The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-03-23
VOL R.
PAPER MAKING

Few peEsons hare an adequate idea Of
The immense amount Of capital and labor
employed III The manufacture Of paper.-
Adii1iiisioaiy bya seco.irss 10 fiynes and
reliable statistics, that just conception Of
The nature aud ex,sproi The Business can
be ap,roxlrnalei. 1hs rate at which The
{, consumption OF The auliicls increases, has
tar ouislIipped The most ,rxliayagaiit anlici.
paiiolrs thai could have been entertained,
aud has ,opeded the eyes VI ibe maui,iaciur-
ers 10 the siapIing fact thai The source from
, whicii they have derived, The, maie.ial NO.
ccss;lry for the manufactured paper, which
they mad rsgar.lsd ne unlsiliny, has been
Comparatively exhansleJ-io such an ex.
tent ai,least, ~ 70 render them NO Ial,ger
',s5le 10 keep pace Will ihe sIrnasiid. Rs,t,
which a, o,e titne proved Z sesious iIrum-
brancef 10 housekcepeIs, and were illrpwn
out wiiti'ihe daily oifai, are, now bpcoit ing
not only songlii afler, but mn article es,eern-
ed almost precious. ~, 10 ses'f.i
This Stale ofihings had been, forrseeu,
and the proprielors of The London Times,
knowing The effect All advance in The, p,ice
ofpapsr growing ou, Of d. scaicily Of rags
would have in diminishih. their ,prut,s, of.
fered a reward Of $4,000 Tor The, discovery
Of cheap aud ,eriec, substitute for raas rs
a material for The manufacture OF paper
Many experiments have already been nied
aud though as yei, without success. we may
still reasonably hope. in view of whal has
already been accomplished, ibuI ultimately
the desired result will be auaiaed: Wha,
man has done IN the past, inspires the be.
lief that his genius is capable Of iurhrr and
greater nchiesmer's, ihpJindeed whtsver
lis physical and Intellectual wants may
crave as ess initial 10 the .raud progressive
movement IN favor orlhe true interests Of
his race, will in lime be procured and bTor
within The achievement VI science aud AT.
We trust that The check experienced IN
meeting The demand for paper will soon DO
removed, as great Inconvenience has al
ready been suffered, particularly by, The
press, Many pmprielors OF newspapers
have been compelled TO reduce The size Of
their sheets, aud IN some Instances, To sus-
pend the publication oilheir paper altoge'h-
er.
We know OF no more perilous undertaking
in a pecunlary point Of view Than 10 al
tempt, a, This time, The establishment VI
newspaper. .8,-T
We have At presen, in the United States,
$50 pap.r mill. which il has bee, estimated
ma,uiaclure 270 900 900 .onnds o. paper
year, valued a, S27 O00, 900. Allowing
tina, one and half pounds Of rags arc re-
quiled TO make Que pound Of paper, we
havs i0j .0OO, 900 pounds of rag. consumed
IN one year, which a, the rate Of four cents
n pound, are worth SIG 200 900 aud II we
add oiais The cos, Of manufacturing, which
with interest and fixed capital, insurance,
expenses &c has been found 10 be 81.
050 600. aud the cosi of labor, making an
aggregate Of ,635 600 n, the actual cx.
prndrne ~ m muiacIuring paper worth
81 600, 600, we finc The measure OF profit by
no means unreasonable, aud which miaht
even be considered small, were no, The
manufacturer comparatively free from those
sudden changes lha, atfec, The manulac;ure
Of cloth aud metals. ia substitute for rags
be1liscovered, which will keep The supply
ol paper fully up 10 tho demand, we can
readily perceive That u tremendous impetus
will he given 10 the manufacluIer.-Balti.
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