The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-27
The ''scarcity Of paper meets our eye al

i The ''scarcity OF paper meets our eye al
most every time we open asheet from the north
south, or east, and it divides the printers at
tention equally with the seige of sebastapol th
inyincibleness of the know nothings and th
imbecility Of the Pierce administration. III
amount of capital and labor employed in th
manufacture Of paper, is beyond the conception
of many Of the readers Of the South Western
! To give some idea, we must have recourse t.
\ figures. Messrs E. R. Stevens d Co., the grea
paper importers of the SOUTH inform US that il
the United States there are $50 mills, whlcl
manufacture 5000, 600 Tbs. of paper annual
ly; valued at 1927 900, Geo. About 405, OCo,o
Tbs. Of rags are consumed which at the rate 0
four cents f9 h., are worth Sic, 100000. TIE
cost of manufacturing is near 81, $50 200, which
| together with the cost of material, amounts te
1913, 639, 900, actual expenditure in manufac-
turing paper worth S27, 0Oo, 900. This leaves
80. 365 600 as profit to be divided between
750 mills. The extraordinary nigh prices now
demanded for paper have caused some of the
leading journals, after due consideration, to Of
fer premium of $50, OCO for the discovery of a
ch6tp and perfect substitute rags as a mate
rial for the manufacture paper; which would
indicate that they were threatened with serious
embarrassment under the present rule offgurcs.
Many experiments have been made, and the on
ly one we notice likely to prove successful is an
invention of doctor Antisell, of New Y ork, who
is about forming company for producing the
pulp used in the manufacture Of paper, which
the Tribune thinks can be made into paper, and
be at least IS per cent. cheaper than it can be
at present afforded by our paper manufacturers.
A new mode has been discovered, according to
which the stamping process for reducing the
materials to pulp is altogether dispensed with.
The raw materials, we believe, require no care.
Once placed in the mill, the pulp will be ready
for the hands of the manufacturer, freed from
all impurities, and at the same time securing
everything useful in the original Ingredients
The bleaching process is believed to be supe
rior to any now in use. By it the inventor
thinks he not only secures perfect white tint,
but changes the character of the resinous and
oily substances present in the material; also,
creating strength by its combination with the
ibrous material. Moreover, most perfect
substance is procured, capable of being finish
I'd into first quality of bank, post, writing and .
lrawng paper; indeed, into any sort of paper
rom that used for engravings to the coarsest
wrapping. The pulps are prepared on a novel
principle Those used for pressboards or steam
packing are non-conductive, and made incapa-
de Of soaking water, while those designed for
he finer qualities are of the opposite character.
The cost OF the "gratcs" in their natural state
N an AVERAGES s y 100 lbs; the labor there
N J cents; making the full price SO 25 y
90 lbs. The same pulp will be produced by
he process under consideration-that of doctor
Antise}l-at 25 cents d 100 lbs, while redu-
ing the loss from waste from As to 5 "a cent.
he pull furnished to the paper maker will be
rom grasses costing $50 for every 1000 lbs of
'ure bleached pulp ready to be made into any
aper required, and to be put upon the paper
Machine at once. Allowing 100 p cent. to the
aper maker for the use of his mill, the paper
an be supplied to printers at cents p H., in t
ludmg commissions agents fees, insurance and {
forage. While we are waiting the compile
on of new inventions, it would be wise for the !
aper mills to make use of the lower grades of !
'tton as substitute for rags. At present I
rices it would pay better than any investment {
c know Of