Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-03
EVENING PAPERS GAIN
ournumBER monF1Na DA111Es
THREE TO ONE.
Important Census Bulletin on Printing
and acknowledgements Grow
as the Country Grows.

A bulletin on printing and publishing,
issued recently from the census bureau, in
dictates a most decided advance In the num-
Der Of evening newspapers compared with
the number of morning papers. Daily
evening newspapers" says the bulletin, in
creased more rapidly than daily morning
papers. In 1890 there were two evening
papers to every morning paper; in 1900 the
proportion was about one to three
The general figures of the bulletin are al
most as interesting. The reports show
capital of 5000, 517, OT2 invested in the 22,312
establishments reporting for the industry
This sum represents the value Of land,
buildings, ma chinery, 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 products is re-
turned at s347, 055, $50, to produce which in
volved an outlay of $4,000 10 for salaries
of officials clerks, etc; SS4 249 $50 for
wages; 500, S97 500 for miscellaneous ex-
penses including rent, taxes, etc, and $780,
S56,290 for materials used, mill supplies,
freight and fuel. The total number of
salaried officers including proprietors and
firm members, is given as 37199, an in
crease of 33.1 per cent in ten years. The
average number of wage earners in 1900 is
reported as ,S36.
Gain in Daily Papers.
Among the general conclusions Of the
bulletin are the following:
1.-The proportion of inhabitants to dailies
decreased in thirty-one states and terrific
ries, showing marked gain in the number
of daiies in proportion to the population.
AL states bordering upon the great lakes.
and fifteen out of twenty-one seaboard
states showed an increase in the proper
tionate number of daily newspapers to the
number of inhabitants. The states In
which the daily lost ground were, in gen
eral, those in the far northwest, where the
weekly made it's principal gain.-
when the two branches of the industry
are separated-as far as separation 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 publish
ing of music. being s16s,93O. 707. or 4s.1 per
cent of the total. and the latter $1I5, $40,
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 establish
ment declined. The number of establish
ments in the newspaper and periodical
branch proportionately SO to every 100
publications in 1890, remained nearly sta
tionary in 1900 being 81 to every 100 pub
LEGATIONS.
Few Owned by Corporations.
"Of all newspaper and periodical estab-
lishments 63.3 per cent were owned by in
dividuals, 1877 per cent in partnership and
only II per cent by corporations, indicating
that combinations of any consequence are
unlikely in this industry.
During the decade there was an increase
in the proportion of daily, triweekly semi
weekly and monthly publications. indicat-
ing that the first three mentioned have at
tracted support from the weekly, and that
the monthly has drawn away support from
the quarterly.
weekly publications were most numer-
Gus in proportion to Inhabitants in the
west and northwest. New England ranked
high in dailies but low in weekles, suggest
ing that in that densely settled region the
daily had to some extent supplanted the
weekly. During the decade the number of
inha bitants to each weekly pubica ton in
creased 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.
A Paper for Every Five Persons.
There was a marked decline in the pro-
portion of publications devoted to special
topics, and an advance only in the classes
devoted to news topics and to general read
ing. The total circulation per issue of dali
lies was enough to supply one for every
five inhabitants. The total circulation per
Issue of Weeklies and monthlies was one to
two inha bitants
''Of all the minor geographic divisions the
southern north Atlantic-New York New
Jersey and Pennsylvania-show the most
striking advance in the proportion Of the
total circulation reported In circula ton of
daily newspapers all states and territories
showed a decided increase. In circulation
of weekly publications the southern south
Atlantic group showed a decrease, but all
other groups of states and territories
showed moderate increase. In circulation
of monthly publications a decrease was
shown in the southern south Atlantic and
the western south central groups; else
where in the United States the increase was