Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-08-13
Regulations issued to Publishers
Limiting their use of Print
Paper; No new Newspa-
pers during the War.

The War Industries Board an
thorizes the following:
The Pulp and Paper Section Of
the War Industries Board has is
sued the following to publishers
of daily and Sunday newspapers
The %priorities board of the War
Industries Board has listed paper
mills as an essential industry and
has rated them in fourth class for
priority for coal on the distinc,
understanding that the greatest
possible economy in the use OF
paper be exercised and reduction
in the Use of paper by the news
papers shall be Is per cent on
weekday editions and 20 per cent
on Sunday editions.
Pledges of Economy.
Paper mills will be put upon
the priority list for coal condi-
tional upon their signing a pledge
that they will furnish no paper to
any consumer who will not sign a
pledge in duplicate that he will
exercise the greatest possible eco
nomy in the use of paper and will
observe all rules and regulations
of the Conservation Division and
of the Pulp and Paper Section Of
the War Industries Board.
The war committee of newspa-
per publishers believe that this
curtailment should be accomp-
lished by the elimination Of all
newspapers, and to this end have
made the following recommended
lions to the Pulp and Paper Sec
ton of the War Industries Board.
If by October lst the above reduc-
fions r not accomplished, addi-
tional curtailment will beput into
effect at that time.
List of Regulations.
Wasteful Practices of Circulation
defective immediately.
i. Discontinue the acceptance of
the return of unsold copies.
2. Discontinue sending paper
after date of expiration of sub
scription, unless the subscription
is renewed and paid for. This
ruling to be effective October /,
1879
8. Discontinue the use Of all
samples or free promotion copies.
a. Discontinue giving copies to
anybody except for office-work-
ing copies or where required by
statute law in the case Of official
advertising
Exceptions laid down.
S. Discontinue giving free cop
les to advertisers, except not more
than n copy each for checking
purposes.
8. Discontinue selling advertis-
ing with a guarantee of circula-
tion requiring a rebate if circula-
ZION falls below guaranteed a.
mount.
7. Discontinue the arbitrary
forcing of copies on newsdealers.
s. Discontinue the buying back
of papers at either wholesale or
retail selling price from dealers
or agents in order to secure pref
erential representation.
9. Discontinue the payment Of
salaries or commissions to agents;
dealers, or newsboys for the pur-
pose of securing the equivalent Of
return privileges.
10. Discontinue all cash dis.
counts or bonuses to wholesalers
or retailers.
II. Discontinue all free ex-
changes.
Limit to reading matter.
Weekday editions, effective
August II, iel8-Reduce reading
matter up to so columts S pei
cent; reduce on additional space
over so columns and not over X
columns Is per cent; reduce or
additional space owe 70 and no.
over 90 columns 80 per cent; re
duce on all additional space owe
90 columns so per cent.
Because the absolute neccessit,
of curtailing~t the $ of paper, thu
Pulp and Paper Section of thu
War Industries Board has rulet