New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

IL Is estimated that under present methods u
costs the publisher just about the price he charges
10 put out his product. This puts the advertising
into the velvet" column. and when 1t u known
that the prices charged n page for n single issn"
average about 500. idea may be obtapod OF the
profits made from. the buslie
How are the great editions % modern magazlncs.
In several cases as much as 5000 for each ISSUE
gotten out? Passing over briefly the Racing matter
and illustrations which are obtained by means too
we'll know, to need description. and also passing
over the setting up OF the type which H. done part
~ by hand and partly 10y linotype machines, also
the Inaklng-up Of the 10 ms which has no particu
lar interest novelty. the visitor In an up-o-datc
magazine plant will find his interes, first aroused by
the presses used In printing. These are OF TWO
kinds-the rotary perfecting press. In which the
paper is fed from a roll similar to the kind used In
big newspaper Offices. and the hat-fccder presses.
AS the work required by magazine is somewhat
different from that OF "A newspaper. the speed at
which n rotary pcrfcctng press Is run is much less.
The advertising and plain text forms are run
through this press the rate OF 600 sheets an hour.
each sheet containing siXty-four pages
The cuts and haf-tones which have to be printed
on clay-coated and calendered paper. and which
quire great and attention. are run through
the fiatbed presses being fed sheet at time.
The paper required for this kind OF work Is OF such
grade that 1t cannot he pu, up In rolls. There Is
used at the present time In connection with these
fla tbed presses, marvellous automatic mechanical
device known as a paper feeder. which, by doing the
work once done by hand feeders not only saves their
wages but by increasing the output OF the machines
10 which they are attached Qn many cases doubling
their capacity, enables the user to make much
larger profit on each machine. It's speed Is limited
only by capacity of the machine and. as Is well
known recent Improvements in cylinder presses en-
abe them be run at greater rate OF speed than
they can be fed by hand The automatic feeder thus
meets the demands OF recent advances in cylinder
nresses Recent improvements prevent absolutely
more than sheet being fed at time. and should
Il miss folding sheet from any cause, II automatic
cay stops the press and informs tho attendant by
ringing a bell The automatic feeder is really won
der.
A WONDERFUL FOLDING MACHINE
From the presses the paper IL carried on trucks to
the folding machines and loaded In lots Of from 5000
IN 600 sheets at a time. the platforms Of the
tomato feeders attached thereto These folding ma
chimes form the second exhibit OF wonderful .abor-
saving devices Folding machines with automatic
feeders do to-day work which would have required
ten folding machines Ave years ago. and which, ten
wears ago. done almost entirely ny hand The
feeders deliver the printed sheets to the folding ma
machines Of three four different makes and do
their work IN different ways. one Is known as
ouadruple folder. another as double sixteen folder
and another as iour-eishit folder Ihe quidruPie
folds the sixtyfour pages cutting and delivering the
in four separate sections OF PAGES eacn
with the cuts consisting OF thrty-iWo pages. cuts.
and delivers the same IN TWO or
pages each: and so on with the Other styles of
folders. This work OF folding and cutting Is all done
by the machines. An attendant only IL necessary TO
see that the work Is going on as 1t should be
From the folding machines me sheets arc taken
70 a hydraulic press where they are subjected to
a nressIre of 1000 pounds. and while under this
pressure they are tied no with ropes. making
process takes of the paper any embossing i'm
parted In passing through the presses; II also
congresses the paper for convenience In handling
through tho subsequent stages OF the work These
| bundles arc made with reference to the number
of pages they will appear In the magazine. VIZ.
nages from IL 81. and so on. Next they arc
| opened and laid upon large tables at which girls
are working taking sections from each bundle un-
ri the full book is gathered together. This work
10 ali done by hand, the girls being paid by the
| niece From practice. they come TO work with
| great rapidity.
PUTTING ON THE COVERS.
After the sheets have been gathered into COM
nete book they stitched by machines and
| nassed on TO the cover machine which forms
other irnportant II not the most important. exhibit
| among all the other machines. This cover machine
\ nuts The covers the magazine at the rate OF
* 00 i'm every ten hours and requires but two at
| tendants one to load on the books and the other
10 take them of when covered. The machine Is
| Twelve feet long. 1t has double set Of large
| wheels at each end around which runs an endless
! chain having steel grips at measured Intervals
1 rho hooks are fed into a shoot al one side. and
| when the machine is In action the books are let
| down one at a time. TO be seized by one OF the
| grips hurried along, first passing over wheel
1Shtch rrbs glue on the back to the covers. which
| are on a platform underneath As each book with
ths so on its back comes alonE the die OF covers