The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
Friday, September 18th, 1918
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

No11SG ~ oODSSAsADOAsS
The order of the Pulp and
Paper section of the War Indus
tries board, issued a few days
ago to the country weekly news
papers makes it necessary for
each publisher to put his paper
on paid-in-advance basis.
In place of asking the individ-
ual paper to make forced re-
duction of Is per cent in it's cir
culation, the board has taken the
industry as a whole and is asking
for an average reduction of Is
per cent of the total tonnage
used by the country weekly.
The board has recognized the
eight-page paper as a minimum
in size an does not ask that any
publisher of a paper of this, or
smaller size, make any reduction
in size, but that such newspapers
must cut out all that unpaid-for
circulation, and stop all other
forms of waste.
The order issued by War In
dustries board follows:
To Publishers of Country week
ly Newspapers;
The priorities board of the War
industries board has listed paper
mills as an essential industry, and
has rated them in the fourth class
for priority for coal, on the dis
tinct understanding that the
greatest possible economy in the
use of paper be exercised, and
that the reduction in the use of
paper by the newspapers shall be
Is per cent. Each paper mill
will be put upon the priority list
for coal, conditional upon their
signing a pledge that they will
furnish no paper to any consumer
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 of the pulp
and paper section of the war in
dustries board.
These pledges are now being
prepared and will be furnished
shortly.
One copy will be left on file
with the mill and the other will
be sent to this office.
No publisher may continue SUBJ
scriptions after three months af-
er date Of expiration of same un-
less Subscriptions are renewed
and paid for.
No publisher shall sell his pub
LEGATION at an exceedingly low or
nominal subscription price.
No publisher shall sell his pub
LEGATION to anyone below the pub
llshed subscription price.
No publisher shall offer pre-
miums with his publications.
No publisher shall conduct vot-
ing or other contests for the pur-
pose of obtaining subscriptions.
No publisher may issue holiday,
industrial or others pecial editions
No newspaper may be estab-
lished during the period of the
war.
A sworn statement will be re-
quired from each publisher on
November 1, as to how many of
these rules have been put into
effect by him, and what results
in the matter of reducing paper
consumption have been obtained.
In compliance with the regula-
tions, we are obliged to discon-
tinue all complimentary papers.
1t has been a source of great
pleasure to US to send compli-
mentary papers to few of our
friends, and We regret that con-
ditions make it necessary for us
to discontinue them. We are
also obliged under the regula-
tons to discontinue copies to all
subscribers who are in arrears
more than three months. We
trust all subscribers will take
note of this, and if they are at
present in arrears will remit to
TO lis at once.