Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-10
PRINT PAPER SUPPLY
BARELY KEEDSPAC
WITH DEMAND
Commissioner of Corporations
Report Shows That Quantity
on Hand Is Scarcely Suffi-
cient to Run Five Days.
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IBy Morning Journal sneciaI Geased WireI
Washington. June 9.-That the sup
PLY o. news print paper in the Ameri-
cas mills las been still further de-
Ipleled siacc March so, so that on
APR 80 t!erc was less than five days
lsNprjN on hand is tho public report
q statement made public tonight
BY Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
Of corporations. The last statement.
as Of April 1, showed but 19,90T tons
on hand: since then there has n de-
crease of 1877 tons. The decrease
since April 80. 1903. has been more
than $4,000 tons.
The normal consumption per day is
said to he about 1000 tons: the pro-
d~uction capacity about 4,125.
Following is the commissioners
statement:
statistics of news print paper for
April, 1910, as compiled by the Ameri-
can Paper and Pulp association and
tiled with the commissioner OF cor
porations, show a sharp decline in
production and a further drain upon
stocks. The total supply on hand o m
April so, 1910, was only $4,000 tons,
a reduction OF 1,S47 tons since April
l. on April 80. 1909, the stocks were
2G.133 tons.
Stocks have beer steadily decreas-
ins ever since the end of last August
when they exceeded $4,000 tons. As
late as January ], 1910. they were in
excess of 5000 tons. This continued
decrease has, as is wen known, been
accompanied by a considerable in
crease in prices.
This reduction in stocks is the
mere significant in view of the fact
that during the period from January
l to april 80, 1909, there was an in
crease from 20,376 tons to 35,l33 tons,
or of 1900 tons, compared with a de-
crease of over $500 tons for the cor
responding foul months of 1910.
This reduction in stocks is chiefly
due to the reduction in output. which
fell from Sf,219 tons in March. 1910,
to S0,4S9 IN in April, a net decrease
of $3.50 tons. In April, 1909, the pro-
duction was S9.47S tens. The statis-
tics for 1910 show Il decrease in pro-
duotion in April. rs compared with
January of 4,05S ons whereas the
same comparison in 1903, showed an
increase of oNer 100 ton The nor
ma output for the month or April,
1910, as compared by the association.
1t may be noted, is 96,53S tons. the
actual output, therefore, was only SO
per cent Of this normal. The de-
tease rs chletlN attributed 10 a strike |
in some of the large mills; the pro- |
dpction at the end OF May is said to
close TO normal.
"Ine months shipments were So |
$50 tons, or LAST tons more than the !
pI oduction. The shipments were. how |
ever, only IS per cent of the estimated |
for the month, and are con
siderably less than those for the pre-
months of the current year.
which have ranged between $1,000
ons and $500 tons.
The stock on hand as above given
To not include paper stored by manu-
'acturers at destination for account of
customers, but the amount OF
iueh stored stocks q, the present time
= said TO be negligible.
In this general connection it is
'c2lly remarkable TO note upon how
a margin Of supply this indus
r. operates. The average stocks held
~ manufacturers in the last year and
hall would not exceed at best three
ks consumption. while the manu-
acturer's stocks on April 30. 1910.
ould not give more than "A weeks
upply. This situation necessarily
toward excessive fluctuations in
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