“APPENDIX A XLVII 
sense calamitous. It draws the attention of the people from the higher 
forms of literature. It is the substitution of elementary sketches, 
often exceedingly crude though at times ingenious, for the higher 
forms of art. I have seen fifty different magazines, almost all im- 
ported, on the counter of a newsdealer. The short-story magazine 
and the moving picture drama of gesticulation are influential in 
lowering the public taste. 
I have said there are 1,445 newspapers and periodicals of various 
kinds published in Canada; of these 140 are daily, 1,056 weekly or 
semi-weekly, and 249 monthly or semi-monthly. In language, 1,322 
are English, 88 French, 8 German, 6 Ruthenian, 5 Icelandic, 4 
Italian, 2 Polish, 2 Yiddish, 2 Japanese, 1 Norwegian, 1 Swedish, 
1 Norwegian and Danish, 1 Hungarian, 1 Hindustani and English, 
and 1 Chinese. The following table may be of interest :— 
In Canada 1 newspaper or periodical is published for every 4,987 inhabitants 
Be island < s iy 6,695 
“ Nova Scotia . i 4 6,478 & 
“ New Brunswick “ 5 $ Me 7,038 à 
[14 Quebec “ “ “ “ 14 ,412 “ 
“ Ontario . £ ry # 4,171 # 
« Manitoba “ « « “ 3 3 dl “ 
“Saskatchewan “ F à ‘ 27151 
“ Alberta « « « “ 3 ,046 « 
“ British Columbia“ y . Y 3,504 fe 
As there is nearly the same percentage of illiteracy in the various 
provinces, and as therefore the same amount of newspaper reading 
is likely, it is probable that the above figures are associated with the 
average circulation. Thus I find that in Quebec one newspaper 
or periodical out of every three has a circulation of 5,000 or more, 
in Ontario, one out of every six, in Saskatchewan, one out of every 
twenty-two. The scattered life of the West demands more news- 
papers in proportion to the population than the East, even at the 
expense of circulation. Manitoba is evidently our most polyglot 
province with 4 French newspapers, 4 German, 5 Icelandic 5 Ruthen- 
ian, 2 Polish, 1 Swedish, 1 Norwegian, 1 Yiddish, and 1 Hungarian. 
When we consider the disturbing influences in a daily newspaper 
office where most of the writing is done, the rapidity with which it 
is done, the daily demand on the powers of the various editors, the 
variety of subjects on which they are expected to be illuminating, 
we are amazed that the quality of the work is as good as it is. We 
deplore the bitterness of the Canadian newspaper towards its political 
opponent; we regret the rarity of those occasions on which it takes a 
judicial attitude towards the opposite party; we lament its refusal 
