The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-12-29
IsITTHEPAPER AGE2
SINCE PULP CAME INTO USE THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES.

and 1Fon-1e Is Now Made Absolutely
FireprOOf Shirt BOsOms That DOn's
Have to He Washed.
Without steam and railways modern
society would undoubtedly exist But
what a state Of intellectual darkness
would be that of civilized mankind
without paper and the secret OF its man.
ufacturel For many years the rag met
all demands of the paper industry. The
increasing diversity Of uses to which
paper and paner pulp have been put in
the last decade have made it necessary
for manufacturers to cast about for more
effective elementary substances. Boots,
money, boats, gas pipes, impermeable
casks, toys, bottles, pipes, floors, doors,
ceilings, architectural ornaments, roof
ing, chimneys and even complete fire.
proof houses are now made of paper.
Many claim that it will eventually sup
plant wood, for it will neither crack
nor warp. It can be triturated, put IN
der great pressure and subjected to GER
tain chemical treatment and will then
take high polish and will resist the ef
feots of fire better than any other ma
IGI1hl huOWu- - SA00AnAAy sup
planting metal in certain lines. Loco
motive wheels have been made of it for
several years, and even rails for rail-
roads. The next progressive step will be
70 use it for the manufacture Of ord
nance, Which, is not by any means a re-
mote possiE .iity. Paper has largely tax
en- the place of linen. We have paper
collars and cuffs and blankets. An in-
genious inventor has devised paper
shirt bosoms, which can be torn off like
the pages from calendar, thus enabling
the wearer to have clean shirt front
as often as he desires. It is only mat
ter of time before cloths, dressing gowns
and entire suits Of clothes will be made
from paper. The soldiers of the japanese
army wore paper trousers and jerseys
during their famous winter campaign.
Wood pulp is the most effective sub
stitute for rags in the manufacture OF
paper Nearly every species of wood can
be used Some kinds yield more than
others More pulp can be got from will
low and chestnut than from walnut.
Different woods give various qualities
and effects. Aspen will yield a very
white paper, but defective in solidity,
and is therefore mixed with fir This
latter wood is most generally nsed. 1t
was first imported from the Black forest,
in Germany. The chief supply is now
obtained in Norway and Finland, in the
form of planks or poles, never exceeding
feet or s inches.
For the last half century the world 8
production of paper has increased ten
fold. In 1850 it was 22l, 900 metric
tons. The latest recent estimate was
2,OO0, 900 metric tons The European
manufacturers are suffering from q glut
in production. The price of paper has
fallen one.third, while wages have dou-
bled The European plants are not sc
progressive as those in this country.
They depend too much upon manual la
Dor. In the United States the manufac
turers have substituted machinery fol
hand work, and as a result of the de
crease in the number of their employees
are enabled to pay high wages
Attention has recently been called tt
the utility of little known species o.
paper called the boabab, or Ansonia
1t is made from the wood of the boabal
T. tree, which is native of west Africa
and is known there as the ''monke,
bread tree 1t is found in Abyssinia
Senegal and south of Coyo river. 1t j
of low growth and has a very thicl
trunk. While it rarely attains heigh
Of 20 feet, the trunk is usually 90 to q
feet in diameter. The branches are pen
dulous and bear an edible fruit The in
ner bark of this tree is very fibrous.
is used for making superior wrapper pa
pers, which have great tenacity. Whel
he hawIr Sc cN~iw1T0cd from tho Two
a fresh growth supplants that takel
away, and in couple Of years the tire
Is again in normal condition. The bar
is peeled off but once in four years
The latest addition to the paper in
dustry is a sanitary note paper whicl
ia claimed to be germproof. 1t has lon
been known that letters frequentl
spread infectious diseases by means @
the germs that contaminate tine paper
An English firm has produced a pape
which is impregnated with an antisepti
substance which kills all germs tina
may come lin contact with the paper.
this paper proves to be what the proprie
tors claim, tits certainly a meritoriou
invention and will become general
used by hospitals and during the rage c
future epidemics.
Chinese and Japanese papers hav
long been noted for their quality. 1t ha
recently been ascertained, however, tha
even finer grades are produced in Korea
One eminent authority states that eth
Korean paper excels the very best tha
is made in China and Japan" 1t
manufactured entirely by manual labor
No machinery whatever is employed
For the better grades the bark Of th
Broussonetia papyrifera is used. This
gathered in the spring Of the year. It
placed in water, mixed with wood ash
es and is then beaten until it is reduce