The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-23
4 PUBLISHERS TRUST
ALI Job Printing Firms Unite
on a New Schedule.
1T is BASED ON EASTERN RATES
Iwenty-eight Establishments, Repre-
senting 100000 Agree TO
Quit Rate-Cutting.

IAe home industry movement has struck
the job printing offices Of this city and in
the Printers and Publishers Association
or Seattle, articles Incorporating which
were filed with the county auditor a few
days ago. has been formed a combine rep
reseating half a million dollars. Every
job Office in the city has Joined the move
ment and a scale OF prices has been adopt
Ell covering nearly every class Of work
ordinarily turned out in a printing house.
The object OF the combine is TO fix prices
On paying basis. and TO maintain them
there. and 10 do away with rate-cutting
and the methods that for more thas two
years have proved so disastrous to the
craft. e s. Inaraham. Of The Calvert
company, is president OF the association,
and In explanation II the movement yes
terday said:
The association is on a business basis.
and aims not to advance rates excessive
~, but 10 establish price list that viii
permit our establishments TO be run al
living profit, instead OF ar loss, as here
tofore. When the newspapers. four or
I'VE weeks ago. published accounts OF
meetings being held by the publishers,
some OF the business men Of the city were
led to believe that they were about 10 be
charged excessive rates That the public
may be correctly informed the associa-
ton has authorized me to say that the Or
ganiZation is for mutual protection and
advantage. 1t has in view two objects.
each Of equal Importance, namely, to fur
nish its members with protection against
'dead-beats' and 10 maintain A uniform
scale Of prices. Incidentally, the organi-
Zatlon is intended TO cultivate a more
friendly feeling among its members.
Competition Running Them.
For the past two or three years the
various printing firms Of the city have
been carrying on a ruinous competition,
and in order to get work they have con-
tinually cut under each others prices un-
I'll a greater portion Of Seattle's jon print
Ing has been done at a loss. Business
houses. knowing of this lack of policy. have
become accustomed To run from one shop
to anather neglecting Their own business.
for the sake Of getting a job done AT 4
rate far below Eastern prices and this
pernlcious practice has been sapping the
very life-blood of the employing print
crs. / have yet 10 learn of job printer
receiving the thanks Of any firm for gem
crosby in doing work below living rate.
But the job printers of Seattle have
learned a lesson. al a fearful sacrifice, IL
is true. and have decided to put their
heads together In council 10 see If some
thing cannot be- done 10 place the balance
on the right side OF the ledger. The first
step taken was an agreement 10 stand by
whatever the majority might decide upon.
from the East. and the members Of the
association. after several days Of careful
work. formulated a list for Seattle. They
Intend to stand by the schedule. To our
customers We would say the prices agreed
on are not high. in fact. they are Eastern
prices. with a slight advance Gin some cases
none at alb 10 cover freight on paper stock
and a higherrate of wages. To bankers
we would say that we have not taken into
consideration the higher rate of Interest.
and TO landlords that We have not advanced
prices 10 meet higher rents; 10 the city
aud county government. that We want 10
make enough this year 10 pay our taxes,
and 20 the public in general that We have
done what We considered necessary for
prudent business men to do and what the
great ma iority Of business men OF similar
lines have done.
Eastern Prices VIII Rule.
II want TO impress on the public that
the price list is based on Eastern prices,
and that we have combined IN order 10
shut OF ruinous rate cutting. one man
VIII he treated as another. and the fig
ures given out at one Office will be quoted
al any Of the others The public can rest
assured that on work not listed. one print
ing house will give the same figures as ev-
cry other. and TIA. this everlasting figur-
ing on jobs viii be stopped
The scale provides among other things
that no job shall be turned out for less
than 81. all time work shall he charged At
20 cents an hour, a discount OF 10 per cent.
viii be allowed churches and charitable
institutions For violation OF The agree
rnent a member of The association shall
be subject 20 a fine Of one-third Of the price
Of the lob The officers are: President. T..
: Ingraham vice president, Thomas b.
Corbett. secretary, L. G. Wilson. treasurer.
Homer l.. Bun.
Those I'm the Combine.
There are twcnty-eight firms in the COM
b.ne as follows. Acme Printing Com
pany. Allen Printing Company, Advance
Company. Calvert Company. Corhc-t x
Co. Commercial Publishing Company. -.
r. Dearborn Excelsior Printing Company
Express Printing Cdmmny. Horseshoe
Printing Company. Koch & oakley Print
ing Company. Lowman & Hanford sta
tiouery and Printing Company, Merchants
Printing COMPANY o. NJ. Moore, New
man & M0uton. News Printing and Pub
FISHING Company. Pioneer Printing Com
pany Queen City Printing Company. Re-
view Printing Company. Sound Printing
Company. Seattle cooperative Printers
Sunde Bros Frank r. Sayre Tucker
Printing Company. Anton WISE. Watson
Press. Washington Workman. Whelau x
Deuel..