Evening star., 1913-11-29
FIGURES SHOW INCREASE
IN NEWSPAPERS ISSUED
Census Bureau Report Indi-
Gates the Predominance.
of Afternoon Publications.
New York Heads the States in
Printing and Publishing.
Statistics of Cities.

Evidence that the people of the United
states are increasing their newspaper
reading is contained in figures just pro-
duced by the bureau of the census. The
HSures also seem to point TO the fact
that most of the people read their
papers while at the family fireside in
the evening. the statistics indicating
an increase in the circulation of after
noon papers. The figures are for the
year 1909
The issuing of newspapers and peri
odlcals. the largest of the six branches
of the printing and publishing industry.
showed marked increases during the
decade 1S99-1909 in all respects. except
in average number of wage earners.
The comparatively small gain in this
particular is due to the increased use
of typesetting and typecasting machines
and 1T is noted that Notwithstanding
the small increase in number of wage
earners. the total wages paid increased
AIS per cent. The increase in value
of products was S21 per cent
Heads List in Production.
New York leads the list in printing
and publishing. with Illinois second and
Pennsylvania third.
There We're total of 1900 daily pub
lications reported in 1909 as compared
with o.4o2 in 1904 and 2.226 in 1899 OF
these 2.6OO dailies, 1GO were published in
the morning and $40 in the afternoon or
evening. The increase during the decade
in the total number of daily newspapers
in the United States was 374, or 1873 per
cent. every geographic division but New
England sharing in the gain. The great
est increases. both absolute and relative.
were reported by the Pacific and west
south central divisions. Every state in
New England except Rhode Island, whose
number remained stationary. showed a
loss in the number of dailies between 1899
and 1909
Statistics of Ten Cities.
The circulation of daily newspap pers
and periodicals printed in the ten cities
New York Chicago. Philadelphia, st.
Louis, Boston. Cleveland, Baltimore,
Pittsburgh, Buffalo and San Francisco
constituted - per cent of the total daily
circulation of the entire country in 1909.
as against J0.5 per cent in 1904. This
change shows that the circulation Of dali
lies published outside of the great oenters
of population has been increased during
the past few years more rapidly than that
of papers in those centers. The circula-
ton of the daily, newspapers published
in New York city constituted 1863 per cent
of the total for all dailies in the country
in 1909, as compared with 1873 per cent
in 1904
Evening Circulation Predominates.
The preponderance of the evening cir
culation was not only maintained from
1904 to 1909. but increased in New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Cleve-
land; and that of the morning. but with
decreasing proportions, in Baltimore and
san Francisco. At the census of 1909 st.
Louis had. reported, larger circula-
ton of evening daiies than of morning;
this condition was reversed in 1901 The
morning circulation of Pittsburgh dailles
was reported as superior in size to the
evening for 1904: at the census of 1909
the figures showed that the evening cir
culation was the larger.
There were so Sunday neWspa pers pub
lished in the United States in 1909. as
compared with 494 in 1904. Their COM
bined circulation was 1891, ,2S2 in 1909, as
compared with 12,O22.3H in 1904, an in
crease of II per cent. The aggregate
number of copies reported for 1909 was
great enough to furnish POP copies for
each 900 literate persons ten years Of
age and over reported at the census Of
1910.