The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-29
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The Rise In Paper---AdVance I'm Price
of the Chicago Journals.

The Chicago Daily Tribune, Journal,
and Times are to be published hereafter
at twenty cents per week, instead of at
fifteen cents, as heretofore, and the rates
of their tri-weekly and weekly editions
are to be proportionately increased. The
other English and German papers of the
city are also to be increased at an equal
per centage The Tribune says:
The publishers of the Chicago daily
papers, English and German, have been
compelled to raise the price of their pa
pers In consequence OF the advance in
the cost of white paper, this step became
imperative. The scarcity of cotton has
affected the price of rags from which
"print" paper is manufactured. Cotton
that sold before the war for ten cents per
pound has gone up to fifty cents. Of
course rags made of cotton have gone up
also, and are still rising. The stock Of
rags is decreasing, and foreign exchange
is so high that none can be imported;
the scarcity is also beginning to be felt
in Earope, and this has further tend
ency to enhance their price in this coun-
try There are many things that can be
mixed with rags in the manufacture of
paper, such as straw, sugar-cane, and
Eastwood, that will help to furnish a
supply, and keep the price from going
inordinately high.
Had the price Of white paper remained
undisturbed, no advance in subscription
rates was contemplated. Proprietors of
papers had made up their minds to stand
the heavy Federal war tax imposed upon
their business. But when the former went
up the load became to heavy to carry. The
increased expense of food, fuel and cl1th-
ing, and the Government taxes on paper,
on advertising, job work, kilograms, ink,
glue, ETC.. would all have been borne
without resorting to raising the old sub
seription rates, but when the great article
of the newspaper business-white paper
advanced in price, it becomes neces-
sary to advance the price of printed
sheets, or to discontinue issuing them.
The alternative placed before publishers
is, to charge more'or go under" When
all kinds of traders and manufacturers
are advancing the price of their wares to
meet In0 new COuultlOu Vi lnlHSs, is CHere
any good reason why the price of news
papers should not also be raised? Mon
ey is far plentier than it was when the
war broke out 1t is more easily pro-
cured Products command better prices,
and people can more readily pay the pro-
posed rates hereafter than the old ones
heretofore When the cost of paper de-
clines to something like past prices, pub
fishers will hasten to reduce their sub
subscription terms to the former stand
ard
The new scale of charges adopted by
the Tribune, Times and journal, will be
found in another column. The Post
Stats Yeitung and Telegraph, Ger
man, have advanced their rates the same
per cent as the Tribune, Times ant
Journal. The daily papers of Detroit
Toledo and Cleveland, have already in
creased their prices Those of Cincin
natl and St Louis are preparing to dc
the same The New York, Philadelphia
Boston, Baltimore, and other Eastern
dailies are preparing to advance theil
rates from twenty to thirty-three PEI
cent. in order to enable them TO exist
The whole press will be obliged to follow
the example set by them, or discontinue
publication.