Page:The Fourth Estate, July to December 1917.djvu/554

2 SEDITIOUS MATTER AGAIN DEFINED.

The scope of the Espionage and Trading with the Enemy acts, in so far as they affect the Postal Service, and how they are to be enforced against disloyal publications are again explained in a letter to publishers made public on October 25 by Postmaster General Burleson.

The laws were made necessary, Mr. Burleson said, by a nation-wide propaganda, intended in every possible way to interfere with the successful prosecution of the war. He added that no publisher who was at heart loyal to his country should have any apprehension of embarrassment or inconvenience from their administration.

"No one connected with the Government," said the letter, "from the I'rrsitknl ilun n. srrk« by rcunun of these Juwa M» a^iiid crtiicisiti, or even ultack, iyM n.. iMiblic-atiuii contoiining m.dtcr which l.iN» niihin the prohibi- tion of the law will be pcnnitted to circulate." As interpreted by the Po»t Offiee Dcfiartment. the icts nuke it unlawful for any person, hnti. t;uijy..'r.iU'in, nr association to mailj ur to transport, or carry, or olhwWMB puUilh or di»- tnbuie duTinf the War uty priated or le any law of the United Siatei. S. Cbavcying false repuru or false (tucmeatf intended to iat«(er« with the operaiMi m HMMaa of the biIi- taty or naval fbreca of the United Stales or to promote the success oi iti enemies. 3. Intended to cause insubordina- tion, disloyally, mntiny, er rafuuJ of duty in the military or naval foica of the United Stales. 4. Intended to obatruct the re* PRINGLE HOP^TTC CLOS E INQ UIRY SESSION ON OCTOBER M MAY BE THE LAST— PAHE« VAK- l-KS- NEW FKOTK.ST ( iii;n;ii^sii'nrr l'r:iinlc, iii ch.iiiic of the Canadian tiovcrmticnt news print pralic, haa named October t9 ae the dale for the next hcariagi when he hoBca to wind anttcr up. To a dmWalioa of paper nianii faelurer* wao appealed to the Minis- ter of Fin^nre to act immediately on ihe rejiort his sijecial auditor, Geof- licy I lark^or, who th.nt paper f'Uli-l mt tk: n:a(le to «e!l a: 'Z'/j cents a iHHinU, the reply was K'^en that an ilcrini rilliflK tt.uld not iK* made until Loininis<.ioner I'rinjtle had. reported and :hat his re(K>rt coisld not be in the hands of the i.^o^ern- Mt before the first of November. It i* prohable that no action will hr ink, The nianiifaciurers arc coiniilain- init thai "the trovernnifnt did not hesitate to .-ici on the ple.i of the newspaper publishers wifhriiit the Kliahtesl atlrmpt tu secure evidence beforehand, but now that the manu- facture r» aih redteia Inaed on Snal- evidence all manner of thmwn in the way." NKW KAN.S.^S OTY DAILY. It is reported that three Kansas City (Mo.) newapaner nwn will edon Mart a dally mairalae oil ' that cHr. cniiing or enliatmcBt service of the i:nite<l Slates to the injiuy of the services of the United States. 5. The circulation or publication of which involves the violation of any of the numerous other criminal provis- ions of the Canienatii act, but wbidi are not of wadbl iateieat to itM pub- lishers. 8. Printed in a forciurn lanetwge conlainir.g any news item, ciliti'rial, or other printed matter respecting the Government of the United Slates, or of any nation engaged in the present srar, Itl policies, international rda- lions, the slate or conduct of war, or any matter relating thereto, unless the piihlisher or distributer thereof, on or tx-tore offering the same for mailing, ur in any manner distributing it to the public, has filed with the p»»tmasler at the place of |.iiblication a true, complete translation of the article. 7. Referred to in the preceding paragraph for which publishers have received a permit to circulate, free of reatrietiena aaned therein, but which doe* not bear at tfic head thereof in the Fnglish lanftuave the fact that such [tcrir.it h.15 been Kf.'intpd. A CANADIAN PAPKR MAKER REUUCES PRICE. A feature of the re^opening of the Canadian news print inqaity before Commissioner Pringle has been the statement sub«nitted showing that the Ontario Paper Company of Thorold. Ont., has reduced the cost of its ncw^ print since March last by ?I3 i er ton. One of the chief caoaet of the reductioa wM item to. he the fact that ihii company b naMBt its own sulphite. The Ontario Paper Company i« now making news print at $t5.S2 per ton In the first quarter of the year the cost was $58.98 per ton. When Commissioner Pringle askr.l the manufaettrrrrs if they were pre- pared te do aa the Federal Trade Commiaeten of the United States was reqneeli^t the American nianufac- lurers' to do'-flupply a weekly or inonthly report of production, it started, a .bitter criticism of the Fed- eral Trade Commission's fiijrufes *'f HJSSf per 100 lbs. at a fair news print pnicr. G. F. Henderstm K. C. figured ino«t prominently. Commissioner Prin- gle said be was not going to criti- cise the American figure. It might 1>e a fair rate and there was a possi- Iiilily that the same rate would prevail in Mth cnnntrie*. EASTMAN REBUKED. Women'* (Odetica of Chicago have notified Max Eaatman, editor of the Maaaea, a debarred paper, that Ibey have caaceikd hi* entafcment* to lecttuc during the eoaiinc wiitter, even though Mr. Eastman had prora- iied to he decidedly moderate and patriotic in hit add r e a aea. POSTAL RATES GO UP ON NOVEMBER SECOND. DEFICIENT MAIL WILL BE RETURNED IF POSSIBLE, OTHERWISE ADDRESSEE MUST PAY AMOUNT LACKING. Increated postage rates on letters and postal card* will go into effect OB Novenibcr % The rate on lettert, except drap klten^ viU ht t ccnii for eidi muBt, instead of 2 cents as now. Drop irtK'r i«:>.tav;c will l>c ^ cent*. Hmmc m ktlCH deitlBed for points within the local post office jariadiction. Soimnir poet ctnu will reqnire m S cent ttamp. The pretent Govenunent poilal card bearing a 1 cent stamp must have a 1 ccM ttmt added. and the addresaee must pay the de< fident postage. After the date of (he new roliac it will coat 3 cents to mail letters to the Bahamas, — including Fortune 1*- and InafTua — Canada. Cuba. Barbados, British ' ^li in.i, Hotiduras, Dotninu.in rd-j nh;!t-, [J Ltch West Indie* — lOcluJinK .-Knilm, llnnaire, Curacao. Saba, St. Eu*.lUu^ :ini! the Dutch part of St. Martiii — I tiKlanJ. Ireland, Scotland. Wale*. Ueward Is- lands. lleeUa^ HewtMandland, New Zealand, Faaaua and Shanghai City, Chlaa. Po«tal cards and post canls — pri- vate mailing cards — for all foreign countries will lie s-.ihirc( to the 2 cent poslaije onk-si they fiiltill the conditions for "prints," in which case they will be mailable for 1 cent each. Lards which bear no more writing or typewriting than is authorised up- on printed matter will he *tih>ect to the 1 cent rate a* "prints." All letters which do not liear the 3 cent stamp will be relumed i.. the writer for an additinn^il cent in case the sender's Itanic :s kniTvin, If the sender's name n intkiiown the letter will be diqutcbcd to its destination Cititens of New York need not hope for a modification of the three- cent postal rate bctweca Manhanaa and Broofclya oniil the aow peatal law has been am»M hp Cg f nm t.9tn- mawer Patten iaid en Oetaber SS. Mr, Parien. who h^s l>ren in Wash- conclusion that the provision of the act was spedHc. even though h did not take into consideration the pecoUar pr>litical siihdisui ins of the Greater City. .Action in«.v be taken by New York reprcscntaTivrii in <_'ongreBS to have the law as arteciini[ New York City ariiendeil as goon as Congress con- i-r.t-!! Mr. Patten said. I he postmaster emphasized the im- portance of sendinii Christmas gifts to M'ldiers as wion as CMjssible. "The limit is November 15, he said, "Par- rrU fir the cxpeiiitionaiy nuiiktl after that will not : men in time for Ctariatnaa. FOREIGN LICENSES. Conftainti Ikat the Pom Office De- partment it eeiwHBinK much time in issuing pennite to foreign languaxe newspaper* are beingr made fay editors who have not yet hrrn .itOe to nb'ain thdr liccnsfs- If is dectarct! ifv th<' ilepii rfineiit that thry are htinj; icranted jus! as rapidly aq |..i..s.sih]e. however, and that every eiTorl is being made to relieve Ihe foreign language pidtlication* of Ihe expense and trouble involved ia filing translalions of war matter with postmaster*. The first foreign langtiai^ publica- tion to be granted a permit was the Texas Wochenblali, a weekly newa- piiper published in .Vustin, Tex. . Federal warrant has been issued for the arrest of A. H. Steinbeck, ov»r.rr of the Union (Mo.) Remibli- can He.„lllKh'. because of an alleged disloyal editorial which appeared ia his paper. PIOXFKR PAPER QIHTS. The Wc.-rt Bend iWis,) Be.il>achter, founded in 1880 has ccwd puWica- lion. Editor Carl Quickert of the Beo- batchter continues editing ihe News. ANOTHER GERMAN DIES. The Helena (Mont.) Staal»-Zci- lung is no longer bciiut published. Before the entry of the United Slates into the war the pajver had sided with the German government. NEW TEXAS nSSS CLUB A pre** club 1* being oreanired ir, Fort Worth. Tex. An active imcrc>t la bciac taken Iqr GarMd Crawford. roLiricAt. SUITS in n. y. A suit for alleged libel has been in- stituted against the Now Yerh World by Charles F, Mmphy. heed of Tan- many Hall. other suit against the World ha* been beitun by John F. Hylan, the Uemi-H'Taiic csndidale l'<>r mayor. In addition to the ar-ien^ .^lready started acainst the aanve paper and the New York Globeb NEW OWNER RAISES PRICE. The Belioai (Miaa.) Weekly Banner ha* ben narehated by W. L Tooey of BdaanI aad will be nanaatd by T. I. Turner, who waa formerly ted with the paper. Thej ijnce will be raited Ueccmbcr 1. to t> • yeer on The tetMng owner of Oe It F. R. anOell of Yaaeo Oiy. NEW TRADIKG STAMP tAW. .fier .T<inu4iry 1. Iffld, a!! tradina stamps and sinijl.ir devivc.v used in the Slate of Wisconsin must be re- in «aeh only bgr thoee who PAPF.R FIRM'S NEW NAME. The name of the Birmingham ft Seaman Company. New York, has been changed to the Seaman Paper Company. THAN i'R S F.W POST. Jii'in .Xd.-.n-.-i riiaM-r. well known maira/ine publisher, has become execu- tive secretary of the PctiodifBl Pnb- lishera .Association, ' in New Yoiic. Digitized by Google
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