by the late hours of the family and the restoration. vaccineo iiu ' T . ... u -i to the doctor In nrenai h wified1 Iri the TODular mind other Journey next summer to the cure, early hourg at the store. With six Another thing to bear in mind Is. the selling price of the monthlies fell, over some trivial matter In Tooele, and T . k . ..KHm faith in the mvste- ,ne nest thing In the whole article hours of sleep a night, all her gym- mat an progress is by a wave-like mo- editions increased ana new puuui..ua me snooting took place in Tooele county " " . j" ji i,.m is the following, which states neatly nastlc work, dieting and Dersonal care tlon. First the rise to the crest of th came into existence. . jail yard. The story goes that he the brakes, wave, .then the descent to tho trough .. ... .. w. ttA 1. . m .. But thY case Ts no t hopeless. Cheer- hn"vJct,on' of a rowln numbr Sk""?' "" i PUt . k, Kr. ami people. She is on the downgn hfr a hov the welter of superstition. "Obviously the only sane way to live and stfrely slipping Into the abyss. She to use Ella AVheeler Wilcox's figure 1.. st. is to 11 a arorv in Dunn yyn n ..n She is on the downgrade and steadilv but yet the tide heaves onward." rr great change ln the editorial policy 01 states flag and that his last words rure- many of tne larger magazmeB iw were. nun ve so that one keeps onesself demands to know what more she can do. "Who climbs the mountain . view to securing still greater popularity, confederacy The period from 1900 tfl 1905 saw a wrapped about his body a Confederate g and that his last words rrah for Jeff Davis and the, wayi climb. News features appeared of higher lit- Seven years elapsed before the death A story hi yuii.i. '";-'- in -0od health. The dsv has almnut Whv slmnlv nut health flrat aa aha urday Evening rost, wnn in- uiie arrived when the. meriiral nrnfeaalnn la In honnden liifw tn An Th.r The winding road slanta ..... .rarv merit, of more permanent value sentence was again carried out ln Utah. ,n5 J? J? DhimJIr WU case to occupy Itself almost ex- conceivable modes of existence within . a time. and better illustrated than were possl- Chauncey W. Millard was shot through vld Graham Phlils. fr.nkne,- cluslvely with the business of curing her reach where she can obey the laws itl'f .?1?nUi"Ji,;he.5n.an ,ast- ble ln da,lv and week,'r PV. and a the heart In the jail yard at Provo. Jan- ,, " d0,w" ULp?r and natlent and will devote Itself ln the of life. An acre or two in the country "M j 1 fal,cnf Thnt wU1 800" number of publications adopted the pol- uary 2, 1S69. He was a young harum- the JooliBh tale or dor ana P"e" mf,,n t0 educating itself and then the would give all three an outdoor life Think not thy goal forever lost or n. "y ot deallnK with current subjects scarum. dare devil, anxious to be called aS 1 "?hi Tn mnch fooS with Pubc In the science of health. When with plenty of good hard work that Beyond the . cuAe thTwy led, uo and New publications were established and a -bad man. " His series of more or - .. 1 .1 - ..nunaran a m 7 1 Ti v i r i m r f HHri iiik iiiipimips Bffomir t no i a n. UiU Vlltro iivopv,.u .......... -., . - uB... . " .w... is cumaxea iy a cold blooded murder, man he didn't know was riding In a along the west shore of Utah near Provo, and Millard shot him. far ( ho. fun nf tli. thlno" .. wrong life. 'After enough of such paten- disease" Is a n'hrase that trios knows this to he'rirartirahl. hut aha Must nerve himself through v.ii. cade basis five tjmes as great as th he afterward said. He admitted that he Ings the shamias to worn, .v.rv. ton. Henc. the -auc.. xretn, her -lob" and life In the. eltv. despair.'' " w increase for the decade from 1880 to laughed as the victim of his cruel na- r .,,. ta.A. tn tha Anntnr'K "'" until uicuiunc iwo humiu iiiukb evcryuouy Bleep nnsu noun too "7 w .I -.IT ths ceased to be the science of disease and a night, and yield them a living. In moving rorward: If thine aim is suit Is strikingly illustrated Dy tne sia- w. office. Hie aor tries iw ' "f?"" has become ths science of health, it will such circumstances the Improving .u.. 5l?h.. ...... tistlcs of circulation. A expectation ui m V"r":u" be more useful. If less well paid." health of all would be a caoltal grow- '"VJ VUr" lno nnJng moun- Kor this -period, monthly publications wagon iru mandoes Tot Lanl Ttocoect his "!a"h " 'im?1?- K A".. ? '"vested whore It would Who would at"uln to summit, .till and rt", T.VH'L T will consist less in She wants to be Instructed in a magic Healing crises are common; ihl doctor, killing two bird, with ons i T"'t D" stone, hll0J'zt learning than in unlearning, and most that will enable her to violate the laws times Inev hent.aWme' ' UyJ ? "touttoS f i?JErl " i th thrUsh "tlU Have health. 1890. " vvmiiihu, BUTT1A .... . . - liable. They take the form the monthlies outstripped mat or every Thus ln 1905, the circulation of ture writhed in his dying agony. bnortly before he was shot he sold the massacre, and declared that John " l'. use iioti IIU UIUCII 1IVUI may : VI , them. , The massacre ocoarr.d September IS, ' :' 1857, but it was not until March 3S 1877, that punishment was meted out ' for the crime. ' -'-:' "Marshal, tell them to ahoot the balls) i. through my heart. Do not let, therrtA. mangle my body!" cried Les before being executed. ' .. -i:-. Hardly had be ceased speaking when the command, '"Ready, aim. fire,- wa-"r given by the executioner, and four of r. the five rifles belched forth leaden ' avengers of the- Mountain Meadows vie tinis. With one convulsion L. fell ' back into his coffin. It was oharauier- ' lsed as a "perfect execution." : i Representatives of his numerous fam ilies removed the body for burial He " had l wives,-ons of , whom was only "spiritual," msrrled for eternity but not for time. Ho was tha father of ii other class of paper and amounted to hia body to a Provo doctor for a pound l""t ? " 4 w". JCV1 Ll,il almost half the total circulation, per of candy. f J': Unf issue of all classes of publications la . . ' ' ; . ...... -ZL MnVVw ve-Bw the entire United States. Geographical Facts of Interest. A peculiar fact in Arnrin. M,.a ' oo long, Dojn, aio r rang r. Iio.e wiuvn luuiuui v. ... in h fatal chair at th. an t.m. in Wlen wirts bv recommending "'"i "'". iuou msre ire mner loiuuoni oi active euoris at elimination brought . Krnin r By education' of the will must be un-, this particular problem, but In every about by the rising tide of vitality a trip to mime x.pivpra.u derstood the development of an obedl- case there is an apparent sacrifice de- They are long steps forward. Rightly M i-.L rnta tn Health ent onethat responds promptly to manded, and at this the young woman managed they are not at all dangerous IMO UTOSS-vuts to ncaiui. th commands, called laws, that are In- shrinks. Perhaps her parents, too,, would anrl If repeated in the history of a nor-' "The writer follows the sick, man scribed -upon every part and fiber 6f our object.' Very well, you nav your monev mal cure "each new descent Is hieh.r through 'the miseries of a sojourn at being. The obedient. H1 -yields in- and-taks your choice. Health Is too than-the last," and leads ever nearer hernagajUne industry U that In 1905. th most Shocking butchery wltll-whlcbmurder".nis was tha last sxtcutlon tn ons or mas. nign pncq ana uncoraiun- ;ixat, na no dmqm Knswiwtui wun simple in mis case, esomemmg ricner tot me summit or perreci neaun. - 10 states handled more than 90 per wimo men nave nau o ao la America. Utah to data. The next execution, that of John IK tentlary at l:08 o clock the morning of l.ee, brings to mind tho atrocious Friday, April ?2. t0, and lhr mint t connection with Mountain v Meadow massacre, probably later answered 'Iff the Imw tor wlf
