Agitation for the reduction of telephone tolls has long sputtered fitfully among U. S. newspapers. The press, largest user of both Postal and Western Union wires, is accorded two cut-rate services: Day Press Rate (⅓ full rate) and Night Press Rate (1/6 full rate). Although newspapers do not use telephones for long distance communication to the extent they use the telegraph, publishers feel they deserve a reduced tariff for certain services comparable to D. P. R. and N. P. R.
Last week Publishers' Service, youngest press...
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