Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-29


ector Harris of the Bureau of the
rcnsus, Department of Commerce. lt
vas prepared under the supervision of
Y. NJ Steuart, chief statistician for
According to the census Gassitica-
ion the printing and publishing in
lustry is made UP of six branches,
comprising establishments classified
$ follows: Cd establishments whose
hief BUSINESS is book and Job print
fag9 book printing and publishing, or
ook publishing only; 60 establish
aents whose sole business is music
.rinting, or whose chief business is
lusic printing and publishing, or
music publishing only; go establish
nents which are engaged in the PRINT
AZ and publishing, or in the publish
ng only. of newspapers and periodi-
ais. (D establishments whose chief
BUSINESS is book binding and blank
aok making; ca establishments
whose chief business is engraving on
teel plates and copper plates and
rinting from such plates, and co
Establishments whose chief business
5 llthographlnS.
In 1909 the number of establish
nents in the industry as a whole was
AS: the number of persons engaged
vas 3SS,4G6, of whom 25S,434 We're
age earners: the capital invested
mounted to $5SS,345,70S; materials
ost $201,774,59d; and the value OF
roducts was ST37,S76,QST.
The total value of products for the
ldustrY as a whole, which was $T37,-
76.0S7. involves considerable duplica-
.en, due TO the fact that establish
aents in one branch of the industry
frequently do work for establishments
another branch.
The total amount reported as paid
or contract work in 1909 was $780,
is4,359. Practically all of this was
aid to other establishments in The
industry. If this amount be deducted
from the total value of products,
,S77. S76,0S7, there remains, in round
uumbers, 100000, 900, which, with
urther slight deducation for dupllca-
ion due to the sale of products by one
establishment to another, would rep
.asent approximately the net value of
roducts of the industry. Similarly,
Ie subtraction OF the expenditure for
intract work from the item of value
lded by manufacture" t$536, 10l ,49D
ayes. In round numbers. $500,000,0 600
the true value added by manufac-
ure. exclusive of duplication.
In the printing and publishing in
lustry the cost of materials constf-
ates a comparatively small proper
on Of the total value of products.
he combined cost of the materials
large part of which represents the
ost of paper and of fuel and power
sed by all six branches of the indus
y in 1909 was SOL, 1850, which is
4ual To 273 per cent. of the gross
alue of products. although 1t con-
ituted somewhat Larger proportion
: the value OF iTeduets obtained by
educting expenditures for contract
york.
Newspapers and Periodicals.
OF the Sf,4f5 establishments can
assed in 1909 approximately three
.fths were engaged in the publishing
f newspapers and periodicals. These
Establishments employed 10S,672 wage
arners, or ~ per cent. of the total for
he industry. and reported products to
he value of $406,090,122, or So per
.ent. of the total value of products
eported for the industry as a whole.
\ large proportion of the value OF
PRODUCTS" of this branch of the in
dustry represents payments received
for advertising. establishments en-
saged chiefly in book publishing OF
n job printing, or both, formed 34.1
per cent. of the total number of estab-
ishments, reported "a per cent. of the
otal value of products, and employed
i2.1 per cent. of the total number OF
wage earners.
The publishing of newspapers ano
periodicals. the largest of the six
branches of the industry, showed
marked increases during the decade
1899 800 in all respects except IN
average number of wage earners. The
comparatively small gain in this par
ticular is due to the increased use OF
typesetting and typecasting machines
is worthy of note that notwith-
Istanding the small increase in number
Of wage earners the total wages paid
increased AIS per cent. The increase
n value of products was sci per cent
The relative increases in the next
largest branch of the industry, book
publishing and book and job printing
we're much greater than in the case OF
newspapers and periodicals, the aver
| age number of wage earners increas-
| ing COS per cent, while the reported
value of products more than doubled
The bookbinding and blank book
making and lithographing branches
reported about the same percentage of
increase in value of products. The
branches, Of the iffduYagee &c, sar ri1e in
by value of products, in 1909, but its
| rate of growth for the decade was
much more rapid than that of any 9TH
er branch. In addition to the music
printed by establishments in this
branch of the industry, considerable
quantities are printed in establish
ments doing book and job work.
New York in the Lead.
New York is by far the most i'm
portant state in the printing and
industry This state re-
ported nearly one fourth of all the
wage earners in the industry and al