Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-01-04
WOOD FOR PAPER COSTLY
Publishers Pay More For Stock
Than Ever.
INCREASE IN IMPORTATION
The Total Value Of the Wood Cen
sumsd N Teo6 Yves More Than
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\ To-day there Is general complaint
among publishes that printing paper
"a constantly growing learer Ia the
Middle West MANY local papers are
raising their subscription price so
per cent. III orier 10 naySFor the paper
From the time when Gutenberg first
FUSED movable tSAe. made Of wood, 10
the present DAY Of metropolitan pa
pers, some of which consume the pro
duct Of acres 81 spruce in single
edition. printing ms il very large de-
gree depended upon the forest.
In the face o. a threatened shortage
Of timber, the amount of wood cons.
sumed each year for pup has increas.
I ed since 1899 from . million TO 3 IL
million cords. The year 1906 marlsed
an increase OF $4,000 cords IN the inn
ports Of pulpwood. the highest aver
age value per cord for all kinds. and
a consumption greater by 469.05s
cords than that OF any previous year.
| Spruce. the wood from which liz
| 1899 three-fourths OF the pulp was
manufactured. Is still the leading
wood. but it now produces i llttle less
than 20 per cent Of the total How
well spruce Is suited foo the manufac-
ture Of pulp is shown BIZ the feet that
during period III which the total
quantity Of wood used has doubled
and many new woods have been In
troduced the proportion Of spruce
pulpwood has remained nearly con.
slant IN spite Of the drains upon the
spruce forests for other purposes.
During this time three different woods
from widely separated regions, have
1 In turn held the rank Of leader III
the lumber supply.
Since 1899, poplar, which for years
was used In connection with spruce
to the exclusion OF all other paper
woods. has Increased In total quantity
less than 100000 cords. and Is now
oturanked By hemlock. Pine. halsam.
and cottonwood are used In much
| smaller amounts.
New York alone consumes each year
over a million and quarter cords
Of wood in the manufacture Of pulp,
or moie than twice as much as Maine
which ranks next Wisconsin, New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Michi-
gan follow in the order given Sixty
per cent OF the wood used In New
York was imported from elsewhere.
and even SO the supply appearsito be
waning, since the total consumption
for the state show. small decrease
since 1905, whereas the other states
named have all increased their con-
sumption. Other states 'Importafit in
the production Of pulp are: Massachu-
sets, Minnesota. Ohio. Oregon. vess.
mont Virginia and West Virginia.
The average cost of pulp delivered
at the mill was 1921. The total value
Of the wood consumed in 1906 was
SIC 100000. The chief item determln-
ing the price Of paper Is the cost of
pulp. An example Of the increased
price of paper Is found in the case
of publisher Of daily in the MIDI
die West, who recently paid $1,000
for carload OF paper The same
quantity and grade Of paper cost a.
year ago but $500.
The chemical processes Of papes
making. which better preserve the
wood fiber. are gaining over the mech
Eanical process In 1899. GO per cent
Of the wood was reduced by the mech.
anical psocess; IN 1896, less than 50
per cent.
All importations OF wood and Dulp
are from Canada. and comprised. IN
1906, 1900 cords, nearly all OF which
was spruce. Four and half million
dollars worth Of pulp was imported in ,
1906, a slight falling off from 1905.