The Press: Bulk

No unsolicited contributions are ever considered for the two periodicals with the greatest circulations on earth. From a humming limbo of secrecy and editorial anonymity, these two publications emerge almost simultaneously twice a year. Each copy weighs about 4 lb., costs its publisher about 75ยข. Yet readers get them free. The current issues would fill a freight train some ten miles long, will net the U. S. Government about $1,300,000 in postage. Although they consist entirely of advertising, they provide abundant fireside entertainment for 14,000,000 people. From Chicago fanwise over the...

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