Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
I eaowTA oF rHe usE of pApeR.
Aha Output Of tho American Mills Ia Nearly
Ten thousand Tons = DAY.

Ten thousand Tons . Day.
Itfs curious and rAthcr startling fact
that next to the articles ontsn-ing into food
pnd'eaothlng paper lathe most universally
rard commodity In the world. II would
DO an almost impossible task 70 Ind in
any civilized community a person or busl-
meas concern that does not to . gratcr or
less degree mako use Of paper In soIno OF
1ts various forms. Some philosopher has
aaid that the civilization and prosperity Of
oonntry may be measured by Its con-
sumption Of paper If this Is as fair an
intnr rs II seoms upon racction 10 be
reasonable, statistics prove tho United
States 10 have distanocd all tho other nA-
tionsof the world In tho race OF true de-
veiopmcnt Perhaps no line of business
has had a more remarkable growth In the
United States tho past 10 years than the
paper maliuy industry. This is-true IN all
branches, but especially 20 In the line Of
book and nows print papers The Amori-
can pcOplp arc u nation Of readers, and the
rapidly Decreasing prices Of books and
nsvTapers have greatly increased the con-
sumption Of paper In these two lines. One
or two conts will purchase a mass Of reading
ynattor IN this form Of our great dailies,
consisting Of from 10 10 pages, while 10
90 go cents will purchase handsomely
bound and attractive books Of standard
and popular authors
The daily output Of nows print paper In
the United States IS about /, 900 to !, 800
tons Just think Of 1e5 or 100 carloads Of
,newspnpors mentally devourrd each day In
this countryl The production of news
print Is larger than any other grade. That
Of book paper IL probably as much as ! 900
4 Ito . L.. a
II viii be interesting hero TO quote some
of tho figures of tho paper industry In the
United States "a compiled by Tho Paper
Hradc Jotrnal. The gross daily capacity
81 tho paper mills u tho United States In
operation during isee-a for all kinds and
grades nf paper was estimated at about
10000 tons. or this amount nearly g, 800
Tons represented news print and book pa,
per, 800 tons wrapping paper $50 tons
ssrawboard, 400 tons writing paper and
almost 2, 400 tons Of the various other
kinds and grades Tho states which rank
flrst In The production Of paper urc New
fOrf, Maine Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
pCnnsylyAnln, Ohio and Illinois. From
those scvcn staios como nearly three
iourtha OF tho entire paper supply of tho
bpuntry BY far tho greater parbof the
vast output Is consumed In the United
States, the Rrcstcst paper using country
h tho world In foreign narkets, how
lvcr American paper ID gaining u llrn
lootinR,
Tho greatest consumption Of printing
gapor IS IN the Sunday editions of tho met
ppolitan dailics, which often requir, from
70 to 100 tons for q single issue. with the
hpidly Increasing output prizes hAvo ms
ianidly declined, until today grade Of
BOWS print paper worth 20 years ngo 10
gents or ~ cents pGr pound 10 now sold
~ y cents to 3 centt--a decline In price
nnnquhlnd In the history Of any other In.
austry.
This enormous dccrease In the cost Of
paper IL due especially to tho introduction
h wood hs paper stock. Today IL Ii the
principal m4tarinl used In the mnnufao.
turo Of paper for an but the highest grades
% book and writing News print and not
pnly ordinary but opon vmy attractive
qualities of book pepper AFRO inndo entirely
Of woud- Anothor means conducive Ia
this phenomenal reduction VI oostslaas boon
the Improvement ia methoda Of making
wood pulp The perfection aud greater
ciiicienoy attained in paper making ma
ehincry, rendering much ihrgcr production
easily possible In giyen timo, have Md.
od inhinrially In this downward trund OF
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