Show RESTRICTIONS f American i n Publishers Publishers' Publish 1 ers ers' ers Hold Annual Annual- 0 Me N N. Y tl F YORK April 22 The The The thir- thir f ninth annual cony convention of ot the r. r Newspaper r Publishers as- as t. t i opened today at the WalL Wal- Wal t L' L J f Astoria with publishers all sections of ot the United ff ates atea in attendance ti Among suggestions made by S S. Thompson president of ot the asso- asso 1 In his opening address f was r recommending a semis semiannual i I eung possibly in the fall tall be- be rupe e of 01 the Increased business o ol ot i ie e organization f If we hold such meetings he helid cJ lid id d I 1 would suggest that they b bI be 1 I i onre watering place away from Jt 16 influences of a large largey f ty y the work of ot the pa r sr he told of ot attempts of ol f an manufacturers to have ha V restrictions J placed laced on the free Of ni ne print prin t. t and said jt tJ f Interested es ed Clements in Canada ye fe beD beOn to limit the ex- ex rj materials for news Ut nt E fit ht a arnex manner calculated to Inase inase In- In ase se the iho hY cost of ot ote e Jo n made paper 1 fRINT PROBLEMS PROBLEM PROBLEM The le associations association's pap paper r com com- has thus far been successful preventing imposition of ot great M upon the news print t Buying publishers Ushers Efforts to obtain a anew new C of standard news print by treasury department which lid uld have greatly increased the thet t of t f the product have been proa pre pre- it a py the associations association's paper he saidi said i Discussing relations with labor f Jr Thomason said tl that ns of ot international arbitration J several of the the print print print- l it 5 g trades traded unions had been made madl f v. v Mutually impossible because of the I power placed with the ofer of- of er flier er of the association and of ot the f. f fI Z themselves He Ho asked asket that e present convention Increase Uret tire Ure t T of ot the associations association's com com- fi ui in negotiating contracts NeG Negotiations Ne- Ne G with the typographical and mailers' mailers unions 7 rave aye ve been resumed he s said ald j Ho He also suggested that the the publishers publishers' pub pub- j sabers lishers' fibers fibers' association take a leaf from book of in training experts t draw contracts r Concerning Concerning- the effects of a new definition of standard news printie print hs he ie said FIGHTING INCREASES y The American Pulp and Paper association is making malting well organized efforts to secure the Adoption of a anew new treasury department definition of standard news print This would upon the publishers' publishers membership mem mem- b an unquestioned increased cost of news print To date the ef efforts et- et forts orts of the paper committee have hae ben successful In preventing the Adoption of an offensive treasury department q d definition In this connection it it Is well wel worth noting that had the proposed of the the news news print definition definition deti- deti been adopted the the- Inspection methods pr proposed posed would have added approximately a n. t toft toti h to the cost st of ot all aU news print Imported from Canada and abroad I I |