Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1920 — LAFAYETTE DAILY RAISES RATE [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE DAILY RAISES RATE

Paper Will Be $1 More to Mail Subscribers After This Week. The Lafayette Journal-Courier announces that Its subscription rates will be increased $1 per year to mail subscribers, beginning July 5. In making the announcement, It says: The Journal Courier is among the last of the Indiana daily newspapers to Increase its mail subscription rates but this step is made imperative by ever increasing costs of production. On July 1 newspaper postage rates will be increased 25 per cent, making a 75 per cent increase during the past 18 months. Express rates on newspapers have doubled, the price of print paper is eight times what it formerly was and other 'hosts have Increased proportionately, it has bebome necessary to increase the price or jpail subscriptions."