Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-26
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The Output OF tho American aInls Is Nearly
Ton Thousand Tons n Day.


Ton Thousand Tons n Day.
Il Is q curious and rather startling fact
that noxt % tho articles entering into food
and clothing paper Is tho most universally
used commodity In the world 1t would
be en- almost impossible task 70 ind In
any civilized community n person or busi-
ness concern that docs not to q greater or
less dogroc mako Use Of paper In some OF
its various forms Some philosopher has
said that tho civilization and prosperity OF
q country may be measured by its con-
sumption OF paper. II this Is as fair On
index as It seems upon reflection to be
reasonable, statistics prove the United
States to have distanced all the other M
tions of tho world in tho race Of true do
velopm0nt. Perhaps no line Of business
has had more remarkable growth in the
United States the past 10 years than the
paper making industry. This Is true in all
branches, but especially so in the line of
book and news print papers. Tho Amert-
can people arc a nation Of readers, and tho
rapidly decreasing prices Of books and
newspapers have greatly increased the con-
sumption of paper In these two lines. One
or two cents viii purchase massof reading
matter in tho form Of our great dailies,
consisting Of from to 10 pages, while ~
to 20 cents will purchase handsomely
bound and attractive books of standard
and popular authors
The daily output Of news print paper In
the United States Is about 200 to !, 800
tons. Just think Of 1875 or 100 carloads Of
newspapers mentally devoured each day in
this country The production Of news
print Is larger than any other grade. That
Of book paper is probably as much as I, 900
tons and Of writing 450 tons each daily.
1t will be interesting here to quote some
Of the figures of the paper industry In the
United States as compiled by The Paper
Trade Journal. The gross daily capacity
of the paper mills of the United States In
operation during 1898 for all kinds and
grades Of paper was estimated at about
10000 tons. OF this amount nearly Q, 500
tons represented news print and book pa
per, 800 tons wrapping paper, $50 tons
strawboard, 450 tons writing paper and
almost Q, 400 tons Of the various other
kinds and grades. The states which rank
first In the production Of paper are New
York, Maine, Massachusetts,, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. From
these seven states come nearly three
fourths Of the entire paper supply Of the
country. By far the greater part Of the
vast output Ia consumed in the United
States, the greatest paper using country
In the world. In foreign markets, how
ever, American paper Is gaining a firm
footing.
The greatest consumption of printing
paper Is In the Sunday editions Of the met
ropolitan dailies, which often require from
so to 100 tons for single issue. With the
rapidly increasing output prices have as
rapidly declined, until today grade of
news print paper worth % years ago IS
cents or IA cents per pound Is now sold
at 2K cents to cents-a decline in price
unequaled in the history of any other In
dustry.
This enormous decrease In the cost of
paper is due especially to the introduction
Of wood as paper stock. Today it Is the
principal material used in the manufac-
ture Of paper for all but the highest grades
Of book and writing News print and not
only ordinary but even very attractive
qualities of book paper are made entirely
Of wood. Another means conducive to
this phenomenal reduction of cost has been
the improvement in methods of making
wood pulp. The perfection and greater
efficiency attained in paper making ma
chinery, rendering much larger production
easily possible in given time have add
ed materially in this downward trend Of
price.-Philadelphia Times
Every farmer knows the folly OF robbing
his lands Of virtue aud strength without res
toring anything, but the same man may rob
his nerve system of strength and vitality for