Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-18
PRINTING IMPORTANT
INDUSTRY IN DELAWARE
Census Of 1919 Shows Fifty
eight Establishments in
This State.

Washington. Dec. ls.-hccordinE 10
the itth census OF tho United states
manufacturers. only ono OF the three
printing and publishing industries
proper. the hook and job. shows an
Increase In tho number Of establish
ments FOR tho five-year period 1914
1919. During this nve-year period tho
increase In value Of products for book
and job printing was S2s0.332. 3G7, or
st.5 per cent
For newspapers and periodicals. the
increase In value Of products was
1928. 24s. a30. or S6.4 per cent. and FOR
music. S7.3209il or 1907 per cent. IN
average number 81 wage earners. for
tho same iive-ycar period. book and
job printing reported tho largest abso-
lutte increase. e.ss% or 81 per cent; a.
compared with COOS. or 90 per cent
for newspapers and periodicals; and
IS. or J per cent. for music.
In Delaware there are 3si people
employed on an average yearly ~ the
six branches OF the industry. which
are: GD job printing. book printing
and publishing and machine compost
ton; 90 music printing and publish
/ ing, or publishing only; go news
paper and periodical printing and
publishing; 90 bookb!ndlng and
/ blank book making: (5) engraving.
steel and copper plate. including plate
printing: and 90 li,hographing.
In Delaware. in 1919. there were IS
printing and publishing establish
ments. representing 3si workers. The
fuel consumed by these establishments
during the year was 81 tons OF an
;hracite coal. 305 tons OF bituminous.
barrels Of fuel oils. % barrels OF
gasoline and other volatile oils. and
i.04s cubic feet OF gas. In 1919. there
we're consumed +e6 tons of anthrs cite
3s2 tons OF bituminous. So barrels OF
fuel oils. and .2Oi cubic feet OF gas.
According 10 the census the total
value OF the printing and publishing
Industry in Delaware in 1919 was 81
4S3,207: newspaper subscriptions and
sales amounted TO tlss.t53: advertis-
ing, sssl.453; periodicals. subscriptions
and sales amounted 10 sl3.j32; adver-
Using, $685.: newspapers and peri
odicals published for others. Si0.079
books and pamphlets printed for pub
hcatiou by others. s3.lsl. The job
printing business was reported valued
at S5O6.1ss in 1919.
In number OF publications. foJ
news. politics. and family reading.
Illinois was first in 1919 as in 1914
with New York second and Texas
third. New York led in periodicals
classified as general literature" I'LL
nois following. Labor" was another
classification in watch New York led
Ohio being second. Pennsylvania was
first In religious publications. ILL
nois ranking second. The far-away
leader in society. art, music and
fashion" periodicals was New York
Illinois being a distant second. In
Trade Journals likewise. New Norh
was first and Illinois second.
In Delaware in 1919 there were >,
weekly periodicals and newspaper:
having 4 combined circula ton OF 3S.
s32, as compared with a weekly peri
odlcsls and newspapers. having 3
combined circulation OF 2s,6S2. in 1914
In 1909 there We're % publications
having a combined circulation OF %.
$50. In the whole country. In 1919
there were 1880 weekly newspaper,
and periodicals having combine,
circulation Of 5l,sO2,l2l.