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Evening star., 1917-03-05

inquiry.
Conditions in Industry Serious.
Conditions in the newspaper publish
ing industry are serious, the commits
sion sets forth.
Within the last year." it says. prices
to large consumers have been advanced
from about $40 ton to more than $50
and $40 a ton, and in some cases even
to $50 ton. Also by concerted action
the terms of contracts have been so
changed as to shift a considerable
financial burden from the manufacture
ers to the publishers. To some of the
farger newspapers of the country this
price increase means in some instances
an increase in cost of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. This means in
many instances not only the loss of
profits for the year, but a serious
financial embarrassment of the publica-
ton itself.
Smaller publishers have been forced
to pay prices as high as $50 and $3.50
ton. In addition to the increases
among publishers of minor dailies and
weeklies, it is complained that they
found great difficulty in getting paper
at any price, and to A large number of
such publishers in the country the in
crease in price means a difference be-
tween a living margin and the COM
plete ruin of their business and the
suspension of their publications.
The financial strength of the great
daily publications may enable them to
survive: it is the smaller papers that
will suffer most if present conditions
continue. The small daily and weekly
publications of the country particu-
larly serve a great and useful purpose
in disseminating facts and in the Gre
alton of an intelligent public opinion,
and such disaster as impends makes the
question one of great public concern
Prices Without Competition.
THE existing situation is due partly
to conditions of supply and demand
While these conditions OBJ
tanned and naturally would have some
influence on prices, it is the opinion OF
the commission that the prices actually
were made in the industry without the
operation of free competition influences
in their determination. By means of g
trade association, organized ostensibIy
for a lawful purpose, conditions in the
market were Influenced in a very sub.
stantial degree and in a manner which
sustained a price which would not BIZ
possible under conditions of free com.
petition.
Concert of action was made possible
through this association in the matter
| of discouraging the new production o,
news print, in the division Of customers
| in the promotion of fear that the sup.
ply would not be equal to the demand
in disseminating propaganda justffyine
higher prices because Of alleged higher
costs and in other ways
THE increases in the prices charged
are not justified by the increased cost!
of production.
"Contemporaneously with its economi,
| investigation the commission also con
Quoted an inquiry into unfair trade
practices. or violations of the fedora
antitrust laws. The full powers of thu
commission were invoked and tn,
books, papers and private correspond
ence pertaining to the industry of tn,
| manufacturers association were exam
| ined. The facts so gathered were trans
mitted to the Department of Justice
Evening star., 1917-03-05

Capt. James Shellman Baer, eighty
three, died near Westminster. Md. He
was born in Baltimore in 1894, son of
the late DIR. Michael Shellman Baer.
Evening star., 1917-03-05

bered. however. fortwhen the new Dis
trict prohibition law becomes opera.
tive in November. the excise board Will
cease to exist.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
RITES FOR GIBSON FAHNEsToCK
Body Is Taken to New York City
for Burial,

Funeral services for Gibson Fahne-
stock. prominent in local and Newport
society, who died Friday at St. Au-
gustine, Fla, were held yesterday aft
Evening star., 1917-03-05
--Look them up, for further details.
still, be on hand tomorrow to ia ke
tage of the splendid values
Visitors
Make This Store Your
Headquarters

You will find for your, con-
venience
"A we'll equipped restaurant,
with al1-day service at mod
crate cost.
The most varied display of
souvenir post cards and
other souvenirs to be found
anywhere.
A Free Checking System for
packages.
A comfortable rest room,
with free stationery. for
women.
A substation post Office,
where postal cards can be
addressed and stamps pur-
chased; also parcel post
branch station. where pack
ages are received for mail
ing.
Private telephone booths.
for local and long distance
phone service.
Free bureau of information,
to answer inquiries about
the location of any depart
ment in the store. or points
of interest about the city.
Soda fountain, one of the
largest and best in the city.
Telegraph station.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Prices in Force Six Months.

The prices fixed will be in force for
six months, and contracts calling for
prices higher than those set will be abb
rogated. Besides the price of $3.50 at
the mill in carload lots. the commission
named these prices: Less than carload,
s2.75: news print sheets in carload lots.
1925; less than carload, $3.50 Jobbers
will charge not more than per cent
on carload lots. 12h per cent on less
than carload lots and 20 per cent on
less than ton lots.
In accepting the responsibility here
exercised, the commission recognizes
the grave difficulties involved" says
the report. 1T may not bring all of
the relief which may be expected from
its action. but all publishers wNl be
given an opportunity to participate in
the plan. In the opinion of the COM
mission, the most certain remedy for
the immediate relief of the present sit
uation is for all the metropolitan dali
lies still further to reduce the size of
their papers and the number of their
editions, and for those who have not
yet done SO to cut out such wasteful
practices as allowing full credit to
newsstands for the return of unsold pa
pers."
The commission, it is declared, will
continue its efforts to restore COM
petitive conditions in news print manu-
facture. Small publishers are advised
in the report to buy through co-opera-
tion in carload lots. Its final report.
the commission asserts. will recon-
mend to Congress remedial legislation
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Competition Restricted.

"The increase in prices has been due,
in part, to the fact that free competi-
ton has been seriously restricted in the
news print paper industry. Important
manufacturers in the United States and
Canada were banded together to secure
unreasonable profits.
Some small publishers have already
been put out of business and more are
likely to suffer from the same fate; and
some large publishers will be finan-
cially ruined and many others will be
unable to make any profits unless con-
ditions are remedied.
The commission directed its efforts
to a discovery of the facts affecting the
economic and legal sides of the ques-
tion, and within limitations of it's power
sought to restore also; competitive con-
ditions in the industry. and at the same
time to bring such immediate practical
relief as would prevent serious finan-
cial distress and injury while the proc
esses of competition were being re-
stored
The commission makes it clear that
II is not acting as an agency OF the
government to fix prices. but is serving
only as an arbiter. 1t declined to act
until both publishers and paper jobbers
agreed to the manufacturers proposal
and promised cooperation. Jobbers
have agreed to handle and distribute
paper put at their disposal by the COM
mission at rates the commission pre-
scribes.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
Findings of the Commission.

1.-THE increase in the selling price of
news print paper for the year 1917 in
most cases were greater than could be
justified by the increase in cost.
.There is not now and has not been
a serious shortage Of news print. The
commission finds that there is enough
news print paper to meet all the strictly
necessary demands of publishers during
1917. There is. however. close balance
between supply and demand, and the
commission recommends the strictest
economy in the use of news print paper
'.The system of distribution of news
print paper is faulty. BY reason of this
fact this close balance between supply
and demand could easily be developed
into local shortage, and this situation
was taken advantage of and exaggerated
by artificial means. Reports of the al
legged shortage were widely circulated for
the purpose of justifying high prices.
Keen competition among the compare
lively unorganized publishers. who. in
their anxiety to assure themselves of
their necessary supplies of paper. bid
feverishly in the open market, helped to
make the situation more acute.
Evening star., 1917-03-05

suggested by facts disclosed by the
inquiry.
Conditions in Industry Serious.
Evening star., 1917-03-05
NEWS PRINT PAPER
PRICES ARE FIXED
Federal Trade Commission Ac-
cepts Proposal of $3.50 a
Hundred Pounds.
ONLY FOR CARLOAD LOTS

Proposal by news print paper manu-
facturers to fix price for their prod
uct, naming $50 hundred pounds as
a reasonable charge. has been accepted
by the federal trade commission
Higher prices are set for paper in less
than carload lots. and for sheet paper.
Acceptance of the arbitration plan
was announced by the commission in a
preliminary report to Congress yes
terday on it's news print investigation,
saving there had been no real shortage
of paper. but that important manu-
facturers of the United States and
Canada had banded together to obtain
profits.
The commissions findings were out
lined briefly in the following summary:
Evening star., 1917-03-05

Weather.
Aliodys good at Kdnns.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
PELHAM LGAIN
ON JURY GRILL
Accountant Probably Aiding I'm
Probe Of County Build
ing Scandal

That the circuit court grand jury
bent on getting am the available
evidence on county building finances
was made apparent Wednesday
morning when benjamin Pelham
county accountant. was again called
to the jury chamber
Pelham spent tho entire session
Tuesday in the jury room It SIS
thought that the defalcatIous OF Am
thcny KIoka confessed embezzler
of thousands of dollars of the coun
ty', money. are attracting The grand
jury attention ar present
When the Vaccinations of kloEa
were discovered bv the auditors.
several weeks before The case was
brought 10 the puhlic.s attention
Pelham examined the books closely
several times. it is said. and he is
supposed 10 know more about
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
BEWARE OF FAKE
WAR CHARITIES,
"AD" FOLK WARN

The Adcraft club OF Detroit. In "a
circular iUsr issued. says business
men should bC on their guard
against solicitors for advertising in
aegAepir- programs +itA ~ e-th--F f,t'l,lt-
cations supposedly i'm the interest of
charity on some war .und Some of
these projects are worthy but too
otcn. the Adoraft club points our
One proceeds are disfUatcd before
they reach the charity or fund for
W hich they were intended
An inStanCr or this KIND has hceu
shown M recently hy the View York
World I'M this instance the pro
gram contained Si5lSi worth of ad
vcrtlsing. and was The principal lter
i'm a total OF S7l475 raised by th
bazaar in connection with which The
program was ISSUED After salaries
expenses. commissions etc, wer
paid there remained ga, or aDoN
one per cent for Tie war fund in The
interest of which The bazaar wa
given The matter is now under II
vc-tigation by tho district attorney
The moral of course, i- that IL Is
much more effective to give directly
20 war chlritics than thru programs
uT 1thcr indirect means
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

and mci'le snow have created set-
cra am1li ponds In The heart OF th'
cdnt0nment OCCASIONALLY these
come ricut ur 90 tho. doors OF tho
buldi1t ore such Etar the Three
Hundred and Tlirfy1iuth headGuar
tcys bias been a great pest, The
soribe facouou-ly called il LAX
Nichols. .n honor 90 capt j. brooks
Nichols 3duIant OF thc regiment
Res'mrUal pr oncrs hg-t q minla
ture Golfer cam m tte center oi thr
pond Tuesday and thtn eXcaFa,od
a. deep hole Every member ol Tho
regiment who went to tlo riiic 1ar
lrougl back lre stone with
him. The nole-Ga filled With stones
and the POND was drained therein
The emergency sharks rcsp ponsibl-
for Tire idea insist that Lake Nichols
is eOnC never go return
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

Ilis uqoUptrl ,Hnt iho presuyte
.an churches oi Nicuwm and wis
.usu W1l begin .t once the erec
'oU 0f downtown club house fo
Presbyterian soldiers at Camp Gus
er. The enterprise viii cost S2a.
100. large portion of which hl.
been 7Jbscrib,d m Detroit Th,
leomont viii house kitchen B.
inme room large enough for 30.
people, shower and retiring rooms
and offices. The main floor viii i1
c,ude louucmE. writing and rvading
rooms for officers and enlisted men
and ar auditorium with capac.t.
uf 500 people 4 stage will proFIdr
laclhuo- lu entertainments of ya
IlOus kinds
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
CLEANS THE BLOOD
TONES THE NERVES

The gratifying results attondine
the faithful use of tho now modici
nai combination Hoods eapariI'a
before eating and p'priron after
eating. are seen in purer blood.
stronger nerves. improved condition
OF the whole system
They are results that make this
course of treatment the most eco
nomical for sufferers from impure
Impoverished blood. weak unsteady
nerves no other accompl So
much for each cent expended
Hood Sarsaparilla and Peptiron
aid each other and To take both Is
20 derive "a four fold benefit
N a laxative d. needed In cOrncc
tion with them. the gentle and thor.
ough Hoods Pill should be used
ADV.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

air itself ih Dfediheut out IN pdHHlub =
thru the mask 10 Dr. chemically puri-
fed and its tangs are pulled.
The sanitary detachments OF the
various Custer reeimcnt, got around
20 their field Wors Tuesday The
word sanitary" in military nomep
clature. means what lH civilian chat
tor rs called medical" Practically
'all medical organizations including
ambulance companies and field hos.
pitals. are known in the army as
-sautary trains or detachments.
Each regiment has its sanitary dc
.taChmont. which Includes "A medical
.captain. several licutonants and
.about 80 non.coms and Unlisted men
This detachment conducts the regl-
mental inarmary 10 looks alt"r the
.health OF The organization. maKrs
.the physical examinations and sdni-
'tary inspections. treats Che aiing
men and orders the more gpriOusly
i'm "a the base hospital IN time OF
battle. the detachment goes directly
into the front line trenches With tbc
regiment. and collects the wounded.
wherever they may TALL The fcgi-
mental detachment usually is re~pop
,sibLe for the delivery az casualties
ito the ambulance companies, which
remove them 20 the field ho-pf3l
This is very dangerous work apt
requires great skill I'm reaching thc
svounded bringing them iU and at.
sministe-ing first aid ii necss dry at
that time This skill is developed
by field practice. Just as the Ufsn
try becomes Proficient I'm its dutice
by everlasting field practice Eve.
since the organization OF the diyi
rion these sanitary detachment
have been busy with the physical
I examinations and inuoculaiiona
Now he strain ia easing or and
shey are finding time 90 Eet some
battle training themselves Litter
firill is the feature OF this week
program.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
1IEGEL BUYS
CASS-AVE. LAND

benjamin S.egel has purcha cd
from the trustees OF The Cassave
Methodist church, the church par
san8re property. no 719 Cassayeo
with frontage OF 32 feet on Cass.
between AlcNandrine and Willis
ares The price has not been mace
.utIc. bat is understood to have
been I'm the nolghborhood of 10000
rru a. Cummings represented The
purchaser and Paterson Bros. d
COMPANY hc seller With the prop
etv az The northwest corner Cass
and Alevandrlne which Mr. Sicgel
purchased some months ago. he now
holds 50 feet OF froptage on Casi
anI 100 feet on Alexandrine n is
reported that The huyer intends re
moving the two brick residences and
erecting a business block
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

barrass these Custer army doctors
by writing real story about tn'm
Whenever you SEQ al Camp Custer "a
lieutenant who looks like ae ought
20 be wearing the stars OF a general
IL rs 100 20 ] shor that Dee ia q
medical omcCr The finest surge on b
and physicians In the country ale
here. and most of them are wear ne
hrst lieuCnants bar and roceit
ing leutenant's mcager pay. lltr
nateiy mret OF theH wilt perform
thc most pcrilous duty known o.
modern warfare That's succoriu-
Tho wounded az the very b3til,
front.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
With
Harold
V.
Wilcox
ON WARS
SIDELINES

CAMP CUSTER BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Dec
CUSTER Thursday morning accord
A am announcement BY
class svlb be oscd
house has been
of in
while viii be- extensive the a
mpor be
in be- protector
of
Is i'm
is
invented Manye folks home do not under
how
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

KIokas books than any other per
SON ia the county building
Charles g. Puhrer. William Gut
man and William r. Moeller coun
ry auditors, win be the next Wit
-D..D.- N rs said.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
Concerning Epidemics

Camp Custer insist, ou ranking
among the healthies' Cautonment7 iu
he country its sick rate invariably
Ia below The average for The army
with few exceptions Custer has run
bne-two.thrce with an cumers There
has been no claim tnat Custer e.
haturally a healthier place than thu
average American army camp. Nor
bro the men naturally stlrdirr than
hose In other divisions This tan-
.onmcnt is JUST average iu those re-
poets Equipment has just becn
verage. and for "a TINA thc Wcajhc-
Fas far from favorable There i-
'ust one outstanding reason why
f'amp Custer has had $50 little sick
hess. Here &c & There have been
BE- epidemics There have been boa
Bividual eases or alWost eycry dis
ase that might develop into ap cpi
5emic except typhoid fever. The
letting occasionally b8- been idcal
bur IN medIcal officers invariably
5eat old Mun Epidemic 90 tEo punch
Two iliustrp ION of this point
.onlc 10 uind There have been %
.cW cases OF malfroA Every bod
Nposed was promptly saccinltcd
Ind Isolated nom uneyposcd per
|ons. Thca. tho doctors began 60
|carch for Tho sourc. I'm very
|bort time. the Infection Was traced
b a hospital ward Further inye ti-
|ation among records revealed that
n elderly civilian laboicr had h"cr
Teated there for skin disease He
as promptly suspected II was dl
|oyorcd that he actually had mid
ase OF smallpox. altho he sutt
one OF the symptoms more violpt
nan the rash Traced To its source
pc smallpox WIS prompts 1uclc.
Ii There were no new case
|hree cases of meningitis occurred
|hc doctors cot busy IN q very
bort tir o.. they discovered Tho
|purcc Of Infection itw9s m.En.
|Btis carrier 1hr6a cultures re-
ealed this moh's condition, oven
lo be- apparently was no' ill and
rsonally WAS unaware OF ANY all
aent He Nas isolatod until hc
|buld be- cured and not orc new
lse of this dreaded sickness ar
Pared
Some day We are golng 20 bc car
ed away by enthusiasm and em-
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

The nrodll.iinn Of hlrln i'm Cllh-
tho original home of the plant ls
greater than that of any other couu
tTy except Rrs ia in normal times.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
Knights of Bif and Swat

The camp th-itcr VIII be formally
opened Thursday with boxing pru-
gram of tour touts OF four rounds
each The main go win be featured
hy the appearance OF paCky MCtar
land. pa. stock wards wnirlwuu
who ia nov nstruCting Michigan
roldiers at Waco Custer solGl,,s
viii go ou With pdcly. Ills identity
has not been revealed For the
present hc MUST boz considered e.
masked marvel The other %f1ot
bouts win De- soldier talent Tho
IS building iu lbc 600 block staged
an athletic show last night pits
slpy of che Three Hundred and
fNcnty-c iEith hCld artillery. wrcst
led Cuckerill. ol rhe supply train. Co
Commute draw schultz OF COM
uanA- L. Three Hundred aRa Thirty
seventh infantry, threw Christian.
ot Company Is Three Hundred and
lhiriysetenth infantry, in l5-mln
utc go On the mat Nelson ana
SNOW went 20 "a draw .n three
round boxing bout. TUulc was out
pointed ht Smith ib another three
round sklruush at dsucuffs ahr
four boxers are from the machine
Gun company of the Three HuHd-ed
and Thir'yscyenth infantry Con-
pany A. 9hree Hundred and Thirty
seventh infantry, boat the rcmouut
dopo' at indoor baseball The score
Wa- 20 to 6 Company a of the
fsld ianal battalion, viii play Tho
nfan.ryWeu Thursday night
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

The camp y M g. A. ha, mad
its report for Noycmb,r So.iilrs
paid 5tSU50 visits 90 "N buldlue
Imns tl- month. and ih,ron wrote
557. 600 letters ON - stationery R.
heiou uectines al hu;s wctr 49,
tended by li72& soldiers Wnd 1H''
more attended fbc union Worship tt
tho auditorium TUcug.thrcc l,o
tunes were heard bs tlit soljJ.rs
Educational clubs mad member hlp
oi Zoo. and b.36l SOLDIERS Vrrc ,n
rolled 10 90 diNercn' cducauono
classes Athletic events hod 1b,t|
participants and e.et9 spectators
Fortysevcn social events were at
tended bv IS.3i2 men. and t1 Cn-
tertaumonts at the auditorium
trough; on, 1879 Of The boys
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

The shooting continues to Do hct
ter than was expected Ou tH,
whole it was easy 10 see rUcear
the value ot lho preliminary sieht
ing and trigger squeezing ura ..c'
that OcCuped lhe rcCcul riiay lnv
Men who had been industrious .r
The practise averaged around o. on
of 80 ar short ranges, while the n.r
comers. who had nos been gh
much chance 20 learn the theory 81
The thing. averaged around score
Of 35 under the same condition
They now understand the imuo
8ncc of barracks praelicc and HI
profit more rapidly from iJ than q
DIE veterans. who di-liheo tl
sort oi luaE vcrS much.
The Detroit times., 1917-12-06

Some DAY We are gorng 20 bc CAR
ed away by enthusiasm and em-
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-12
SPECIAL SESSION CALLED

A special session Of the legisla.
ture has been called by Governor
Gunter to meet in Denver at noon
next Wednesday to deal with vari-
Gus questions arising out Of the
war.
The Enterprise man will be
there, and there will be new phases
Of legislation to be considered.
Some decided changes in laws
will be considered changes that
have not in times past claimed the
attention Of lawmakers.
The solous are being advised to
act quickly and 60 home. Such ad-
vice is always given, but there are
one hundred men to determine
what action should be taken. Wise
action is more important than
hasty action.
We hope that wise action may
be determined very quickly.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-12

shown herewith gives but faint idea this wonderful machine
While the Linotype called typesetng machine it really
composing machine and today standard everywhere machine
operated by finger keys like typewriter which operation assemblies
line OF matrices from which matter composed Instead Of produo
ing single type characters casts bars ugs from hot metal
complete piece and having the upper edge the
properly justified to print line.
Prior to the advent OF the Linotype number of mechanical
vances brought ont for setting type by machinery
which turned out utter failures while few perfected up
point where type could be set but the cost found to be entirely
expensive
The Linotype controlled and operated operator pro-
duces the finished slugs ready for the press 1t does with
out type and readers clear type each
Printing the Enterprise Xhe Linotype Way" bigger
better and Enterprise each week and family
of readers genuine appreciation Of past support and
deavor meet future approval by publishing newspaper which will
give further and wider publicity Rayme and its people
More good of interest every in the county will be the
result and this the Enterprise looks for increased number OF
readers each week to show appreciation of efforts The
and when machine installed will be much better prepared
handle book work law briefs pamphlets price ss sale bills and all
sorts and kinds Of job printing.
Also, Linotype will be- in position handle all
classes Of composition including newspaper pamphlet booklet folder
and eaf work with facility In fact will have range
machine similar to that of the city plants
Send in printing and let prove in position
to consider ourselves equipped to meet your every requirement
Then too the speed with which work be handled the Limo
type will deliver promptly ION time and you have
doubts assertion opportunity show the
with which job can be turned out.