Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1916 — PUBLISHERS WARNED TO CONSERVE SUPPLY [ARTICLE]

PUBLISHERS WARNED TO CONSERVE SUPPLY

Further Reduction in Consumption of News Print Demanded Because Surplus Stock Is Gone. > _____ New York, Aug. 17. —The board of directors and the paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association met here today and took steps designed to bring about a further reduction in the consumption of news print paper. The following telegram was sent to all numbers: “Production of news print is at its maximum and there is no surplus stock on hand. “The demand will soon increase, with no hope in sight of a supply sufficient to meet it. Monopolistic prices now prevail and will increase unless the demand is immediately reduced to a point well below production. “The only way to accomplish this is for you and every publisher to economize drastically by reducing the number of pages printed. “Reductions to be effective must be made immediately. How much will you reduce consumption?”