Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-16
The Paper and Pulp Industry.

Census bulletin number ~ deals with
the subject Of the manufacture OF pa
per and pulp in the United States ard
has many figures of much interest 10
Maine where this industry is assuming
such Importance. AT prior ccnsuSeS,
paper and wood pulp We're treated as
separate industries. and in this form
We're included in the general reports
on manufactures. During the last de
,ade. however. these two branches of
the industry have become so closely
allied that they are now regarded as
one, and the schedule of inquiry Tor
the 18th census was so prepared as to
apply to paper mills. pulp mills. and
paper and pulp when manufactured in
the same plant. a very large proper
ton of the pulp manufactured in the
country for conversion into paper is
now made in establishments owned
ana controlled by paper manufacture
ers The paper and pulp Industry has
so many changes during the past ten
years.
The bulletin shows that in 1900 there
We're 163 pulp and paper establish
inents in the country. against 649 in
1890. The capital of these .G3 mills was
SlG7 500, 1l3. This sum represents the
n.
etc, and live capital utilized. but does
not include the capital stock of any OF
the corporations. The capital of the
eI9 mills in 1880 was $50. S29,54S. In
addition TO the 1863 active establish
ments in 1900 there We're reported -
mills. with capital OF S4,326, 623. idle
when the census was taken. The total
number Of employees and wage earners
in these 1863 mills in 1900 VS. .2.5Si
against 81. 400 in 1890. The value of
the products in 1900 was $l21 .2SG.l62
against $.S.9@7.1S4 in 1890 Going fur
Their back the value of the products in
1880 was 81 300 81; in 1870 it was $4S.-
$40. 2SJ in 1860 it was $21, 2lt. So; and in
1850 il was Sl0lS7.1.1. TEe value of
the products. the capital employed and
the number of wage earners have in
creased much faster than the number
of esta blishments. for there We're re-
ported 4i3 of the latter in 1850. but of
course they We're comparatively small
affairs and did business on small
scale
Now let US look at Names part in
this great industry. There were re-
ported i'm this State 80 active establish
ments. with a capital of s1l,41G 100, en-
blowing ASH hands and turning out
product of an aggregate value of SD
223,275. In 1890 Maine had Il estab-
lishments, with a capital of $t.2I3,e25,
employing 1909 hands. and yielding a
product valued at $3.2S105l. The COM
parison shows splendid advance for
Maine. and We must remember that
the figures We're those of June 1900. be
fore the great mills at Millinocket or
the enlargements at Eumford Falls,
Madison and elsewhere We're in opera
ton. We can safely assume that the
advance in the present decade will be
much greater than in the last one, ana
that the census of 1910 will find Maine
taking higher rank among the states in
this important industry. In 1900. New
York. Massachusetts. Pennsylvania
Ohio. Wisconsin, Connecticut and In
diana each reported more mills than
Maine, but only in New York and
Massachusetts 90 the mills represent
more capital or employ more men. or
turn out more product each year than
the Maine mills. 50 our Stat is
shown to rank third in the Union III
the paper and pulp industry. 1t viii
not be satisfied to rank third in 1919.