Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-27
STATISTICS GIVEN
on WOOD PULP
BY CENSUS
Over One Hundred Million
Dollars Worth of Paper and
BY Products Consumed
During 1909 Says Durand.

Washington. April 21.--A pr.Iim-
mary statement showing the general
results OF the thirteenth United states
census of the Establishments engaged
IN 1893 IN the manufacture of paper
and wood pulp was issued today by
III, director of the census, r.. Dana
Durnnd IL presents comparative
summaries of the quantity and cost
Of materials used and of the quantity
ana value of the various products
manufactured In 1909. 1870, and 1899.
together with comparative statistics
ui Imports aud exports. The report
was prepared under the direction of
William NJ. S;cuart. chief statistician.
by " J Zimmerman. The figures
are preliminary ana subject To such
revision Az may b. necessary after
further examination Of the original
reports.
The reports were taa.n for tn. cal-
.ndar year ending December 81, 1909.
wherever the system of buokkccping
permitted figures for that period 10
he secured. but where the fiscal year
of an establishment differed from the
calendar year u report of It's opera
tiuns VAS obtained Tor us business
year failing most largely within 1909.
There were IN establishments re-
ported at the census of 1903 AS being
engaged primarily IN ia. manufacture
az paper and wood pulp. There were
,Si of the same class In 1904 and 1913
IN 1899 pf the establishments FOR
1908. NJ were engaged exclusively In
the manufacture of pulp; 5a2 IN ia"
manufacture OF paper. and lJs IN TIA"
manufacture of both paper ana pulp
Ia addition to- the Isl esta bishmcnis
In 1909. there were - that manufac-
turcd paper Ia connection with other
products. such as roofing materials.
asbestos products. etc. 1hcs. nrc not
classified a. paper or pup mills anu
therefore statistics for them ar"
shown separately
TIL, total cos, of pulp wood. Wood
pulp and other paper stock used Ia
1909 amounted To- $in5 scr goo. which
~ gain Of it5 per cent, as COM
pared with sit.a.l, 00o In 1899. The
total cost OF pulp wood consumed in
cr.a4cd from fe.N3s.0n0 IN 1879 to
s3S.S0.. GOO IN 1903. or "a PER cen,
The total quantit, of wood pulp
consumed Ia the industry Increased
from il,3.OOo tons In 1893 To- 2.S3t.-
00O tons Ia 1909. or ~. per cent I'm
1903 of the total quantity oi weed
pulp used. i.soO,o coo tons were rctNrn-
ed by Ia. establishments NJ made
'rr own use and ,ueo ~ 'pur-
cnnssd In this connection II IL rx-
piaincd that for ccnsur purposes sep
aratc reports were secured Tor paper
and pulp mills operated under TIA.
same ownership. but located at differ
'nt points Pulp. though not sold and
actually manufactured Tor use IN the
paper min located at distance. in
such Instances vas considered 10y TIA"
census as sold hy the pulp mil and
as purchased by tn, paper mili
In 1903. of the total quantity of
wood pulp used, l,323,000 toms or
~ per cent was ground wood. 3Oi.-
on0 tons. or / per cent. soda fihcr.
and i.2uo.UU0 tons. or - per cent.
sulrhitr fiber. In 1899 the quantity
ot ground wood pulp us.d Was Is por
cent OF Tie total. Of sodn fibcr - per
cent. and of sulphit, fiber ~ per
cent CT the total quantity "i import
ed wood pulp used daring the census
year 1890 tons costing s9,7.3. goo.
costing t3sS,0o. soda fiber. and l12.
in0 tons costing ts,li..uop, suiphit,
fiber.
During tn. docad" the quantity Of
rags used. including cotton and fiaN
vast. aud swocpings, increased from
3s.oao tons To- 3js .0G0 tons. or 81
per cent, and the cost rose from
s6.5a5,O geo To- sI0.,i0.00o, or q. Der
a Il
quantity and cost. and old or waste
paper purchased az such. Increased
20 per cent In quantity aud 1871 per
cent IN cost thus emphasizing the
growing scarcity of paper making ma
trrials
The Is establishments mentioned
above M manufacturing paper in con-
noctlon with som. other business
must b. considered IN arriving at the
totals Tor tho industry. These .stab-
lishmcnts consumed s.u. 01o worth of
pulp wood. 1900 tons of wood pulp.
costing sla?00O is O0O tons at rags,
costing ss7l 900; 21,o0o tons of old
aud waste paper, costing t32a 0oe.
and :. 600 tons of other paper stock.
costing sGs2.0o0. The value of paper
manufactured by these mills was re-
turned as 81 sol o0o
III. total value Of products report
cd Tor 1903 was s26I. 500. 900. com
pared with tl21.ss7 600 In 1893. an
increase of 10 per cent during the
decade. The quantity of news paper
nniNacturcd Increased during The
sam, period from 500. GOA tons to
l76. 600 tons, or i07 per cent, The
proportion put up In rolls In 1893 was
50 per cent OF the total. compared
with ~ per cent In 1909. The guam