Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1879 — The Advance in Paper. [ARTICLE]

The Advance in Paper.

The paper-makers seem to have become crazy upon the subject of prices of paper, ano aro rushing things in a manner most remarkable. Within a period of sixty days the prices of print and book papers have advanced ovei 50 per cent. Paper that was being sold in September at cents per pound is now put upon the combination price-list at 10 cents per pound. At a meeting of tho Chicago Division of the American Paper-M ikers’ Association, hejd in Chicago on Nov. 25, the following prices to dealers were fixed upon : Straw print 8c per pound No. 1 news (30 per cent, wood) 9e per pound Ext' a news (all rag) .10c per pound No. 2 book (machine finished) 11)j»c per pound Sized and super calendered bopk. .12)£c per p und These are tho manufacturers’ prices until the next meeting of the association, which will occur the latter part of December, at. which time another advance of from to 2W cents per pound may be expected. A flock of 1,500 sheep was burnt d to death by a brush fire near Ventura, Ca!., the other day. The fire surrounded the stock before the herder ponld drive them out of danger.