The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
STRANGE USES OF PAPER.
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Ar.t,.. rsp,t wsrhinr" IN Demand w ""
mp. %irepfoof n"n'" 'i''I"s' "' ''p''
t.es ~ Paper ~ ''"'h,ns 'hn'h'"
pt,dpe,. wsdr ~ FORMER waste wit"tl'l'

ptodret. wsd~ ~ . 90 me- Waste "''"''''
.,oI fl, h. .aid ,.at 'rero vns nothing
ia, .,rII u,' boo i.,ur nui ~ l"ni'"' ~"
,.r, hing t. nnv sauI OF Inrcf From V''"r
rsl,a mo harrals md VindoN ron"s ~ o"lh-
,y attic, lu'h. and napkins. 'h" fHrs" "f
,r.l. .u'u which paper l. sIl"e1"d spun nnd
c,,r..,". vrought, IL h"N1ld"riuL Fnf'h'f
han ,rt' tho t1uge ~ us"s 10 which paper
,,,ned ID. irrreasng rlpidlv ~" I rt"d
..te, arctoN tho greatest producers "i l'i"r
~. world. hi' tho smallest "Spor'"g IN"
.,,cr tact &. ha,Pus" We use more IHllPr than
a., other nation md becars" IN SOM" ln"'
# rnenuac'ure Germany Uncomfortable Load
30 world
Tho adaptation ~ paper 10 i's pres"n' mani
old uses simply a matter NJ applied chemistry
md IN th,. science the Germans have tong been
Neeminent But even In Germany ard IN
france. where paper making has reached so
,gh a stage NJ advancement. II - sttl Nahk""
vrains that furnish III" machinery with which
he fabric IL produced. ard not only ar" Ameri-
ran paper-makirs machines exported 10 tn'
one. but American skilled workmsn are ON
ployed to 60 with the machines ana OPERA"
hem in the parer mills on IN. other side Of Oh"
water. An instance of this has iu-t been NJ
'orded In the great copper mining company "t
Falnn, Sweden. which has recently added 10
- one producing plant several lhrG" paper
mills Az part ~ its equipment. tour pa
Scr making machines hav" Just boon
,rderad IA this country. and a numtor Of "y-
port American paper makers have been ENGAGED
o 60 abroad with them. put then, NJ and run
hem when they are IN working ora IT'S
combination ~ COPPER uroducuc and paper
making is. a. 4 matter orfacj. a very natural
.esll, Of existing conditions Tho swedish
.onpsny. the Stora kopparhIrgs Ber%sloG
Attl.hralog. as & is called. and by tho w..
Z Is said 10 10 the oldest cot p~oratior m tie
sorld. uses for supports in its mines a VAST guam
a,v Of timber Af'er al the supports rO-~ih'"
,re cut out Of n trcc there -tll romans - lars"
mrplusaee Of excellent wood which Tor = i"r;
line went. In \ great measure. 20 waste NnE
osper making IN Sweden = a great industry
,ecause of the creat forests which urodu'"
he wood for pulp So II occurred I" n" t"p-
per company that here was ? good why tod
nose q, its waste timber. especially ~ IL" l"nt
isad for roasting the copper ore could he ar
2lied at the same time for the generation Of the
,'rarn necessary 10 the drying process in
paper making. Hence The biz new paper mills
which are now ,ls' beginning operations
II is from sweden that Great Britain is now
getting a large proportion Of the paper which
she j. obliged TO import. The average con-
sumption OF paper In England i about $500
,on- a day. and of this she produces only about
l4nl tons, leaving the remaining 400 tons
To- 10 bought abroad sweden or, 10 speak
more accurately. the scandinavian peninsula
furnishes the bulk 81 This, although our own
great paIer producing concerns have large
Establishments in London and are rapidly gam
Ing ground in the English market
.ny.p,cd some rSmarkabi" appliancae for paper.
smong which l. a sT"s>.-pronf Iau"r HllC,!
Is. superior 10 any other 50, far produced. hGt
II not better. article mad" IN thl~ country.
One of the Uses Of this srease-prouf paper
mcnt While there is plcn,y Of merely GREASE
proof paper now mad here. That l. u-ed "N-
isnsiyelE for TIE wrapping ct ham; bacon
If being odor proof n well a. grea>e proof.
and butter j. 50 sensitive Ia. odors that this
ment. The swedish ,greasc-proof paper. on
The, other hand. j.; absolutely door PROF. a,
butter shipped from D"nIndr To England r.
wrapped in i The butter rcache, Gr"at Brit
ain in pound packages closely enNeior"d III
HAT IN a sense al hermeticaliy sailed
ReNsrting 10 tue IL" oi A~ucrt'au machinery
II the Swedish company above mentioned.
here i q still NOR" striking int l'I,'' al II ne tr"r
home. For Il long tim" back the miclhn"
l>ed in Germany l"r uniting ih' finish on ~
.elppr paper was called the Yankee machine II
Vas the invention Of An American. yet = .tanErIN
.rpu.i there was not n single one u' ~" ma
Aud even now the only ones. win = single ~
'optiJn, that are In OPERATION. or MAJ -'"i WI
IN PennsyiNanla. by German capitalists and
under GerInan direction The Other Nau.-e
machines are In the mills al another brittdl
~ Wisconsin. The peculiarly OF paper required
Dor envelopes is that II must be rough On one
sIde, 40 that the muouagc wi! stick vel. and
tighlv finished on the other IN order 10 give
I Nur -iuDa N surface Tor wiltlig. ReH'rtlnS
- the p"uil~ylvtYlI luiI That = using ne ! an
s.. mac,iur. there i, the interesting fact IN
s.,Npafti,n with II thai HE tOIlllnN maj owns
+ - the sumo cOriptnv which tho lat" Prime"
Bismarck controlled, ~ which hI> heif' are
Probabiy lie vary hates CONNER, hl fact in
~" nppliclnpn ~ Taper - ~ III" wa oi pr"
:, 1oilne P'p'r MHi" nroo M I.'gHr .,o % iI,!
ns"l u~cnolrlte IA" cutr" teNlur" 81 "a" ma
t"r.si aud aye HO.pib"d by II heIpr" x i, rolled
la,, any thickness that may be required, mus
miAur, tlpni much NOR" effective than Nneu
wp,t Itself l. treated With them The laNer
wopd thus urodu.c is A. hart -. wood il.rli,
l. susceptible of brilliant polish and any varic'y
a. decorative treatment. j. Vastly lighter,
u~er'ectlv Adjustable and absolutely tiepr9ot.
yer, ~.riuI- study OF %ttreproot material, and
the tireprootnc treatment of wood, and the
result is that paper H. coming very largely into
us" " MI cas"s where woodwork TIA, 20 ne used
T. i particularly adaptable Tor ceilings and j.
coming into such popn!lrit', Tor mat purpose
Albany capitol which 30 soaEdtized the state.
j. not unlikely in Il very short time - be In The
height 81 fashion In fact. 4 gentleman WHO
ness said ths' the day wa~ not far distant
when all interiors ~ tine houses. irrespective
Of skv-scrapers. would be very generally yrO-
vidsd with %frcproof paper woodwotK The
material has been adopted for the iiui-hinga
Of the interiors OF wPrships and The PENN
aylvania Railroad Company Ia using II very
eytensivelv for tie head Innings or ceilings
OF passenger cars. The material commonly
with oils, is highly in'ainmahle. and the adop-
ton Of the paper hreproofne material is only
another precaution for the safety Of passengers.
In addition TO the Pennsylvaria road. the New
York Central also, IL IL understood. II consider
Ing the adoption Of the ssme material for the
interiors Of its passenger cnr-
As a matter OF act tho action of tho Navy
Department in takin. such car. to have all
necessary woodwork made Of material tha' has
been made f~reIroof nv chemical treatment,
has turned the attention ~ people 90 this sub
ject very seriously. II battleslip interiors must
he %hreproof, II l. asked. why should not ais
the interiors OF Ill passenger cars and public
vehicles Of all sorts where fire must he counted
a. among The serious elements ~ danger And
II public vehicles. why not private. houses
However much such material might add I" tn"
cost Of a hous" II hardly requires moro than OIL"
experi"uc" Ike that ~ tho Inflated Andrew
family ~ Wis city not long ago to demonstrate"
that rnonor 60 spent ia well spent.
As for IN" articles ~ daily Use that arc now
made Of parer 'heir number ia surprisingly
large. Eliminating such things as car wheels,
10 which PAPER lorg ago n demonstrated its supe-
Hority over steel tho water buckets, the cover