The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-02
Postoffice Department Holds That
Papers Nay Not Be Sent to
DeIinquents at Low Rate.
LIMIT SET FOR PAPER BILLS
Dailies May Be Sent for Only Three
Months After Subscription Has
Expired and the Weekly
Papers But a Year.

A new order just received by Post
master John B. Maloney, denominated
order 1907, is of vital interest to every
publisher ia the United States and to
every subscriber of a daily news
paper, weekly paper or any periodical
which goes through the small at Ke-
nosha.
The order, which by many is re-
garded as unwarranted, and usurp-
alton Of the rights of Congress by the
Postoffice department, will practically
make it prohibitive for publisher to
send out newspapers or magazines
unless they are paid for in advance.
Section three of this order bearing
on this matter is as follows:
"a reasonable time will be allowed
publishers 20 secure renewals of sub
scriptions, but unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed after the term
for which they are paid, within the
following periods:
"Dailies, within three months;
Tri-weeklies, within six months;
"'Sen1i- within nine months;
"Weeklies, within one year;
"Semi. monthlies. within 3 months;
"Monthlies, within four months;
"Bi-month1ies, within six months;
"Quarter1ies, within six months,
they shall not be counted in the legiti.
mate list of subscribers, and copies
mailed on account thereof shall not be
accepted for mailing at the second
class postage rate of one cent pound,
but may be mailed at the second class
postage rate of one cent for each four
ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by
stamps affixed. The right of a pub
Usher to extend credit for subscrip-
tons to his publications is not denied
or questioned, but his compliance or
noncompliance with this regulation
will be taken in consideration in de-
termining whether the publication is
entitled to transmission at the second
class postage rates."
1t is probably the intent of the order
to get at class of publications which
have continued on their mailing lists
names of persons, who, while they do
not want the magazine, farm paper or
trade paper, whatever it may be, still
neglect to pay up and order it stopped,
with the result that after a while a
hill comes along that they must pay,
and then they are fortunate if the
paper will be stopped
The publishers of the large metro.
politau daily papers have, as rule,
discontinued their papers within a
mouth or SO after the time has ex pired
for which the paperEwas paid for, this
to give subscribers an opportunity to
renew. The daily papers in the
smaller cities, and the weekly news
papers quite generally which have
been doing business ia restricted
field where the publisher generally
| knew his subscribers have not in
sisted on the cash in advance, but
have been Icontent to have the sub.
scriber paysat the end of the year.
Under the new ruling, however, this
will not beS:permitted. A subscriber
to daily paper will be permitted to
have the paper mailed tophim a pound
rates for no longer than three months,
after the date for which he has paid
to, after thatSdate the publisher will
have to affix one cent stamp, and it
goes withoutQsaying that this would
be prohibitive.