The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
HALF A MILLION IN PRINTING.
300 PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN sAVAN-
NAH'S PRINTING ESTABLISH
AIENTS.

the Industry for SuppOrt-The Adj
vantages Savannah Concerns Offer
for BusinesS-Fifteen Establish
ments and All of Them Prosperous.
There is no surcr, more sensitive, more
correct. and unerring indicator Of the
thrift OF any city than the extent and pros
perity Of the printing industry fl is capable
81 supporting. Like the Siamese twins,
they are inseparable. linked together SO
that the one cannot exist without the
other. While printing cannot subsist with
out a certain amount OF commerce or in
Gustry. neither can commerce and indus
trsal pursuits thrive without the facilities
and necessities that the printing press fur
nishes in endless form and variety.
\ description Of savannah's printing in
dustry is of two-fold interest. as it is in
itself very important one, and at the
same time its magnitude furnishes a cor
rect criterion Of Savannah's prosperity and
Its Importance as a railroad center. as
seaport. as a great commercial market and
as an extensive manufacturing town. pos
sessing many and varied industries.
Savannah has fifteen printing establish
ments, with an aggregate capital of $780,
600. They give employment to 275 men and
girls. OF which 1sS are skilled workmen.
The aggregate Of wages paid annually is
$4,000. or S16,5OO per month. II the census
ratio Of four dependents to one wage earn
er be taken. LOO people derive their living
from the industry. One hundred and six
ty-three machines are employed in the ag-
gregate by all the plants. II they were
placed on exhibition they certainly would
form curious aggregation: almost any
machine could be found from the great
Hoe perfecting press and the wonderful
Mergenthaler linotype. down TO a small
ante-bellum job press; from the finest lith-
ographing press to an antiquated newspa-
per hand press; yet all are in use; all the
companies are thriving and throughout
good times and bad times all have earned
more than bank rates of interest. The
struggle for existence has rendered COM
petition in job printing very keen. AS a
consequence printing can be done as cheap
II not cheaper In Savannah than anywhere.
But 1t is not alone In prices that Savan-
nah completes. The excellence Of it's work
the great variety OF type used, the heavy
stocks of paper OF the most varied de-
scription are not often possessed by cities
of many times the size and population Of
Savannah.
Mr.. George N Nichols is the oldest es-
tablisbed nrinter in Sa,,snnab IL co,,,
menced business an Me ON, a,.o,,,,t n,
1s50 He houobt ont no ,,r,ntir,o ,91ant 80
The 1ate CoI ", Tbor, ,t-iiiia,7, e.
n1er mayor of Savannah, which had been
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orr --u cr,ull send pf order for
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rs 10 time and thpN
fI.5 a- trouble m getting er,1ulo,r,pnt IN
. t7e itrecs; nu3 IL ast job printing cstah-
sAaenf 8 rorti. 'yo nave o great VARIETY.
Of typo ard - machines Of cvcry deserip-
ton. 30 tkat we can cxecut any order
for pr.ltine, book binding, or blank book
manufacturing"
Mr. Hutton was asked how tho prices
charged in Savannah compared with those
elsewhere.
Il think that Savannah is. If anything
the lowest az regards charges for printing
In these days Of retrenchment and close
economy of all railways. the railroad print
ing certainly seeks the very lowest point
where it can be done. The bulk of the
printing of the roads centering here is done
in Savannah, and we get our share while
Others get also a great deal of this trade
showing that the prices are uniformly low
We employ 2S hands 20 of which are skilled
mechanics. Our pay roll aggregates SIG, 900
a year"
The Robinson Printing Company has a
modern plant, well equipped and capable
of doing good work. The managers are
both capable and popular men, who always
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