, 1862-12-25

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apcr promises to be produced at from twen-
r-fYe to thirty y-three per cent less than from
he rag, at present prices. The experiments
:.e to be prosecuted to q more successful test. |
Messrs, Butler g. Hunt at st. Charles, and
t1r. Beardsley at .EIkllart, and the two nlil1sa
Beloit, are engaged with others in efforts to
q cheaper article for the manufac-
Luring Of paper than the rag Gdords. 4 con
siderable portion Of the printing paper now on
sale in Bcektnan street, New York, has from
twenty-five to thirty three per cent. Of wood
in with The rag fibre. One estab-
lisln1cnt alone, ir Pennsylvania, sends into
New York and sells to manufacturers of both
sized and nnsized papers, from six to eight tons
Of manufacturers pulp, OF talfstuf, per5day, |
at lower figure than the paper Of which it |
forms a part could be sold at, six month ago. |
We understand thai the Humboldt Mills, near /
Milwaukee, contemplate Introducing, at an |
early day, the method Of manufacturing pulp |
from wood, now III such successful operation
in Pennsylvania.
We are informed, also, that the paper man
factures Of the Northwest have been COM
PEELED to pay for the past three weeks from 8
to L. cents per pound for common country
mixed rags. This is little more than the price
they brought in New York for the past eight
days. Making the usual allowance, the price
Of three pounds Of rags for pound Of paper,
and The price Of paper should rule here ut
from IS IL to 20 cents per pound. This
dcarth of rags has been occaeioned blythe large
sbipn,ents Of them that have been made to the
- ,;v.4 In 1-%rt F,rr
mouths, It is estimated that over !, 900 tons
Of rags have been shipped to the Eastern
States from the six Northwestern States
within the year 1862 Since the assembling Of
| the Paper Manufactures Convention in New
| York, last summer, most Of ti,e gentlemen
| who attended it seemed to have been panic
| stricken in reference to rags, and have been
| buvirg them to hoard. -Four manufacturing
| establishments in the vicinity Of Springfield.
Mass, in the month Of October1aet, held over
Thousand tons Of rags-a larger amount by
| th1ec-fourths than the same concerns had ever
held before Two firms in Philadelphia boast
Of holding over 1000 tons Of rags between
them, when at all times previously one-fifth
part Of that amount would hare been consid
cred by them large stock on hand.
To so aid in reducing the price Of printing
paper in the Northwest, all housekeeper:
should preserve and sell oil the linen and cot
Ton rags that accumulate about their houses
and country merchants and others who bu,
them should give the preference Of purchaser
to those who use them at the manufacture
within their States. At present, and for tn
past tNo gears, at least one-tAird Of the rag
purchased at Chicago. Milwaukee, Detroi
and other lake ports, hare been bought b
dealers in Yankee notions and parties VIII
were agents for Eastern manufacturers.
In addition to this, Congress should, to en-
courage the press and manufacturers Of th
country, reduce the impost duties on baeacf
ing powders, fe1ts and other articles nccessar
, to thc manufacture Of paper, Which arc no
and in the present state Of the manufaesurin
interests Of the United States, cannot be mad
= in this country.
To make paper from any Of the propose
substitutes for the rag will greatly increa'
the amount consumed Of articles used IN 81
ing to paper its white color.
II Ne are happy to know that there is pro
!, poet Of decline in the prescntruinous pric
y Of both paper and rags. In addition to Il
! recent decline Of rags i'll the Eastern marke
0 nc learn that several Of the largest holders
a rags in New York and Boston have resoly'
# not 10 buy any more within the next sixty
IS ninety days, but 10 convert what they ha
le on hand rs fast as possible into paper at t
d. present high rates. The suspension Of n1a1
ia Of the smaller publications Of the day has II
- terially diminished the demand for papt
- Besides this, many Of the manufacturers
~ printing paper arc erecting extensive n
a1 chincry to use straw and other substitutes
rs the rag, so that the demand for Il
n; article will be materially 1essencd beft
Of the FIRST Of February. Among ths
all most actively engaged in such an enterpr
i'm is Mr.. Woodruff, the President Of the Pal
, a Manufacturers Association in New York,
.ax his mills at Niagara and Daayi11e. And Ia
-, though By no means least, when is added
efforts Of the Associated Press Of the East
Va break up The e1,nrighteous combination form
"a in New York by the paper manufacturing
ms teres1s Of Philadelphia, New York and
las England, and the ilattering success which
Che thus fur attended their efforts, We may sal
lore count upon being seusib1y relieved from
; in | present cxorbitant prices Of paper 1e1
u,;,, many weeks.
light F.. NC aea.n a@m 'hose VINO nave ra1a at
ito ton to the subject, that in August, Sept
I,at,s ber and October last, and indeed up to
wis, rrn s,atss E,ro .aa ~ n ano-aaa ~:
and were running to their utmost capa
indeed, many orders they could not fill
supplied from Western mills. There
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