Show rI N Newspaper e Price Increases rs s I 1 T li MANY ANY people can recall the joyous time the newspapers s of th the theY Y 2 country had at the thc expense of one of President n Cleveland's numerous pungent declarations declarations declarations' that it t is is a condition not nota a theory a confronts us 4 l ThiS is h has t s in a way become a shade that has re- re 1 tt rne d to fo o disturb the American press which most certa certainly is con con- lr tc by Y a condition that that is no not at all theoretical This his fo condition I i the e advancing cost of operations and the p prevailing h high g l. l price and a constantly constan ly decreasing deceasing supply of white print paper pap r. r f 1 Throughout t its its history the the theA A American pr press ss has been een accustomed tg tOni tomed led d to taking up the cudgel for or assuming various burdens of I the g general public but now with its back to the wall and f fighting y Pl t existence it itis is to be hoped and really is expected that the theW W ame n.e. general public will wilt return the kindness by b byl l lending nd ng its moral 1 upp support pp rt t and perhaps expressing its sympathy not hot t for publication v t. t as evidence of good faith f i 1 r. j-r. I eady the mortality among the newspapers per of tI the e. e cou country t y been great and on the tombstones es of each of those publications which has turned up its toes toe to the thc daisies r might r. r truth truth- ly be be inscribed the touching s sentence nt nce P r hed in n the PrintS Print n Famine JJ V Mapy apy other newspapers in a fig fight for Jor e existence e have rethe re- re uc th the number of pages s while practically lly all l hive ve been forced r from fo a actual lal necessity to increase their a advertising y and s subscription tion r rates t I 4 kAs v k i l lAS lASa As Asa a re result of the advance i in subscription r rates the I cent 1 cent v daily n newspaper practically has disappeared d while hil in m inmany many sec- sec It tron n of or f the thc coun country ry 5 S cents per copy is now now w j the e est established price ji for we weekdays and I 10 0 cents on Sundays The rhe smallest subscription n ap e. e of any of the leading New York dailies was 33 3 per er cent 11 hile the greatest st increase was per percent cent i 1 V Next t to o it its daily b bread e d th the e enlightened 1 i. i ten d. d Am American ican p public Iw its daily dally ne newspaper and it is reasonable to Io expect pe t that r readers ad rs generally will display a forbearance until uch such fa a time as c conditions affecting the newspaper indu industry try res resume me the normal S |