Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-30
PRICES PAID BY
LAUNDRY OWNERS
SOAR SKY H|GH
Becomes Costly on
Account of War in Europe.
Many Highly important fti-.
Giles Can Not Be Obtained,

That the laundrymen Of the country
have been one of the hardest hit Of
any of the various classes Of business
men who have felt the pinch of war
prices was the statement made yester-
day by men engaged in that business.
Everything used in the operation Of a
steam laundry has gone up IN price
TO an extent that is nothing short of
astounding, and many articles hereto
fore considered Indispensable are now
not obtainable at any price.
So far there has been no advance
in laundry rates IN Albuquerque. but
that laundrymen Will be compelled to
raise their prices or else 20 out OF
business II the steady advance in the
price OF laundry supplies continues,
has been freely predicted. Cleanliness
Is becoming more Of luxury with
each passing day. So far the laundry
men have been bearing the expense.
but there is a limit beyond which they
cannot continue 10 stand this burden.
few instances of the sharp adj
vance in the prices Of laundry sup
piles will give an idea OF what the
laundry owners are up against. Blu
Ing, one of the most necessary of all
laundry supplies, sold for $3.50 Il
pound before the war in Europe be-
gan, hut blulng Is made Of aniline
dyes ana at present the luundryman
Is lucky II he can gel It at from s1s
TO SIS "A pound. and in many instances
he IL compelled to accept a substitute
bluing made IN this country.
Soap the basis of all cleanliness,
has gone from I'D cents pound be-
fore the war 10 SIS cents a pound
At the present time. with prices still
going up Soda equally necessary in
the laundering OF clothes. has jumped
from 81 hundred pounds To $40.
aud starch from Ia cents a pound
TO l-l cents Il pound The paper in
which your laundry Is wrapped for
merly cost "a cents a pound. hut
now II cost "a cents, while the twine
with which II IL tied has leaped in price
Even the ink with which your
mark is placed on the clothing has
gone an from s. a quart to S., while
the cloth padding for laundry ma
chimes has registered an advance of
over SO per cent
Raises Elsewhere
IN cities In the cast which are not
under the handicap Of high freight
rates, as Albuquerque is, laundrymen
have not hesitated to advance their
rates. An interesting line on the sit
uatlon is given in the following cor
respondence from Milwaukee to the
Laundrymai's Guide, one of the rec
ogni2ed leading trade publications.
The war in Europe has finally hit
the family washing
This WAS learned yesterday when
circular letters We're sent out by some
OF The laundry companies Informing
patrons rough dry washing, will be
cents pound instead of cents.
THE increase was made necessary
because Of the jump III the cost of
materials which enter the washing of
clothes.
President c. q. Comstock Of the
My Laundry company exhibited bill
for Washing powder which he could
nave purchased year ago for $3.50,
but which now costs $a4.4s
You can say that the cost Of sup
plies has Increased from 500 70 500
per cent he said Soap has gone
from l-S 20 e Ia paper from -
to twine from TO 81 starch from
L. to : ~ aeetie acid from ~
IN blueIne feQfa 81 a nn,nH =.