The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27
newspapers OF
whole COUNTRY
Interesting Statistics Concern
ing Printing Business Com
piled BY the Census Bureau.
WHERE BIG ClRcULAToRs ARE
The Weekly Papers Show No
Increase i'll Period Of
Five Years.
WHERE BIG CALCULATIONS ARE

The United States Bureau OF the
Census announces the publication OF
Bulletin ~, presenting the detailed
statistics or the printing and publish
ling Industry at the census OF manu-
factures OF 1905. This bulletin was
prepared by William s. Rooster, chief
clerk OF the Census.
1'he printing industry possesseg an
Importance which can not be measured
by capital Invested or by the volume
and value of product! Analysis OF the
printers calling has become to a note
worthy degree an analysis of the gem
eral prosperity OF the nation. There
fore interest in the progress and pros
perity OF printing is not confined to
thosa who are connected with the In
dustry, as is frequently the case with
other callings. but Is shared by the en-
tire community.
In the Census report the industry
as a whole Is considered. That part
which deals with newspapers and their
circulation is especially interesting.
Aggregate Circulation.
Tho aggregate number OF copies OF
ali and periodicals in the
United States published during the
census year 1905 was 10,325,l4S,lss
This was an Increase of 31.4 per cent.
during the five-year period. or prac-
tnally one-third. From the nature OF
the case the greater part of this cir
culatlon Is contributed by the daily,
since the circulation per issue OF that
ola ss OF publications.. which must be
multiplied by 313 or 800, as the case
may be, naturally yields much the
larger product. It represents .practi-
caliy seventeenth OF the total. Inc
percentage of increase, however. is
much the greatest In the monthly CLASS
being ee.8 per cent. during the i've
~Suertod as-compared with 1851 per
1 cent. for the daily and a practically
stationary condition. in the weekly
| class. There were So copies OF daily
naners issued in 1900 for every inhaol-
liant Of the United States, a per capita
which rose to So copies in 1905; 1or
the weekly the CORRESPONDING per
capita was 20 in 1900 and "a IN 1910
and for the monthly 8 and =, respeo
lively. ,oo.
Tire aggregate circulation per issue
\ ~ all qualifications more than quadru'
Mad from 1880 to 1905. an Increase
which appeared with noteworthy uni
formity in all geographic divisions
the total reaching 13s.9a9.229.
In 1850 but six States reported a,
aggregate circulation per issue Tor al
classes in excess of 100000 copies. ans
but two-New York and PennsyiVani
reported an aggregate circuiauon !.
excess of 100000 copies. In i9o9
eighteen States reported an agsregat
j, circulation in excess of 1.o0o.oco copies
and seven had a circula ton In excess
: of i. 900, 900. three having a ctrcalatio'
nor issue of 15,e0l.6ca. Ten States-
. New York. Pennsylvania. Illinois, Ohis
) Massachusetts. Missouri. Maine. lnu;
ana, Tennessee. and cirri,;n
i ton per issue. and OF these. S-Ne'
: York. Pennsylvania and 1ntnois-coI
$ tributed more than one-half. altnnus
representing less than onelii on ~ IN
!. United States in 1905. These hsu.s
, changed SO little. and rather in the el
%rectton of increasing concentralan
,hat the remaining 10 States Of n
J Union, vast in area. increasing Iapial
in population, and possessing immeus
manufacturing activity, tailed 10 mas
macy OF the II leading States As 8
Illustration. however. of IN
crease in aggregate circulation the ~.
per cent. OF the total which was srs sul
tories other than the 10 leaders men
Cor more than four-ffths) OF the 70
7 tai circulation per issue 1n.lssu.
: ClrcututlOA
Publications..
!. or the total circulation of newspaE
ers and periodicals devoted to new'
politics and family reading. the Mort
Central division contributed AL Pc
cent. much the largest proportion 9
, any division. followed by the North Al
Iantic division With 36.4 per cen
: These two divisions, therefore,, contr1
Z bIted almost four-tifths of all.the Gil
culation of this CHARACTER. Moreoye'
they together contributed someWha
. more han four-fiftlls of the circulatio
sstof religious publications. but the Mort
Central States alone contributed mari
two-thirds of all publications relntin
to agriculture and the alllen ca4llhs
: in 1905 the North Atlantic divlslo
! alone contributed n slightly Eroate
= circulation per issue than that OF q
: rbn other geographic divisions con
= l,bined; alth ougli decidedly greater ]
ISS0, the division practically. mar
tanned in 1905 tho same proportion cor
tributed III 1900 and also in 1880. I'll
. oromineu.e of the North Atlantic q,
: vision inSthe circulation OF daily news
papers is probably due principally I
the presence OF numerous large citic
= density of population and ease of CON
. munication. Such national or Eenfft
n