The Price of Paper

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 February 1916, Page 3

The Price of Paper

1 rape.' iii'jCi-is tjJ.o i.LVii ,i<u u aUialiv. Ed uy id and lu per iu over liiuau rates wiiicii uamo into lorce 111 tiie IllSl Ceix Ul jjeeeillOer lubt, 6U.) 3I HO ttyuuey -Uuruiuy, iiera-iU, oi me nr. instant. iiic trade lias been excited over the in oreads, aliu mere nu» t>eon tree uuymg because ot the tear liuu prices v\ ill advance oUli lui'tiier. ino reports cuucernmg tiio resli'ioVion oi J. U) 'i imports into lijugiani aud li. i resuicUou oi wood, pu.p imports lrom Scandinavia, apparently started liic excitement. JLiio cables received , ironi pnuite sources uU suggest- a Ugni> market. One aUUen; Saiiiugo Ironi Scandinavia are irregular, also every liuuteii. Cargo awaiting shipment is •hugely ill excess oi available tonnage. Another cable is to the ellcot 'Can promise nothing. ile prepared ror great delays. .New prouibition exploit wood pulp is likely to increase prices generally.'' L'rom .New York it is cabled •'Hallway* will not carry, cannot ship al any price. Steamers now asii I -10 to oO dollars (eight guineas to ten guineas at an excluinge 01 4.75 dollars measurement.'' London cables "Cannot quote, panicky conditions prevail." What prices to-day mean may be judged from these two instances. Whdc pointing paper before the war was 'lid per lb, in December it was now it is 3d. Again axt paper before the war was 4d per lb, in December >■ had advanced to Sjjd, now it. is 6Jdi. Another art paper, which before the war cost -lid now costs , ill. Printing paper which most of the country newspapers use, quod crown 42, cost iormely 7s per i'earn. Now the cost is its 4|d, an increase of more than 50 per cent. Again, if we compare prices of MF printing, we find that formerly it was lis 3d, nmv it is 25s 7Jd per ream. Double printing paper, coloured., cost 8s 6d, now it is. listed at 18s 4Jd. Coming to cards we find that while thin ivory thirds, with I square corners, were 2s 8d per 1000 m | December, 1914, they are now 3s 2d.