Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-07
PUBLISHERS / AGING.
FREIGHT RATE. WAR.
Southern Roads Fighting to.
Boost Carrying Charges
for News Print Paper.
b. the Associated Press.

ASaEVILLE, N. c., July Ger
tain railroads in the South are NOV
inc heaven and earth to increase the
freight rates on news print paper to-
Tennessee terminal points which vir-
turalfy control the whole structure OF
rates to the entire South, the South.
ern Newspaper Publishers Associa.
ton was informed In the report Of Its
traffic committee at its twenty-f fourth
annual convention here today.
Canadian, New England and other
Eastern trunk lines, on the contrary,
ARE the friends Of the Southern daily.
newspaper publishers" and have re-.
fused to agree to such advances, the
report stated. AS the Canadian, New
England and trunk line territories are.
competitive, the rates on this COM
modify win not be raised from one
section without proportionate in
creases from the other, in the belief
of the traffic committee.
Labor Costs Vary.
The report of the committee on
business affairs shows that analysis
of labor cost reports gathered from
90 per cent of the members Of the
association and dealing with every
phase of newspaper operation en-
braces tremendous variations in the
unit cost of type production. "
The greatest cost per page. natur
ally is found In the largest plants
where pages are closely set and large
crews are maintained to catch early
editions with numerous make-overs, "
says the report ssThe smaller papers,
as well as some of the big fellows,
sustain a high unit cost of production
through their failure to use maximum
size pages with full-length columns.
s A review of the first years opera.
lions and plans for the future Of the
Lee School OF Journalism at Wash
ington and Lee University were con.
tanned in the report Of the school Of
journalism committee.
The objective of the school. the re-
port says, is to become a clearing
house" for Southern Journalism.
One Of the features of the report is
the subscriptions which have been Sc
cured toward its operation, amount
ing to $4,000, Of which $47, 760.9S
already has been paid in. OF the
total amount pledged the S. N. p. A.
subscribed $60,500 and has already
made available $4,000; Mrs. 7: p.
Richardson subscribed and paid in
$4,000; and the general public, sub
scribed $500; paid in $5,060.9S.
Report on Postal Rates.
The groundwork has been laid for
a real possibility" of securing re-
turn to the 1920 basis Of postal rates
on second-class mail. Col. Robert
Ewing, publisher of the New Orleans
States and chairman of the postal
committee reported today.
The report expresses the hope that |
the short session Of Congress. which |
will begin next December, win take |
up the matter of postal rates on news-i
papers and other classes of mail.
Kent Cooper. general manager of |
the Associated Press, last night ad- |
dressed the members on the tradi- |
ton of the Associated Press, and the |
weaving of these traditions into the |
fabric Of present day needs and ac-
complishments of the news agency.
Immediately following Mr.. Cooper's
address a moving picture, Romance
of News portraying the machinery
and methods of the association. was
shown.
Praises Melville e. Stone.
Mr.. Cooper reviewed the history Of |
the movement which resulted In the |
of the Associated Press |
and paid high tribute to its first gem
eral manager, Melville e. Stone, char
acterizing him as lone of the worlds |
greatest idealists."
while the Associated Press under /
It's present management honors the |
traditions Of the Associated Press in |
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