Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1920 — BOOKS FOR EVERBODY. [ARTICLE]

BOOKS FOR EVERBODY.

Publishers declare that the nation has entered upon what wan been characterized as “the golden age of reading,” and are giving their full support to toe BOOM for Everybody*’ movement, in winch the Rensselaer Public Library is cooperating with libraries throughout the United State. As a means of meeting the new apprecrationoJ the printed page which is laTjteiy an outgrowth of the wy ;> p«»nMing firms are asserting their eagerness to assist the American Laorary Association’s program for promoting the establishing of more pugg libraries and broader development of library service. , . Present demands upon existing public libraries are a severs AW"™ upon their limited resources, A I* A. officials declare. Requests for book service from the large ares* without libraries have been mors inaistant than ever before. _ Publishing fi™* ters in New York City nave W* proved their quota of S6O,QW yward the nation-wide Books Everybody” fund of S2,OOO,<ML Publishers’ subscnpbons will be agh plied on New York City’s appytionment of $260,000. A tee composed of repreeeutMßvwjor the D. Appleton Company, » Century Company, and Funk* Slid 1 nails has been appointed the American Library Assoeiationm raising the $60,000 quota for toe publishing trade. Job printing at ItHM* ’ ■ '■