Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-30

SINCE PULP CANE INTO Use TAERE
HAVE BEEN aAE9 CHANGES.

Paper Is Taking the Piaco Of Wood, stone
and Iron-IS - Nov 1ratio Absolutely
Flreproof SHIRT Isesemg That Don't
Have to Re washed.
Without etean and railways modern
society would undoubtedly exist. But
what stato Of intellectual darkness
would be that of civilized mankind
without paper and the secret OF it's man
uIaoture For many years tho rag met
all demands OF tho paper industry. The
increasing diversity OF uses to which
paper and paper pulp have boon put in
the last decade have made it necessary
for manufacturers to cast about fer 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 il will neither crack
nor warp. 1t can be triturated, put I'M
der great pressure and subjected TO GER
tain chemical treatment and will them
take a high polish and Will resist the ef-
feets of fire better than any other ma
terial known Paper is gradually sup
planting metal in certain lines, Loco
motive wheels have been made Of it for
several yc7Ts, and even rails for rail-
roads. The next progressive stop will be
to use Ii fer the manufacture of ord
nance, which is not by any means re-
mote possibility Paper has largely TAX
en- the place of linen We have paper
collars and cuffs and blankets An tn
genious inventor has devised paper
shirt bosoma, which can be torn off like
the pages from o calendar, thus enabling
the wearer to have clean shirt front
as ofton as he desires. Il Is only INIT
ter Of time before cloths. dressing gowns
and entire suits Of clothes will be made
from paper. The eolGiers of the Japanese
army wore paper trousers and jerseys
during their famous winter campaign.
Wood pulp is the most effective sub
stitute for rags ia the manufacture Of
paper Nearly every species Of wood can
be used. Some kinds yield more than
others Moro pulp can be got from will
low and chestnut than from walnut.
Different woods give various qualities
and effects. Aspen will yield very
white paper, but defective in solidity,
and is therefore mixed with fir This
latter wood is most generally used 1t
was first imported from the Black forest,
iii Germany The chief supply is now
obtained in Norway and Finland, in the
form Of planka or poles, as2Ncr exceeding
3 feet Or 6 inches.
For the last hall century the worlds
production of paper has increased ton
fold IN 1850 it was 81, 600 metric
tons. The latest recent estimate was
2. 900, 900 metric tons The European
manufacturers arc euffering from a glut
in production. The priee OF paper has
fallen one third, while wages have dou-
bled The European plants are not so
progressive as those in this country.
They depend too much upon manual la
Dor, In the United States the manufao-
turera have substituted machinery for
hand work, and as q result Of the de-
crease in the number Of their employees
are enabled to pay high wages.
Attention has recently been called to
the utility Of little known species of
paper called the boabab, on AuEonia
1t is made from tho wood of tho boabab
tree, which is a native Of west Africa,
and is known there rs the monkey
bread tree" 1t Is found in Abyssinia,
Senegal and south of Coyo river. It is
of low growth and has very thick
trunk. While it rarely attains height
Of 25 feet, tho trunk is usually 20 to 20
feet in diameter. Tho branches are pen
dulous and bear an edible fruit. The In
ner bark Of this tree is very fibrous. 1t
is used for making superior wrapper pa
pers, which have great tenaoity When
the inner bark is stripped from the tree,
a fresh growth sapplants that taken
away, and IN o couple OF years Che tree
is again in normal condition. The bark
is peeled off but once in four years
The latest addition to the paper in
dustry is q sanitary note paper which
is claimed to be germproo9 It has long
been known that letters frequently
spread infectious diseases by means of
the germs that conteninste the paper.
An English firm has produced q paper
which is impregnated with an antiseptio
substance which kills all germs that
may come in contact with the paper. IL
this paper proves to Re what the propfie-
tors claim, it ia certainly "a meritorious
invention and will become generally
used BY hospitals ana daring the rage Of
future epidemies
Chinese and Japanese papers have
long been noted for their quality. It has
recently been ascertained, however, that
even finer grades GRE produced in Korea.
One eminent authority states that the
Korean paper exeels tho very best that
is made in China md Japan It
manufactured entirely ~ manual labor.
No machinery Whatever Is employed.
For the better grades fhe bark Of the
Broussonetia papyEifafa is used. This is
gathered in the spring Of the year It is
placed IN water, mixed with Woo ASH
es and is then beaten en1il it is reduced
to a thick pulp, which IS dipped out in
good sized ladies and spread out In thin
sheets upon bamboo fIanes. A different
grade Of paper is made from fragments
Of bark, which are tredden under foot
In q manner similar to that employed in
the grape presses II some countries.
This process Of makfng tle pulp is very