Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 36 | Decided Slump in Paper Stocks

DECIDED SLIP II PAPERSTOGKS Production Shows a Decrease; De-crease; Newspaper to Cease Publication. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Stocks of news print on hand at fifty-six mills In the United States at the end of Aupust amounted to 16,507 tons of standard news and 20,731 tons of total print, according to the figures compiled today by the federal fed-eral trade commission. Production from January to September Septem-ber 1 was 764.134 tons of news print as compared with S43,0Ssi tons for the corresponding corre-sponding period of 1917. HTTNTTN'GTOV, W. Va., Sept. 21. Trie Evening- Journal today was requested by Thomas B. Donnelly, chief of the Pulp and Paper section of the war Industries board, to suspend publication for the duration of the war. The paper was first' issued on June . In his letter to the publishers Mr. Donnelly Don-nelly said: "On Aupust "24 we Issued regulations that newspapers could not be started during the period of the war, but if you were established prior to that period, technically you have the riht to continue your publication. The print paper situation, situa-tion, however, is becoming more and mere acute on account of the lack of coal and shortage of transportation and it is necessary for the war industries board to curtail its use in every possible respect "If it would be possible for you to suspend sus-pend the publication of your Evening Journal, you would be doinp a patriotic act both to the public and newspaper interests." The publishers indicated their intention to comply with the request. Publication will be resumed at the close of the war, it was stated.