The conservative _Volksfreund_, edited by ♦Joseph Selig Glick, has appeared in Pittsburgh since 1889; _Das Yiddishe Folk_ is the Zionist organ, established in New York 1909 and now edited by Ab. Goldberg; and _Der Yiddisher Record_ of Chicago began to appear in 1910. The monthly _Zukunft_ has had a checkered career since 1892, while Ch. J. Minikes’ _Yom Tob Blätter_ has appeared several times each year since 1897. A class of professional writers and editors, some of them specialists of marked ability, grew up to supply the needs of the Yiddish publications, especially of the daily newspapers. Besides those mentioned above it includes among others: Gedaliah Bublik, J. L. Dalidansky, William Edlin, L. Elbe, J. Entin, Jacob Fishman, Dr. Fornberg, Jos. Friedkin, Israel Friedman, J. Gonikman, Dr. B. Hoffman, S. Janowski, E. and N. Kaplan, Z. Kornblith, A. Liesin (Wald), Jacob Magidoff, Ch. Malitz, Abraham Reisen, Bernhard Shelvin, Joel Slonim, Nathan Sovrin, J. M. Wolfson, Dr. Ch. Zhitlovsky and Israel Ziony. Of those who departed this life, M. Bukansky (1841–1904) and John Paley (1871–1907) deserve to be mentioned among those who contributed to the advancement of Yiddish newspaperdom in America. CHAPTER XLIV. PRESENT CONDITIONS. THE NUMBER AND THE DISPERSION OF JEWS IN AMERICA. CONCLUSION. Dispersion of the Jews over the country and its colonial possessions――The number of Jews in the United States about three millions――The number of communities in various States―― The number of Jews in the large cities――The number of the congregations is far in excess of the recorded figures――The process of disintegration and the counteracting forces――The building of synagogues――Charity work is not overshadowing other communal activities as in the former period, and more attention is paid to affairs of Judaism――The conciliatory spirit and the tendency to federate――Self-criticism and dissatisfaction which are an incentive to improvement――Our great opportunity here―― Our hope in the higher civilization in which the injustices of the older order of things may never reappear.