The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-08
Aow pApER q MANuFAoTUaED.
Description Of Processes Employed IN
Making the Different Grades

About one person in one hundred
Sc IS said, knows the principles OF
businesses other than the one by
which he earns his bread and meat
The majority OF The inhabitants OF
this mundane sphere seem satisfied to-
know their own business and have no
curiosity about how other people
"esrn their yitHes to quote Disko
Troop
Perhaps less than one in q hundred
IS acquainted with the process Dy
which he IS supplied with paper to
write on and TO read from-ihe paper
on which The Leader is printed for
instance u is likely that most peo-
pie give no further thought TO tho
subject than That the paper comes to
them throughthe expen ture Of Ger.
tain coin. which Is enough for an prac-
iioal purposes
an processes of paper making are
pretty much alike, according 70 the
experts. Paper can DC made of almost
aaything from straw to rope. and the
diueren, grades are only adaptations
OF the same way of making the old
original Manila paper that wraps
things for the world
There have been hundreds of ef-
foris made during hundreds of years
20 ind some process by which paper
could be made with less expense just
as there have been hundreds of efforts
made during hundreds of years to
temper copper ami to prove the per
peual motion theory; and all with
tho same result Paper can be made
out of almost anything, but the ma
ierials that make the best paper are
nor gauged by their value as regards
other rises
For Instance, attempts have been
made for a number of years to make
paper out OF cornstalks. cane stalks
and other vegetable growths of the
same kind, but the paper that is pro-
duaed from these IS invariably brit
tie. and practically without fiber It
doesn't hang together, ana that is the
very thing that paper must 10 be Of
first quality That is the reason that
linen paper is OF SO high grade--it
hangs together. Besides, the material
from which It is made is expensive
and. quite naturally. the paper Is ex-
penslve too
Again. cotton seed hulls have played
prominen, part for some time in the
attempts to revolutionize paper mak-
ing. Paper. ana that of very good
quality can be made from cotton seed
hulls but The manufacturers OF paper
reason it out that just as good paper
can be made from less expensive ma
terisls Cotton seed hulls it is con
ceded. viii always be used for fatten-
ing live stock. and as long as tho huIls
can be turned into beef with reason
able expedition and success, the paper
makers believe the cattlemen will not
allow cotton seed hulls to go to the
manufacture % paper In short the
cattlemen would put a prohibitiye
price on the hulls in very brief
space.
Practically all paper used for news
papers is made Of wood plup The
best wool for he purpose ls conceded
10 be spruce, and next hemlock and
larch There are two methods by
which the wood is prepared for the
paper making stage mechanical and
chemical The latter is the more ex-
pensiye ln this process the wood Is
chippe into blocks about one.half an
inch thick by three 70 FIVE inches long
These chips are placed in a large di- (
gester. in which is enough water TO
cover the wood. and a quantity of I
sulphurlc acid Inside the digester /
are numerous coils. and when the
steam ia turned on The process within
the ligester Is simply hat Of reducing
the chips of wood 20 splinters OF incal
eulable aneness The acid eliminates
the resin that holds the splinters TO.
gether IN the chip, and they fan apart
The general length Of the steaming
process Is ten hours. but the longer
the term of digesting, the softer will
be the paper
The real paper making process is
the same la The wood plup method as
Ia straw or rags The preparation Of
straw and rags for the mill however
is somewhat different
Straw for instance, is placed In a
huge vat with a big steam pipe in the