The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-27
esnsantly upward. VIII occasional

cdnsantly upwards With eceasicpal
Anctuhtiong.
Leather bel ting has Jumped between
thirty and forty per cent since shosttIs
litfesR started.
Printing oilers, compo sed chiefly Of
glue glycerine and molasses. have al:
so felt the uplift movement advancing
about Is per cent.
Glycerine. greatly in demand for ex.
plosives, has advanced from eighteen
and one.half cents per pound TO fifty
two cents. with further advances ex-
Epected.
Glue has remained comparatively
stable but molasses has increased from
90 to about % cents per pound.
Wool blankets and felt used in the
packing Of printing presses have been
greatly Influenced by the European de.
mand for wool, and New York jobberS
are quoting prices ten to twenty-five
| per cent greater than In 1914.
Stereotype blankets have advanced
in about equal proportions.
| 1t is estimated that about billion
pounds of wool is being used for uni.
forms and clothing for the belIigerent
soldiers, and asclothing worn in the
trenches has to be burned after about
| Two IuDuIAS HGa1 TIC nOOts N ItGh
would ordinarily be converted into
| shoddy, and the cotton which would
| go TO paper mills, is absolutely de.
stroyed.
\ Another feature is that all wool i'm.
4 ported into the United States comes
from British dependencies through the
Wool Alliance in Boston. This organ.
! ization has been forced to pledge it.
self to use the wool so that the Cen.
trail Powers will derive no benefit from
! 1t. and the Alliance in turn exacts
the same pledge from manufacturers
and jobbers. This restraint has helped
Ito increase the cost production, and
| according to the manufacturers no re.
lief is IN sight.
/ Rubber blankets. also used in pack.
| ing. have advanced about ten per
/ cent.
Muslin, also used In press packing,
! has been only slightly affected by the
war. advancing half a cent per pound.
Meto. chemical which is indIspcn.
sable 10 the art department of a news
paper, has advanced from an ante.
bellum price OF about 81 per pound 10
! $50. Increase OF 1000 to 5000 per
cent are common all through the chem.
iCal section OF the newspaper plant.
The better grades OF lead pencils,
retailing about five cents apiece. have
not advanced in price, although the
price Of graphite has Increased &C.
cording to leading manufacturer. the
makers of lead pencils have met tho
situation by stopping the production
Of the cheaper grades.
Gum arabic. used in making stereo.
type matrices has increased, 100 per
cent since 1914.
Wrapping paper and Irvine used in
the circulation work have also dou.
4 bled In price, due to the increased diff.
/ ficulty in shipping.
Some makes Of printing presses have
been raised ten per cent in price.
Autoplates will go up ten per cent
on March 81.
Ontype founders supplies. leads.
/ furniture and brass rule. The chief cf.
feet has been felt in reduced quantity
| discounts. Rule brass has advanced
sixty per cent IN raw material, but the
type founders have boosted their price
only about twenty per cent.
Wood furniture has been immune so
far. but with lumber rising steadily
in price. the finished product is expect.
ed TO take a leap within short time
Leads and slugs for spacing cost tho