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Show NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS The government is now trying to save' p'aper by requiring publishers to discon- tinue the mailing of newspapers to subscribers sub-scribers who do not pay up. It was amusing amus-ing a few years ago to see how people fussed when the government began to deny the usual pound rates on papers that were not paid for. Many newspapers newspa-pers kept standing a notice that the post orfice made this ruling. They also notified noti-fied subscribers by mail. - But many subscribers would not be- ilieve it. They thought it,was all a scheme of the publishers td get money in faster. t This rule was probably enforced more i'trictly,in some localites than others, which led to confusion. There were many publishers that would carry'ah unpaid un-paid paper along five or ten years, which gave the public the idea that it is not an important thing to keep subscriptions paid up. '-,, Newspaper publishers dislike" to keep punching up their subscribers. But oth-, er agencies that depend upon collecting a lot of small bills, like electric light and telephone and water companies, find it absolutely necessary to have these payments pay-ments made regularly. If you don't pay, every thirty days, many of these companies compan-ies will discontinue their service and put you to great inconvenience. Newspaper publshers. will always be too lenient. It would be a good thing if they would all get together arid carry out a uniform policy of discontinuance of unpaid subscriptions. The newspaper is one, of the most important im-portant agencies working for civic progress. pro-gress. It carries a, heavy load of effort, and it ought not to" be bothered with the Icost and annoyance of collecting a lot of neglected bills. So if people could regard the bill'that comes only once a year for 1 the annual subscription ,as something haying real importance which should be attended to as you would a telephone bill, it would promote the usefulness of the newspaper, and help it serve, the public better.., & s Mf&JJiM Pi ft |