St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-16
MLLFORP PAR
lSH OF ST. LANDRY
Experienced Hen Tells Of the Possibilities Of
the Industry Expresses BelsrmInattsa
10 PUSH AHEAD ENTERPRISE
1GsFnaA Paper HlHs Export Kcs straR
From Japan. Whlla Here Thousands
Of Tons Go to waste.

For some years back it has been
whispered that paper mill was prom
Used FOR this section Of the country,
but nothing definite has been evolved
until the party of PennsYlyanians
came here last week.
Now it seems most probable, &C.
cording to the following article IN
the New Orleans Picayune, that the
project win take definite shape.
The article follows:
Among the members Of the Penn
sylvania party there is one Of the
most experienced paper mill men Of
the country, Mr.. James SymingtOn,
who has made the trip South for the
purpose of looking into the posi-
bility OF securing raw material with
which to keep q paper mill supplied.
Mr.. S~ynington has constructed half
a dozen paper mills throughout the
United States, and has even recon
structed and put on a paying basis d
giant paper mill ait Buenos Aires, Ar
gentine Republic. His one object iii
coming South was to look INFO the
paper question. Throughout the North
the rapid consumption Of timber has
became a serious matter with the
paper mill men, and Mr.. Symington,
after disposing Of a mill he owned
near Lancaster, decided that the rice
fields Of Louisiana should .offer 3 very
attractive location.
Throughout his recent trip be-
paid attention to this industry OK
cIusively. He was astonishad to see
the giant stacks Of rice straw ii the
fields, and could hardly understand
why the paper mill interests through
out the United States have neglected
this field so long. This rice straw,
he stated, is the basis Of the finest
paper pulp that can be secured.
In Germany the paper mills send
to Japan for rice straw, and bring it
all the way to the factories, and then
make money on the paper. Louisiana
has tons and tons Of this rich mate
rial right on hand, and it can be pur-
chased for no more than ST. 4 Con.
With such an advantage a mill could
compete with any institution III The
world on purely business lines.
Although only on b tour 0f inves-
tigation, Mr.. Symington has become
30 deeply interested in the prospects
here, that be intends to visit New
York Immediately upon his return to
Lancaster and call upon business H.
sociatas. He added that be- intends
to build a paper mill in Louiaiana and
build at once. His idea il t0 have
invested about 100000 as q starter.
ZIG will take most Of that to erect d
modern mill, and then add to The
plant as the business increases.
"Mr. Symington, in summing up
the prospects for a paper mill in this
State, said that at no place be has
ever seen are there better conditions.
In fact, Louisiana offers inducements
to a paper mill that no section of
the United States can possibly dupIi
cate. With rice straw as the basis
for the paDer pulp, and shis makes
the finest basis in the world, q mill
can be operated upon the cheapest
kind Of lines. As an investment. such
a plant would be a veritable gold
mine.
although 3 man of eighty years,
Mr.. SVmington Is wonderfully active.
He has been IN the paper mill busi-
ness all his life, and his soma have
followed in his footsteps. MI. Sym
ington constructed and managed the
De Area mill at Buenos Aires; vas !
long time with the Reading mills Of
Reading, Pa, and the Smith Paper
Company Of Massachusetts. He was
also for many years the European
representative Of Pasay Jopns Com
pany, machinery builders.
Away back in 1857, Mr.. syming
ton was the paper-maker for ths ALE
red Dupont paper mills Of Louisville,
and personally snperintended The max
Ing Of paper used in those days b.
the Picayuns. Although this ID over
fifty years ago, Mr. Symington remem.
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