Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-08-14
THE PRIN1 ING INDUSTRY.
So Facts Taken from the United
States Industrial Census.

lue lotdi NupeT OIL eSaDllSnmentS
in this industry IN 1905 was 26,422,
a number larger than was reported
for any other industry. The increase
reported from 1900 to 1905 forms
striking exception to the prevailing
tendency toward consolidation, for it
was proporionately greater than from
1890 to 1900. Hence the product of
this industry continues to be contrib
uted by great number of small es-
Establishments. accomplishing notewor-
thy results with small capital, ope-
rated by men of independent thought
and action, and contributing mate
rally to the intellectual and financial
growth of the country.
The capital required In 1906 to con-
duct the printing and publishil. - busi-
ness was $385,008,6O4. 1t was ap-
proximately double that required in
1890, and it was doubtless due to
considerable degree to- mechanical
changes which have taken place In
this industry during the past ten or
fifteen years.
The total value of all products re-
ported in 1905 was $496,O61, 1857.
During the brief period from 1900 to
1905 the increase in the value Of pro-
ducts was nearly double that from
1890 to 1900, or, in absolute figures,
$149,006,927 compared with $71,-
601,915. Had the per capita value
of products been the same in 1905
as in 1850, the entire value Of pro-
ducts Of the industry would have
been but $52,007,5SS; on the other
hand, had the per capita production
in 1850 been the same as it was in
1905, the total value Of products of
the industry at the earlier census
would have amounted to $141,47O,-
444, or almost ten times as much as
the actual amount recorded.
Comparison with Leading Industries.
Among the ten Industries having
value Of products in 1905 exceeding
$320,0OO,000, printing and publish
ing ranked seventh, having advanced
to that position from tenth in 1880.
The ten leading industries were as
follows: Slaughtering and meat pack
ing, iron and steel foundries and ma
chine shops, flour and grist mills, clo-
thing, lumber and timber, printing
and publishing, cotton manufactures.
| shoes These great industries are
characterized, for the most part, by q
comparatively small number of es-
Establishments and concentration in
particular localities. Printing and
publishing reports 1 establishment to
every 3,706 inhabitants, while at the
opposite extreme Is iron and steel,
which contributes but 1 establish
ment to every 1874, 900 inhabitants.
Relative Importance.
OF the total number of establish
ments in the entire industry, about
one-third were exclusively book and
job establishments, one-sixth exclu-
sively newspaper and periodical estab-
lishments, and over one-half were
combination establishments-th is,
producing both book and job print
ing and newspaper periodicals. In
value of products the exclusive estab-
lishments were practically on even
terms, the amount reported for book
and job printing being $1S6,759,5O3
and for newspapers and periodicals,
$1S4, ,736,S00; but in the combination
establishments the value of news
paper and periodical products greatly
outweighed the value of book and job
printing. The entire value of pro-
| ducts distributed between the two
general classes was $233,230,S42 for
book and job printing and $685.
S16,2S2 for newspapers and periodi-
calls. The increase for newspapers and
periodicals from 1900 to 1905 was
somewhat greater than that shown
for book and job printing This was
principally due to the stationary con-
dition of the book and job printing in
terests in the New England States.
Two-thirds Of the total value of
products Of the industry was contrib
uted by six States-New York, Penn
sylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts and
Ohio and Missouri. These States are
| also the principal producers in each
of the two branches, although in une-
quail proportions.
Five Of the six cities having a pop
lulation Of more than 500, 900 inhabit-
ants in 1900 contributed almost one
half of the total value Of the products