The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-26
MAGAZINE READERS
P|QUED OVER DELAY
Their Favoritc Periodicals Are
From Three TO Seven
Days Late.
UNCLE SAM IS TO BLAME
New Postoffice Rules Are Re-
sponsible for the Changed
Conditions.
UNCLE SAM IS TO BLAME

salt Lake readers or lnsga5ines-anc
that takes in everybody In to"n-ar'
saSinc things about their luck and Incl
dentaIly about the methods OF deaicrs
and publishers. The wrath OF the magn
zinc reader Is duo to The fact that hc
doesn't get his favorise reading matter a.
tho time Of month he has for years beer
accustomed TO getting 1t. Nowadays 'he
gets his magazines from three 10 se'c"
Jays later than he used 10 get th"n''
But his criticism is misdlfcc'eu' iio
should blame neither the dealer nor INC
publisher. The delay In the .arfNal %
his magazines IS due 10 the new Wrinkle
the postoffice department has. PuI ,,o lnso
effect Heretofore magazines haNS Sol'. ,,
hy mall on fast trains and have peIn
delivered 10 tho distributor WIN proinP'
ness Under the system tnat Msht Inlo
operetion on September I, or. rather NaI
toi l,aye gone into effect then. Dut d!d
moi u0tIl more recently. n part or tH'
Journey made by The magazine rom tn'
publlshcr Ia the reader Is maze pN iU''Sitt
Magazine publishers arc assessed INC
old second class rate Of one cent INC
round but the periodicals are 40 Longer
altogether transported by mail cars, ,ns
free tag" system having neell anoP.uu ,
Instead Packages of monthly magazines
arc marked with government tags. %nlcn
insure the publisher shipment without
payment OF freight charges
Cause Of Annoyance.
New York periodicals. bound for salt
Lake. for the larger part come by way
Of Denver. They are sent i.i,, from hen,,e M@m
they are reshpped in regular mail cars;
Chicago periodicals go 10 Omaha 1of iid'
distribution.
Local news agencies say the delay has
been the source OF much ANNOYANCE both
20 themselves and their customers, Jp-
der the new order Of things. magazines
nov arrive I'm sail Lake after their date
Of issue which formerly marked Their
time OF release Under the old system
the agents had opportunity 10 unp2cS
and distribute the magazines with ample
time allowance, whereas there is now
rush TO distribute them as quickly as
\ few OF the magazines have changed
their dates OF publication, setting them
four or fsve davs ahead and shipping
earlier, so that the date OF distribution
will be relatively the same - formerly.
so FAR as elapsed time between date OF
issue and distribution is concerned. The
larger portion OF the magazines, how
ever. have not changed the dates.
VIII Get Used to II.
Dealers say that as soon es their pa
irons become accustomed Ia the new
system there viii he little or none OF the
annoyance that now veNes the reader
and tho distributor
partment IS one or tho results OF an ut
tempt To wipe out the deficit that an
nually stares the postmaster general In
tho face. II IL contended hv the post
Office department that monthly maya
zines do not suffer materially by slower
transportation by freight. which. Of
course is much cheaper than carrying
them on fast mail trains. The postoffice
department announces that 1t hopes 20
save Immense sums OF money for the
service by the new system. without ap-
preclable corresponding loss 10 any one.