Plane Dealer,Twice-A-Week termination 1913

PLANE DEALER

Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 3/2/2020 at 20:26:54

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 14, 1913, P-FP, C-1

Publishers' Announcement

Owing: solely to the United Stales postal laws governing the mailing and handling of second class mail matter, the twice a-week publication of the Plain Dealer will be discontinued with the month of January.

On February 1st, free carrier service will be commenced in Cresco, and the postal laws practically prohibit the delivering of newspapers other than weeklies by providing that ail papers mailed for local delivery shall be subject to postage at the rate of one cent per copy, and it is Manifestly impossible to pay 104 cents per year postage on each year’s subscription.

The publishers of the city were apprised of the new regulation and to make sure of the matter Postmaster Burgess wrote the department concerning it and recieved the following reply:

"You have doubtless before this received the communication addressed you by this office on Nov. 18th, in which the various postage rates applicable are set forth. As you will see from that copies of semi-weekly newspapers mailed for local delivery by city letter carriers will be subject to postage at the rate of one cent each, prepaid by stamps affixed".

James J. Britt,Third Asst. P. M. General.

Therefore, commencing with the first week in February the Plain Dealer will be published weekly, and practically the same size as of the two semiweekly editions combined, giving just as much home and general news as are printed now, as well as the other appreciated features of the Plain Dealer in the past.

As a weekly paper can be printed at a less cost than a semi-weekly, we have decided to resume our former subscription price of $1.00, but must insist on a strictly advance payment of the amount. Just as soon as possible statements will be mailed to all our subscribers in arrears for more than one year, and payment will be insisted upon as the low price of $1 can be maintained only with a paid in advance list.

Subscribers who have paid in advance at the $1.50 rate may have their time extended, upon presenting receipts for such payment, one-half the unexpired term of their subscription.