Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-02-24
Search for Pulp Woods.

"A
aid is printed on paper made from woods
which have not beenlused heretofore for
news print paper.
The sheet which newspaper readers
hold 10 their hands each day Is made Of
wood. II one looks closely the little
wood fbers can be seen, especially in
the margins whore printing does not OBJ
scure them. The larger part of the
wood so used is ground up, while some
Of it is reduced BY the action of chemi.
Gals. The chemical pulp has the longer
fibers and certain proportion OF 1t Is
added to the ground wood to give the
flushed paper the required toughness.
SPRUCE THE BEST PULP WOOD
Spruce, abundant in the New England
and Lake States and In Canada, has
heretofore been the standard wood for
making news print paper and as long as
there was a supply sufficient to meet the
needs of the paper industry there was
no reason to seek substitutes. But
heavy inroads have been made on the
spruce forests Of the the western part Of
the United States in this day Of great
calculations and large editions, especial
ly of Sunday papers with their many
parts. On rough estimate, . news.
paper with an average circulation Of ak
ty thousand copies and an average edi-
ton Of twenty papers, uses each day the
product Of about four acres Of forest.
When this figure Is multiplied by the
great number Of newspapers pub
lishsd in the United States, many of
them with much larger editions, and
when this lie further multiplied BY 1856,
because many papers are issued every
day OF the year, II can be seen that the
drain upon the forests Is enormous.
Foresters cay that even under the most
approved methods known to their pro.
fession, it could scarcely be expected
that spruce would be able TO hold its
own, but would need supplementing by
other material.
1t is but natural, therefore, that paper
manufacturers are looking for new
sources Of supply which will furnish an
abundance Of wood pulp, at a price
which will not be prohibitive. Poplar
and few other woods are used, but
they do not 60 very far.
FOREST SERVICE SEEKS NEW WOODS
In the national forests there are many
woods considered inferior by lum bermen.
Yet they are available for purchase at
low rates and many OF the timber stands
are readily accessible. The forest ser.
vice, In it's desire to utilize to the best
advantage all of the resources OF the fed
eral timber holdings, has been seeking
proper uses for these trees and has ex.
perimen,ed in making pulp from them
at it's pulp laboratory at Wausau, Wis
consin, an auxiliary Of the forest prod.
ucts laboratory at Madison. The Wan.
sau laboratory 10 equipped with stand
ard machinery and all experiments are
carried out under conditions which du.
pllcate commercial practice.
Az q final test OF the value of some OF
these new woods under practical condi-
lions, arrangements were made between
the forest service and the Herald to print
some part OF it's edition on paper made
from various woods that showed promise
as substitutes for spruce. These woods
were ground at the Waussu laboratory {;
the product was then mixed with the
usual proportion Of chemical pulp and
LouO 'pho hOWs PoPOtS iouo Va
which we're sent to New York for the
experimental run.
NEED OF A PRACTICAL TEST
The new woods must fulfill many con-
ditions as to color, finish and strength.
In these trial runs, most Of the paper Is
made from various western frs, which
show considerable promise, but the In
vestigators do not consider their tests
complete until they have subjected the
paper to actual printing conditions.
They grow throughout the mountain
ranges of the west, particularly in the
Pacific coast states.
In addition to their interest In finding
new uses for lttle.used woods, federal
forest officers naturally desire to keep
the newsprint paper manufacturing In.
dustry within the United States. They
therefore seek to present the opportuni-
ty offered by many Of the woods on the
national forests. where there ia supply
Of cheap wood available for many years
to come.
Other woods have been tried for pulp
by the forest products laboratory and
other newspapers will make experiment.
al runs of the paper. Any ono interest
cd 10 this experiment, or In other wood
pulp tests carried on by the forest ser.
vice, can secure exact information by
writing to the forest products laboratory