Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-03
LITHoGRAPHING

DO you know that the Job printing
business in Omaha furnishes a payroll OF
$4,000 annually"
That is one OF the pointed questions
put to the world In general by the print
ers OF Omaha in a little card or folder
Issued some time ago giving some terse
facts about the job printing business.
Three-quarters of a million dollars is
what that means. And 1t means that
that money is paid out for labor to per-
sons who do the job printing of this city
and the territory around,
Speaking in round numbers, Il Is es-
timated by those best authorized to
speak for the printing industry of the
city, that the employees number 1000 in
the job printing establishments.
This means that the employees from
foreman in the composing room TO office
boy. from stenographer in the office to
boss OF the joint. get an average yearly
salary of $3.50 out of this business.
The job printing establishments of the
city number about seventy-five. This
means the real substantial competitive
printing establishments of the city. OF
course, there are little back room print
shops here and there that are not con-
sidered by the others as a factor I'm the
competition, for the main flow OF bust.
ness in this line
In first class and high grade printing
Omaha measures up with any other city
In the country. Job work is drawn to
Omaha from all over the state and from
several adjoining states the year round.
Tons of ink and hundreds of tons of
paper In all grades are consumed In the
course of a year by this industry In
Omaha
Prosperity has smiled on the industry
In Omaha Of recent years. Many or the
big printing companies have recently
moved into larger and better quarters.
Some have built buildings and plants of
their own, and others are preparing to
build. Notable among these is the Omaha
Printing company. which only a year
ago moved into its handsome new build
ing at Thirteenth and Farnam streets on
the site of the old Dewey hotel, which
was destroyed by fire two years ago. This
company has now a fine, modern, fire
proof structure with every feature carved
and nodded TO the exact needs OF an up
to-date printing business. The lighting
facilities are especially featured In this
building.
The National Printing company Is also
preparing TO build new building, and
preliminary work to this end has been
begun.
The Ben Franklin club Is an organiza-
ton OF employing printers Of Omaha.
This Is a social club that aims 10 cult
vate a spirit OF fraternity among the
printers. II has accomplished this. as Il
was intended to do. The meetings are
held every Monday noon at the Com
mercial club rooms Some one of the
printers or some out-of-town man is US
ually scheduled to speak on a topic that
is close to the heart or close to the print
ing business.
The Ben Franklin club Is the out
growth of a little meeting held not many
years ago. when a representative OF the
Rees Printing company and Laurie ].
Quinby with a few others. got together
and over their dinner talked OF the pos
sibility OF organizing a club that should
accept In its membership only those
printers who are employers. The idea
caught at once. and grew and grew. The
Ben Franklin club now has a large mem
bership In Omaha. interest Is keen.
weekly meetings are well attended, and
much interest Is taken in this little social
hour. Bert Potter is president OF the
club al present.