Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — Newspapers Raise Prices [ARTICLE]

Newspapers Raise Prices

The price of all New York newspapers selling at 1 cent has been increased to 2 cents. A statement published in the Sun says that “for more than a year the owners of New York newspapers have fought against an increased selling price, hoping that some way somehow the cost of print paper would- come down to a point that would make it possible for us to continue selling our newspapers at 1 cent. * * * No business has been hit harder by the war and war costs than the newspaper business. The size of the investment considered, and all the tear and risk considered, there isn’t a newspaper in New York now showing a decent return, and most papers so considered are running at an enormous loss.” This situation, of course, is not confined to New York. All newspapers are feeling the effects of «the print paper, material and wage increases, and some the smaller ones in country towns are the heaviest sufferers. It is certain that the price advance, with its tendency to reduce circulation, would not have been made in New York had not necessity compelled. There will probably be little complaint from the public, because a good newspaper at 2 cents is cheap.