PAPERS' HIGH COSTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17115, 9 April 1921, Page 5

PAPERS' HIGH COSTS.

LONDON., February 7. Tho amalgamation of the "Pall 31 all Gazette" and the "Globe," which was announced last week, comes in consequence of the crisis through which the British newspaper world is passing . owing to the increased price of newsprint and tho higher wages of editorial and mechanical staffs. . The "Globe," the oldest evening newspaper in London, having been established in 1803, ha 6 changed hands a number of times in recent years.:-.. It has been on the market for some months, as arc- otJde'r papers.. ■ . • v Another amalgamation recently' contfludod ( is', that of .the old-established Plymouth.-"-Western .Daily : Mercury" .with the "Western Morning . News;'-' wliich Sir Leicester Harmsworth, br<*ther of Lord Northcliffe, acquired. Tho "Mercury" frankly announced that the . working expenses Had forced the ownors to give up a half-c§ntury, fight against j*its rival. | .At a recoht meeting of newspaper t owners- to -consider a claim for higher salaries by the Newspaper Writers' j Onion, decision was taken, it is understood, . to suspend publication for at least six weeks if tiiie demands were insisted upon. Some Sunday papers also are threatening to close down if their mechanical staffs do hot agree to moderate wages for Saturday .light work.