New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-13

every description Of paper They are the only erhA-
itors who have properly understood that IN Worlds
Fair IL Is not the finest article alone, but rather
those 0r tie use Of the MILLION which ought to be
mind Herr are some sery good oolorei wrapping
pspors and some coed writing paper rather tender per-
hans espeisly when compared Win our Own. or vita
the Eprlsh article though 81 = good quality Bat
Wis, most ssYrck Ms was some good printing Psper al
20 francs PER 100 hlogrammes, which corresponds to
soretliDg hke Il cents pound
we h,ye remarked above thas Balehet Frcres or
Kleler from France might compete with the best
American and English manufacturers. We regret that
thew have enclosed their specimens in glsss .ase in
tssA of arranging them that they could be SHOWN 10
enc 10 the best ADVANTAGE Their thin Bank post
ana Bristol and cOlored paste-boards for drawing
espeeal, worthy 81 notice as wei IS taer ncOnbesf
bic paper Tor gun and cannon cartridges ms Is mss
entirely from SKINS
But tie great feature Of thisexhbiton especially ic~
us Is plan-looking collection OF wiring paper Ha&e
,siirey from srapby Coupler Meiler Of France who
have fo patented their process IN CHS country Fora
lone tine we have believed in the possibility OF making
psnr rom crude vegetable substances the hbrcs con
tained in them may evidently be made available for the
nurpose But we had not been aware, until hearing the
explanations of Mr. Meler. the inventor OF this paper.
OF the difficulty of getting these nores INTO convenient
state 10 turn them into pulp for manufacture. IL sp-
meas that some one hundred and nifty different pro-
cesss of doing this have been patented as well IN Eng
land As in France but that all OF them hsIe utterly
failed either in respect OF the quah,A ana color Of ths
paper or the cost Of production Inc hrs' attempt
vas made in Germany in 1850, where the scarcity OF
RAGS was felteyen then. although the production OF pa
uer has since increased about 20 per cent treatise
upon the subject printed In tmnkort-on'tht, MAN.
giving plan for reducing all vegetables INTO pulp and
bleaching tie same Some twenty years atterward, q
new way was found in France, and We have seen q
small volume printed in l5s6, upon white looking pa
per made from the bark Of the Linden tree, st tue end
of which were some twenty specimens OF paper, made
from as many different kinds of vegetables. But the
~ anlt be az ~ mr.
nem seem 10 have discouraged the inventors All
the Subsequent attempts made ron loOi TO iSA
eouay resulted in complete failure, leaving only as
token the manufacture of the yellow coarse looking
brittle paper generally used fox wrapping. But the
nossibN of getting pulp from these substances was
nevertheless established and although there has beens
constant prejudice against their employment in conse-
ouenee Of these failures there has however. remained
among all practical in the paper trade, strong
feeling that by means or Other, convenient pro
cess would be found to make them really useful
The great difficulty Coupler n Mellier had to over
come was 10 submit the straw TO the chemical agents
which they employ, in such manner as tn prodnee on
il the necessary effect and at the same tme NOT 10
wear il out that TO say TO retain the strength Of the
6bres; and finally to obtain the pulp for nAnuhctur-
iup az cost not exceeding and If possible Inferior to'
the cost OF the pulp made from rags Before discovering
tho very ingenious combination Of means when hn'
swers completely they had TO go through All tne PreVi
Gus processes uniting chemical science win ihen prac
ticNl experience aS paper hlauulactut'iH ~" w"
expense of time aud money e.,
How far they have succeeded as TO the quality OF Iae
paper we can Judge by the specimens when tnel eA'
kbit which are strong consistent ami OIL COCA coioi
az 10 the cost by the fact OF which we nave trust
worthy information that their process has been sue
cessluly applied during the last two years m France
Great britain and Switzerland and IL about to be APP
nHed in Belgium We learn also that one OF the inSen-
Tors is now in America and is building ms apparatus
for paper mill in Penns ania, which, in The course
sf two months, will furnish the market with straw
paper ~ .n,;o;..,. =,
immediate REDUCTION in the price Of paper from
the introduction Of this process bat at All events
we can depend upon its checking the constant M
crease of price which must otherwise follow the con-
Misunderstanding consumption of paper, While tho
sources which supply rags remain the same. but
if the inventor is correct in his opinion, we may expect
that before long at the same time that he wl reccwo
an adeouate reward for his ingenuity, the profits made
by the manufacturer win be increased while the price
OF paper viii be diminished. Then, while the p1one
at LARGE win be benefited in every way, we shan 90
able to add another improvement to Ih Tribune oy
printing il on paper about AS bne ami heavy ns tnas
used BY the London journals, without increasing ia