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Show NEWSPAPER COSTS DOUBLED SINCE 1914 Southern publishers, appearing before a Congressional subcommittee at Atlanta, recently, declared that Congress not only should not increase in-crease postal rates on newspapers, but on the contrary should reduce the rates on second-class matter. The views of the southern newspapermen news-papermen were 'presented jby Colonel Col-onel Robert Ewing, of New Orleans, and Major E. B. Stahlman, of Nashville. Nash-ville. Major Stahlman declared that newspaper costs have been rising j steadily and the publishers generally gener-ally do not get enough for their pa- pers to pay postage and white paper i costs. The cost of 'publication has J virtually doubled since 1914 he sta- ted. 1 ! Colonel Ewing submitted a brief prepared for the Southern Newspaper News-paper Publishers assodiation. Kt stated that newspapers are gradually ceasing to use the mails because of the present rates and that many publications pub-lications are using freight service instead of postal service. It was contended con-tended that the present rates are too high and should be reduced by Congress. The brief declared that the Rural Route Service, which cost approximately approxi-mately $87,500,000 in 1923, and the Star Route Service that cost $12,500, 000, "are services that are rendered for national growth and have no right to be charged as operating expenses to the Postoffice Department." 'The brief protested against any adjustment that would increase Tatesi on second-claiss matter that were in effect in 1920, after the second sec-ond advance of the War Revenue act. |