Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-30
GROWING USE OF PAPER.
ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN
INDUSTRIES.
Over Kisht Thousand Tons Daily This
is Now the Wonderful Capacity Of
American Milis wood largely Used
la its Manufacture.


la IT'S Manufacture.
IL Is a curious aud rather startling
fact that next to the articles enter.
ing into food and clothing, paper Is
the most universally used commodity
in the world II would be an vi.
most impossible task to and IL any
civilized community person or
business concern that does not To d
greater or less degree make use of
paper in some Of its various forms
some philosopher has said that
the civilization and prosperity
Of country may be measured
by its consumption ~ paper. n
this is as fair an index a. il seems
upon reflection 10 be reasonable
statistics prove the tKited states 10
have distanced all the other nations
Of the world ia the race Of true dc.
yelopment Perhaps 40 line Of bust
ness has had more rema, kablc
growth in the Ini4ed states the
past Ten years than the paper
making industry. This Is true In
ali branches. but especially 80 IL
the line u book aud news print
papers. The American people are q
nation Of readers. and the rapidly
decreasing prices % books ana news
papers have greatly increased the
consumption u paper il these TWO
lines Gne or two cents will purchase
q mass " reading matter ID the
form 81 our great dailies. consisting
81 from eight - sixteen pages. while
twelve 10 twenty Uunts Will purchase
handsomely bound aud attractive
books Of standard and popular
authors,
The daily ou1put 81 news print
paper ia tic United states Il about
l.@uJ to l,6p1 tons. Just think ~
l21 or 100 carloads % newspapers
mentally deToupel each day IL TIL,
country The production 81 news
print y larger than any other grade
That Of book paper II probably a.
much As l,ug1 tons. and 81 writing
$50 tons rach daily
u will he interesting here i0 quote
some ~ t1lo figures ~ the paiser III.
dusiry la the United states. ~ com,
piled by the Paper Trade journal
The Erefs daily capacity If the
paper mills 81 tire United States Ia
operation during I~gs-a. for all kinds
and grades ~ paper. Was estimated
~ about 1000 tons or This amount
nearly 1000 tons represented ncss
print and book paper 4. 500 tons
wrapping paper 500 tons straw.
board $40 tons writing paper. ana
almost 2.ful aoHs ~ tho yarIopk
other kirat and grades Tho states
which rRu6 FIRST in the production ~
paper are New York Maine. Massa.
chuscttN Wisconsin. Pennsylvania
Ohia Ane illinois From these seven
states comes nearby ihrce.fo urths 81
the citire pHpcr supply 81 the cuun.
try. rs FAR thc greater part ~ this
vast onirgt y consumed in the
lui'~a States the greatest paper.
using country Ia the world h FOR.
eiEn markoia. however. American
paper Il gaining FIRM footing
Ter some years paper has been cx-
ported in quito largo quantities from
the United States To South America.
aud sac ow pviCcs which at present
obtain will doubtless tend greatly 10
incrnaso this demand Tho iucro.s.
ing popularity OF newspapers In
South and Central America aud The
absepuu 81 vigorous local competition
Ia the manufacture Of paper have left
the iinld ores to,'ho producers ~ the
United States American paper Il
now beginning 10 BE- sent in large
quantities 20 Europe. new ana
promising held Ior the absorption 81
the Surplus g. tbc home market
May Of the leading paper concerns
in this cDuuary have established
agencies in England aud elsewhere in
Europe 10 foster and promote the
already increasing tradc
The greatest consumption OF print.
Ing papor IS IN tho Sunday editions
81 the metropolitan dailics which
oifen require from 3ifty to 100 tons
for single issue. With tho ra9idly
increasing outpua Prices have a.
rapidly declined. nztil to-day a
grade of news print mgrth twenty.
five rcarE ago thirieen or four.
teen cente cr pau2l Il now sold
at two and half To three
cents . decline 10 prico unepualled
In the history Of ang ,sther industry.
The enormous docraaso in The
price u paper Is due especially 10
the introduction ~ wood as raper
stock To-day II Is Abe lrineit al
material used in the manufacture Of
paper, for all but the hiehast grades
Of book and writing News print,
and not oFdiNary. but opas very at.
traetive qualities Of book pauor arc
made entirely Of wood Anothcr
means conducive 90 this phenomenal
reduction Of cost has bsem ,the i'm.
provcmcnt in methoos OF making
weed pulr. The perfection .asd
greater efficiency attained Ia uapet-
mnhiag machinery. rendering much
larger productions easily POSSIBLE In
"a given time, have added materially /
in thit downfall trend OF price.