New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01


ing has not proved satisfactory so far. 1t is SAID
From the best wood pup-that obtained from
spruce timber and by the exercise or care IN the
various processes writing paper as good as that
occurred from ordinary rags can be made. or course
when IT comes to the very finest or linen papers
linen rags-as the term inpiles-aFe sui the CA
elusive basis.
The prices Of this fine quality OF linen goods re-
main much the same as before the extensive use OF
wood pulp.
VIEWS OF AN IMPORTER
In obtaining the views OF experts upon the general
wood pulp situation the sources OF supply ana the
possibility OF their exhaustion. the views OF an I'M
porter. of an importer who is also manufacturer
Of sulphite pulp and Of American manufacturer
of paper have been secured. The frst or these Is
Rudolf Hel,wg. representative Of the Ielstoh fab
rik Waldhof No 3 Beekman-st. This Is German
house Mr. HellWig said There has been great
deal of talk the deterioration or paper made
from wood pulp but this Is an old opinion III may
have been true ten fifteen years ago. when the
pulp was not treated carefully as Is done al
nresent The main thing secure good fibre is
that the pulp should be properly worked and freed
from acids and chemicals used in digesting the
chips II every care be taken the paper produced
from such pulp will be as strong and lasting as
paper from pure rags. AS for the soda process. 1t
is older than the suphite but IL does not give 50
clean fine a fibre.
.'There are now in America eighty cellulose fact
cries and there are sixty in Germany There are
also many mills in Norway and Sweden. The In
dustry has developed in this country mainly In the
ast five years and IT is still increasing. The erect
has been to reduce the price and so keep out com
petition from Europe. At present only high grades
of pulp are imported TO this country, and all the
pulp for newspapers is supplied BY domestic mills
The bulk of the machinery used in pulp manufact-
ure is not covered by patents. Digestors are pat
ented here Each country has its special make.
They are all alike in general principle
American sources of wood supply are extensive,
but If the Industry Of wood-pulp making keeps on
increasing as 1t has the last five years, and If the
wood-cutters continue TO cut down spruce TIMBER
without replanting. the supply will be exhausted
within fifty years. Spruce and pine are the woods
chiefly used. Hemock gives poor fibre. Poplar
H. used in the soda process but 1t cannot be en-
ploved for a good quality of paper. In Germany
the forestry laws compel whoever cuts down a tree
to plant another. This would be good law to
apply to the spruce supply in this State, especially
in the Adirondack region Besides, in Germany only
a limited number of trees an acre can be cut an
nually The other sources OF supply in Europe are
Norway and Sweden and Finland In France there
are mills speak of. There is 10 per cent ad
valorem duty on German wood-pulp imported into
this country Canada is now talking Of placing an
export duty on her wood-pulp and If that should
be done it would have a great deal of effect upon
American paper mills. for Americans are getting a
great deal OF wood-pup from Canada
STORY OF OVERPRODUCTION.
Albert Bertuch Of Frederick Bertuch & Co.. No.
; Beekman-st was one Of the first importers o.:
wood-pup into this country. and is especially ia
miliar with the sources of supply from Norway
and Sweden Now that competition here confines
the imported supply of wood-pulp to that OF the
finest grades Mr. Bertuch says that his company
has cast an anchor to windward by purchasing a
large number of acres Of spruce timber in the Adj
rondacks Said he the other day: THE wood-pulp
industry in this country has been foolshly over
worked and manufacturers have been cutting one
anothers tnroats in their mad rush into the busi-
ness Some OF the small mills will have to go UNI
der and In time we shall get back to fairly profit
able basis. Then there mills which are getting
so far from the of their supply that their wood
costs them So to IS a cord. while we getting ours
at So a good railroad connection is absolutely in
dispensabe and this some mills have not.
For ordinary paper the domestic wood-pulp is
good enough. But it is not for fine goods. Labor
here is so high that the very best paper from wood
pulp cannot be produced For instance, in the fin
est paper 1t is necessary that there should be no
specks In Europe these specks removed from
the pulp by little girls who get from TO 10 cents
a day for the work. Here It would cost 70 cents a
day at least There is considerable importation here
of the fine grade of wood pulp Yet without the
duty, the freight OF from fifteen to twenty shil-
ngs ton, according to the port whence the wood
pulp comes would be a sufficient protection. The
production Of wood-pulp in this country is twice
too great.
THE SUPPLY OF SPRUCE
LAS for the supply of spruce in the Adirondacks
| there is enough there 10 last hundred years
In fact do not think that grandchildren would
| have need to worry over any shortage We are in
terested in large area of timber there. and feel
that the supply Is good for three generations
Importations have been falling off heavily in this
country of late In the years 1928 the value OF
Ol-Ull
| Now ii has dwindled to less than half that AS a
substitute l have become interested In domestic
! mills There used 70 be Il importation of fine pulp
of from so to 1000 pounds week, but there is little
gone down and It has also on the other side. where
our prices are largely controlled by the conditions
There are immense quantities Of timber for wood
pulp in Canada and Name ana the west ana North,
Michigan. In district, the Atlantic from 700 10
| The price started at 20 cents pound put now
pulp Is as cheap H., cents delivered at the paper
ing nv water At 81 Is the hundred pounds this nets
only 81 Is. exclusive of freight. Sales are being
made as low as Is cents pound Inc market Is
"As for poplar wood-puIP it gives a white fibre
| sulphte fibre. or rags and rope, it gives good
hbre and appearance In newspaper paper the sui
suits one factory uses 10 per cent OF sulphite for
newspaper stock ana az the resi- mas no stTengtn
the Is per cent gives the necessary strength so thai
a fine grade Of sulphite pulp Will give good
| paper as ordinary rags, but OF course not good
! as liner rags. Linen rags are used now mostly
for Government purposes.
NO GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR SPRUCE
X b. Fullerton. of the Manufacturers Paper
! Company No. Al Park Row, said. The market is
now in such a condition that we are in good a
| position to send wood-pulp to Hamburg they
are there TO export here The freight keeps each
! side out We supply the paper for the principal
newspapers of this city. Chicago. and Denver. In
! fact the West comes to York for its newspa
| Der stock Az for the sources OF supply OF spruce
| in this country, they are wholly In this state
| Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. The spruc,
| of West Virginia is too hard TO give a good fibre
| / sac il alleged in some newspapers that there art
| abundant sources for wood-pup supplies In the
| South This is not true. The cottonwood. KIND
| of poplar is about the only tree which II is posi-
| bic to use and that gives fibre of very inferior
| uualty IL makes a coarse. fuzzy paper. There IL
| no spruce in the West or Northwest worth speak
| ing Of And now that the Government has shu