Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-20

/ branch of the business there are other
heavy drains on the product Of the
1 paper maker. for there is hardly a
branch of trade that does not -couire
i paper, and some of them It would be
! Impossible TO conduct without it, The
1 demand has brought about a rapid
i growth IL, the paper Industry, an i'd ca
scf Which may be gained from this fol-
| lowing figures: The yearly output OF
4 paper and allied products in France has
I grown from Il. coo tons in 1851 to 100000
4 tons in 1879 Great Britain produced
4 about 500. 0uD tors in the same year, nd
4 the United States put about 800, 600
tons of paper sof its own nlanufa cture
| on the market. more than three times
as much as i,:sat Britain As 10 the
consumption - paper, statistics show
| that 1873 Germany led in Europe with
| 1872 pound 5 lser CAPITA Next came BE q
| GUM. with H. pounds. Great Britain,
/ With II pounds and France consumed
Lar the ilatesof Z pounds per capita. Ger.
| many has increased since then to about
| 70 pounds per CAPITA, While it is esti-
| mated that the aited states uses 30
pounds of paper a Year 10 every inhabi-
4 Tan The figures sfloW chat the United
! states not lnly consumes more paper
than any oshei country in the world,
| but S now rea ching out for she mark cts
If the world The exports Of paper
We're nsisnihcani /, fsw Years ago, but
lsnow amount u, about $4,000. 600 a year.
and Observation-Disclosures believe that within
few years he export of pulp Will
amount to si5 100000 Or 2O0Oo,Coo year
~. The exports OF 1895 a mounted to
lSo, o00. In 1889 this cure had grown
81 s5.i1loo0
GAME EXPORT II RADF,.
\ prominent manusac turer said.
The * ports Of 1900 were cornpara-s
lively laiss but they may be made
larger, for the possibilities In this ti.s
IsreeiipIl. are very great. The export bus
| mess hinges largely on our having the
home market reserved to Us. and thus
being enabled TO manufacture on an
enormous scale
While this great increase III the pa
| per producing industry has been going
Zenith efforts 10 improve the product
have never been relaxed This Was
made necessary by the consumers Nj ie.
demanded improved goods and thieat-
snea to procure them abroad If the
home lnarke, could not furnish Them.
1'he art u printing could never have
ached the present state Of perfection
ie the Taper raae had not Responded 10.
be demands for higher grades a nj bet
ssr qualities Of paper,
Thee re about l.0pO paper and PUN
mills in iicSiSnitesl States. and most Of
hess are 50 arranged that they can run
njerehan geabiy on various grasies Of
Paper Thirty six Of these mills ara;
underline control 81 one large CORPORA
iipth Irile rtSrna tionA Paper Cont
I,any which has large holdings af
aoedlands aud water power and althos
fhs output of this concern is enormous
81, holds no monopoly OH the trade and
.iis compe tt1rS in many states lis au-
.horizeti capitaI stock Is $4,000. 0op di-
vded as follows: s25,oo00uo preferred.
etllntiiatiXe6 per cent per annum and
SeQI0oN.o00 common, If which there has
lleer2 issued Sir .O00. 900 common arid, S22,-
4YG.Fo0 preferred.
i'is@ steady growth Of the paptsr max
frs Industry ard h USE u trees &, fur
Ssh raw material haze caused much.
SgiiseussioE.s and Il has even been ur 4seds
that il tie drain continues the forests.
of the Omitted States Will become ex-
hausted. But manufacturers who have
studied the problem maintain that the
paper industry is not a menace To the
fore SITS In an interesting article on
Istha ! subj ect Alexander c. Lawson sa vs..
Il n ref erence 10 this question there is
| no ne kind9ef mood that is an$es8iu sive
article required for the n;asufa.ctllre Of
PAPER; in fact. practically al Of the,
fibrous materials III the shape Of wood
can be used foi, this purppse And.
realizing that over ofe-thiiti pf the
whole surface DC the United States. in
Guiding the great American deserts and
prairies is covered With Mood in some
| form. ofle can readily see he absurdity
III linking that he supply Of raw ma
.erial for the manufacture OF paper
could ever be exhausted. 1t should also
be remembered thai the consumption Of
| Wood for the manufacture OF paper, as
compared With other Uses 10 which it Is
| put is a very small item.
Another important question often
lost sight of issthe fact that the size Of
/ the wood required for paper making.
brings IL doWn TO point that makes Il
an easy commodity to- ship from any
and all parts Of this country. SO hat
4 distance has become annihilated in re-
4 gard to the value of Mood in one section
Of the country as against heother.
/ Then comes the great question Of the
| future growth of timber, which is con-
slant. it is simply a matter Of caicslla-
| ton as To when timber becomes Of suf-
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