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Show NEWS PRINT PAPER ! JUMPED IN PRICE j y Associated Press. I WASHINGTON. Oct. 19 Hecause of tn- creaaed cost af Ubor and transportation, i the federal trade comminaion announces n increases in prices for standard newsprint paper, establishing aa fair maximum prices for the period from July 1 the following: fol-lowing: $1.76 4 per hundred pounls f. o. b. mill for roU news In oar lots; $ 87 for roll news m less than ear lots; for sheet news In car' lots, and $4.27 for sheet news In small quantities. The newe prices. It Is estimated, will allow manufacturers an average profit of $19.75 a ton, but do not Include other Increases In-creases asked because of higher cost for wood used for puip These rates were fiied' aa bases for adjustments for paper already delivered on contracts. |