Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1914 — PUBLIC MUST PAY FOR R. R. FOLDERS [ARTICLE]

PUBLIC MUST PAY FOR R. R. FOLDERS

Free Distribution Will B e Discontinued After the First of the Approaching Year. After' January 1 anybody who wants a railroad folder- may be charged one or two cents for a publication that has been handed out free for generations. The. presidents of. the roads operating out of Chicago passed a resolution to discontinue on January 1- all free folders in hotel-and outside ticket offices throughout the country. The action was taken only after it became apparent that what was deemed a waste could not be handled by the general passenger agents because ft was rumored that some of the latter were interested in the companies that controlled the distribution of the folders in hotels and stations. It is estimated that something like 5,000,000 folders are distributed free by the Chicago western railroads every year through hotel and outside offices alone, and that a-total of 25,000,000 folders are given away by the roads through every source." These fplders ebst an average of two cents each. If the rail roacls put through a charge of one cent for *thc folders distributed through the ticket windows of their own lines it will mean payinent of half the cost of printing. . The'railroad executives say the folder has long since served its day and that there is no reason for its continued existence unless the pub lie cares to pay the cost of printing, If the eastern roads join the west erp lines in charging for folders the total saving will be $1,000,000 a year.