The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-09-21
GOVERNMENT ISSUES
4 RULES FOR
COUNTRY PAPERS.

INDUSTRIAL BOaTQ mas 1lSted paper
mills as an essential industry, and
has rated them in fourth class for
priority for coal on the distinct
understanding that the greatest
economy in the use of paper be ex.
erclsed and that the reduction in
the use of paper by the newspa-
pers shall be 10 per cent.
The war committee of weekly
newspaper publishers feels that
the necessary saving of 10 per
cent should come out of the indus
try as whole, aud In order to &C.
c)mmOdate this purpose made the
following suggestions, which were
accepted by the pulp and paper
section of the War Industries
Board, and to be effective Septem-
Der l, 1913.
No publisher of a weekly, semi.
weekly, or triweekly newspaper
shall use i'll his production any pa
per except newsprlnt and of
weight on the basis of not heavier
than 800 by A
No publisher may continue sub
scIiptiOns after three months after
date of expiration, unless sub.
scriptiOns are renewed and paid
for.
No publisher may give free cop
les of his paper, except for actual
service rendered; except to camp
libraries and huts or canteens or
organizations recognized by the
Government, such as the Red
Gross, Y Nj. G. A., or X. of g.;
except to the Library of Congress
and other libraries which will
agree to bind for permanent keep.
ing; except to Government depart.
mental libraries which use said
publications ia their work; and
except for similar reasons.
No publisher shall give free
copies TO advertisers, except not
more than one copy each for
checking purposes.
No publisher shall accept the
return of unsO!d copies from news
dealers.
No publisher shall send free
copies IN exchange for other publ.
cations, except to such other pub
LEGATIONS az are printed within
radius of 40 miles from his point
of publication.
No publisher shall sell his pub.
LEGATION at an exceedingly low or
nominal subscription price.
No publisher shall sell his pub
llcation to anyone below the pub
lished sut scription price.
Publishers shall, so far as posi-
BILE, procure paper and all other
materials from the nearest availa
be source of supply, provided 1t
Is consistent with price, quality,
and service.
Publishers OF papers of more
than elght pages IN size will re.
duce the pages IN excess of eight
pages 20 per cent. This reduc.
ton shall be an average reduction
over one months period.
No newspaper may be estab
lished during the period of the
war, except those for which ar
raDgements had been made and
plants purchased previous to The
Issuing of this order, or unless it
can be shown that new newspa.
per is necessity.
A sworn statement will be re
CURED from each publisher on
November l so as to show many #
these rules have been put into eff.
feet by him. and what result in
the matter of reducing paper con.
sumption have been obtained.
The Weekly Iberlan, on account
of the above ruling, respectfully
asks each individual to pay III
heir subscriptions in advance
A majority of our subscribers pay |
at the expiration OF the snbscrip
ton year; under the above Gov
eminent ruling this will no longer
De allowed by Postal authorities
All subscribers must pay in ad
Vance as sworn statement will
DE required by each and every
publisher IN the United States
Those who refuse to comply with
this request we shall be obliged to
drop from our mailing list, even
though they be our very best
friends.