The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
NEWSPAPERS WILL
BE SMALLER IN SIZE
Minimum Price Of Two Cents
Also Recommended to War
Industries Board.
DONE TO SAVE MATERIAL
Waste to Be Eliminated and
Sunday Editions Will Be
Greatly Curtailed.
DONE TO SAVE MATERIAL

WASHINGTON. July 2o.-Restrictions
on the reading matter space in daily
and Sunday editions OF newspapers,
retail price Of two cents or more and
| the elimination Of all waste were rec
commended to the War Industries Board
to-day by the committee on conservation
Of news print paper appointed by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. The recommendations were
taken under Amusement by board on
Gals The committee issued this state
ment:
The committee on conservation of
news print paper. appointed by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. responding to the call OF the
chairman Of the pulp and paper section
Of the War Industries Board. Thomas z.
Donnelly, for conference representing
the adoption OF measures looking TO the
reduction Of the consumption Of paper
met to-day at the office Of the War In
dustries Board. Mr.. Donnelly outlined
TO the publishers the necessity for rad
ical reduction In the use Of paper OF all
kinds, and asked them to formulate for
this information certain definite recon-
mendations for the accomplishment Of
that purpose by methods which would
be effective and a the same time be fair
and possible from the point Of view Of
the newspaper publishers.
Recom m ndations That Are Made.
The committe made recommended
tions based on the following principles
81. The abolition Of all waste, In
ii, L. xuytNt hA
suggestions already made to the chair
man Of the pulp and paper section Of
the War Industries Board and which
have now been made mandatory by the
board.
20. The retail price OF . cents or more
for all daily newspapers.
80. Restrictions on the reading matter
space in daily and Sunday editions pro-
portionate to the necessities OF tonnage
to be saved. and recognising as nearly
as possible the relative reading space
needs Of the papers as indicated by the
present use OF space.
I'm connection with the second prin-
ciple stated the following resolution was
adopted: IT is the judgment Of the
committee that to avoid unfair competi-
ton and to make practicable the reduc-
tion Of the news print tonnage desired
It Is necessary to Ak their minimum re-
tan prices Tor daily papers at two cents.
schedule of Reductions.
The recommendation In the applica-
ton for the third principle is as follows:
Reduction on all reading space up to
fifty columns 5 per cent.
Reduction on additional space over
Atty columns and not over seventy
columns Is per cent.
Reduction on additional space over
20 columns. and not over 80 columns.
30 per cent.
Reduction on all additional space
over 80 columns SO per cent.
The reductions to be based on the
daily monthly average Of each paper
for the six months ended June 80, 1918.
Recommendation as to the reduction
Of the reading space in Sunday papers
is as follows:
up to $50 columns, reduction 10 per
cent next so to 200 columns. reduction
20 per cent. next so up to $50 columns,
reduction 80 per cent. next so up to 800
columns. reduction 40 per cent: next so
up to $50 columns. reduction so per cent
Next so to 400 columns and over,
reduction so per cent.
1T is suggested that these reduc-
tons be effective for daily papers Au-
gust 8, 1918, and for Sunday papers
September /. 1918.
Mr.. Donnelley and his assistants
have taken the publishers recommen-
dations under Amusement"