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A tenth of a cent per "PAPE" times 365 days/year times times ~2,050,600 NYC citizens on June 1, 1900
= $0.01 x 365 days/year x 2050600 NYC citizens in 1900

(… "It adds up."--'Newsies')


=             365
    x 2050600

=          219000
+      18250000  
      730000000

=   748469000
=  ~$7,484,690.00



Joseph Pulitzer wanted to make an EXTRA/ADDITIONAL almost 7 and a half MILLION (American) DOLLARS in turn-of-the-20th century (1899) America.

(… That's 'MUCHO DINERO' in turn-of-the-20th century U.S.A.)