Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1917 — No Newsboys Required. [ARTICLE]

No Newsboys Required.

A Rochester newspaper has accomplished the task of selling newspapers without the aid of newsboys in the out'lying districts of the city. This- has been done with the aid of a motor truck, a number of sacks and coin receptacles. The sacks are placed on poles or tree branches, and contain 20 to 40 papers each . They carry signs reading: “Take paper and deposit coin in coin receptacle.” The motor truck delivers the sacks to their various positions in the morning and collects the empties and receipts in the evening. The returns show that very few people neglect to pay for the papers they take. The sales average 35 papers to the sack, and represent additional business. Investigation among the news dealers of the city also shows that they have not lost by reason of the new scheme. It is evident that the sacks serve a class of people who went without papers before, because they could not be served by the newsboy system.—Wall Street Journal. i