Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-08-07
THE ART PRESERVATIVE.
Some Interesting Figures Concerning
Printing and Publishing.

Printing and Publishing.
The general figures of bulletin
on printing and publishing, issued
recently from the census bureau,
bring out some interesting facts.
The reports show a capital of $685.
517,012 invested in the 22,312 es-
adjustments reporting for the in
dustry. This sum represents the
value of land, buildings, machinery,
tools and implements, and the live
capital utilized, but does not include
the capital stock of any Of the cor
porations. The value of the prod
ucts is returned at $341, $3.50 to
produce which involved an outlay of
$50, 090,119 for salaries of officials,
clerks, etc; $S4,2i9,8S9 for wages;
$50, 1897 ,529 for miscellaneous eX-
penses, including rent, taxes, etc,
and $50, 1852 for materials used,
mill supplies, freight and fuel. The
total number of salaried officers, in
Guiding proprietors and firm mem
bers. is given as 31,109, an increase
of 33.1 per cent. in ten years. The
average number of wage earners in
1900 is reported as 1876, 1876.
Among the general conclusions of
the bulletin are the following:
The proportion of inhabitants to
dailes decreased in 81 states and ter
ritories, showing a marked gain in
the number of dailies. in proportion
to the population, All states Dor
dering upon the great lakes, and
10 out of 2l seaboard states showed
an increase in the proportionate num-
Der of daily newspapers to the num-
Der of inhabitants. The states in
which the dailies lost ground were,
in general, those in the far north
west, where the weekly made its prin-
cipal gain
when the two branches of the in
dustry are separated-as far as sep
aration of products so closely related
is possible--the total value of all
book and job printing products Is
about equal to the total value of all
distinctive newspaper products; the
former, including the printing and
publishing of music, being $685.
930,101, or 49, per cent. of the to-
tai, and the latter 17j,789,610, or
5O.7 per cent. of the total.
"The capital invested in both
branches of this industry showed a
marked increase, while the value Of
products per establishment declined.
The number of establishments in the
newspaper and periodical branch,
proportionately SO to every 100 pub
locations in 1890, remained nearly
stationary in 1900, being 81 to every
100 publications.
"Of all newspaper and periodical
establishments 63.3 per cent. were
owned by individuals, 1917 per cent.
in partnership and only II per cent.
by corporations, indicating that COM
binations of any consequence are UNI
likely in this industry.
During the decade there was an
increase in the proportion of daily,
triweekly, semiweekly and monthly
publications, indicating that the first
three mentioned have attracted sup
port from the weekly, and that the
monthly has drawn away support
from the quarterly.
Weekly publications were most
numerous in proportion to inhabi-
tants in the west and northwest. New
England ranked high in dailies but
low in weeklies, suggesting that in
that densely settled region the daily
had to some extent supplanted the
weekly. During the decade the num-
Der of inhabitants to each weekly
publication increased in 26 out of
40 states, but in less than half of the
states and territories did the increase
in the number of weeklies keep pace
with the increase in population.