The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-18
[spscia, Correspondents. 90 ,Ss nsr.ldl

washington. y. C.. FEB iS.-A re-
cent issue OF the New York Herald Is
printed on paper made from God
which nave not been used heretofore
tor news print paper.
The sheet which newspaper readers
hold In their hands each day is made
OF wood. IL one looks closely the lit
tie wood hbers can be seen. especially
ia the margins where printing does
not obscure them. The larger part OF
the wood So used h ground up, while
some of IL is reduced by tBe action OF
chemicals. The chemical pulp has
the longer hbers and a certain pro-
portion OF II Is added TO the ground
wood 10 give the finished paper the
required toughness.
spruce the Pest Pulp Wood.
spruce abundant IN The New Eng
land and Lake states and IN Canada,
has heretofore been the standard
wood for making news print pape:
and as long as there was a supply sur
hcient To meet the needs OF The paper
industry there was no reason 10 seek
substitutes But heavy inroads have
been made on the spruce forests Of
the western part OF the United States
IN this dag OF great circulati0ns and
large editions. especially OF sunday
papers with their many parts. ON a
rough estimate. a newspaper with an
average circulation OF sixty thousand
copies n an average edition of
twenty PAGES, uses each day the pro-
duet OF about four acres Of forest.
NNAaU. rNraa - - HtNH4rN4.I LH tn naauf
number Of newspapers published in
the United states, many of them with
much larger editions, and when this
Is further multiplied by s6s. because
many papers are issued every day ol
the year. IL can be seen that the drain
upon the forests rs enormous For
osters say that even under ths most
approved methods known 10 their
profession. u could scarcely be expect
ed that spruce would be able Co hold
It's own. but would need supplement-
ing by other material.
II Is but natural. therefore. that pa
per manufacturers are looking for
new sources Of supply which will fur
nish an abundance Of wood pulp. al q
price which viii not be prohibitiye.
Poplar and "a few other woods are
used. but they do not go very far.
Forrest service seek New Moods.
In the national forests there are
many woods considered Inferior by
lumbermen. Yet they are available
for purchase az low rates and many
OF the timber stands are readily ac.
cessibie. The forest service, Ia is de-.
sire 20 utilize 20 the best advantage
AN 81 the OF the federal tim
her holdings has been seeking proper
uses for these trees and has expert
mented In making pulp from them al
its pulp laboratory "a Wausau, Wis
consln. an auxiliary OF the forest pro-
ducts laboratory az Madison The
Wausau laboratory IL equipped with
standard machinery and all expert
ment are carried out under condi-
tons which duplicate commercial
practice.
"A o. final test OF the value OF some
of these new woods under practical
conditions. arrangements were made
between the forest service aud the
Herald 10 print some part OF its edi-
ton on paper made from v%arious
woods that showed promise az substi.
tutcs FOR spruce. These woods were
ground az the Wausau laboratory. the
product was then mixed with the
usual proportion of chemical pulp ane
made into news arint paper, rolls o.