Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-12-16 | Page 3 | Newspapers and Periodicals

NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS Of the 31,445 newspaper establish ments canvassed by the conBUs du reau In 1909. approximately three fifths were engaged In the publish ing of newspapers and periodicals These establishments employed 108, 672 wage earners, or 42 per cent ol the total for the Industry and report ed products to the value of $406,090, 122, or 55 per cent of the total value of products reported for the Industry as a whole. A large proportion oi the "value of products" of this branch of the Industry represents payments received for advertising Establish ments engaged chiefly In book pub Il6hlng or in Job prlntinp: or both formed 34 1 per cent of the total num ber of establishments, reported .;) pel cent of the total value of products anc employed 42.1 per cent of the toU number of wage earners The publishing of newspapers anc periodicals, the largest of the sU branches of the Industry, showeo marked Increaaes during the decade 1899-1909 in all respects except in average number of wags earners, Thi comparatively small pain in this par tlcular Is due to the Increased use of typesetting and typecasting ma chines; It is worthy of note thut uot withstanding the small Lni reaae In number of wage earners the total wu gee paid Increased 47 S pc?r cent. The increase in value of produtU was 82.1 per cent.