The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-29
NEWSPAPER CENSUS 1914.
Value of Products Shows Increase Of az
Per Cent. Over 1909.

A summary Of the general results OF
the 1914 census Of manufacturer with
respect 10 the printing and publishing
Industry has been issued by Director
Rogers of the bureau Of the census de-
partment OF commerce. II consists Of a
statement prepared under the direction
of William VI. Steuart, chief statistican
for manufactures, showing comparative
statistics for 1914 and 1918.
The number of establishments in this
industry in 1914 aggregated 81 .6l2, and
the total value Of their products amount
ed 20 ssl050s,lll. These figures repre-
stnt increases Of 6,2 per cent, and 22,3
per cent respectively, as compared with
those for 1909 20,757 establishments.
with products valued al 1902 .5al .05a.
OF the 3l,6l2 establishments canvassed
for 1914, those engaged in the printing
and publishing or in the publishing only
of newspapers and periodicals numbered
1887, representing an increase of 81 per
cent, are compared with the correspond
ing figures for 1909, 1851.
The total value of products printed for
1914, of establishments printing and pub
fishing newspapers mad periodicals, was
ssaS, as4. representing an increase Of
22.l per cent, as compared with the cor
responding value in 1909. The 1914 total
from all these sources comprised news.
paper subscriptions and sales, 500, SAL
$780, newspaper advertising Slsi,047 ,l06;
subscriptions and sales OF periodicals
other than newspapers, S64 OBS 230: and
advertising in such periodicals., S7l .a06,.
o76. The percentages Of increase during
the avey period in these four items
were l7.9, 2S.9, 265, and 1872, respective
ly. The value OF products of the news
paper and periodical branch OF the indus /
try formed 6l.2 per cent. of the total in !
1914.
The daily newspaper, according to the I
census definition, is publication issued I
on each Of the secular DAYS Of the week +
Sunday editions being excluded A morn.
ing and an evening paper issued by the
same plant are counted as two papers.
A total of 1850 dailies was reported
for 1914, representing slight decrease
as compared with . 900 in 1909. The ag-
gregate circulation of the dailies in 1914 I
was 2s,436030. representing an increase
Of IA per cent. as compared with the 4
1909 circulation During the semi decade
& number OF publishers OF both morning
ird evening papers SUSPENDED publca.
ticn of one or the other Of their edit ions II
in several instances dailes were consoli.
dated; in others the daily, after an ex-
pertinent. retired into the weekly field
whence II came and other dsiles disap-
peared without transformation.
The number OF Sunday papers pub
shed in the United States in 1914 was
so, as compared with 500 in 1909 and
heir combined circulation in the later
rear. l6,445,s20, represented an increase
II 23.2 per cent. as compared with the
corresponding figure for the earlier year,
The number OF weekly newspapers and
reported for 1914, 1880,
hows a slighft increase as compared
With the corresponding number in 1909,
5,097 The 1914 circulation of such pub
lcations was 50,454,73s, an increase of
$50 per cent. as compared with 1909.
There were also reported for 1914 81
newspapers, with an aggre.
ate circulation of $40 495, representing
Increases of l5.l per cent. and 63.S per
ent., respectively, as compared with
900; $50 semi.weckly newspapers. with
circulation of 2,4s3,629, representing a
ecrease of So per cent in number. to-
ether with an increase Of IA per cent. in
1920 monthly publications,
18th a circulation of 70l00,s3s, the per- 4
antages of increase in number and cir
llation being 1872 and PSI, respectively: q
DO quarterly publications. with circu
tion of ls,s52,40l, representing in
-eases amounting TO 3S.5 per cent. and
"a per cent, respectively, and 442 other
with circulation of S,946,, q