The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-09-06
pOR PUBLIC INFORMATION

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10, under a ruling of the War In
anStries Board country publishers
r.re reouired to economize on print
aooer There are no ifs nor ands
about it, reduction in the quantity
= naner must be curtailed owing to
shortage OF supply. and the pros
0oc, Of a continuation of that short
80. during the war. The following
.rs the rules promulgated which are
nubshed for general information
md Il may be added that the news
n,Oer that fails to comply with the
regulations. and a report of action
must be submitted under oath, will
have its supply of white paper cut
af which would mean suspension OF
uuDlcation. If this works a hardship
an some subscribers charge it up to
ths kaiser, who is responsible:
,The war committee of weekly
newspaper publishers feels that the
necpssary saving of 10 per cent
should come out of the industry as a
whole and, in order to accomplish
mi, purpose made the following sug-
sestions, which were accepted by the
pulp and paper section Of the war in
dustres board and are to be effective
September |. 1918.
Each publisher shall eliminate
the following wasteful practices. If
fr any reason a publisher desires to
continue any of these practices he
must adopt some other methods to
accomplish at least 10 per cent re-
duction in paper used. II by Noyem-
ber l, 1918, a saving of 10 per cent
has not been made in the industry as
whole, the matter will be review ed
by the pulp and paper section and
further curtajlments will bs neces-
Mry"
|. No publisher OF a weekly, semi
weekly or trimonthiy newspaper
shall use In its production any pa
per except news print. and of n
weight on the basis of not heavier
than 3Olsx44-50 pounds Oasis
24x3S-32 poupds). All stocks now
on hand may be used whether news
print, machine finished or sized and
supercalendered. and regardless OF
selght,
4 :. No publisher may continue sub
scriptions after three months after
date Of expiration, unless supscrip-
tiOns are renewed and paid for.
5. No publisher may give free cop
ies OF bis paper, except for actual
service rendered; except to camp
libraries aud nuts or canteens OF or
ganizations; except TO the library OF
congress, and other Libraries which
will agree to bind for permanent
keeping; except to government de-
partmentai Libraries which use said
publications in their work; and eX-
cept for other reasons
I. No publisher shall give free
copies to advertisers, except not more
than one copy each for checking pup
poses.
S. No publisher shall print extra
copies for stimulating advertising or
Subscriptions, or for any use other
than those specified in these regula-
tons, except not to exceed one per
cent Of his circulation with a mini
mum of ten copies.
l. No publisher shall send free
copies In exchange for other publica-
tons, except to such other publica-
tions as are printed within the coun-
Y, or within a radius Of 40 miles
from his poins of publication.
No publisher shall sell hfS pub
ication at an exceedingly low or
nominal subscription price.
D. No publisher shall sell his pub
lication to anyone below the publish
60 subscription price.
~. No publisher shall offer prem
iums with his publication unless a
price Is put upon the premium for
sale separately and the combined
price Is at least rs per cent Of the
sum OF the individual prices.
II. No publisher shall conduct
voting or other contests for the pur-
pose OF obtaining subscriptions. Sub
scrlptions obtained in this way will
moi De considered bOnafide subscrip-
tons.
H. No publisher may issue holiday
industrial or other special edition.
10. Publishers shall, so far as pos
slple' procure paper and all other
materials from the nearest available
source OF supply, provided it is con-
''s'eht with price, quality and service
H. Publishers of papers Of more
.aan eight pages in size will reduce
Me pages in excess Of eight pages
80 per cent. This reduction shall be
al average reduction over one months
period.
TO- Any publisher of a four OF
e'sht page paper will be considered
nave fulfilled the requirements ol
'ils order If he Immediately puts in
" " eHect paragraphs numbered l to
40 inclusive, and in addition there
" reduces to the lowest possible
~'ut all press-room waste.
NO newspaper may be established
.ufing the period of the war, eXcep
or which arrangements had beer
'aae and plants purchased previou!
y. " 'he issuing of this order, or unles:
can be shown that a new news
paper is necessity.
sworn statement will he required
run each publisher on November
40 10 now many of these rules hav,
'een put into effect by him, and wha
.'suits IN the matter Of reducing pa
p'i consumption have been obtained
~ Is not often that crOu of ha1