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

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WILL NOW COST MORE
New Scale Adopted by Chicago Con-
sention, Providing for Advance Of
20 Per Cent, Goes Into Effect In
New York April 3-lncreased Cost
Of Labor and Raw Materials Prin.
cipal Reasons.
A general average minimum In.
crease of 20 per cent In photo engray,
ings will become operative In New.
York City on April 3. This was de-
cided upon Tuesday evening at a
meeting of the Photo EngIayers
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 Engray-
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 prefit.
One of the important items IN the
cost, he said, was the Increased cost
Of labor, necessitated by q new labor
agreement entered into by the Board
of Trade with the Photo Engravefs'
Union, which became effective April 3.
Some Reasons for Advance.
Another reason for the Increase, he
pointed out, was the greatly Increased
cost Of raw materials, which haze
risen from SO per cent TO 1916 per
cent in the last year and 2 half.
As 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 Costing
More" and showing q comparison Of
the prices quoted in jelly, 1914, and
March, 1916.
In this schedule, copper. one Of the
principal ingredients Of photo epgray-
Inv, is shown to have increased As per
cent, or from I351s ceAts in July,
1914. to 50 cents In March. 1916.
ENC, another of the important raw
materialsSis shown to. have increased
$40 per cent, while 40 per cent nitric
acid and 20 per cent mnriatic acid
have each increased loo per cent. The
biggest increase, according to the cir.
cular, was In potassium bromide,
which rose from Al cents in July, 1914,
to 1852 in March, 1916, or 1876 per
cent. Other large increases quotca
are: Mercury bichloride, sos per
cent; hydFoquinine, 40 per cent;
copper sulphate, 2S4 per cent; acetfc
acid, $40 per cent; acetDne, 225 per
cent.
Higher Rriees for Small Cuts.
Analysing the new scale Of prices,
the Beard OF Trade points oat that
the burden Of the increase viii fall
upon snah engFayings, while the in
crease IN the large plates will be pro-
portionately small, Under the present
method Of price making, the BOARD OF
Trade states. the profits of the BUSH
ness are almost wholly derived fFssn
the fat on the large engRFings.
With the new scale in operation there
viii be, according to the estimate Of
the Board Of Trade, a reasonable
profit.
This means that threeinch engray.
AA>e5c COoI PAOpONN4otAIb8Jf tAirtL
much more than two-inch engTaEines,
and so on upwards to the largest en-
cravings BY this method, 1t 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 Roaxd Of
Trade on Tuesday evening", "a mem.
bers, representing "a concerns, were
present A meeting of the board OF
directors OF the Board Of Trade was
held on Wednesday afteEao0R. at
which the action of the Beard o.
Trade was ratified, after which the
new scale of prices was ordered
and distributes to the customers Of
the members. Introductory to the dis
tribution Of the new price scale, q
circular letter viii also be sent out,
informing the customers OF the pro-
posed increase and setting forth the
reasons.