Show I I I Price of BH Bibles Increased I I Along With Other Advances I I recent reported advance in the THE 1 price of Bibles was commented up upon upon upon I on here yesterday as ns an indica indication IndIcation indication tion of ot the general result of the high cost of living lhing Dr F B Short pastor of the First Methodist church sug suggested suggested suggested that the advance was merely the regular increase brought about by increased wages and was in line Une with the advance in price of ot publications of all kinds He explained that he was not in a position to tell much about the advance since he had no means of comparing prices now and in the past but there seemed to be a general ad advance advance adVance vance in the cost of books he said and he be called attention to a recent state statement statement ment given out by Rev Henry C Jen Ten Jennings Jennings of at Jennings Graham Cincin Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati nati selling agents for the Western Methodist Book concel n The state statement statement statement ment follows We were notified of the increase by b the various manufacturers which we patronize and in turn informed our customers of the advance Various rea rca reasons reasons sons have been given for this Higher cost of materials especially binding leather and India paper and increases in the cost of ot printing and binding were among the items mentioned in inthe I the notices that we received Years ago we ceased the manufacture of I Bibles so that I am not familiar with the relative increase in the cost of the various arlous materials used in the making of the books What effect if any the change in tariff rates on leather and paper may have had on the advance I do not know The increase will nearly all the different classes and aorl grades of Bi Bibles BIbles Bibles bles handled by the book trade These include the teachers teacher Bibles and the Oxford Bibles with their familiar flexible flexible flexible ble covers and the finer and more ex expensive expensive expensive pensive heavy books printed on India paper and bound in morocco There are aro ar arvery very few Bibles sold that will not come within the classifications that are to toI bear the increase I |