The Springdale news., 1918-09-13
WHAT NE HAVE TO DO


 Following instructions have been promulgated by the government for The Operation of country newspapers ? and are printed in order that readers Of The News may hay ca through un- aerstanding of the situation These regulations will of course be complied with by this newspaper.
 To Publishers of Country Weekly Newspapers:
 The prieFities board Of the var iH- dustries board has listed paper mills as an essential industry, and has rated them in the fourth class for priority Tor coal, on the distinct understand Ing that the greatest possible economy - the Use Of paper be excerised. and mat the reduction in the use of paper hY the new papers shall be l , per cent Eaeh paper mill will be put upon the priority list for coal, conditional upon their signing d pledge that they will furnish no paper to any consumer who vii not also sign pledge in duplicate that he Hill exeerise the greatest pos sible economy in the use of paper. and VIII observe all rules and regulations oi the conservation division Of pulp and paper section of the war indast- ries board. These pledges are nov beng prepared and will be furnished nilortly. One copy will be left on file 1th the mill and the other will be sent
 this office
 ingi hu WAT committee of weekly news s ssAa4s publishers feels that the necess sary saFinT TTas per cent should come out of the industry as a. ', fi0fe. and in order to accomplish this purpose. made the following suggestions which were accepted by the pulp and paper section Of the war industries board and are to be effective September l, isIs
 Fa publisher shall eliminate the following nastefal practices l. for any reason 4 publisher desires to son- tinne any Of practices he must adopt some other method to aceumplsh sh A least 2 I5 per cent reduction IH fapef used IT by November l, 1913. d zav= ing s4 l5 per cent has not been made in the industry as a whole the matter will be reviewed by the pulp and paper seetIgH and further curt2sfreaiz Bil! be necessary.
 l. No p05iisner of a weekly. semi wesk.gg-6r rrimonthly newspaper shall lse iH Us production any paper except news nint. and of weight B the ba sis of hot heavier than 30Az x44-50 pounds ebasis 24x36-32 pounds All stocks now on hand may be used whether heWsprint, machine finishtd or sized and snpercalendered, and re- Yardless of weight.
 , No publisher may continue sub scriptions after three months after date Of expiration, unless subscrlp- tions are renewed and pald for
 ] No publisher may give free cop iss of his paper. except for actual ser vice rendered.. except to camp libraries and huts and canteens Of arganza- tons; except to the library of con gress.and other libraries which will agree to bind for permanent keeping except to government departmental libraries which use said publication in their work; and except for other reasons.
 1. No publisher shall give free cop ies te advertisers except not m8fe than one copy each for checking par poses.
 5 No publisher shall accept the return of unsold copies from news dealers
 | No publisher shall print ey,ra copies. fef stimulating advert sIna or 's subscriptions, or for an} use other than those specified m these regula- tons except not to exceed one Der cent af his circulation HltA 8 mInsmum ef ten copies.
 No publisher shall send free copies iu exchange for other publIeat- ions, except to such ottef publications as are printed within the county. or within radius of 40 m e. fnum hs point of publication
 k No publisher shall seH his pub lieatian at aa exceedingly low 5r nom lnal subscription price.
 Y No publisher shall sell his pub aeatlon to anyone below the published subscription price.
 IL No publisher shall offer prem. ssa with his publication unless
 1ee is put upon the premium for sale separately and the comoinei price at least i5 per cent of tae sum of the individual prices.
 II. No publisher shall conduct yot ing or other contests for the purrose of obtaining subscriptions Sub ia serptlons obtained in this way will not be considered bonsfide sHbscript. ions.
 t2 No publisher may issue holi- uay CT other special edition
 E. Publishers shall, 50 far as DOS sibie, procure paper and all other ma 7 terials from the nearest available soarse ot supply, provided it is con
 with the price, quality and ser IS x Publishers of papers of more ban eight pages in size will reduce the pages in excess of eight pages 2 per cent This reduction shall be an average reduction over one months period.
 l5. Any publisher of four or eight page paper will be considered to have fulfilled the requirements of this order If he immediately puts into effect paragraphs numbered ltol3 inclusive, and in addition thereto reduces to the lowest possible point of press room waste.
 Nc newspaper may be established during the period of the war, except N those for which arrangements had heen made and plants purchased pre- ! yious to the issuing of this order, or unless II can be shown that a news- paper IS necessity.
 \ sworn statement will be required 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 pap er consumption have been obtained