Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-13
WHOLE NO. $50.
PAPER MAKING.

Few persons bxve IN adequate
: idea of the immense amount of cspi-
tai and labor employedia the manu-
facture of paper; and it is only by q
recourssio figures aud reliable. sta
,istics that q Just conception OF the
nature and extent Of the business can
tbe approximated. The rate at which
THE consumption Of TIE article in
creases, has larSouistripped the moss
extravagant anticipations that could
have been entertained, aud has open
ed the eyes of manufacturers to the
startling fact, that the SOURCE from
which they have derived the materi-
nj necessary for the manuEtcturs of
paper, aud which they had regarded
as unfailing has been comparatively
Iexhausted--to such an extent, at
tleast, as to render them nc longer
liable to keep pace with the demand.
Rags, which at one time proved a
serious incumbrahce to house keep
ers, and were thrown out with the
daily offal, are nov becoming hot oU-
/ ly sought after, but an article esteem-
&c almost precious
This state Of things had been fore
seen; aud the proprietors of the Lon
don Times knowing the effectan
-advanee in the price ofpsper grow
ing sul Of scarcity of rags, would
have in diminishing their profits,
offered a reward Of $4,000 for the
discovery OF a cheap and perfect sub
stitute for rags as material for the
manufacture j. Of paper Many ex-
perments have already been tried,
and though as yet, without entire
success, we may still reasonably
hope, inAyiew OF what bas already
been-aecomplishsd, that ultimately
the desired result will be attai1ed,
What man has done ia the past, in-
spires the belief, that bis genius is
capable Of. further and greater
achievements. that indeed whatever
his ply sieal and intellectual wants
ma, crave rs essential to the grand
progressive movement in favor ofths
true interests of bis race, will in time
be procured, and brought within the
achievement ofscience and art. We
trust that. the check experienced in
meeting the demand for paper win
soon be removed; a great incouyeli-
ence bas already been suffered, par.
ticularIy by The Press. Many p,o-
prietors Of newspapers have been
compelled tO.reducs the size Of their
sheets, and in some instances 10 sus-
pend the publication of their paper
altogether. We know Of no more
periious undertaking in a pecuBiary
pointo!view, than to attempt. at this
time, the establishment efa newspa-
per. eiT S
Wehsve at present in the United
States, $50 paper mills, which it has
been estimated, manufacture 270,-
100000 pounds of paper a year,
valued at S27, 100000. 9A!se#ing
that one and half pounds of rags
are requiredGto make one pound of
paper, we have 405, ,0G0,0 600 pounds
Of rags censumedin Que year, which
at the rate of four cents y, pound IRE
worth 81, 100000; and if we add TO
this the cost Of manufacturing, which
with interest and fixed capital, insu-
rance, expenses, &C., has been 'fouBd
to be S4, 100000, and the cost Of la
bor, making an aggregate Of S2S,-
1855, 900, as the actual expenditure
lin manufacturing paper Worth S27,-
1000, 1000, we (nd the ''measuTe, Of
profit by no means unreasonable;
Eand which might even be considered
-tsmall, we're not the manufacturer
comparatively free from those sud,
! den changes that affect the manu-
tfaelnre Of cloth and metals If a
substitute for rags be discovered,
which viii keep the supply Of paper
up to the demand, We can readily
stperceiys that n tremendous impetus
4 will be given to the manufacture.
i To ons who said, 4 II de i not be-
lieys thersi is an houest nan in the
slSorId,' another replied, sit is impos-