New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-13
THE EXHIB TlON
AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.
NNNEN.
pAprR ND ITS MANUFACTURE
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N.ricn's fancy st4 tiOnery. where there sre 80 '.
varieties Of beautifully gded painted emoro'defea
or lace-cut letter-paper. Nevertheless nose
Thousands would think only for moment OF tae
many useful empIoyments TO which the dirty AMI
otherwise useless rags picked very often along 'he
cutters are turned they would be amazed indeed ana
thankful for the marvellous aud continually increasing
improvements introduced in this manufacture WHO"
rot ouly enable produce the beautiful snees P0"
which we write our letters but also the man! o0lcl
equally useful kinds of paper The time not YET re-
mote when paper, in consequence oil us COST was tue
privilege Of the rich classes; and We were very orciO
struck with the change since then when we saw, some
four months ago. Number Of TIE Boston Ca;ee printed
in l779 upon a sheet only some ~ inches long o! Il
inches wide with which would not to-day even wrap
our candles But then paper was sold some at ~ cents
pound sad Of course grandsires could not aHoru
10 purchase better and larger sheet even III ordei
IN prut the great aud immortal facts OF the Revolution
What was tie price of subscription to snch saee'
wa do NOT know but we are sure that it was at least
three or four times higher than that of The iroEHe'
which the reader now holds in his hand Forty years
AGO. three men working very hard all day long could
scarcely manufacture from the pulp Of rags four thou
sand small sheets, while with the new means oil the
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time over sixty thousand and make them IN an endless
sheet of auy ength-and II Las been calculated tha'
the produced yearly by six machines could be put
together the sheet would be long enough to encrcle
the globe.
Our improved methods of making paper have now
ever been closely pressed upon by the immense ana
increasing consumption of the article And no where
is so much Of it used as in tho United states LII
Franco for example with its 100000 of Inhabitants
only 10000 tuns OF paper are produced yearly of which
oneseyenth part is for exportaton) giving OILY lour
pounds Der head; and in England for its 2sOJO,OOO
the production is $4,000 tuns giving A pounds per
head while in this country the production may De cal
cuated although there no precise documents at
very nearly the same amount in England ana rance
toretler no part OF il being exported yielding TOT
the 20OCOGO6 of free Americans very nearly l1l
pounds per head as the yearly consumption ms eau
BE- accom- ted for only by our liberal institutions 'ne
circulation of the journals and the vast use oil OooAS
i'm the common schools.
OF the hundreds Of manufacturers IN eech country
there are only few who have condescendea 10 eA e
their products We find in the Palace specimens rom
ony three in America three in England seven III yer,
MANY four in France, in Belgium ana tree IN o.
land while his Negro Majesty, the Emperor ., ia! -
does not dsdam to enter the icid, ana se"1 sun
bundlog Of very good paper, made rom the DAh'n'
re WHY would not the more advanced manufacturers
(yyho. perhaps made this paper for mmG SEM lhsi
own ALSO If we had the honor OF belonging 10 . w..
Grand Jury of the Exhibition we would AWARD luo
urze medal 10 Faustin T., If only 10 make our own
makers ASHAMED We are told that there are ABOVE
zoe paper mills in The United States, from when we
infer that there are least 800 propretors or coWpa
nies though only three have contributed TO 'he EAo
ition. -
Wo are pleased 10 see that the firm OF Platner " Co
Of ee Mass did not think it beneath their dignity 20
exhibit tleir beautiful writing paper; bus we W9u9
advise them not TO keep II, as they no. III It's R.S
crtclores The same could be said to almost all the
peuer kers Of al nations. These decorated wrap
per arc Of little interest it is the paper itsei we wish
TO see and as there is nobody to show IL It would De bet
ter ~ leave some few quIes to be soed by me MINUS
OF ytOrs than 10 give them no opportunity VI J"'7"s
rs to tie article en
N,tlno cam srpa5s the beauty and goodness OF those
letter and blank-LOok papers which We were aVe 70
examine For the h1nness OF the close ana uhn,Ihil
woven sheet the purity al tie pup the eooi anu rau
ness OF the sizing they compete WIN any Vi Ihe
best papers made 10 Europe and they really do honor 20
New-Enoland. r.
The Carey Manufacturing Company Of South Had
lev NJ ss, exhibit quantity Of very respectaDio-iooS
inc packages Of letter paper of which we wish we coud
sav something but can only report that we have been
able neither TO t0uchlt H. however tns paper
+. as GOOD az that we are used to from the came
mandatory it is worthy obeng shown 70 our ioTe3n
visitors in some more practical way thhh uhdel n'
Qilded covers ,,
Tie same may be- said Of the Victoria Mills paper
ia il English or American which Cyrus Field ~ Go
have locked up, BY way OF Precautlon' Rhaer gaS'
case. 90, ..
Where are the specimens of Manila paper IN rean
ard rolls from the mills OF Manning, Peckham ~ HOW
land of Troyl We have NOT been able TO discover
them and vet this description OF wrapping paper Is
sort Of national manufacture which Is uish eh'iei "
tie English paper makers on accOW OIL the eATaOr"
nary strength Of its thin sheets which are as tough az
parchment. e., ,-
In the English department as have said there ore
oply three connections But at least one can see th'
specimens exhibited and fId somebody who VIII Sho"
them A..
A Cowsn & Sous. Of Edinburgh, who have tl'
largest establishment in Great Britain, nave 'eil
@o,d .pecimeus of all kinds OF writing paper
Their blueaid and cream-laid post Is a. good tsA'
ure the pulp is pure but the blue lacks sometMhl
in color not being exactly the same shade on o0Ih SUE
Of tie sheet All these papers are very sIVhgy ele
but in respect to their surface 4eh % Iousn '"'' '
rather inferior. l. L1
The specjmens Of note paper paper made BY hand
exhibited by VI J. HollDgworth, Of the celeDra'e'
Turkey Mills are worthy OF tie naihe oi eiislI Ji
proprietor the world-renOHned W haman whose orah'
Is universally considered as the guaranty oi gDv,
article Their drawing papers are OF the hznes' Pua
inv and their bank post l. OF the best We nave seen
We DO uot 20 well Ike thels maehne-uade uta"iil
paUer; il seemed 10 rs htle Deficient IN SIZING =
thar il would hardly do for water painting ii.
Thomas II Saunders OF hartford, without any uy'g'
EXHIBITS the best paper in the Crystal Palsce Oo'e ~
quality ard purity Of pulp, cxactness o. "ea'l9s, ~ =
ne Of sheet hardness 81 sizing aud COCA Dn I, I.
The prize can only be disputed between nm Ela
rer 4 smith and Blanchet kreres, or hleeeF' Ho'
France. OF whom We VIII speak presently ..,
Rut we cannot leave Mr. Saanders without payl-
him the highest compliment fo' bis water -
parer II we were to conader % az hlereE a.
mental it would possess very little intefes. - -,
if We think Of its application i0r me Jam "a n "