The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-09
PRINT PAPER May
SOAR YET HIGHER
.Aoyl PAPER Is TURED!
Goes Through Many Processes Betore
tie Spruce Tfss Turned Into
NeMspapsrs. n NJ.
(By Frederick J.lHaskin.]

~ KY 1N0I9E5E6HGAAShs ttiANanAAAtl tfast ~
The meeting Of the international
Association sof Pull, sulphtte and
Paper Mil WORKERS, ii annual cons
yention at Albany this week, the Ia
Dor troubles now on between the pa.
bsr min workers and the mills no
less than the declared intention Of.
Quebec to follow the suit Of Ontario
|in prohibiting the xpoftation Of UNI
manufactured wood and pulp from
It's crown lands. all together serve To-
bring the paper question again to the
front. Newfoundland Will not 81.
low unmanufactured wood to leave
the colony, and ontcrio, with its
100000 acres OF timber suitable
for paper making, prohibits It's ex-
portatlon. with Quebec following
suit and British Columbia likely to-
fall in line at no distant day, ccndl5
tons are rather gloomy for the man
utacturer Of pulp aud PAPER. as we'll.
as for those who have 70 buy either.
It was freely stated In the course
Of the debates on the tariff that ~
Canada should decide to forbid the
exportation Of manufactured wood
form its provinces. as had already
been done In the case 81 two, It might
force the cost Of print paper higher
than It ever has been. Heretofore
Quebec has had license tax of 4OI
cents. a cord on all timber cut on
crown lands, with an added tax Of
rs cents If It were cut for manufac
ture outside of Canada. This has
meant that the United States has had
to pay Canadian export duty of 25
cents cord for all pulp wood receiv.
ed from there. What the outcome
Of the present Legislative situation
in Canada will be no one can pra-
dict with safety, but many believe
that it will force publishers to pay
more than ever before for print pa;
pei; Fl
And this falls particularly hard
upon lhewspaper publishers. They
cannot very well increase their SELL
Ing price, as the tendency seems to
be down instead OF up Some indus
tries may find the rise in the price
Of raw materials as an excuse for
making a two-fold increase in the
price of the manufactured product;
but this is mot true Of the publish
sr. It was one instance where the
ultimate consumer the newspa-',
per subscriber in this case-was not,
the sufferer when print paper went
up so sharply two years ago. The
advance was variously estimated to
aggregate from. $1O,OOO,OOO to $25,-
100000 q year. and 1t came at time
when the advertisers were cutting
down their contracts and the sales Of
papers were falling of. The burden
allielI on the publishers themselves. 4
Principles Of Paper Making.
In order thoroughly to understand
the basic principles Of paper-making
from wood it must be remembered
that wood consists of fiber and bind.
ing materials the fiber correspond
ing to the brick and the binding ma.
terIals to the mortar in a brick wall,
To make pulp for paper 1t is peces-
sary to separate the fiber from the
binding material; the former being
used and the latter excluded from
paper-making. This is accomplished
by three different processes, The vast
majority OF the pulp used In print pa
per is produced by a mechanical pro-
cess. Much of the highergrade paper
is produced by an acid process, while
the remainder is prepar a by the use
OF an alkali. The sulphite workers
make pulp by the. acid chemical agent
through which the binding materials
are separated from the fiber.
Paper made by the suiphite meth
oil usually is OF a higher grade than
that made by the mechanical process,
and the pulp costs about twice as.
much, or upwards Of $50 ton. 1t IS
used mainly in the production Of book
paper, though a small percentage Of IL
Is used to mix with mechanically pro-
ducpd pulp in the manufacture of pa
per for newspapers, Anyone who has
watched q small boy turning a grind.
stone while his father sharpened an
ak has a fair idea Of the way in which
print paper pulp is prcluced. The
bark is removed from sticks OF timber
and they are pressed down against
huge grindstones by hydraulic pres.
sure. II the end Of the stick were
pressed against the revolving stone y
would produce a Kind Of fine wood
floor; but BY pressing the,side against
1t the fbers are torn loose and they