The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-06-03
PROBLEMS FOR THE PRINTER

any otHeT important user or paDC
stock, is the continued and regula
advance in prices that are forwarde,
us by the leading wholesale houses
OF the coast and other parts of tn,
country.
These advances during the pas
six months or so have been SO exten
sive that many small offices in the
large cities have been compelled tc
quit altogether, simply because OF
the fact that they we're unable to
get fair price on their printing pro.
duct from their customers, the matter
being a hard one to explain.
Printing inks have also scared out
or sight; particularly the bright col
0red lines, some advancing as much
as 1900 percent, while others can
not be had at any price. The cost of
labor in the printing trades has al
so advanced, which makes an unpar-
alleled situation in the printing bus
mess and compels an increase in lob
printing to meet conditions.
A circular issued recently by one
OF the Los Angeles paper houses re-
views the situation insofar as the pa
per market is concerned
THAT there is worldwide short
age OF the finished product, due to
the withdrawal Of the supply from
European countries now at war.
That there is an increased de-
mand, resulting from actual greater
consumption. and from protective and
speculative buying.
THAT there is an actual shortage
or pulp, rags, paper stock, chemicals,
dyes, ETC., resulting from the mill
inability to run full capacity.
That the short supply of paper.
greater demand, scarcity and high
cost OF raw materials, and increased
labor costs have resulted in much
higher prices.
THAT a normal market cannot pre-
vail until present conditions are
changed by the cessation of war: by
greater supply of raw material and
by a diminishing demand for paper.
las the prices of paper are de-
pendent upon the supply and demand.
the probability of change either
for both is contingent upon the fol-
lowing:
so long as the war continues, the
finished papers from Europe are prac-
tically withdrawn from the market.
and those countries are practically
Withdrawn from the market, and
those countries formerly supplied by
them will naturally seek their sun
ply from the United States; conse-
the demand for American pa-
pers will continue and probably in
crease.
This country cannot make enough
paper even running at full capacity
TO supply the shortage At present
some mills are compelled to shut
down because raw stock cannot be Sc
cured; therefore the supply will be
insufficient.
THE foregoing relates to paper
generally, but considering specifii-
cally the manufacture of colored pa
pers more serious problem is con-
fronted. 1t is generally believed
that dyestuffs cannot be manufactur-
cd In this country This is not fact.
as at the present time there are
plants manufacturing aniline DIVES
AS good product as has heretofore
been imported from Germany This
country is producing approximately,
80 per cent of it's dyestuff require
ments, but this is principally black
which is used in the manufacture of
paper to comparatively small de-
gree.
AT the beginning of the European
war the principal aniline concern in
the country Immediately largely in
creased its facilities. Contracts were
accepted covering period of two
years at price that was considered
by manufacturers as fair, but since
the purchase Of war munitions be-
came general throughout the coun-
try, the cost of practically all of the
products used in the manufacture of
aniline dye mounted sky hieh. un-
Gil the unheard-of advances of va
rious materials compelled the manu-.
facturers to increase their price"
The prevailing high metal prices
has. naturally. caused a big advance
In the cost of type. linotype metal
and practically everything which en-
tors into the making of newspaper