Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-10
PRINTERS CRTTICISE
KEYSTONE PHONE co.
ob;sct to Policy of Ordering
directories in Baltimore.
Evaporation Saves Money.

.,o.t on the policy of the Keystone
a.so,a Company for placing It's direc-
..,ntinn contracts in New York and
tory pi p.ns rsther than In Philadelphia has
.'.ade bv the Typothetae OF Philadel-
nesn ~ oreanization representing 1900
PMS &, tbis city. A resolution adopted
,s.,s bodv condemning the keystone
.,,,,e Company appears in the cur
~ ,ssue Of the Master Printer.
Ns.ban 7. Folwell, president of the
.tnns Telephone Company, today de-
..s.s.d the action Of the corporation. He
tene tev ~ contracts we're placed In cities
sac sSon Philadelphia at saving Of
otne, ,.s,rnatelv 5000 In four years, and
appl V.i,ho,,gh he and other officers of the
taa. .snv would prefer to patronize home
con,pai conpssis, sound business principles
l''.,d not permit doing SO at such cost.
Ngr Ns rssoi,itlon adopted by the Typothe-
n Philadelphia was passed at meet
w ~ tbnt body at it's headquarters, Ills
~ r,..yd street, on May "a. 1t ls as follows:
auhereas, It coming TO the knowledge
I, the members OF the Typothetae OF
esaSelphia that the keystone Telephone
r.a,nanv Of Philadelphia, is considering
.,.asrg orders for the printing of it's
ss,snhone directory this year in New
w, cltv and for next year In Baltimore,
a'lg ,,Ivhsreas The facilities for doing such
80, ~ Philadelphia are fully as good as
\. Nsw York or any city, and
avvhereas, The keystone Telephone
.,o,,,nany ia particularly a Philadelphia
,n.siiutlon and all Philadelphians with'the
.aw Chamber Of Commerce are combin-
~. To- philadelphia, It is peculiarly flt-
ting that the order should be placed here,
and
~ philadelphia over 100 subscribers to
sba keystone Telephone, with many
branch exchanges, a membership repre-
-enfln1 an Investment of over s3,500000
and employing 1000 hands, be It
uResolyed, That the president and
BOARD Of Directors of the Keystone Tele-
nhone Company of Philadelphia be ad-
ylsed Of the surprise and regret OF the
msmbers Of the Typothetae of Philadel-
nala that they should negotiate printing
contracts for their company out of the
I'M and State, overlooking the facilities
n home establishments and the moral
ohIIFation to patronize not only home in
dustries. but their own customers, and
request that the prospective contracts be
beId up and an endeavor made to place
thsm In Philadelphia"
In ,psaking of the attitude of the Ty-
pothetas of Philadelphia, Mr.. Folwell
said:
sour company had always placed the
directory printing contracts in this city
until few years ago. when the cost of
such contracts became so exorb'tant
that It appeared as though there were a
combination in existence to keep the
price at the extremely high figure.
up TO that time we had not even re-
ouested bids from other cities. but when
We finally decided to do so we were
astonished to find that we could place
such contracts at a saving of about $4,000
for two-year period. When that con-
tract expired we again allowed bids from
other cities to be submitted and this
time effected a saving of about $4,000.
I'VE would much prefer to have this
work done In Philadelphia. but when you
put the proposition upon sound business
basis, 1t is easily seen that we could not
afford to do So"