The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02

interfere with the operations. These sour-
driniers are mammoth machines fifty or
sixty feet long and some Of them are
fitted TO make the strip OF paper more
than thirteen feet wide. Fully to grasp
the enormous Of such a sheet OF paper.
think of it standing on edge. An ordin-
airy man standing on the shoulders OF
another would have 20 stretch his arm
10 reach the upper edge. The speed Of
manufacture and the width Of paper here
mentioned are somewhat exceptional but
they Indicate the possibilities of the won
derful trade.
Rags are reserved for writing rspers
Milady scrIhling a perfumed note may
may De using a part Of the material from
which fer corset or shirt waist was made
The Colorado miner. setting forth the
glowing prospects of his mine TO soothe
suspicious hackers in the east nay be
writing on a fragment OF one OF his own
writing 70 a correspondent in South Az
RIGA. may use a fragment OF khaki from
n british inform molderirg IN an un-
known grave on the welt.
There are new rags" as well as "old
rags N the PAPER usiness. Tho former
are the rcmn hts from the shop Of shirt
waist, eors-t. uniform. overall and the
other manufacturers. Many are imported
from Europe 10 Wisconsin. and among re-
cent shipments have teen remnants from
the shons Of the British makers Of khaki
uniforms Occasionally fhe paper--naker
gets 4 car il sd Of old and soiled oversiis
fro rnthe ming districts. but these are
considered a prize. for they are made
OF material that has q long strong fibre-
II vas KIpiing. wasn't It. who sad sos
could anearth a Scotchman anywhere IN
the world b. flowing a hsgpipe- Yen
d.n't have t0 do that among the Viscon-
sin taper nails. for the Scots are thick
and as cani.y as you might expect some
of them who have rise nto position in tbs
mills w1l tell sou peculiar things about
the Business one Tor instance. Viil as
sert that rags from Republican sections
are alVavs cleaner than tho=s from Dem
oa-atic sections he VII cal attcLtio=
70 the fast that rags ncal the country
arc sgs1risluely clean. as though the
farmers vile had taken special pairs -
wash .heIn before letting them ~.
CT Chicago rags lie can only srcsE
with disgust. cor they ara the llt1iest
that reach tho Wisconsin mills some
mills VII ret even use them.
Rags cost fron 70 ! cents a poaad.
according 10 quality and cleznlnezs.
Most o. them are cotton. FOR not rnucA
linen paper s. now necessary except 81
the very best paper ore ~ che lrst
STEPS az the sali is 20 beat the 5ust out
OF Old rags - rachnery- They are
then sorted ~ women and girls. Eho
must remove al butfons. SIX and wool
Then follow aaother 6sstinr. EashinE.
a choppirg. ard thence o. 70 The besters.
where a sosin sizing j. aose1 g the rsix-
ture- BIT wood - even used 81 MAKING
writing pzpsrs 81 ths uropzortfon q 7t.Der
cent az ras pip 70 - pr cent - Esi-
yh.te 1beE- OF coming froa1 the f51rdrl-
aisr writing paper r. given 80 smooth
finish ~ beiag PIT through rollers TAX
squeeze E. sifh a poEe-f8l prssszre.
What Do you shiak = q stomach sievsu
seet Sc ciauster and thlrty-sevsn feet
leuge BIT perhaps yea essns kaopr sa4t
many . parer RAJ Rad . stomach thzf
d.zssts seed - TIE cord sorue - ;27sse
st1rnsehs - boiler Plates take n sszht
= fEeHtT te-s - wood ard digest 10 -
sasave % eighteen nourz TIE tlzeE,inr
acl6 i ss3ph1rsc. AID TIRE hlE bsae- IL
kl1zu technically - 8 dizeEer- TIE
spruce bseeks az c1t - - a raci.ize
into 1hiss ard poured ints the TX a.
gsstev-Ga uprsgAt eczs- x SHAPE i-ks -