The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-12-12
MUCH HIGHER RATES
FOR WEEKLY PAPERS
Scarcity OF Nswsprint Paper And
Enormously Higher Prices Are
Forcing This Change

The Georgia State Press associa-
ton in its meeting at Macon last week
discussed the difficulties now facing
the weekly newspapers Of the state.
and after a two-day session adopted
resolutions with an agreement that
they be printed on the front page of
all papers this week to give the pub
lie fair notice of the situation.
The resolutions adopted by the as
ISOLATION are as follows:
l. For the conservation of news
print, and for economy of operation,
all newspapers shall eliminate free
copies, free exchanges, shall put their
papers on an absolute cash-in-ad-
vance, and stop on expiration basis.
mailing checking copies to advertisers
only on insertion of ads; papers to
be sent advertising agencies in spec
tally marked wrappers; that all news
papers adopt the regulations of the
5. N. P. A. regarding newsprint con-
servatlon as far as practicable, and
that each newspaper Office investigate
the sale of waste paper, and, if prac-
tlcable, install necessary machinery
to bale same for shipping.
2. This association hereby indorses
the plan proposed by the S. N. P. A.
for a training school for linotype op-
orators and printers, and urges all
members to give active, practical as
sistance to further the plans for the
increase of linotype operators and
printers.
3. That this association urges all
home-print papers to adopt a sub
scription price of not less than So per
year, and recommends that the lar.
ger country papers advance their sub
scription price to $3.50.
4. That this association recon-
mends and strongly urges the adop-
ton of the following advertising rate
schedule, based on circulation:
For first 1000 circulation, not less
than 20 cents per inch.
For second 1000 circulation. not
less than 10 cents per inch.
For third 1000 circulation, not
less than 5 cents per inch.
We recommend that all political ad
vertising be subject to higher. rate
for reasons that are obvious to any
one conversant with this class of
business.
Standard Job Prices
5. That all newspaper plants doing
job work, adopt standard price list
in all cases where the cost system is
now used; that in so far as practic-
able, printers in the same territory
use the same system of determining
costs and prices.
6. That this association indorses
the suggestion of saving the waste
paper of the daily newspapers, to be
available for use by the weekly pa
pers, and we request the president to
take such steps as will insure proper
cooperation.
Z. This association hereby con-
dennis the publicity methods adopted
by certain politicians, public service
companies and others, and that the
secretary is hereby directed to notify
all known candidates for office, o!fi.e
holders, and all others seeking free
publicity through press agents, or
other means, that all such matter
will not be published by members of
the Georgia Press association, except
at paid advertising rates, applicable
to that class of business.
s. That this association assures the
Macon. Chamber of Commerce, the
Georgia Hotel Mems association and
the local newspapers and hotels of it's
deep appreciation for the many cour-
tesies extended this association while
in session in Macon.