The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-01
THE STATE JOURNAL.
Why New Press Delayed - 4
Twelfth Month Of Growth.

Twelfth Month Of Growth.
The State Journal expected on this
first day OF July to have in running or
der fta handsome new double roll, eight
to twenty page press now being manu-
factured by the Goss Press Printing
company Of Chicago Owing to labor
troubles, the scarcity OF steel and other
material. the installation has been de-
layed several weeks. It is promised by
August 1. It will be by long odds the
finest, fastest, handsomest and most
complete piece of printing machinery
ever shipped to Kansas and will turn
out newspapers three times as quickly
as the present press which Is very fast
in itself. The Goes people have written
q letter In which they say:
We are very glad to note indeed
that You do not feel badly put out on
account Of the delay In the machine
and thank youyery much for the exten-
sion OF time.
I'VE have been in an awful fix and It
is almost impossible for us to deliver
machinery anywhere near on time and
we are also having the same trouble
with steel and other material. We are
promised shipments of machinery and
material on certain dates, but are put
However, wish to say that we are work.
ing hard on your machine and you can
rest assured that we will push it all
we possibly can and get it to you at the
earliest possible date"
The twelfth month ending today has
been one of growth and progress upon
the part Of this paper. Additional fa-
cilities have been secured in the way Of
news and mechanical appliances. The
ever given them for the money. In re-
gard to the future 1t is preferred that
actual results speak for themselves
carried out later.
A new linotype machine has been
added. to the four already in compoe-
ing room. during the last few weeks.
This machine sets any size OF type from
the smallest to plea, popular style
used exclusively In display advertise
ments. The last addition gives the
State Jeurnal the best linotype eQuip-
ment of any paper in the state and
gives US the only two letter matrtx used
by any daily in Topeka.
The circulation both in the city OF
Topeka and the total circulation are
larger today than they were year ago.
in connection with the fact that the
competition has been larger than ever
before in this city. It simply shows that
the paper has clientele which remains
with it, and Notwithstanding how many
other papers may be taken by our read
ers they will stick to their old favorfte.
The same may be said OF the adver-
tising business of the paper and also OF
the expenses, all OF which have ma
terially increased.
a. The privileges of carrying State Jour-
nal routes in Topeka were never more
valuable than they are today. One Of
these privileges covering route in the
western part OF the city was sold q few
days ago for $3.50. The routes are far
more valuable than they were a year
ago. These facts are stated partly for
the reason that conditions in Topeka
are phenomenal. The daily circulation
of this paper in this city is not only
larger than the combined circulation Of
all the other dailies, but is remarkable
for being one Of the largest in the
United States in proportion to popula-
ton.
Few people realize that the distrfbu-
ton OF the State Journal in Topeka has
cost for the carrier service alone $11 900
during the year ending today, an ex-
pense Of nearly $1,000 a month. This
enormous payment for simply the cir
culatiOn OF the paper in Topeka, after
1T is all printed and folded seems al
most fncomprehensible to those not on
the inside.
The stability Of the business Of the pa
per has been especially emphasized in
view of the fact that there are here in
Topeka more dailies today than in st.
Joseph: city of more than twice our
daily newspaper concerns with Kansas
City, Mo-
In addition to the local news gathered
by nine reporters, the State Journal has
the superior advantage of being the only
daily in Topeka entitled to the day re-
port, on the day Of issue. of that greatest
of WORLDWIDE news gathering assocIa-
tions, The Associated Press. The over
whelming superiority Of this service and
the reliability Of its news has been
singularly demonstrated during the past
few days in connection with the serious
illness of King Edward. Not only was
the State Journal the first paper In To-
peka to announce the Illness of the king,
the operation for appendicitis and the
postponement of the coronation, but the
quantity and reliability of the news have
been simply ovrshadowing..
When other papers were publishing the
highly sensational and untrue statements
that s.the kings life hung by thread.
nothing but e miracle could save him:
another operation necessary, chances Of
success not worth considering" the State
Journal at the same hour gave its readers
the news that 'the king had q comfort
able day, his condition pronounced sat
isfactory. general strength maintained
and no cause for special anxiety