The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-23
Paper.

Boston Journal was printed on paper made Of
wood. The Journal now states that this wood
paper is manufactured in Pennsylvania The
proprietors of the mills have patent for the
invention, but as ye, are manufacturing it only
on Q small scale. Tt, wood used is common
white wo>d, or poplar. 1t is first Clipped liz
the same way that dye wood is cut up, and
then 1t is subjected to chemical process, sub
mitt!ng 1T for several hours to the solvent action
of caustic alkaline with the application OF
powerful heat, to reduce it 10 pulp. The
rest Of the process is the same as that GIN ployed
in the manufacture Of ordinary rag paper
AboHt 20 per cent of linen or cotton fibre is
mixed With the wood pulp. The paper made
ay this process costs the manufacturer five cents
apound, or about one half as mach as rag pa
per enc year ago, though, of course, it now
commands as high price in market as the same
quality of pa per made from cotton fibre. The
mill, where it is manufactured, although OF
limited capacity, not producing enough to supply
abe demand of the Boston Journal, alone, is
making net profit Of $500 day. The paper
il white and strong and good as, if not better.
for printing purposes than paper made of rags
The propretors Of tho patent are anxious to
form company with capital of million
dollars 10 manufacture ps per in immense guam
titles, and no doubt viii accomplish this result,
as, at the present high price of paper, the en-
terprise promises very large profits.
The Boston Journal, after making the stale
nnsnts from which we condense the above, AIDA
the following interesting statistics, respecting
ths consumption Of paper
The manufacture of printing paper in this
country is one Of great importance. The con-
sumption OF paper equals ia amount that of
GreaE Britais and France together. In 1854
it wsa estimates that 25O 900 pounds were
consumed. valued at $25 600 900. About 4O5,-
QUO, 200 pounds OF rags were used, at an average
cost Of tonr cents per pound In New England,
,thc MIddls and Western States, the vaIue Of
book, J1b and newspaper printing Was returned
by the last census (l860) as $3.50, 426 ,843, of
which eleven millions worth CONSISTED Of books,
the value OF tbs latter being nearly equal to the
whole product of the same branch in 1850
which was returned at $ll 1856, SAG. The man
tisR, the State Of Massachusetts, alone prodac-
ing paper Of the value of S., 96S ,468, being
over IS per cent Of The product of the Union in
1850.
The same paper also makes the following
statement respecting the high prices which have
been paid for rags, and the sources Of supply
The high price of printing paper has rasslt-
ed in part from tbs scarcity Of cotton, while
the high rates OF exchange have also contributes
60 enhance the value of paper stock, by far the
largest proportion OF the rags used in the mar
afacturo being imported, mainly from Italy
and Egypt. The lazzaroni OF the former coun-
try have contributed their cast Off clothing,
which has been literally rags, while even the
for she bsneft of the present generation Of
newspaper and book readers.
y Sorghum is now being used to sene extent in
the manufacture of paper, and we give. below
from another source, further interesting infor-
ma ton respecting the material from which pa
per can be manufactured.
In Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and other States
of acres yield tons OF flax, (which is
raised only for tho tdr seed and oil which are
great articles of commerce. The straw which
might be converted into linen is thrown away.
Mere than a hundred thousand tons are thus
wasted every year, for the want of al suitable
s,achine to break and dress it, A cotton gin
made the South rich. What Whitney did for
cotton, TWO of our New York neighbors have
done for fax. We have seen it tried, and have
full faith in it's abilities to do all that's needed
to convert these vast supplies of western and
northern produce into the raw material for
printing paper, to the immense profit Of the
western producer, to the great relief Of the
publishing and reading Community. and to the