The Iola register., 1902-07-25
THE ART PRESERvATIvE.
Some Interesting Figures Concerning
Printing and Publishing.

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 $347.055, ,050, to
produce which involved an outlay Of
36,090,719 for salaries Of officials,
clerks. etc; $S4,249,So9 for wages;
$55, ,j29 for miscellaneous ex-
penses, including rent, taxes, etc,
and SSG,S56, 800 for materials used,
mill supplies, freight and fuel. The.
| total number of salaricd officers, in
cluding proprictors and firm mem
bers, is given as $500, an increase
Of 33.1 per cent. in ten years. The
average number Of wage earners in
1900 is reported as 1886
Among the general conclusions Of
the bulletin are the following:
"The proportion Of inhabitants to
dailies decreased in 81 states and ter
ritories, showing a marked gain in
the number Of dailies in proportion
to the population. All states bor-
dering upon the great lakes, and
10 out of q 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 scparated-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.
$50, ,t0i. or 4S.1 per cent Of the to-
, tai. and the latter Sl75, ,iS9,610, 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 ip the.
newspaper and periodical branch,
} proportionately SO to every 100 pub
1 iications in 1890, remained nearly
t stationary in 1900, being 81 to every
100 publications.
"Of all newspaper and periodical
establishments G3.3 per cent. were
owned by individuals, l9.1 per cent.
} in partnership and only II per cent.
by corporations, indicating that COM
= binations Of any consequence are un-
likely in this industry.
J. During the decade there was an
increase in the proportion of daily,
$ triweekly, semiweekly and monthly
e 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.
i weekly publications were most
numerous in proportion to inhabi-
" tants in the west and northwest. New
4 England ranked high in dailies but
s low in weeklies, suggesting that in
IS that densely settled region the daily
had to some extent supplanted the
At weekly. During the decade the num-
Der of inhabitants to each weekly
n 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.
70 "There was a marked decline in
n n the proportion of publications de-
IS voted to special topics, and an adj
Of vance only in the classes devoted tC
ID news topics and to general reading
fe The total circulation per issue o
Iy dailies was enough to supply one fol
W every five inhabitants. The tota
is circulation per issue of weeklies an'
le monthlies was one to two inhabi
p tants.
'e "Of all the minor geographical divi
10 sions the southern north Atlantic
49, New York, New Jersey and Penn
IN sylvania-show the most striking ad