Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1918 — THE WAR AND NEWSPAPERS [ARTICLE]

THE WAR AND NEWSPAPERS

High Mortality Record for Press Told of By H. N. Kellogg. Chicago, October 16.—The war’s effect on newspapers was told at 'the meeting of the Inland Daily Press association here. H. N. Kellogg, chairman of the special standing committee of the association, asserted that labor conditions have forced the consolidation of 251 daily papers in the United States and the suspension of 850 papers since the war began. Prediction was made that the cost of paper would soon increase $lO a ton over the present price. Delegates were prelent at the meeting from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and' Missouri.