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Show PIPED SHORTAGE CAUSES ANXIETY Newspaper Publishers Dis cuss Measures to Meet Print Supply Scarcity. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Material increases in-creases in advertising and subscription rates, limitation of the size of newspapers news-papers and provisions in advertising contracts con-tracts whereby rates can be adiusted monthly or quarterly, were recommendations recommenda-tions made today by a special convention of the American Newspaper Publishers' association called to consider the news print shortage. The report of the resolutions committee, commit-tee, adopted unanimously, follows: "Paper manufacturers have told us that there is a world-wide shortage of paper. At the present rate of consumption, the newspapers are using about 10 per cent more paper than is being produced. This means an annual shortage on the present basis of approximately 2U0.000 tons. Your committee, therefore, recommends: "That the regulations of the war industries in-dustries board for the conservation of news print be strictly adhered to, and that the full text of all these regulations be sent to all the daily and Sunday newspapers news-papers of the United States, whether or not they are members of the A. N. P. A. "That publishers everywhere be urged to materially increase advertising and subscription rates and at the same time limit the size of their issues. "That no newspaper enter into a yearly contract for advertising at a fixed rate, but make rates adjustable monthly or quarterly. "That the A. N, P. A. send out a standard form of adjustable contracts for advertising. "That the paper committee strongly discourage the hoarding of print paper. "That the white paper committee and the legislative committee of the A. N. P. A. urge the enactment of such legislation legis-lation as will permit the development of water power so that our timber lands may be made fully available for the manufacture man-ufacture of wood pulp, lumber and paper, pa-per, and we also recommend that congress con-gress be urged to take steps that will induce the Canadian government" to repeal re-peal the order in council prohibiting the export of wood cut from crown lands. "We recommend that the president appoint ap-point a committee on conciliation for the purpose of adjusting differences between publishers in competitive territories. That the members of this committee be selected se-lected with the view to governing the entire en-tire country. That this committee formulate for-mulate sUCh plans and recommendations as will assist in adjusting existing differences, dif-ferences, so far as possible: that each member of this committee be given allotment al-lotment over certain territory and he authorized au-thorized to appoint subcommittees to deal with conditions in cities of competitive territories within that area. "It is further recommended that this committee keep the print paper committee com-mittee of the A. X. P. A. informed as to its problems and accomplishments; that the entire membership of the A. X. P. A. cooperato with this committee to the end that it may result in the greatest great-est benefit to all most vitally concerned." In line with the recommendations of Franklin P. Glass, president of the association, asso-ciation, that publishers cooperate with news print manufacturers, a committee of the publishers conferred with a committee com-mittee of the American Pulp and Paper association. The results of the conference confer-ence were embodied largely in the resolutions reso-lutions which were ndonted. 11. S. Kel- logg, secretary of the Xews Print Service bureau, told the convention that the mills were unable to increase production, as they were running at 100 per cent capacity. |