The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-21

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WHAT BECOMES OF THE RAGS.
An Industry In Which NIiIIiona of Capital
are Invested.
From the IH;!us;asse Escn;ng ii'istousi,..
William Frauzen. one CT the Oldest
and most experienced rag and paper stock
dealers in the west, was asked about his
business and the possibility Of its being
medium Of bringing Asiatic diseases
into this country. He said: Large
quantities of rags from Egypt and Tur.
key pass through Milwaukee on their
way TO the paper mills at Neenah and
Menasha. l mean actually large quan.
tities-not relatively large-for the grea.
ter proportion of the receipts Of foreign
rags In this country are consumed In the
east. don't think, however, there ia
any danger of disease originating in Mil.
waukee by reason of the rag trade. The
foreign rags are not picked over here.
Labor at the points of shipment is 80
much cheaper than here that it pays to
do all the necessary asserting before the
rags are balcd and sent of. In support
of my belief that no danger of the spread
of contagion in Milwaukee by the bales
of foreign rags which pass through here
is TO be apprehended, can say that
have been in the rag business for 20
years-l2 Of them in this city-and have
never had sick day. have employed
from IL to so hands in sorting rags du.
ring all that time, and have never known
sickness to break out among them from
the handling of rags. 1 don't think
there is any danger to be apprehended
from the rags at the paper mills either,
for the strong bleaching materials used
would be likely TO act as disinfectant."
MIR. Franzen went on to give some facts
to prove the rag bueiness is one of the
staple industries of the country. "The
business in rags and paper stock done in
Milwaukee alone amounts" he said, ito
S750,O0O annually, and furnishes employ.
ment 10 upward of 500 persons. Careful
estimates ofthe present annual consump.
tion of rag stock in the United States
place the amount at 100000 bales, val
ued at $50 100000. The arrivals of for
eign rag stock at New York city are esti.
mated at 100000 bales annually, and
those OF domestic reg stock ct 300, 600
bales. Twenty five thousand bales of
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during the year 1882 Most of the do.
from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ne.
braska, Dakota, and Michigan. Nilsson.
ri and Illinois also contribute large
amounts. A considerable quantity of
foreign rags also pass through this city
during the course of year. These
come from all parts of Europe, England,
France, Germany, and Turkey contri.
butiug most freely. Egyptian rags as !
have said, often pass through this city.
The destination of the rags which are
shipped from Milwaukee is dependent
upon their quality. All the woolen rags
and the better grades of cotton rags 20 to
the east, mostly to supply the fine paper
mills and shoddy milia Of Massachusetts.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Pennsylvania. The cheaper grades of
stock are used in the west in the manu-.
facture of printing and wrapping papers.
The foreign rags received in Milwaukee,
which are inferior in quality 10 those
made in this country, are used by paper
mills at various points in this State. The
foreign rags, as have said, reach this
market assorted and ready for the mills.
The domestic rage, on the contrary, in.
variably require to be assorted here.
1t would astonish the uninitiated to
see the number of distinct grades into
which rags are Disseminated. Here is q
| list Of most of the important classes OF
rags and paper stock recognized in Mil
waukee: Whites-Nos. and 2, thirds
bagging, wrapping stock, scanned cloth,
papers, manila papers, common papers,
tea papers, white shavings, mixed shaw.
ings, No. book, No. book, stravb
clippings, skirted delaines. 1t must not
be supposed that the differentiation ends
here. Soft woods, for instance, are made
in Milwaukee into one grade. In Gin.
cinnati, Philadelphia, and other cities
east CT Milwaukee there ara number of
establishments which buy up suitable
western stock and assort it for the WOOL
en- manufacturers. In these establish.
ments what are known in Milwaukee by
the one title of soft woods are sorted into
l5 different grades. All the woolen rags
shipped from here 60 to eastern manu-.
facturers, BY whom they are converted
into shoddy. The better grades of cotton
rags 60 to the east, where they are made
into writing paper. Print rags and bag.
ging are used in the manufacture OF
print paper, which is carried OF in the
west: Manila rope is principally used
in Ohio, where it enters into the manu-
facture Of paper -four bags. Wrapping
stock, which is the mere refuse Of the
rag bin-the cheapest grade of rags
made used principally in the manu-.
facture of roofing felt. The western
mills where this is made are mostly in
Ohio, but there Is one in this State at
Beloit. All grades of wooden rags 60,
as heretofore stated, to the shoddy man.
ufactures. The remaining grades of
stock mentioned in the above lists are
converted into wrapping papers in the
west, principally ia Wisconsin. The
Wisconsin mills which make wrapping
papers are atSparta, Menasha, Appleton,
and Beloit."
= The story from Toronto is that the
Methodist Of Canada are united in a
solid body. The Methodist Protestauts,
Methodist Episcopal, Wesleyan Metho.
dist, and Primitive Methodist, have nil
thrown aside the ecclesiastical barriers,
and have come solidly together. The
Canadian Methodists have set good ex-
ample we think.