Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1879 — Advance in the Price of Paper. [ARTICLE]

Advance in the Price of Paper.

The manufacturers of printing paper have determined upon an important increase in the price of that article. At a meeting held in Chicago, on the 2d inst, attended by representatives of all the leading mills of the Northwest, the price of all-rag print paper was fixed at 7 cents per pound, and of wood and straw print paper at 6% cents per pound, in car-load lots. Another advance is contemplated on the Ist of December. This advance in price is occasioned by an increase in the demand for paper and a scarcity of rags, the price of the latter article having advanced from SI. 75 to >2.25 per cwt. within the past thirty days.