-A- i -4 V. v. t - $ "- . h NEWS PUT PAPER CRISIS i Continued from Page Twelve) when he should be getting it at only a vory moderate increase over his for mer cost. - ' i. The large publisher can protect himself to better advantage, because ho can contract for a year, has more jevt nue. and more room in which , to tarn around. The smaller publisher, further removed from the market and sources of supply, finds it cheaper even with the present high prices, to pay tho increase, than to travel about seek in better quotations." What will be the actual increase in to the larger publishers when esent contracts expire in De would confront these small r.naWo who have- their invested" In trreir Plants, unless the attitude of the larg er consumers of print changed. We askfed, in the interest of the little fel low, who was not in so good a position tu protect nimself, that the larger con sumers so curtain their demands and so reduce consumption, that the de mand would , be ; brought within the capacity of the mills to orodnc. thus protect the small newspaper man. juot now, is surrermg and is Paying , book:paper prices for print, because the large consumers have self lishly thought of themselves first. They are beginning-to think of the small fellows now. when their own ennnh is theatened." - " "Isn't there any way . by " which it I will be KJssible for the small publish-4 ers to 'get mill prices and eliminate cne jobbers ?" "TherBasV "What Vould you suggest?" The way Out for small Publishers. THE WILMINGTONISFWr calling- for standardization- is timely, ! far in excess of his larger brothers buuuiu yoe taicen Seriously, ' and con sidered earnestly by publishers, large and 'small." v "Economies are bemg practiced now. Will riot they tend tojialt what looked like. 'crisis?" v - The economis are of eleventh-noux adoption," Mr. Steele answered, 'The time to have put them into effect was Hast spring, when the news print manu facturers warned the tmblishers of fjust what might be expected, and when the publisher ignored our sug gestions."'' "Then, there will be a shortage of paper?" ...V ' ' ; K "It looks that way now." 'Ishere any wa,y to avert it?" "Yes, there are two T6medies." "Would you mind stating them," If . there is an increase in advertis "Now- all of this may be prevented, if the big men will concern themselves about vthe little ones. If they don't they will simply find, themselves in the midstof wreckage caused by the tear ing d&w& df their owid house." y "Will there be a notable, increase in the production of news print in 1917 over 1916, in response to the increasing demand?" Paper Production May Fall "Off. "I would not be surprised ' if there should be a decrease," replied Mr. Steele. "Why should there be less white pa per made next year than this?" "For the very reasons I have ex- PAGE THIRTEEN -1, r ; H i planed the antagonism of the news papers to the manufacturers, who, find ing that their "ef forts-are not appreciat ed, are gradually placing their ma chines on other and more profitable Ingr replied Mr. Steele, "as there isgrades of paper.' to supply a c6nstant very eviaence to Deiieve tnere wuiily growing demand in markets where be, judging the next few months by their efforts are appreciated and where the past year, it will be necessarv for i ; sai I - D u irSS u Mr' Steele newspapers to decline it, in order to consumers who are not only willing, IS iJi ma pUbh.shfrs wil1 util" keP within the capacity of the mills but anxious to pay the cost of manu rSL: ' associations as busi- to supply paper, for it will not be pos- facturer, plus a reasonable profit, ness organizations they can divorce sible for the manufacturers to produce ; to want to do for they are now themselves of nearly all of the troubles more paper On which to. print imore as they have b6en or yars con. of high prices. This is a simple propo- advertising.. We haven't the mills to , Btantly complaining about the high sition and when the remedy is so ap-'do it. or the capacity in the present j price 0f Nnews print, which has remain- A 13 TaS?g -t0 UUderStand miUs" ed about the same, or which has varied why it Is so steadily ignored. Each nDju'thezsz.. o shrdlu ETAQIN but siigMly above or below 2 cents association should, employ a manager; Advertising Rates Must Be Raised. a pound. lf the amount of news print who will collect data as to the supplies : "The alternative is to raise advertis- manufactured next year is less than required by each and every , member, ing rates, and, this, it seems to "me,!the amoUnt put out this year, the pub and then, in the name of the associa-'is the fairest way the only method Hshers will have only themselves to tion, contract for sufficient paper to . by which all may be treated alike, j blame, for they are using every meth carry them all throught the year. In Raising the rates will cause a cor-od possible to antagonize manufactur es way, paper stock may be ordered responding reduction in the amount of j ers certainly they are not cooperat in carload lots, shipped to a central . advertising space, give all advertisers jng witn us and certainly they have point as supplies are desired, much : an opportunity to get into the paper, not accepted the warning we in good cheaper than is possible in any other ( will put them all on the same basis, i faith gave them The goose tnat has way. This plan $wquld apply to all of. and give each an equal opportunity to haid tne goiden eggs in the past will the purchases of everything the news-' reach, the consuming public, The raise ' continue to lay them in the future. The papers buy." ' m rates will enable the newspapers to publishers have not killed the goose. "Are there any other, economies that' meet the. increased prices they have They are jusmt driving it out of their you can suggest that would be of bene-' to pay for everything that enters into yardf into the yard of someone else." fit to the publishers?" the making of the modern newspaper., ' Editor And . Publisher Plan Endorsed. ; Publishers must decrease the size of "The Editor and Publisher hit the their papers voluntarily, if possible nail squarely on the head in last Sat-' involuntarily when the present ca urday's issue, in its leading editorial, ' pacity of. the manufacturers is exceed in which it stated that out of the ed, then give the reading public the present crisis there should emerge a same proportional amount of reading WOrld has ever known once said when plan for standardizing the newspaper matter under readjusted conditions on the eve of a decisive naval engage business. The present crisis may be that they give at the present time. It a blessing in disguise. The Editor and j seems to me that this should be the Publisher certainly struck the key-1 policy. It is the plan adopted in every 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- LET EVERY SOLDIER DO 4 HIS DUTY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 One of the greatest admirals the pi'H their pr prober and January, Prices Will Be Higher. "That is difficult to state at this tinv..' replied Mr. Steele. "So large a proportion of the contracts for sup ply of news print- paper of the larger publishers runs for the calendar year, that there has been no tremendous in , rea?e in the price paid by the larger publishers up to this time, on the aver ago. In fact, I should be very much surprised if on the average the price now being paid by those who hold an nual contracts is 5 per cent, higher than it was a year ago. The expense ot niaKing news pnui payer uas in creased tremendously and is still in creasing. One of the most serious questions faring the manufacturer of news print paper today is the. supply of his pulp wood for next year. It is conceded fully that the, cost of pulp wood next yar will be tremendously increased over what it has been for a number of years. At the present time the sell ing price of pulp wood in Canada is about 10 per cent, higher than the price ruling a year ago, and with the labor situation as it is, there is more fear in the minus of news print paper manufacturers that they may not be able to get their supply of pulp wood for next year at any price, rather than that the? will have to pay an increased price for this important raw material, dardization. In no other business in ized and profitable, and the best "With a demand from foreign countries jthe world warned? as the newspaper should be done too good for the news men were warned, would such a crisis papers. It should not be difficult to have been permitted to reach . this; bring about this change. In some way the service expected of any gdod sol- point. In every other line, readjust-'. or other it must be done, for, as 1 have j dier Jf i nmestetashrdl ETAOIN ffl stated, its only a question of timej On November the seventh the tale ments have been made to suit condi- j before there will be an absolute short-, wni be told. The State Democratic tions. "A age of paper, and then it will have to , Executive Committee is offering a "It has been a question of ex-ibe done, whether the publishers like , beautiful silk flag to the county giv rather than choice. With it or not. 5 the newspapers it has been a "matter, Reserve Stock Is Exhausted. ' They should." ' I of choice rather than expediency. The . "The bottom of the reserve stock ' Will the mills be willing to deal plan of The Editor and Publisher to has been reached. The demand is stii . strong. Today there are registered with them?" standardize the business will prove the in excess of the supply, and publishers in one ward alone over 1,200 voters. Tiiey will." V- open sesame to greater success. Why j are asking for more papery than can The other wards and the county pre'-' This applies to large and small pub-' shouldn't publishers be as frank with,' be produced. They are bidding against cincts will run the total registration lishers?" - one another as are men in other lines, J one another in the matter of price. ' over 3,000. 'If every one of these reg- ' As I stand before, the requirements Why shouldn't they cooperate to the 'That is to say, individually, they arejstered will only do the small service of some publishers are so small that same extent? It was by comparing doing the very thing calculated to in-;Qf casting his vote for governor-to-be, they cannot cintract to advantage. Let 1 notes that the news print manufactur-j crease prices while collectively they Thomas Walter Bickett, along with me illustrate: Here in one town in ' ers were able to foresee the condition t are condemning high prices and lay- his vote for President Wilson, New the North we find a man who prints a that faces the newspapers today, that! ing the blame on the manufacturers. Hanover county will realize the great-five-column, four-page weekly. In the" made it possible for us to issue the . In a word, the manufacturers are j est victory she has experienced in South one who prints an eight-page, warning we gave last April, and which j blamed for conditions they cannot many a day; too, she will be clothed seven-column weekly, in the same the publishers who were present at ( control, and which the publishers jn honor she will never forget and number of pages and columns to the the meeting on April 5 ignored. Sup- themselves are bringing about, and that she may ever be justly proud of. pa.ee. but allcarrying different sized pose we conducted our business the t which could have been avoided, if The State will respect us more for our margins, and no two sheets of - the same way the newspapers do where the warning issued by the mill men untiring efforts. same basis of weight. One man may . would the news print industry be to- had been taken, wnen it was given in j The records of the two parties jus tifies anyone to cast a vote for Dem- note there. There should be stan- other line of business that is standard- at prices nearly aouDie tne present price being charged fomews prinfc-in this country, there is little likelihood Oi prices being named which will be anywhere near as low as they have been for years past." "Shouldn't all publishers buy direct from the mills, rather than through pediency, jobbers," - ttie news ment, "England expects every man to do his duty." At this critical period in our nation's history the same may be said of Democracy, she expects every good and loyal son of "that great party, the party of the people, to stand to his post of duty and render ing the greatest increase over 1912 gubernatorial vote. In 1912 the Dem ocrats of New Hanover were just 1,990 ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of The South Excy $20.95 Jacksonville, Fla. $21.45 State Camp, Ha. ;- v Account the following important Na tional events: ' ": ' : Southern Rifle Association, October 11 and 12. National Rifle Association, October 13 to 19. National Rifle Practice, October 20 and 21. I National Individual Rifle Match, Oo- tober 23. National PistolMatch, October 24. National Team Match, October 24 to 26. Tickets will be sold to Jacksonville and return September 16, 17, 18, ?3, 24, 25, 30; October 1 and 2 and to State Camp and return October 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 j and 16. All tickets will be limited re- j turning until November 4, 1916. Re-j duced fares for parties of ten or more traveling together. 3 t $18.-30 Chattanooga, Tenn. Account Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and Ohto Mounument Association. Tickets will be sold Oct. 17 and 18, limited return ing until October 23v ' $4.85 Raleigh, N. C. Account 56th N. C. State Fair. Tickets ; will be sold October 14 to 21, inclu-i sive, limited returning until October ! 23rd. j $3.35 Fayetteville, N. C. - j Account Cape Fear Fair. Tickets will j be sold October 24, 25, 2b and 27, limit ed returning until October 28, and4.n-' elude admission to Fair. $22.30 Philadelphia, Pa. j Account Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America. Tickets will be. sold October 20, 21 and 22, limited return ing until November 2. j $18.35 Atlanta, Ga. Account Southern Medical Association. Tickets; will be sold November 12, 13 and 14, limited returning until Novem ber 19. $1.80 Chadbourn, N. C. Account Columbus County Agricul tural and Educational Rally. Tickets will be sold Friday, October 27, limited returning until, midnight of date of sale. Special Train will leave Wil mington 7:30 a. m., arrive Chadbourn 9:35 a. m. Returning leave Chadbourn 5:09 p. m. for Wilmington. $2.40 Clinton, N. C. Account Sampson County Fair. Tickets will be sold October 31 and November 1, 2 and 3, limited returarng until No vember 4. $3.90 Sanford, N. C. Account Lee County Agricultural Fair. Tickets will be sold November 1, 2 and 3, limited returning until November 4. PROPORTIONATE KAKES FROM OTHER POINT8 ON THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE, "Tho Standard Railroad ot the South." We carry the same high class of canned and bottled goods as the down town Stores, and if you' will ask -for our prices, we can save you money. '" No high over head expenses. Good reason, Isn't it? THOMAS GROCERY COMPANY, Inc. Phone 294. Established 1888. 4th and Campbell Sts. 73 TIANTUG BAS1F URJE Arrivals and DeparturbS of Trains at Wilmington, Effective Sept 11, lylfr Time Not Guaranteed. ' DEFABXUBK : 1 TO AND FROM ) ARRIVALS t No. 90. Uoldsboro, Richmond, Norfolk and JSaatern No. 91. S:40, A. M. North Carolina points. Connects at Golds- 1:15 A. M. Dally Except boro with Southern Railway at Nsrfol Daily Except Sunday.. Southern Railroad. Monday. No . No. 65. 5:15 A. M. Jacksonville, New Ben and latwdlat w :15 P. M. Mon., Wed. and stations. Mon., Wed. ana Friday Only. Friday Only. x, , Chadbourn, Conway, Florence, Charleston, KT - t?-- Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa St. ?wiw .m i r Petersburg, Fort Myers Columbia ana iw n.so a. m. AshevUle, Pullman Sleeping; Car ttwcen lztvt Wilmington and Columbia, open to re-' celve outbound passengers at Wilmlngi . ton at and after 10:00 P. M. and may fcs occupied, Inbound until 7 KK) A. M. Uoldsboro, Richmond, Norfolk and Wash No. 18. lnpton. Parlor Cars between Wilmington No. 40 Dally. &nc Norfolk connecting at Rocky Mount Dally. 8:4 A. M. with New York trains having Pullman 6:08 P. JC Service. . i , No. 53. Solid trala between Wilmington and ML ' No. 52 Daily. Airy via Fayetteville and Sanford. Daily. 8: 45 A. M. ' 8:00 P. M. No. 62. I No. 63. Now Dally Jacksonville, New Bern and .InUrmediat Dallyl 8:25 P. M. stations. ' P M. Chadbourn, Florence. Columbia, August., Atlanta and the West. Charleston 8a- Nn vannah and all Florida Points. All Steel a r"iiv Pnllman Sleeping Cars between Wllmlng. nailv .jie m ton and Atlanta, via Augusta. Sleeping i 8.4S P. jr, Carg daily between Florence and Cofum- 18 50 S bla, which may be occupied at Colum bia until 7:00 A. M. No. 59. No. 60. and"satiUnly tteville ana Intermedia Btatl.ai. F&UoZfo ' 6:80 P. M. 10:15 A. M. , , . . Dally. Qoklsboro, Richmond, Norfolk, Washington and New York, Pullman BroPer, JioZet "No. 42. Sleeping Cars, between Wilmington and No. 41. Daily. Washington, connecting with New Tor Daily 6:45 P. M. trains carrying dining cars; also Pullman 9:50 A. M. Sleeping Cars between Wilmington and Norfolk. For Folder, Reservations, rates of fares, etc., call 'Phone 160. W.J.CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. Wilmington, N. C. ' one ton of paper year a large ; day, and what would the papers do"? good faith.' "What will the effect of this be?' ocracy. Those who remember the To New York and Georgetown, S. C. use amount for many weekly publishers, ' Do you imagine for a moment that j while others consume ten to twelve they would be getting paper for any-1 "The first effect will be to cause the ( dark days of fusion and carpet-bag bundles a year. It is manifest that a thing like as low a price as they do suspension of a number of papers. The J rule will not hesitate as to how he mill cannot take an order for a single at the present time? j small publisher will feel it first. His)Wni cast his vote, and that vote will bundle of paper and-many papers j What Must Be Done. I demands are insignificant, compared . be for Democracy, buy only one bundle at a time. So : 'Standardization, cooperation, con- with the( enormous quantities of news ' The record of Attorney-General those men buy through the jobber, who ' sulfation, give and take, economy, eli- print consumed daily by the metropoli- j Bickett justifies anyone to cast a vote has to carry a stock in supply of all ruination of unnecessary extravagan- tan papers, like those of New York, . for him as governor. He has been ;;?(. tn mppt dpmands " ices, mail, press-room, exchange, and Philadelphia. Boston, Chicago, Pitts- faithful in his duties as attorney-gen- ,.n n,,Mict.or will hft Tnare-inal wastes all of these thines burg. Cleveland, and ottier centres or eral. and it stands to reason he would I NEW YORK TO WILMINGTON. ! t neu, Liie oiixaii juuhduv. - t - i affected more than the Targer one?" (enter into it. We pointed them out population. These small publishers, not deviate from his way. He fought S. S. Onondaga. .Wednesday, Oct. 11th Sought Feaerar-lnqulry. in April. A spirit of cooperation will lacking the capital possessed by their for Democracy during the dark days, 3- S. Huron Monday, Oct. 16th ' Exactly " replied Mr. Steele. "That prevent misunderstanding and do away big brothers, will have to suspend, un- excepting his every effort and energy WILMINGTON TO GEORETOWN. one nf thp ooints we brought out at with mstrust. rages snoum De stan- itsss mcie i uuui6c u nu lo reclaim iue staii ironi me ciuicnesis. t. unondaga Monaay, uct . 1 -VV A. i.1 IU 2 . m - m m m m I the conference of the publishers last dardized as to size, columns as to botn tne Dig newspapers. iexi, me uiS oi tne DiacK cioua wnicn tnen envei- s. Apni when our advances were resent-i width and length, just as barrels and men themselves will suffer, for as1 oped her. His record is before us; frt That i tho vprv noint the Federal i bottles are as to size and capacity, and I have stated, the demand for the the record' of Linney is an unknown i S. Trade Commission is making, and that ! just as a foot rule is with regard to smaller men are insignificant compar-. quantity I S. S. Huron. ...... .Monday, Oct. 23rd i thQ ;r.t ma in tninrl when we j length. As it is, each publisher pro- ed with theirs. They will have their j if Democracy justifies our vote, if J S. S. Onondaga does not carry pas. After reading what Vice President ! Marshall says about the fate of the I Progressives we can not help feeling ; that it must make him provoked j every time he realizes that his ini-1 tials are T. R. Terre Hau1;e (Ind.) Star. ' I UDorton Schedo le ' " In Effect October 9, 1?16. t? WINTER PARK, WRIGHTSVILLE, WRIGHTS- VILLE BEACH And Intermediate Points EASTBOUND 16th S. Huron. .... .Thursday, Oct. 19th WILMINGTON TO NEW YORK. S. Onondaga Friday, Oct. 20th asked that th.3 news an iniuirv be made into ceeds to do something different, so far supply prorated or be unable to get Mr. Bickett's record justifies our sup- sengers. nfint manufacturing indus-' as the size of his page, the width of any. My heart goes out to the small; port,, if by doing our duty we can reap j S. S. Huron carries first class pas- - ... i - t a 1.1 ...v. rn.ima nr'a niihliahor TTo IfS trlA TY1 H.T thfi T1P.WS untnlH tinnnr fnr nnr pnnntv th on -lot oonr-ora rnlxr trv Please to remember tnat we ; ms sneei, ui me uumucr ui v& - v-"e- cou"ht this inauiry There had been . concerned. There seems to be n print manufacturers are concerned ( us do our part, stand behind our guna t Freight accepted from and for near no much talk that we felt that, in jus-i fixed 'rule as to the amount of reading aboutr He is the man who can least j and give Democracy the greatest by North Carolina points at advantage- oi,ro frt .should be matter that should be carried witn anora u, anu ne is cumpeneu w ptbuubp oi approval sue nas ever exper- uu latco. selves, me iat BUUU1U i . . n.Ti iu.i i m i j -..t tt i wnr ereueum rr roforonra tn artvRrtisinff. and all of mis tne nigner price, muiouij' iuai,ue wmienceu in iNew rtanover county, on' 1 tnmgmr ww.f spells wastfe. i be the first to be forced to suspend, November, the seventh. "The Editor and Publisher's editorial after having been penalized in price,' A. DEMOCRAT. tu-e to our laid bare by an impartial Federal in vestigation. "We foresaw the condition that J. BECKER, Agents. Wilmington. N. C. 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