Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-04
TYPESETTING MACHINES.
Their Use Abroad Not So Common 49,
FL This Country.

| III. state department al til. lnstaal, ~
4 resident OF Massachusetts. recently ~
stT1ct"d certain consular officers il ku-
rope To- forward information regarding
the use Of tyI~setting machines abroad.
Among The replies Received ar the f"l-
| lowing
Consul Roosevelt writes from brussels.
! in part as follows. Several Of thc ltad-
| ing newspapers Of Brussels Us. L - ST
| ting machines % various makes and ~
English. Dutch and German origin A.,
far as | can learn. 10 American typcS'.t-
| ting machine j. used here. 1t is imlyOs-
slDle TO learn the exact number Of ma
CHIMES in Isl her or TO ascertain the COS I
LOT operation. Proprletors, fursrnel- tyIr-
settlers ana TOTkinea III general except
union printers. who are extremely hostile.
have received the machines with favor.
he one important obstacle To Ih., intro
l1uctop Of tyFDesettiRc machines into prl-
rate printing establishments * ;hr i'm
possibility o. Utilizing tho material on
hand. such as movable type etc.
The field for these machines max bc
the employment Of tylsrSFttinE machine :
Is rapidly increasing. Thor is 1t prs-s'-ll;
only one book printing eslablishm' AZ
using typesftjlnE machine. Tn. reason
given ~ other hook printing establish
aentS for not using il is that they have
material, such as movable types. etc. ~n
hand, which cannot be utilized il tn
present system Of printing is abandoned
From MarseilleS Consul Skinner writes .
The FIELD for the Is ~ typesftting Inn-
chimes in France j. eXtcnsiy-- Tile
French are distirEtirely reading I-u-
pie every city Of consequence pt,SS.-sSi q :,
a newspaper Of large circulation. and.
IS the distribution q stereotype plates
among local publishers is unknown in
France. all these papers depend upon .o-
cal labor for composition"
Consul Tourgee " Bordeaux reports
that no typesettiD@ machines ar in use
IN the consular district. and that their
I SIS
great difficulties and risks.
Consul General Mason at Berlin says
there are about l3e MACHINES MACHINE. IN Us. il ms
been in general faVorably received hy
cmpioN ELI ano employees. The tide has
ScJ definitely IN thar favor. and German
rnanufactureTs AT row unable = fully
supply the demand for them The ii-ld
for the introduction Of American IyTs.-set-
lin" machines in GERMANY would sem q
be faVorab be provided they can be adapt
ed t. German print and furnished as
Uaies4 ply as those eI home manufacture.
TOns1l Boyle writes from Liverpool.
Speaking generally. the usc OF typcSet-
ting machines ia this consular district
and England a. d whole is not 50 COM
mon as i'll the United States As near as
] csI asccrfatI, there are about - type
setting machines in u.s. in this consular
district. an OF tneT,l being in Liverpool.
Il am informed ~ the firms using
tyi'@settinE machines thar the machines
have been VIII received by tha pro0ri--
! tors as well as by Ii. foremeu. typesel-
ters ana worsmen generally
several leading printing firms inform
me that there j. but lItlc prospect now
| for The introduction OF additional ma
! chimes in this city. as most Of thu Offices
| likely u require them la~. alr,ady been
! supplied aud y.t several daily 1aevsrsa.-
J lsers and q number II large printing con-
Germs do not use Iyltesetlin- machines.
Consul General Dc Castro writes from
Rome: The printing establishment u
/ the Tribuna. thc largest newspaper Tlb-
/ iishcd in ROM. has seven in Use. rhcrt
4 is one il 80 at The printing Office Of
| Parliament, ono IL 80 b. tllc AIesseaE-
gero. another Roman newspaper. and an
| other III the hook printing esta blish-nen-
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