Sid Salter column: Saving History

Sid Salter column: Saving History

LAUREL — As a young newspaper publisher, I learned two hard lessons about newsprint, the paper on which newspapers are printed.

First lesson: It is sold by the metric ton and it’s one of the major expenses of publishing.

Second: In small operations like the weekly newspaper where I learned the business, the title of publisher didn’t excuse one from the hard work of unloading the 18-wheelers — with little or no automated equipment for handling the rolls — that delivered the newsprint to pressrooms. On average, a roll weighs between 800 and 900 pounds.

Sid Salter
4/18/12