El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-10

| unusual number of social entertain
] ments interspersed with the business
sessions of the gathering at which will
/ be discussed various matters pertain
ing to the growth and development of
the stationer's trade
Increased Cost of Paper.
The two subjects Of paramount in
terest are the increased cost of paper
and the possibilities of a fixed price
for all advertised manufactured arti-
cles. This fixed price question is one
involving the dealers in all classes of
goods. but the stationers are especially
interested in it because so many ar
ticles of stationery are handled by
other stores especially department
stores where a larger variety of goods
makes possible a smaller percentage
of profit. Frequently a salesman will
approach stationery dealer and in
{ duce him to place a larger order for
I some articles than his trade warrants.
! on the ground that il is being extern
{ sively advertised at a price that will in
: sure him a generous profit. But it
/ often happens that a few weeks after
/ he has rec eived his goods, he will
find that the same article which he is
selling at its advertised price of 4 dol
lar is being sold by a department
! store for SO cents. He is then COM
: PEELED to make a still further cut in
price or else run the risk of having
a large amount Of unstable stock on
his hands.
There is no line of trade which has
. developed more rapidly during the last
quarter of q century than that of the
: stationer. largely because the increased
I facilities for commercial work have
E called into service many articles IN
Z heard Of by the old time tradesman-
The legitimate stationery trade in
5 cludos every article used in CONNER
E cial office except the furniture. and
r. in some of the larger cities the station
Crs may also carry line Of office fur
niturc. although this is frowned upon
ma
upon the furniture trade.
Typewriter Paper.
The Introduction OF the typewriter
called for great addition to the sta
: tioRCI 5 trade. The varied kinds of
paper required for different purposes
/ caused g lavishEeSs in the use of paper
unknown to the office where all the
writing was done by hand. There are
all sorts of erasers, brushes for clean
ing the machine. as well as the type
writer ribbons OF every shade and Va
riety all CT which should be found IN
: wei equipped stationer's store
with typCwritins came the stem
ographcT's supplies which are also Of
almost. endless variety There are
/ special pencils for this purpose and
notebooks in many styles One OF the
newest has q rack attached to its back
which enables the user to stand II
. upon the desk so that the notes may
be easily read while they are being
transcribed upon the typewriter Be
Q sues INC ~ pN tA4-l. anu SAcllDE-A lAAlI
supplies. most OF the modern offices
need some equipment for duplicating
I their letters and documents. Many OF
these are shown, from the elaborate
multiSraphins machine upon which
/ thousands OF copies may be quickly
made to the special bill tablets which
are supplied with carbon sheets max
I ing duplicates OF the bills as they are
written on the first sheet with an
ordinary pen or pencil
Telephones Help Trade.
Even the telephone, which might
seem complete in itself. has called
forth some special adjurct5 which add
to the demands upon the stationer-
There are telephone number lists. some
n united on lcafhe-. to hang on the
wall beside the phone, and &Others,
more elaborate, attached to the phone.
These last may contain a number OF
indeXed cards arranged so as to be
easily accessible and save much time in
looking up numbers in the regular
telephone book.
One OF the popular inventions IS a
tablet attacehd to the base of the teie-
phone for taking notes. This con-
sists of a firm steel stand with a
good sized opening. under which is ar
ranged a length of paper from a self
feeding roll below This enables one
to take notes upon 4 telephone inter-
view without having to stop and secure
the materials. For sanitary reasons
an 2ntiScpuc mouth piece is desirable
upon all telephones and these also are
supplied by the statiOner.
Card Indexes,
The increasing number Of uses to
which card indexes are put call for an
endless variety in this class of goods. I
The small boxes can be secured from
the stationers while the larger ones
maye be included in furniture. The
cards for all sizes are of course in
Guided in stationery. Card indexes
are now used for keeping private &C
counts, for lists of books read, for en- /
gagements, for bills. in fact for any /
purpose for which a systematic list Is /
desirable.
Perhaps the latest thing in card in /!
deXes is the cooking recipe cabinet /
which only recently has been arranged. |
1t contains selected recipes of various !
kinds with a proper system of CLASH !
fication. The Development of domestic I
science has led to methods never /
dreamed Of by our grandmOthers- The /
trained expert in this art sees no more /
reason why her cooking formulas /
should not be as systematically ar /
ranged as those OF any other class OF !
laboratory and the card index seems /
to be the ideal system. If desired. the /
housewife may have several of these
cases properly supplied with cards 4
under the subjects of soups, salads, (
desserts and the like Or she may have
one cabinet containing assorted recipes
cabinet with her own selected
recipes written on cards furnished
for the purpose. or she may
buy recipes for all classes of cookery.
prepared by the leading chefs OF the
world and printed upon the indexed
cards for her convenience. The card
index recipe cabinet is one of the new
est ideas in wedding presents and to
the practical minded bride nothing |
could be more acceptable.
Varieties In Envelopes.
The various channels of office work
call for a seemingly endless variety
in envelopes and the manufacture OF
this one article has now reached enor- :
nous proportions and its products are
an important adjunct to the stationer's |
trade. The American envelope manufac-
turer's association now is a we'll es-
tablishedf body which. at its recent
meeting decided that an increase in
the price of envelopes would be made
this fall because of the great advance
in the cost OF materials, especially
paper. This association has the unique
disadvantage Of having the United
States government as a rival in trade
and il is now considering some means
of inducing the government to desist
from the manufacture and sale OF
stamped envelopes at a price below the
cost of manufacture. The fact that
the government recently has decided to
advance the price of envelopes having
a return blank printed in the corner
is regarded as Indicative that il has ]