Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-21
PHOTO ENGRAviNGS
WILL NOW COST MORE

WILL NOW COST MORE
New Scale Adopted by Chicago Con-
venaloh, Providing for Advance Of
20 Per Cent, Goes Into Effect In
New York April 3--lncreased Cost
Of Labor and Raw Materials Prln.
cipaI Reasons.
A general average minimum in
crease Of 20 per cent in photo engray.
ings will become operative IN New
York City on April g. This was de-
cided upon Tuesday evening at
meeting of the Photo Engrayers'
Board Of Trade of New York, and Is
based upon the standard scale for sell
ing their products, adopted by The Ma
tional Association of Photo Bngray-
ers at the Chicago convention in
June, 1916.
In discussing the proposed increase
with a representative Of the Editor
and Publisher, one OF the officials Of
the Photo Engravers' Board of Trade
said that the standard scale Is de-
signed on cost plus legitimate profit.
One of the important items In the
cost, he said, was the increased cost
Of labor neeessitated by q new labor
agreement entered into by the Board
Of Trade with The Photo Engragers'
Union, which became effective April 3.
Some Reasons for Advances.
Another reason for the increase, he
pointed out, was the greatly increased
cost of raw materials, which have
risen from SO per cent to 1916 per
cent In the last year and a half.
As a fOrerunner to the proposed IN
crease, the various members OF the
Board of Trade have sent to each OF
their customers a circular entitled,
'.Why Photo Engraving Is CostinF
More" and showing q comparison OF
the prices quoted in July, 1914, and
March, 1916.
In this schedule copper, one OF the
principal ingredients Of photo 8ngraF-
inv, is shown to have increased As per
cent, or from 35h cents in July,
1914, to 50 cents in March, 1915.
ENC, another of the important raw
materials, is shown to have increased
gao per cent, while 40 per cent nitric
acid and 20 per cent muriatic acid
have each increased 100 per cent The
biggest increase, according to the cir
euiar, was in potassium bromide,
which rose from Al cents in July, 1914,
to S5.52 in March, 1916, or 1916 per
cent Other large increases quoted
are: Mercury bichloride, COS per
cent; hydroquinine, ITO per cent;
copper sulphate, 2S4 per cent; acetic
acid, $40 per cent; acstOne, 225 per
cent.
Higher Prices for Small Cuts.
Analyzing the new scale OF prices,
the Board of Trade points out that
the burden of the increase will fall
upon small engravings. while the In.
crease in the large plates viii be pro-
portionately small Under the present
method of price making, the Board of
Trade states, the profits Of the bust
ness are almost wholly derived from
the fat" on the large engravings.
With the new scale in operation there
viii be, according to the estimate Of
the Beard Of Trade, reasonable
profit.
This means that threeinch engrsy.
ings will cost pr0portionately that
fuuC0 IuOI6 l0dIli LNO-luCu cu6fdNiuSS,
and so on upwards to the largest en-
cravings. BY this method, il Is esti-
mated that while the cost OF the small
engraving will average considerably
more than the large engraving, yet
the generally yearly cost to the con-
sumner will be practically the same as
now.
At the meeting of the Beard OF
Trade on Tuesday evening, "a mem.
befs, representing 81 concerns, were
present A meeting of the board OF
directors of the Board of Trade was
held on Wednesday afternoon. at
which the action of the Board o.
Trade was ratified, after which tlIe
new scale OF prices was ordered
and distributed to the customers of
the members, Introductory to the dis
tribution or the new price scale, a
circular letter will also be sent out,
Informing the customers OF the pro
posed Increase ana setting forth the
reasons.