Show IT 11 COSTS WINE the cost of producing a newspaper is constantly increasing the paper upon which it is printed has increased in the past year from 25 to 50 per cent according to the quality the increase on the kind we use is about 30 0 per cent cant and the paper Is quite an item in the expenses of a plant like ours we buy in ton lots and use aiom to pounds each issue our experience inthis in this Is much like that of the logan journal a alippi clipping aig froni from which paper we append hereto agre agreeing eing also that the tariff on materials entering into paper makeup make up is one cause of this hardship upon publishers in december 1906 we obtained for a merchant in this city a certain paper article articie and quite a p common one by the way that lie he uses in his business yesterday we received a price on identically the same thing from the same firm the price asked now is just cl per cent in advance of 0 what it was in december 1906 and 14 a pr per cent in advance of what it was last june A few days clays ago we received quotations on wrapping paper which were e 20 00 cents per hundred in ili advance of what the same firm quoted it on january of this year thus does the paper trust under republican protection grow fat upon tile the people hundreds of newspapers in tile the east have been compelled to advance their price 50 per cent because ot of the thel advance in all that they have to buy weekly papers printed in the east where lips cost from 25 to 40 per cent less than they do here because of 0 the freight we have to pay are now charging per year were you to charge in that proportion decord according to the cost of material our price would at least be double what it is now it looks as though utah papers will have to do as the eastern weeklies are doing advance the price or sooner or later go out of business remember some of the best t talent ent of the state also of the city will wil take taka part in uncle dan 1 I john E B aard and sirs mrs miss Par parkinson kinso n and eleven cleven others home grown elberta peach trees for sale at residence of 0 jacob C jensen tf take a look at comptons comptois Com pretty colored name cards 1000 to select from a 21 mrs lauretta neff as clip and job john as uncle danl are no doubt the climax of the season come and see them on the matinee and evening opera house v |