The Press: In Russia

There is an economic theory, gaining ground, that the material advance of a people is measured by its consumption of paper. Of all kinds of paper Russia consumes about one pound per capita per annum, while the U. S. this year will use over 45 pounds per capita of newsprint paper alone.

Latest data obtainable shows that in all Russia there are only 299 dailies, and that their aggregate circulation is 993,000 (less than that of the London Daily Mail). This is an average of one copy to 150 people.

The largest is the Izvestiya...

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