The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-12
NEARLY FOUR HUNDRED MIL
LIONS INVESTED IN THE
BUSINESS IN 1905.
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS
Have More Than Half the Total Circu-
Iation of the Dailes--Trbute
to the Weekly as
Pioneer.

Bulletin ~, presenting lne detailed
statistics of the printing and publish
| ing industry at the census Of manu-
| features Of 1906. This bulletin was
prepared by William S. Rossiter, chief
clerk of the Census.
The printing indsutry possesses an
! importance which can not be meas
uied by capital invested or by the
vclue and value of product. Analysis
| of the printers calling has become to
| a noteworthy degree an analysis OF
the general prosperity of the nation.
| Therefore interest in the progress
/ and prosperity of printing is not con-
! fined to those who are connected with
the industry. as is frequently the case
with ether callings, but is shared by
the entire community.
In the Census report the industry as
whole is considered first, This is
followed by a discussion of the two
principal branches job printing and
newspapers and periodicals.
The Printing industry.
| The total number Of establishments
Ii this industry in 1905 was 26,422, a
number larger than was reported for
i0ny other industry The increase re-
lported from 1900 to 1905 forms a
striking exception to the prevailing
tendency toward consolidation, for it
was proportionately greater than from
! 1899 to 1900 Hence the product OF
] this industry continues to be con-
tributed by great number of small
establishments, accomplishing note
worthy results with small capital,
1 operated by men of Independent
! thought and action, and contributing
materially to the intellectual and
| financial growth of the country.
The capital required in 1905 to con.
/ duct the printing and publishing bust
ness was 1886, 00S, 604. 1t was APP
proxiatey double that required in
1900. and it was doubtless due to a
/ considerable degree to mechanical
changes which have taken place in
this industry during the past ten or
fifteen years.
The total value of products reported
in 1905 was s496, 061,3 1857. During the
brief period from 1900 to 1905 the in
crease in value of products was nearly
double that from 1890 to 1900, or, in
absolute figures, $14900G,927. Had the
per capita value of products been the
same in 1905 as in 1850, the entire
value of products Of the industry
would nave been but $50 0075SS; on
the other hand, had the per capita
production in 1850 been the same as II
was in 1905, the total value or pro.
ducts of the industry at the earlier
census would have amounted to SILL
470,444. or almost ten times as much
as the actual amount recorded
Comparison of Printing and Publish
ing With Leading Industries.
i Among the 10 industries having
value of products in 1905 exceeding
1920 000. GOA, printing and publishing
ranked seventh. having advanced &c
that position from tenth in 1880. The
10 leading industries were as follows
Strengthening and meat packing, iron
{ and steel foundries and machine
shops. flour and grlst mills, clothing
lumber and timber, printer and pub
fishing. cotton manufactures, wooleT
J manufactures. and boots and shoes
These great industries are character
lied. for the most part. by compare
lively small number of establishments
: and concentration in particular local.
ties. Printing and publishing reports
establishment to every 3,076 in
habitauts. while at the opposite ex
IRENE is iron and steel which con
! tributes but j establishment to every
} 134 900 inhabitants.
The Daily.
In 1905 the North Atlantic division
alone contributed a slightly greater
circulation per issue than that of all
of the other geographic divisions com
bined: although decidedly greater in
1880. the division practically main
tanned in 1905 the same proportion
contributed in 1890 and also in 1890
The prominence of the North Atlantic
division in the circulation OF daily
newspapers is probably due princi
pallv to the presence of numerous
large cities. density of population. and
ease of communication. Such natioDal
or general circulation as is secured by
daiIy papers falls principally to the
dailies of New York. Boston. and
Iadelphia-Chicago being the only
large city in another geographic group
securing similar patronage TO Sny ex
tent.
An attempt was made al this cen
sms to report separately the Sunday
issue Of daily papers. but was found
to be impracticable. II was found
however. that the Sunday edition of
dailies in 1905 amounted to 1l.539.o2l
comics per issue. contributed by a.
papers. as compared with total
daily circulation per issue Of 2l.07s.
1870
! It Is significant that the 10 states
contributing the largest daily eircula'
ton are the same as those mentioned
g. having the largest total circulation
4 with the exception Of the substitution
OF California and Michigan for Maine
/ and Tennessee.
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