Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-04-01
a GROWING INDUSTRY.
The Wonderful ProGrees q 1o
Paper-MAldn9 Tr6AA
oves - Thousand Mnh Required 90 Has-
NfScture EnoaEh R6poF tor t6O -
abusive U.s. OF the United 9tAtoo-
How It II DAtFib0sSA

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The proposed exhibit By tho paper
makers at the World's Columbian ex-
position will mark q wonderful ad-
vancement IN this branch Of manufac-
turing, which 10 now Afth IN tne list of
American iRdustfies, having risen from
the tenth place since 1850, says th
Engineering Magazine. 1t Is important
not, only in it's magnitude, but to quote
the motto of a leading paperctrIde Jour
nul, 'sthe consumption of paper is h
measure ~of.apeoples culture" Without
cheap paper the invention OF printing
could have benefited the world but little.
The newspapers, read by everybody
and contributing 10 the general intelli-
gerce and advancement areenabled to
exist only by means of the cheap cost
of the millions Of pounds of paper they
use every year. So with the cheap and
misunderstanding school books, so es-
sential to popular education. Our prog
ress in pictorial art has been dependent
upon the progress of papermaliug.
Photographers were obliged, until re.
Gently, to import from Germany the
paper used in their work, our own 4
ufocturers being unable to assemble
the necessary conditions of material,
water and workmanship for the pro-
dpction of paper suitable for silver
printing.
A process has now been perfected In
this country whereby a very ordinary
paper is coated with n thin surface of
sulphate of barytes and nswers admir-
ably for Photographic use, bringing
out, in the finished picture, a wealth of
detail formerly unknown in the art, it
Being lost in the texture of the paper
employed. The nso of paper as a cheap
material for curtains, wall paper and
other house decorations has aided to
make the homes of the people more Mt
tractive. Finally. the useful arts are
beginning to depend largely upon the
papcrmal1er. Thus tho present speed
and safety of railway travel owes much
to the invention of the paper car wheel,
which combines strength and elasticity
to q higher degree than any other ma
terial so far available. The building
trades also use paper extensively, while
is facilitated by its use for
wrappinEs and packages.
The production of paper is perhaps
more closely regulated by the law of
supply and demand than any other
manufacturing process. In the earlier
days of paper making there was little
demand for it, us it was necessary either
to write books by HAND or to print them
from engraved plates. The invention
Of the printing press created the lrst
demand for paper, which caused it's
manufacture to become n profitable in
dustry. The hand method Of paper
making was followed for many
years and discontinued only upon
the invention of the cylinder press.
This invention gave such an
impetus to the distribution of printed
matter that hand paper-makcrs were
unable to supply the demand; hence a
new order OF things was inaugurated
and machinery for the making of paper
was perfected with great rapi0ity. In
v~entivc ingenuity of the highest order
ia constantly ut work to discover other
uses for paper, while the manufacturer
and the inventors of papermaking ma-
chincry arc straining every energy to
improve the quality Of the product, to
cheaper production. or to provide
specia1 grades for new uses. Judging
from the still undiminished floods of in
ventions II, would appear that the in
dustry is yet In It's infancy as compared
with tho influence 10 10 destined to
ert on the comfort, intelligence and cd
vancernent Of the human race.
The United States has q capacity for
producing about o95;25o,o90 pounds of
papor annually, not counting tho idle
rnills, of which at present about seventy
ure reported out OF n total of 1,18o. Of
this enormous product BONE 3.735, 900
pounds are used in printing newspapers
md books and s1s, 800 pounds go
to help bind the bcolts printed. IL is
estimated that 4o9, 900 pounds are con-
sumeA by Che building trades, 3,17e, 900
pounds OF wrappiDg-pnper ore used aud
100000 pounds Of writing papers. An
important Item ,is the production Of
nearly 1 100000 pounds OF press, straw
and wood-puip 'boards." The produc-
tim Of ttartlAniaE onfhar fortunakaly