The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-08
PAPER IN UNIVERSAL USE.
TEN THOUSAND TONS CAN BE.
MADE DAILY N THIS COUNTRY.
The Cost Of Production Greatly
Reduced.

II ia a curious and rather startling
fac, that. next TO the articles entering
into food and clothlng paper Is the most
universally usel commodity in the word.
II would he an almost impossible task
soys the Philadelphia Times. 10 ind In
any civilized community person or
business concern that does not to
greater or les degree make use q; paper
I'm some of its various forms. some
rhilosyplcr has said Ihat the civilatton
and prosperity Of country may DE
measured 10y ils consumption OF paper.
II this Is as fair an index az stems
upun rch, elton 20 be "easonahir' sthlis
tics prove the tnited states to nave
FI.tnnced all the other nations oil the
y orlI In the race Of rue dcNclnprn.ht,
Perhaps no line Of business has han
more remarkable growth In the . htei
States the past ten years man thr pnPaIiI
branches, out especially so In the line OF
b ok and news print papers me Amer,
lean people are "A natl NJ OF r'hHrlS' anu
the rapidly decreasing prices on hunks
IVA nrwsn,pSrS have greatly increased
the consumption OF paper IN these TWO
hires ..
OF reading matter in the FORM nL o'r
n eat dailies. consisting OF from eight 10
sixteen pages. while l. To 10 cents VIII
purchase handsomely hound am az.
tTlCtINH books OF StHNliTl anu l'b"t"
authors. The daily output of news print
ranpr in the United states II about ! ,2n
t. l.jca tons just think of II or loo car,
loads NJ newspapers mentally deNoureu
each dav in tnis country the prodhc-
tion Of news print Is larger than any
other grade. That of book paper 5
riuhahly as muCl as loo tons ana or
Writir. ~ tons each daily.
|, bc Interesting here to quote
:, mo ,. .r, figures " :he paper industry
in The United states. The gross daily
capacity NJ the paper mills OF the ! n'en
states in operation Turing 1929 for all
kinds and grades OF paper was estimated
al about lQ0N tons. OF this amount
rearlv $50 tons represa ntei news print
ana BOOB, paper isr, tons Mapping
writing paper. and almost "a" tons of
the various other kinds and grades.
The states which rang llrSt IN me pro
MsssaGhusetts. Wis ,pnsln, Fennsyl-
veria. ohio and Illinois From thesa
seven states comes nearly three-fourths
# the entire paper supply Of the coun-
t-r. Ry far the Cred'er part OF the
vast output is consumed In the 'nitei
states. the greatest paper using country
in he world. In foreign markets, how
ever American paper Is gaining firm
rc,,ins. The greatest consumption Of
printing rPper j. IN the sunday editions
u the metropolitan datlies, which often
require from sixty to Ion tons for single
Win the rapillv Increasing output
prices have AZ rapidly declined. until to-
day q grade 81 news print paper worth
twenty-five years ago Is or - cents per
pound i now sid AT TIVE and a half
cents or 'hree cents "A decline IN price
uuglua!l-i N the history Of any other
industry. This enormous decrease In
n. cost ~ raper is due specially 20 the
u PRODUCTION ~ wood 4 paper stock
Today i; il the principal material -sel
g ~" mrnu's"ilr" II paper ~ al but
,:~ hlEh-~ grades NJ book and writing
N-Ns PRINT AMI not Only ordinary but
.N.n v-ry attractive Qualities II book
paper are made entirely Of u"nA
.'- trnr means ovn 'pniye 10 this pG--
Pr. neral !. l.g.ipg e D.s' mas been the
iu -Hy w-r' IN methods ~ making
-r.1 r.i- Tt g-rfar'iuu and greater
,..'-rr. r-rI--.ng wTsa larger p-,isc-
'.' '.t-..' i.~~. nl-. In 20 given i'm have
!.s ma. rally ~ this downward trend