The sun., 1916-01-30
HIGHER PAINT PRICES
PREDICT PROSPERITY
Larger Profits From War Orders Put More Money Into
Crculation-W Workmens Wages Increase
War Effects Industry.

produce IA 1916. woikius seven days a
week and twenty -four hours n day
Consequently the paint manufacturer
is obliged to pay Il much higher price
for zinc, oxide. and even then cannot buy
all he wants. The increase In the cost
of zinc oxide makes "a net Increase OF
- cents IN the cost for this pigment
dlOue IN a gallon OF prepared paint con-
tanning 90 per cent. OF pure white zinc.
From the Increased cost OF this one in
grcdient II can bc seen that qn advance
in the price Of prepared paint 10y the
manufacture has been made necessary.
Lithopone. which Is used LARGELY In
the manufacture of Hat finish wall
paints. is "a combination pigment COM
tanning 80 per cent. of zinc sulphtdc and
80 yer cent of barium sulphatc Re
cause OF the rise IN price uf zinc sprter,
as explained above. the prtcr uG li.h'- '-
ponc has also advanced. \ gallon of
Hat wall paint In which the pigment is
lthopone contains twelve and a half
pounds Of this material The advance
IN price has increased the cost 20 tn"
manufacture about So cents on every
gallot of 0si paint. Tie advance is
som, what smaller IL other materials uc-
sides lithupone are used
Liuseed oil plays an important part
n paint and ,arnish manufacture. cur
iiaxseed crop for 1916 is. as usual. about
"a goo, 900 bushels short ~ the normal
supply for the United states. This
shortage is usually made up by importa-
tidn from Argentina NlthJugh the seed
Is there. it is Impossible to secure ships
to bring II to this country. and II the
war does not end an absolute scarcity
IL predicted by June /. The increased
;cost of lins-ed oil is hereby explained -
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see any thing but hrrcr prices
Earth colors are usually imported
from France and Italy. The cost ni
these pigments has advanced consider
ably owing to the great increase IN The
cost Of transportation.
Even Pennsylvania oxides have in
creased in cost because the congestion ~
freight on all railroads has made snip
meuts slow and uncertain \ ear whic'
ordinarily takes "A week or less to CONT
from the Pennsylvania mines To New
ork now may take a month. Naudyk'
brown is produced IN Germany and can
not ne obtained at this time.
l.dmpblack Is made from smoke pro
. duccd from a dead oil. The tnite'
States Government = using this dcd'
oil as a fuel for Mdrships, ard OWN,
to the increased demand the price ha
advanced materials l'uu blues. prus
4 sian. Chinese and Milur'. arc perhap
tn. most important Of tho chemical.
made dry coiors. ard in their ninufac
ture prusslate OF potash Is largely used
/ TAis is an article manufactured from
potash Germany has controlled tn
worlds supply Of potash, and since tn
war no quantity of any account ha
been brought into this country. TIL
normal price for pruSsjite Of potasl
was lc cents pound The price a fey
days aso was 90 cents = pound and onl,
small lots a3e ubtainahlc.
When the supply OF potash on han
IN this country Wa consumed manu-
ftcturcrs found that iron blues coul
be made from domestic prus ussiat, %
soda. which AZ the beginning OF IN
var cost cents pound It's pr. noy
ia about - cents a pound, and one /
limited 10 = certain quantity month.
Chrom" yellow VIII have 80 he ad
vauced i'm price because 1ichromatc q
soda which 's now used N place of ul'h
gunate OF potash ,Un Unphiilrlhie' hd
-tdvauvcd f-o-r cents 80 a. cents
pound. Acetic acid has advanced frui
, . ~ cents 10 about ~ cents pount
chrome greens are made from fnlN
ture Of chrome yellow and Prussia
blue and a. both of these constituent
have h",ome dciror IN" prices OF green
hay" necessarily advanced 1h" dircrc'