Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-29
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SINCE PULP CAME INTO USE THERE
 HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES.


 Paper fs Taking ths ris ,e of Wood stone
 and xron-Tt Is Now Made Absolutely
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 Without steam and railways modern society would undoubtedly exist. But what state of intellectual darkness would be that of civilized mankind without paper and the secret of its man. ufaoturei For many years the rag met all demands of the paper industry. The increasing diversity of uaea to which paper and paper pulp have been put in the last decade hare made 1t necessary for manufacturers to cest about for more effective elementary substances, HsotE. money, boats, gas pipes, impeRMeAkis casks, toys, bottles, pipes, floors, sso1S, ceilings, architectural ornaneRta rssf. ing, chimneys and even eenpiste fire. proof houses are HOW made of RseaF Many claim that it will eventually sxs. plant wood, for it will naiSasr crack nor warp. It can be tfjturaseE, Bat an. der great pressure and suhi>ctsS ts eer- tain chemical treatment and wiA thsa take Q high polish aud will resist ths et. feofs of fire better than any eti.AR M&- teriai known. Paper is gradsssig sup. planting metal in certain ltnas. Loco. motive wheels have been made of it for several years. and egen r44ls for rail. roads The text progressive step will be to use if for the manufacture of ord, nance, which is not hy any means q res mote possibility. Paper has largely tak en the place Of linen. We have papes collars and cuffs aud blankets. An in genious inventor has devised paper shirt bosome5 which can be torn off like the pages from a calendar, thus enabling the Wearer te have clean shirt front as often as he desires. It ia only mat. ter of time before cloths, dressing gowns and entire suits of clothes will he made from paper The soldiers of the Japanese army wore paper trousers and jerseys during thei 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. Nor pulp can be got from vii. low and chestnut than from walnut. Different woods give various qualitiea and effects, Aspen will yield q very white paper, but defective i'll solidity. aud is therefore mixed with fir This latter wood is most generally used. It wag first imported from the Black forest, in Germany. The chief supply is now obtained in Norway and Finland, in the form of blanks or poles, never exceeding 3 feet : or 8 inches.
 For the last half century the worlds production of paper has increased ten. fold. Tn 1850 it was 29l, 600 metric tons. The latest recent estimate WAS 2, 900, GOO metric tons. The European manufacturers are suffering from . glut in production. The price of paper has allen one.third, while wages have doU.
 led. The European plants are not se progressive as those in this country. They depend too much upon manual Ia. bor h the United States the manufao- turers have substituted machinery for hand work, and as result of tho 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, or Ansonia. 1t is made from tho wood of the boabak tree, which is a native of west Africa, and is known there as the monkey bread tree. 1t is found in Ahyssinia, 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 a feet in diameter Tho branches are pen- lulous and bear an edible fruit The in. ner bark of this tree is very fibrons. Ts Is used for making superior wrapper pa. pers, which have great tenaeity. When the inner bark is stripped from the tree, fresh growth supplants that taken away, and in Q couple of years the tree is again ip normal condition The bark ts peeled off put once in four years.
 The latest addition to the paper in. duatry is . sanitary note paper which is claimed to De germproof. IL has long been known that letters frequently spread infectious diseases by means of She germs that contarninete thu paper. An English firm has produced pape, which is impregnated with an antiseptio substance which kills all germs that may come in contact with the paper If this paper proves to be what the proprie tors claim, it is certainly meritorious invention and will become generally used by hospitals and during the rage of future epidemics.
 Chinese and Japanese papers have tong been noted for the1r quality. It has recently been asoertained, however, that wen finer grades are produced in Korea. One eminent authority states that "the Korean paper excels the very best that is made in China and Japan" It is manufactured entirely by manual labor. No machinery whatever is employed. For the better grades the bark of the Broussonetia papyrifera is used. This is gathered in the spring of tho year. It is placed in water. II ixed with wood ash.