Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-11-01
TIES AND PULP.

The damand upon our American f0r.
ests for paper pulp and railroad ties is
alone sufficient to exhaust them within
one life time from this date Each days
issue of American newspapers re-
quires the destruction OF square miles
of forest. The paper-makers have ceas-
ed to explore and experiment with Of
her sources Of supply. The processes
for reducing trees to paper are 50 per-
fected and the reduction is SO con-
venient and SO profitable that it IS
safe to say that no effort will be made
to seek another supply until it is ex-
hausted. .sc-s3~o az
What is needed is the discovery ct
something that makes an annual crop,
from which paper may be manufac-
tured. Trees are century crop, and
when destroyed that source for all pre-
sent, practical purposes permanently
disappears. If science could take an an
nual crop, for instance the corn sto-
yer, the stalks of that plant, and, by
digesting the silicate in them, produce
paper pulp, an enormous bulk of We
getable matter, now used only for in
different fodder for animals, would be
found equal to the entire demand COR
paper, and the corn-growers would add
to the profits of that crop. But, as ia:
as known, no one is seeking subssi-
tute for wood pulp. The page on which
this was printed was only recently part
Of green tree, growing in the forest,
with flowers blooming in its shade and
birds singing in it's branches. The
transformation is the work of only a
few hours. go -fas +.
Recently in a German wood pulp fac.
tory test speed was made in the con
version Of a standing tree into a print
ed newspaper. The trees were felled
at 1885 a. m, the bark was peeled and
the wood sawed into 12-inch cuts
split, put into the defibrators, whence
they issued as pulp, which was sent
to the vat and passed into the paper
machine; at 8: "a a. m the roll of paper
was finished. The whole process from
standing tree to paper ready for the
press consumed only one hour ant
fifty-nine minutes. The paper roll was
carried two and one-half miles to 9
printing Office, and at exactly at II
o'clock appeared a fully printed news
paper, making just two hours and
twenty-five minutes from the tree Il
paper ready for the mail! AS long a.
the raw material is in sight for sucl
rapid reduction is is perhaps useless
to expect a substitute.
American railroads use annually ITO
100000 ties to replace those that ar
worn out, to say nothing of the de
mands for new construction. There
no substitute for wooden tie. Meta
stone and concrete have been tried
but they present an unyielding resi-!
lance that finally disintegrates thel
and is reflected in the wear and breal
age of the metal parts Of the cars.
Mr.. Wilson, Secretary Of Agricu
ture, is conducting experiments to il
crease the life of railroad ties. HI
forestry bureau expects to be able
suggest chemical treatment, at 10
cost, that will double the durability {
y -.
the wood AS each year added to tn
life of ties saves 10, 900 900 ties it wi
be seen that the life lease of the tir
Der to supply that mary ties is corr
spondingly extended. This effort of tt
Secretary reveals the all-round usefr
ness Of scientific forestry, which is 4
rected to preserving what forests Y
have, to planting more timber, and
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