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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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the adapta-tion of those selected to the numerousparticular purposes for which papersof this kind are used; and in the es-tablishment of the most advantageoussupply arrangements. The first attempts to meet theseproblems were begun in 1917. TheWestern Electric Company, in per-forming its function of establishingcentralized supply arrangements when-ever these could be carried out to thebest interest of the service, had en-tered into contracts to centralize thepurchasing of the bulk of printedbusiness papers for two of the Asso-ciated Companies. While this pro-cedure offered some measure of econ-omy over the general practice ofdealing with a number of supplysources and of handling each printedform as an individual transaction, itleft much to be desired. The formsrequired were listed under these earlycontracts and individually priced ac-cording to the judgment of each con-tractor submitting a bid. The one 140 Bell Telephone Quarterly A P R I L Ground wood pulp fibres Sulphite pulp fibres
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PHOTOGRAPHS FROM U. S. TESTINGCO., INC., HOBOKEN, N. J. THREE PRINCIPAL PAPER PULP FIBRES These photomicrographs represent a magnification of approximately 100 diameters whose total bid was lowest receivedthe business, although for any particu-lar form his price might be higherthan other bidders. In all of these negotiations, paperwas a constant source of difficulty.Numerous brands were specified,many of which the printer did notnormally carry in stock, and the ques-tion of substitution would necessarilyarise. Inasmuch as there were hun-dreds of forms, on papers of manydifferent sizes, weights, and colors,substitution only led to confusion andto the question of whether the substi-tutions offered by one bidder were theequal in quality of the substitutionsoffered by another. This difficultywas magnified by the fact that little definite data as to paper quality weregenerally available. A further complication developed inthe rapid increases in paper pricesduring the war period. The printe

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