Paper packer and file

A newspaper storage and baling apparatus comprising a base for supporting a stack of newspapers thereon, a plurality of upright members attached to said base for laterally supporting said stack of newspapers, an axle carried by said base, a supply of twine carried by said axle and wound in a plurality of separate individual bundles each bundle having a free end for tying around said stack of newspapers, a twine holding means associated with an upright member for suspending the free ends of said twine, thereby making said twine accessible for baling said stack of newspapers, wherein a first pair of said upright members comprises a substantially U-shaped cradle and said base comprises two rails secured in spaced relation to each other by said U-shaped cradle and said axle is horizontally disposed between said rails.