Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-15


completed it's circuit Of the cylinder
and come in contact with the last of
the set Of rollers.
Each print roller has to have it's
individual color pan and feeder The
color mixer, after numerous trials,
succeeds in getting the proper shades
for each part of the pattern and sends
the color boy or back tender to fill
up the color boxes. In each of these
boxes revolves q brass roller, (1nade
of brass to keep from rusting,, which
conveys color to wool felt belt, this
in turn supplies the print roller and
the roller cylinder of the press. The
felt belt called a sieye-cloth natural
ly takes more color than the print
roller can properly care for and If II
were noe curbed, the paper would be-
come smeared and unevenly printed,
therefore long brass scraper presses
against the sieve-cloth and removes
the surplus color. sending it back into
the color pan.
] heard this scraper referred to as
a doctor" and being of an inquisi
tive turn of mind l inquired where.
fore doctor?"
The superintendent gave me a pity
ing sort of look, and asked me "if
ever ate Thanksgiving dinner"
and If l ever ate too much, and 'if
they sent for doctor" and if he pre-
scribed an emetic and if the emetic
succeeded in disposing Of the dread
ed surplus" Then | quit asking ques-
tions for a while, but | could not help
wondering which was the original doc.
tor and which the namesake.
After leaving the press, the paper
again goes out on moving rack, pass
ing 300 feet through very hot room,
which thoroughly dries it. Then it is
rolled up in large bundles and finally
cut in double rolls of commerce,
bundled, wrapped and shipped.
A roll of paper consists of eight run
ming yards and used to be cut that
size, of late years, however, two rolls
are rolled into a bolt in order to save
so much piecing for the consumer.
All factories and jobbers and most
dealers however, (also Akron stores)
quote prices by the double roll. A
milk man might just as well sell his
fluid by the half gallon instead Of by
the quart.
asked why prices took such a
drop this year, as l was aware that
raw stocks of ali kinds had advanced.
l was told that for the last two years
there existed a combine and every
one made a reasonable living, but out
siders came into the market and broke
the combine. Now, everyone is striv-
ing for business and as there is Il
large surplus of factories, some are
bound to succumb. Some in fact,
have already withdrawn from the field
I was naturally interested to know
what material mostly entered into the
making of wall paper outside of the
paper itself. These are white clay,
glue. dextrine, water colors, ground
mica, and various bronze powders. l
have been asked thousands of times
whether there is not Paris green used
in coloring green papers, but found
it to be untrue. In fact, it has long
been contrary to law to use any pois-
onous materials, and the fact that a
large part of the mixing is done by
hand proves that the law is not dis
obeyed, for In case a man should have
o sore On his hand 1t would prove ia
tai should there. be any poisonous
materials used, when as a matter of
fact color mixers sore hand heals in
half the time ordinarily needed.
White paper stock is porous and
spOngy, requiring filler to give
strength and a smooth printing sur
face. This filler is secured by taking
white clay, (mined in Georgie)
grinding 1t In water and adding a
glue size. This of course is the ma
terial used for making paper with a
white ground. When colored back
ground Is desired, this liquid is color.
ed as desired before being applied
by the grounding machine. The satin
effect is secured by using ground mica
and size. The natural color is like
silver but colored effects are secured
by staining the liquid with analine
dyes.
This company owns large number of
mica mines and do their grinding in
their plant at Cuyahoga Falls, O.,
from whence they ship this product
to Wall Paper Manufacturers and 9TH
er consumers In all parts of the