The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-02-11
MAINE The PULP MILL STATE.
The Lumber Trade 0iviag Place to tine MAX
Ing Of Pulp.

1
Ing Of Pulp.
nh. dav seems near at hand when
~. ,yrber industry Of Maine VIII pe
~ small importance compared WIN
IN. making Of pulp and paper anu. ~
far from being regretted. the Sna
nov IN progress fiom sawmhhs
.,,,r mills. Is welcomed by the Owners
20 t,vher lands and all concerheu'
W..,.n+v.fve wears ago, when the iuM-
her trade on the Penopscot GO noo
decline. Bangor shipped from |oo'oo0'
coo to 275, 100000 feet OF LUMBER an .no
allv to markets on both SIDES Oh 1ne
Ati.nt,c and In four continents. since
49,, the shipments have fallen to from
1os foo 600 to 150, 0o0,0 900 feet annuaily'
ond the only foreign trade now ie
r,o,nang IA with Great Britain, wheie
a few million Of deals are SOLO anu
.uv Tho South American trace "
J pn.nos Ayres. Montevfdeo and Rlo 'a-
: neiro 4. supplied with Canadian ium
Der. shipped direct from the na ,n ~
provinces or from QueDec "" tn
2 Grand Trunk road to Por'iano'
= African trade, to the Canarles' Oape
V.rd. and the Gold Coast, was lost
,or, 600. and the once extensive Yves,
Tnd;o trade has dwindled to almost
- no+b,np. The domestic trade aiso'
:: has declined, chiefly on account Oh 'ne
>, Increased use of metal IN constr
:, but largely, also, because OF 'he % ~
III nat,t,on of southern, western anu va
IL madam lumber, which the Maine pro
IL arc+ must meet in every American
o. market. ,a RI,
e with the lessened trade ana tn'
n keen competition has come sucn ue
II cline In the price OF eastern spiue'
er that II is no longer profitable 70 Sd
on ,ooa into lumber, and so chanSe
OH ,revitabIe-the logs must be 0eVote'
'ty - o+hor uses. This year many OF III
he p.rohscot river sawmills have pee
as tale others running on reduced tl"'
ter Careoes Of spruce lumber, snlppeu
'on NJ York. after all expenses wei
It's. doaucted. have yielded only about
lde ner thousand feet, or less tnan Tue co
lnu of the logs. 49,, ho,
nts within ten years there nave DEC
sh- erected on the Penobscot hai1 oo"'
the large mills, in which many miiiioh'
ere faat If small logs are annually grou'
'ac- 80 cooked into pup. These mills q
per- 60 profitable that several new anu ~
Inns cor structures are new planned a
will the various pulp and paper manu,a
con- urine projects now under way WIN
sive ouire millions Of capital. At Wian
large pulp and paper mill IS 10
sr,+ built. an extensive sn.eAo no
snt n,anned at Milford. and compa
'pui- hos inst been formed here whose p
S III nose Is to erect at North Twin Ia
inns On the west branch of tho Penops'
OH tbe largest pulp and paper mill III
ark world. At this poipt the river
Bill furnish 10000 horse power ana IN
'ard- are millions Of acres OF umDer
ngu- surrounding.
cien- Big logs will some day be scarce
the tho Penobscot but no man can
lians when the supply Of material sui''
1.-the for pulp will become exhausted.
, but min forests are practically uniiml
pay and no fear is felt even by the
mid called forestry reforIners that the
n his mills, digesters will ever go hungl
will, Pulp pays, lumber does not.
an in Is the whole story. Pulp gains, lnn
hiking Ioses The brick mills, with Their
epub- ids and grinders, are rising on
to the hand: the wooden mills, WIN
o had gangs and muley saws, are deca!
. with and Maine will soon be best know
behind the pulp mill state.-NeW 1oiA