The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-08-15
NEWSPAPER -.
REGULATIONS

The priorities board of the war in
dustries board has listed paper mills
as an essential industry, and has rat
ed them in fourth class for priority
for coal, on the distinct understand
ing that the greatest possible econ
omy in the use Of paper be exercised,
and that the reduction in the use Of
the newspapers shall be fifteen per-
cent on weekday editions and twenty
per cent on Sunday editions.
Each paper mill will be put upon
the priority list for coal, conditional
upon their signing pledge that they
will furnish no paper to any iconsum-
er who will not also sign pledge in
duplicate that he will exercise the
greatest possible economy in the use
of paper, and will observe all rules
and regulations Of the conservation
division and the Pulp and paper Sec
ton of the War Industries Board.
These pledges are now being prepared
and will be furnish shortly. One copy
will, be left on file with the mill and
the other will be sent to this office.
The War Committee of Newspaper
Publishers believe that this curtail-
ment should be accomplished by the
elimination of all wasteful practices
and by the reduction of size of all
newspapers, and to this end have
made the following recommendations
to the pulp section of the War In
dustries board. If by October, 1st,
1918, the above reductions are not ac-
complished, additional curtailment
will be put into effect at that time.
These recommendations have been
accepted by the Pulp and Paper Sec
ton of the War Industries Board as
controlling the weekday and Sunday
newspapers. =. 4.
Wasteful Practices of Circulation
effective immediately
l. Discontine the acceptance of the
return or unsold copies. Exceptions:
Employees of newspapers who are
employed directly at the home office
by a newspaper, as wholesale distribu-
tors to newsboys, news agents, and
news stands, may return unsold cop
les, provided such unsold copies have
mot been in the possession Of retail
| Dealers news stands or newsboys
Such employees cannot take back, un-
der any consideration, papers which
already have been distributed for
sale.
2. Discontinue sending papers aft
er date of expiration of subscription
unless subscription is renewed and
paid for. (This ruling to be effective
October l, 1879
3. Discontinue the use of all sam.
Piles or free promotion copies.
4. Discontinue giving copies to any.
body except for Office working. copies
or where required by statute law ir
the case of official advertising. Elk
|ceptions: Copies may be given free t.
employees of newspapers if such is
the present practice of the office. Cop
/ les may be given free to former en-
ployees who are in the war service
and copies may be sent free to camp
libraries of institutions recognized by
the government such as Y. M. c. A.
| K. Of c., etc. Copies should not b.
sent to individual soldiers unless for
4 merly employed by the newspaper
Copies may be sent to the library O
congress and to state and other public
libraries which will agree to bind o.
otherwise permanently preserve tn
files of the paper; also to government
departmental libraries. Copies ma!
be given free in return for actual ser
vices rendered. Copies may be sent t.
clipping bureaus which render al
equivalent service to the newspapers
Copies for service purposes only ma!
be sent free to newspapers CORES
pondents and press bureaus.
s. Discontinue giving free copie
to advertisers, except not more thai
one copy each for checking purposes
Exceptions: Any advertiser who Gus
tomarily places advertisements wit