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Show JEARST PAPERS .. I ARE NOTJOGGISH I Mr. Hearst Voluntarily Diminishes H Size of His Great Sunday H Newspaper Editions. H THIS IN ORDER TO RELIEVE H SHORTAGE OF PRINT PAPER Asks Other Large Publishers to H Do As Much Expresses Sym- . pathy for the Country Publish- H ers, Who Face Serious Crisis. H (By William Randolph Hearst.) M Tho smaller papers throughout the H country aro in dire distress because of H the scarcity of print paper and tho H high prices thnt aro charged them for H such print paper as thoy can get. H These smnllur papers arc calling on H Congress, and Congress is under ob- H ligations to theso smaller papers and H to their clicntclo to consider their case H carefully and net judiciously but pos- H itivcly in their behalf. H The large papers in the big cities H have, to n certain extent, the snmc H difficulties ns the small papers thru- H out tho country. But the largo mot- H ropolitan newspapers have tho re- H sources to overcome these difficulties H nnd get paper at whatever price may H be asked. H Unfortunately, it mny bo said of H most of these largo metropolitan H newspnpors that they are in no way concerned nt the oifllcultics of their H smaller country brethcrn, and that they go ahead recklessly using nil tho H print paper they want, nnd very H much moro than they need, without H rcgurd to' tho hardships which their H course imposes upon tho smaller pa- pert) throughout the country. M , The, Hearst papers arc, of; courso,, ,1,. . JJLB the country and use, because of their : M number and because of their dominant M circulation, a great deal of print pa- M But the Hearst papers have been M very conservative in the use of this M pappr. Thoy have drastically reduced M tho size of their daily issues and of M thdir Sunday issues, pven when their M metropolitan competitors were reck- M lessly using all the print paper they M could get their hands on. M It is not just nnd fair, then to tho M country papers to have certain met- M ropolitan dailies reckless in the use of M print paper, nnd it is not even fair to H those metropolitan dailies who are M conservative in the use of print paper M and nnxious not to impose unncces- M sary difficulties on smaller papers to 1 have no restrictions upon these "Coal M Oil Johnnies" of journnlism who aro M burning up paper without reason, nnd M for that matter, without result. M The Hearst papers, therefore advise M the Congressional committee dealing M with this subject to proceed boldly M to put some proper limitation upon M the size of newspapers until this print M paper shortage is over, possibly for M the period of one year. M Congress, of course, should proceed M cautiously, so as not to injure any M newspapers, but it can rest assured that what some metropolitan news- 1 pnpers have done in the way of con- H serving print paper other inetropol- H itan newspapers can easily do. H Congress should not nttempt to dc- H termine what goes into a newspaper. H It should not decide whether the H spaco that a newspaper is allowed H should be devoted to advertising or to H editorial or news or to special features H or to what. H But it could very properly decide H what size of paper should be sent H through tho mails in other words, H how many pages should bo permitted H in each issue. H It would be no hardship nt all upon H metropolitan newspapers to confino IH them to twenty-four pages on week- H dnys and seventy-two pages on Sun- day gjving them, as Is right, three H times as many pages for the Sunday H periodical as they arc allowed .for H their daily newspaper. H Congress should have no constitu- H tionnl power to limit the size of news- H papers except in so fnr as they.nre H carried through tho mails. .j H But tho Postofllco Department un- H doubtcdly could rofuse to accept news- H papers whose regular editions con- H tnined moro than twenty-four pages H in the week-day editions and seventy- H two pages in the Sunday editions; nl- lowing tho owners of tho newspnpera H to devoto those pages to whatever H matter they pleased want advertise- ments, news articles, pictures, special H articles, or what not, but restricting , (Continued on loot pngc.),,- -X t m - M HEARST.PAPERS-NOT-HOGGISH J (Continued from first page.) ' I B the papers to a given number of pages. This would undoubtedly reduce tho consumption of print paper consider ably and relieve the stress on the smaller papers throughout the country. coun-try. - But if it did not sufficiently relieve the situation, then Congress could proceed further to limit the number of pages'. When wo hear of papers suspendlnr nil over the country, and when thewlC is possibly n rnilroad striko coming on nnd tho transportation of every-W thing, including excess paper, will be difficult, there Is no reason why Con- press should not take the situation boldly In' hand nnd proceed very fairljr but very firmly, to SOLVE Iti |