Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-21
WOULD RESTRICT READING MATTER
 IN NEWSPAPERS
n d datio n for De- creased Size and Increased Price of Dailies Made by Publishers Committee
CBy Review Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Restric- tions on the reading matter space Tn daily and Sunday editions of newspa- pers, a retail price of two cents or more and the elimination of all waste were recommended to the war indus tries board today by the committee on conservation of newsprint paper ap- pointed by the American Newspaper Publishers association. The recon mendations were taken under advise ment by board officials.
 The committee issued this state ment:
 "The committee on conservation If newsprint paper appointed by the American Publishers association re- spending to the call of the chairman of the pulp and paper section Of the war industries board. Mir. Thomas E. DOnnelly, for conference respecting the adoption of measures looking to the reduction of the consumption of paper, met today at the office of the war industries board. Mir DOnneily outliner to the publishers the neces. sity for radical reduction in the use of paper of all kinds and asked them to formulate for his information cer- tain definite recommendations for the accomplishment of that purpose by methods which would be effective and at the same time be fair and possible from the point view of the newspaper publishers.
 "The committee made reeommenda- tions based on the following Princi- ples:
 .1-The abolition of all waste, in- cluding returns in accordance with the suggestion already made to the pulp and paper seitiOn of the war in- dustries board and which have now been made mandatory by the board.
 '2-The retail price of two cents or more for all daily newspapers.
 "a-RestrictiOns on the reading mat ter space in daily and Sunday editions proportionate to the necessities of ton mage to be saved, and recognizing as nearly as possible the relative read ing space needs of the papers as indi- cated by their present use of space.
 Tn connection with the second prin- ciple stated the following resolution was adopted:
 Tt is the judgment of the commit tee that to avoid unfair competition and to make practicable the reduction ot the newsprint tonnage desired, it is necessary to fix the minimum retail price for daily papers at two cents.
 "The recommendation in the appli- cation of the third principle is as fol- lows:
 Reduction on all reading space up to fifty columns. per cent.
 Reduction of additional space over fifty columns and not over seventy col umns. 15 per cent.
 Reduction on additional space over seventy columns and not over ninety columns, 30 per cent.
 Reduction of all additional space over ninety columns 50 per cent.
 "The reductions to be based on the daily monthly average of each paper for the six months ending June 30. 1918.
 Recommendations as to the reduc- tion of the reading space in Sunday pa pers is as follows:
 Up to 150 columns reduction 10 per cent; next fifty up to 200 columns re- duction 20 per cent; next fifty up to 25O columns reduction 30 per cent; next fifty up to 300 columns reduction 40 per cent; next fifty up to $50 col umns 35 per cent
 Next fifty up to 400 columns and over reduction 60 per cent.
 Tt is suggested that these reduc- tions be effective for daily papers August 5. 1918. and for Sunday papers September 1. 1918.
 MT Donnelly and his assistants have taken the publishers recOmmen- dations under advisement"