Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10
PAPER FROM PULP.
Names Place In q New and Great
Industry.


noustry'
In the last ten years an industry mas
been born to the State of Maine, which
ia already great and which in the next
decade i. - bacor,e douhlv important.
both 70 the st.ta and IN the country. II
not To the whole world. Ii ia the manu-
factur. ~ Ya,,s, from wood.
The tremendops activity in this industry.
avian IN ths !. a. three or your wears. il in
dic.t;ve ~ the yuture. and since there are
no sigma that q greater output ia not
needed. II ia unite safe to predict that in
the newt ten wears the productive mower
NJ tho state will he doubled or even
trebled. whether or not the manufacture
of paper in Maine il to be q permanent
institution time alone will tell. but in
v;ew NJ the fact that the great forests
which must supply the raw material NAV
be cut on as have those Of other states,
there is a certain probab ility that the in
dustry will mark merely an epoch in the
evolutionary DEVELOPMENT of the States
resources.
This theory seems at least tenabIe when
it is remembered that everywhere in the
world the woodsman's axe has been the
forerunner OF civilization. If the paper
any kind are bound to do, more tillable
land will be demanded. The mills them
selves will be responsible for the greatest
inroads upon the timber, and cultivation
of the formerly wooded areas will surely
follow. So it has gone in the past, and SO
it will 20 on in the future. When the
mills are no longer able to obtain material
from which to make paper, there will be
demand for other products, to which the
power furnished BY the rivers and streams
may be turned. But for the present and
the immediate future, the prosperity OF
Maine appears to rest with the immense
new business which has suddenly grown
up within her borders and which is
spreading month by month and year by
year to uphold the dignity Of labor in the
State. and to yindicate her motto -
stDirigo',-I lead.
The sequence of events which has led to
this present period in Names industrial
history is direct and logical. When the
territory which is now Maine was first
settled. il was BY people Of the same cult
as those who later gave civilization to the
West. They came in search OF elbow
room. caring little for the society OF OF hers,
only asking to be left to their own scheme
of existence, to hunt, to fish, to clear
their lands. and to bring up their children
to sturdy man and womanhood. They
overcame dangers as great as those brayed
by any pioneers of this country. and
gained a foothold for those who came
after. At first thew were content to pro-
vide for themselves alone. The other
ests from which to cut their timber. and
Maine WAS not needed as a source of sup
ply. When the timber lands of Massa-
chusetts and New York were at last 40
encroached upon that they could no longer
meet the demands of the growing country.
Maine was chosen as the place most
accessible from which to obtain lumber.
Mills were built. and the State became
at a single bound the greatest lumber
market in the world. With the immense
tracts of timbered country to draw upon.
the evtrava1a nce If the old Inn, bar
men was sublime. Nothing but nine was
considered worthy OF their axes. and the
work of stripuing the State OF tree
which has given il it's name commenced.
The work was done 80 thoroughly that
to- cav hardly a clumo of a dozen Market
able trees can be found together in anv
pne Mace. Pine has been practicaliv
exterminated. and it is but a question Of
wears when il will remain only in the
state coat-of-arms as a tradition. and n
reminder Of the wastefulness OF men.
When the nine grew scarce attention
was turned to spruce. which until then
had been looked upon az worthless.
Hemlock also became OF some value. and
was cut in small Quantities. Hundreds Of
millions OF feet of logs were cut every win
ter tn he sawed into boards for ex,ort tn