Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-07
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Fireprcof shirt Bosons Thas Don't
Have 20 Be 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 TIE secret Of its man
u~factureI For many years the rag met
all demands OF the paper industry. The
increasing diversity Of uses to which
paper and paper pulp have been put IN
the last decade have made IL necessary
FOR manufacturers TO cast about for more
effective elementary substances. Boots,
money, boats, gas pipes, imperueable
casks, toys, bottles, pipes, floors, doors,
ceilings, architectural ornaments, roof
ing. chimnevs and eve complete fire.
proof houses are now made Of paper.
Many claim that it viii eventually sup
plant wood, for il viii neither crack
nor warp. II can be triturated, put IN
der great pressure and subjected 20 GER
tain chemical treatment and viii then
take 4 high polish aud will resist the ef-
fees Of fire better than any other ma
terial known. Paper is gradually sup
planting metal IA certain lines. Loco
motive wheels have been made Of it for
seveeal years, and even rails for rail
-ga TIRE next progressive step will be
70 as it for the manufacture OF ord
nance ich is not BY any means a re-
as oiLity. Paper has largely tax
en- fhe Claee Of linen. We have Paper
saa cuffs and blankets. An in
gsafous inventor has devised paper
] shirt bosoms, which can be torn on ike
the paaes from 8 calendar, thus enabling
the wearer 70 have q clean shirt front
! as nstau as be desires. Ii is only a mat
ter ~ time before cloths. dressing gowns
and enttr, suits Of clothes will be made
from pager. The soldiers OF tbs Japanese
army wore o. per trousers and jerseys
during their famous winter campaign.
Wood pulp is he most effective sub
stitute fer rags in the Manufacture Oh
paper. Nearly every So ecles OF Wooo can
be used. Some kinds ynsld more than
others. More pulp can be sot LrOn VII
low and chestnut than troA7 walnut.
Different woods give various auailsies
and effects. Aspen will yield a very
white paper, but defective in solidl "
and is therefore mixed with dr. This
latter wood is most generally used. Il
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
8 feet ! or 8 inches
For the last half century the worlds
production Of paper has increased ten
fold. IN 1850 il was al, 900 metric
tons The latest recent estimate was
1000, 600 metric tons The European
manufacturers are suffering from . glut
Ii production. The price Of paper has
fallen one-third, while wages have dou-
bled The European plants are not 80
progressive as those in this country.
They depend too much upon manual la
Dor. In the United States the mAnufac-
turers have substituted machinery for
hand work, and az q result Of the de-
crease In the number Of their employees
are enabled 70 pay high wages.
Attention has recently been called to
the utility of q little known species Of
paper called the boabab, or Ansonia.
IL is made from the wood of the boabab
tree, which is a native Of west Africa,
and is known there as the monkey
bread tree" It is found IN Abyssinia,
Senegal and south Of Coyo river. 1t is
Of low growth and has a very thick
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Of 25 feet, the trunk is usually 30 TO %
feet in diameter. The branches are pen
dulous and bear an edible fruit. The in
ner bark Of this tree is very hhrous. It
IL used for making superior wrapper pa
pers, which have great tenacity. When
the inner bark is stripped from the tree,
q fresh growth supplants that taken
away, and in a couple Of years the tree
is again in normal condition. The bark
is peeled Of but ono in four years.
The latest addition TO the paper in
dustry is a sanitary note paper which
is claimed to be germproof. II has long
been known that letters frequently
spread infectious diseases by means OF
the germs that contaminste the paper.
An English firm has produced a paper
which is impregnated with an antiseptic
substance which kills all germs that
may come in contact with the paper. II
this paper proves TO be what the Or prize
tors claim, il is certainly a merltogioas
invention and viii become generally
used by hospitals and during the rage Of
future epidemics
Chinese and japanese papers have
long been noted for their quality. 1t has
recently been ascertained, however. that
even finer grades are produced in Korea.
One eminent authority states iaat ''the
Korean paper excels the very hest that
Is made in China and Japan" II ia
manufactured entirely by manual labor.
No machinery whatever is employed.
Fcy she better grades the bark of tia
B~roussonetia papyrifera is used. This is
gathered in the spring Of the year. /. is
placed IN water, mixed with wood ash
o. and Is then beaten until IL ia reduced
10 . thick pulp. which k dipped out In
GOOD st~sA hAlss end spread out IN uAin
sheets upon bamboo frames. A aiGersns
grade Of paper y made fsom fsasmsnts