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Show RAISE IM PRICES ON ELECTRICAL GOODS Heavy Increase on Cost of Raw Material Is Reason, Says Hawley That e ectrlcal material and electrical app ances of pract ca ly a 1 descriptions a e d e for a sharp ncrease in price on or about January 1 as a result of the hea y ncrease of raw mater als entering into the manufacture of these utens Is Is the word brought back f om the east by C B Haw ty vice pros dent and general manager ot the In e mounta n Electric on pu who has just re un ed from a wo weeks tr p o Hot Spr igs Va. whe e e attended semi annual con ention of the Na onal E ectr cal Job be s I The men comprising this association come from all the principal cities of the Un ted States and are at the head of the ompan ee that d stribute the great bu k of eleotiicai material and electrical ap p ances used In h s coun ry Mr Hawley declares he convention brought forth more nte es ng d scuss on an he had eve 1 stened to before and s a es further tha he majority of these d s us ons hold a good deal of lmmedi a e erest for the pub c In ec axing that the heavy increase of the pr oe of raw materials that enter in c the manufacture of e ectr cal goods of a deacrlpt ons must result immed ate y n an increase the price of the fin shed product Mr Hawley declares he is but echo ng the consensus of opin on of a of he dea e s and t ectrlcal Jobbers ho a ended the Hot Springs com en tion Mr Hawley sas I know of noth ng better to lllus-a lllus-a e he trend e ectrlcal goods will ake short y the of Increas ng pr es than to sa that on January 1 e ectric irons of practically all makes and descriptions will go up la price from 6 to 60 cents each Take other lines of e ectrlcal goods the cross arms and other materials tha are na ailed on poles for wiring All of this material has risen sharp y in price and the situation in the east le such that manufacturers of th e pole ha dware as we call It, have no fled the trade that they will not ta e on any new customers Each manufacturer will now confine his ef forts to tak ng the best possible care of O e customers he already has in addition to filling more order. Despite the rise In price that must come on electrical goods about the first of the year electrical dealers and jobbers all over the country are turning their surplus money Into mer chand se as hey are all exceed ng y optlmls lc over the prospects for 1916 We look for the biggest year In our hlato y The Jobbers at the convention adopted resolutions urging the passage of the Stephens bill, which will come up In congress for clscueslon again at the coming session The purpose of this bill is to permit roanufactur ers like the Eastman Kodak com pany the Gillette razor peop e and many others of a slmia r nature who perfect and patent their Inventions, to afterward have authority to say at what price these artloles shall be sold to retail dealer. The popular term for this Is 'price maintenance," and manufacturers and Jobbers and the great majority of solid retail men of the country are urging Vie adop tion of such measures In order that legitimate business enterprises may be protected from the Jeopard zatlon of fl by night concerns that Jeopard ze their own Interests the pub lc and the manufacturers by lrrespons ble price cutting Mr Hawley states that he has arranged for the publicat on of one of the largest and finest cata ogues h s concern has ever Issued This catalogue will cover both the electric supp y business of the concern and the automobt e accessory end of the business and will be ready for d s-trlbut s-trlbut on In February |