Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1916 — GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. PREDICTS HIGHER PRICES Redfield Says One-Cent Paper Will Be Thing of Past. Washington, July 18. —“The onecent newspaper will be a thing of the past within a short time,” predicted Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield. “Prices have increased all along the line on nearly all commodities, and within the last few months there has been a steady increase in the price of the materials entering into the making of news print paper and an increased demand for paper. “The indications are that early this fall when new contracts are made, or before, there will be further increases in news print paper prices, and publishers will be unable to get out one-cent papers without a loss, and an increase In price will be imperative. “From information which has reached me, I am of the opinion that advertising rates will have to be in creased also, as it appears that the increased cost of paper can not be made up alone by the increase in the price of the newspaper.”