The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-09
THE YANKEE PRINTER.
What He Saw During the Recent Print
ing Exposition in New York.

What He Saw During the Recent Print
ing Exposition in New York.
New York, June S-When the Yankee
printer happened to stroll leisurely into
the Grand Central Palace during the
printing exposition just closed, one OF
the first objects to strike his eye was
the baby hog in the southeastern corner
of the lobby A placard told 1t was
raised on Big SKIS farm over in New
Jersey. This was indeed very euggas-
tive to many publishers, and the sug-
gestiveness was increased when the
visitors attention was attracted TO q
calf in the next stall. Directly near the
main east entrance was a clown with
the usual circus half moon painted on
either cheek. He was endeaVoring in a
funny way to sell some needlework pro-
auctions created by the woman's auxili-
airy. However, he was not taking at
traction, because one can see lots OF
clowns in New York. Passing into the
exhibition rooms one glance told OF the
generous patronage of the local manu-
faeturers of printing material, newspa-
per publishers and other employing
printers and electrotypers. There was
the linotype standing mute, the wonder
Of all observers. Other typesetting ma
chimes were also exhibited, but the fame
of the linotype has become so popular
that the others paled into insignificance
beside it. The American Type Found
er Co.'S exhibit came In for no insigniti-
cant share of observation, for within
their space was shown type of the latest
faces. ranging in size from mammoth
poster type down to the veriest tiny-tot
faces Of the book room. The company
also had on exhibition job presses of the
latest make, paper cutting machines
and book binders machinery of simple
but durable construction. The Vessel
Manufacturing Co. displayed their well
known electrotyping and stereotyping
apparatus, which included saws, steam
tables, trimming machines casting box
es, and in fact everything that is really
necessary in the equipment of a stereo-
type and electrotype foundry. The
firm of r. Hoe & Co, was on hand, as
usual, with their stop cylinder presses
and saw tables of recent pattern, the
limited time Of the exposition forbidding
the erection of any of their newspaper
perfecting presses. The Campbell Co.,
press builders went to no end of pains
to show up the good points of their CEN
fury press, with its new patent bed
movement, designed especially for high
class work, such as half-tone forms and
three color half tone printing at high
speed. Their pony century was also on
exhibition. The products of these
presses in accuracy of register. in color
work, enables the ordinary relief plate
printers to rival in quality and excel in
quantity of artistic output the erstwhile
boastful photographer f. A. Ringler &
Brothers display was complete in show
ing the wonders of electrical deposition
in printing-plate making. This firm
claims to be the largest of it's kind in
the world. and it's exhibit of electrotyp-
ing specimens was truly marvellous,
Baby's shoes, showing every crease and
in the tiny footwear, We're there
nickel and appropriated, standing as
forceful reminders Of the happy days of
Intaglio plates. iron electro
types and iron and brass type for print
Ing on wood were also shown, as well
as electors for printing on leather and
other material requiring hard plates to
be used under immense pressure Steel
plates, electros in relief, tones COM
oined with hand engraving, also attract
ed considerable notice; nickel, IRON cop
per formed happy combinations in
single plate, But the most marvellous
thing from printers standpoint beside
the linotype was the Harris automatic
printing press. Here was machine
taking up no more floor space than the
ordinary job press, printing cards, en-
velopes, blotters, tags, advertising nov
'lties and nearly everything that falls to
he lot of the job printer to print, at the
almost incredible speed of fourteen
thousand per hour--a speed equaling
some of the rotary perfecting newspa-
per presses. Other machines and the
products of other processes were to be
seen, but they We're of interest only be-
,ause of their falling into innocent dis |
Use, or because of their antiquity They |
presented no new idea or aided In any
way to solve the intricate problems of |
modern printing. Interesting by COM |
'arison with modern methods they We're, |
tut standing alone merely curious and |
10 more.
In all, the exhibition was successful |
md reflected much credit on the projec- |
ors. 1t also pointed the lesson that |
here are other methods to be followed |
hat may be of more benefit to the craft |
han strikes, boycotts and disruption of |
business. T. r.