Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-08-22
100000 TONS
Of PAPER USED
NEWSPAPERS IN 1908 DENUDED
10000 ACRES OF ITS TIMRER.

bulletin 10: presenting the detailed
statistics OF the printing and pub
fishing industry in the census of
manufacturers OF 1905. This bull
letin was prepared by William S.
Rossiter. chief clerk OF the census
The industry as whole is consider
ed first This is followed by dis
cussion OF the two principal branch
es-iob printing and newspapers and
periodicals.
The total number OF printing es-
Establishments in 1905 was 26,422. a
number larger than was reported for
any other industry. The increase
reported from 1900 TO 1905 form a
striking exception to the prevailing
tendency towards consolidation. for
Ii was proportionately greater than
from 1890 to- 1900. The total value
OF products reported In 1905 was
$49G.GOl 1854. During the brief be-
Rod from 1900 to 1905 the increase
in value OF products was nearly
double that from 1890 to 1900. or.
in absolute figures. $149.OO6.927.
compared with $71.6OI.015.
or the total number of establish
ments I'm the entire industry about
oncthird were exclusively book am
job establishments. onc-sixth exclu-
siyely newspaper AMI periodical es-
tabllshmcrts and more than one-hnIC
were combination establishments
that IS. producing both book and jot
printing ani newspapers and period.
icals. I'm value of products the ex.
elusive establishments were Dracti
cally on even terms, the amount
reported for book and job printing
being $1SG.759.5O3, and for news
papers and periodicals $I84,736,8OO
The absolute increase I'm value of
book and job products during the
five-year period was unprecedented.
From 1880 to 1890 1t was an
proximately $4.5OO.OOO: from 1890
to 1900 $2S.OOO,OOO. and during the
half decade from 1900 TO 1905. S62.-
900. 900.
The value of products OF news
papers and periodicals arises from
two sources Of income -subscrip-
lions and sales and advertising. AT
the census Of 1880 the assets derived
from subscriptions and sales exceed
ed those from advertising by almost
$l1, 100000, OF approximately one.
fourth. I'm 1890 the products of
Doth branches were of almost equal
value. subscriptions and sales. how
ever, being greater by $1,000. 600
At the census of 1900 advertising
took the lead, with an excess of
nearly Sl6.OOO,OO0 Since 1900 this
lead has been further increased and
| IN 1905 amounted to nearly S34.-
100000. In 1880 the total value of
/ advertising was equivalent to the ex-
penditure OF rs cents per capita: in
1890. $l13; in 1900, 1925. and in
! 1905, S1.79. on the basis of esti-
mated population June l. 1904. The
/ per capita value of advertising thus
more than doubled from 1880 to
/ 1905 On the other hand the per
capita value of subscriptions and
sales increased much less RAPIDLY
rising from SO cents in 1880 to
$187 in 1905.
The statistics relating 10 newspa
pers and periodicals indicate a re-
markable increase from 1900 To
1905 except in one significant item
the employment OF child labor
+ Among the 10 leading industries
previously referred to. printing and
publishing led in the decrease in
the employment of child labor.
OF the total amount of paper man
ufactured in 1905. more than 900
/ 600 tons were used solely for news
papers and periodicals. representing
almost one-third of the entire out
put OF the paper mills or the United
States To make the paper required
the services or nearly $4,000 men
and represented approximately SO
100000 In wages. These mills used
las raw material 1900. 900 cords OF
spruce. poplar and hemlock logs
representing the timber product OF
approximately 100000 acres. exclu-
sive OF the logs imported from Can
ada.
The great increase I'm the amount
of paper used is due as much TO the
Increasing size OF newspapers and
periodicals as to increasing circula-
ton This increase I'm size results
not only from the constantly extend
ing use Of typesetting machines. but
also from increasing resources. re-
CURED during an unusually long DE-
riod OF prosperity Upon the basis
of the size and weight previously
specified the newspapers and period
icals issued I'm 1890 averaged ST.
pages each I'm 1900. 6.G pages and
in 1905. S.j pages In 1900 the in
huonce Of tho typesctung machine
upon the size Of publications was
Just beginning 10 be- felt but by
1905 the effect OF the revolution I'm
newspaper typography had become
very marked
The aggregate number Of COPIES
or an newspapers and periodicals I'm