The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-15

to every American. He entered his
brothers Office as bound apprent-
ice. When James was ordered not
TO print his paper longer, he substi-
tuted BenJamin's name as proprietor,
but this "dOdge" was short-lived.
Benjamin was Is years of age at
this time. He began to write arti-
cles for the paper which attracted
much attention. On learning that
Benjamin was the author of the art
icles, James became jealous and
greatly enraged. One account says
he abused and numerically beat his
brother. This soon caused g sepa-
ration, Benjamin leaving his brutal
and unnatural relative, and making
his way to Philadelphia. You slI
remember his entree into The city of
brotherly love. With the tramp print
ers' usual kit, dirty shirt In one
coat pocket and q well worn pair of
socks In the other, he sanntered
through the streets with two loaves
of bread under one arm, while with
the otter hand he held g third loaf
aud made rapid motions in the de
rection of his mouth. He was just
three loaVes of bread ahead of the
usual run Of tramp printers.
After various ups and downs
Benjamin Franklin established, in
the year l728 the Pa. Gazette. This
paper was continued until 1886
III years, when IL was merged in
the North American, aud as such
still lives. 1t 10 . century aud q
half old. Daring the time Benja-
min franklin was engaged In the
printing business at Philadelphia he
made many valuable mechanical
improvements. We will not pre-
sumo that there are any present.
who are not familiar with his histo-
ry; the trials of his youth; the la
bore of his manhood, or the tri-
umphs of his maturer years. Kings
aud their governments have passed
into oblivion, but the name of Ben
jamin Franklin is fresh in the men,
DRY of the people. His fame will
shine on the pages of history as long
as time lasts. At his art he was
very expert, and by his cunning and
rare mechanical genius was en-
abled to supply any deficiency in his
printing Office. The first paper mon
ey printed in this country was exc
cuted by him at Burlington, New
Jersey, in 1927. He even built the
very press en- which the work was
done.
In the year 1875 there were 81 news
papers in the United States, distribute
ed as follows: Massachusetts, had Z;
New Hampshire, /; Rhode Island, 2;
Connecticut and New York, each
Pennsylvania, s.; Maryland, Virginia
and North Carolina, each; South
Carolina, 8; Georgia, /. These were
all weeklies except the Advertiser, In
Philadelphia, which was issued semi
weekly. Thirty-seven papers were the
accomplishment of the first eIghty-six
years of our existence. There has prob
ably been a larger number than this
started In Kansas in the last year.
When franklin first proposed to marry,
his prospective mother-in-law, with
that regard for the young peoples well
fare which is characteristic of kind
hearted mothers-in-law, asked the
young disciple of Gutenberg how he
expected to make q living. Benjamin
said that he thought of starting a new
paper. The old lady gave her head an
Ominous shake, and replied that there
were then already two papers In Amer
lea. What would she say If she could
take up Rowell's Newspaper Reporter
and from 1t learn that there are to-day
S,l29 different newspapers and maya
zines issued in the country, aHd that
probably about 2O0,000 people are en-
gagged In the various kinds of printing.
In no branch of industry has there
been more rapid Improvement in ma
chinery than in that used In the print
ing business. From press that could
only turn of 800 copies per day, we
have advanced to the giant machines
that will produce 10000 copies per
hour. Improvements Ia paper making,
type making, book making, presses
and ink have followed each other In
rapid succession. In 1870 Adam Ram
age, of Philadelphia, startled the coun-
try with what was then deemed per-
fiction in press making, to-wit, the
Ramage press. The printer laughs at
1t now as the Kansas farmer does at
the kind of plows used in Egypt. It
took four different movements OF the
lever to produce paper. In 1900
Lord Stanhope, an EnglIshman, in
vented the lever press. Fourteen years
later, and the London Times was
printed on the first successful cylinder
press, which was Invented and built
by German named Koenig. The
same year French glue maker in
veRted the gelatIne rollers now in use,
to take the place of the slow, dog skin
balls, or dabbers, then used for mixing
the forms of type. In 1890 Isaac Adj
ANS, of Boston, invented what is call
ed the bed and platen power press,
which Is still unsurpassed for book
work. Soon followed the cylinder
presses of Taylor and Hoe. In IS47
Hoe built his first successful rotary
press, and in 1853 was developed that
triumph OF the press builders art, the
Bullock press, which prints both sides
Of the sheet at once, from = continuous
roll of paper. Thus careful examI-
nation of the record shows that In the
Improvement and development of our
art, America leads the world.
/ have said there are to-day S,12S
newspapers and other regular publica-
tions In the United States and Terrific
ries. Seven hundred and thirty-eIRkt
of these are issued daily; 20 tri-week-
ly; IA semi-weekly; 6,2S5 weekly;