Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1916 — Paper Shortage Getting to Be a Serious Proposition. [ARTICLE]

Paper Shortage Getting to Be a Serious Proposition.

Many newspapers over the state have been compelled to make an increase in subscription rates on account of the great advance in the price of print paper. The Logansport Journal-Tribune has announced that their paper will be reduced to an eight page-paper whenever possible. Their contract for print paper at a price of $1.93 per hundred has expired, and in response to inquiries at several mills, all but one replied that they could not furnish stock at any price. One concern said they would ship one car load of 20 tons at a price of $5.25 per hundred f. o. b. mills. This means an increase of nearly $12,000 per year in cost of paper to the JournalTribune. The price is getting beyond the reach of many publishers. —Brook Reporter.