The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
HELP IN SEARCH
FOR PULP WOODS
Newspapers Aiding the Govern.
ment to Find New Sources

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aid is printed on paper made from
woods which have not been used here
tofore for news PRINT paper
The sheet which newspaper readers
hold in their hands each day is made
ot wood. II one looks closely the little
, wood tberS can be seen. especially In
the marsins where printing does not
obscure them. The larger part Of the
wood So used is ground mp. while some
of il is reduced by the action of chem
icals. The chemical pulp has the longer
nhcrs and certain proportion ot il IS
added To the ground wood To- give the
finished paper the required tuughness.
Spruce the Best Pulp Wood.
Spruce, abundant in the New Eng
land and Lake states and i'm Canada
has heretofore been the standard wood
for making news print paper ANA as
long as there was supply sufficient
On meet the needs of the paper indus
! try there was no reason To seek sub
! Sututes. But heavy inruads have been
/ made on the spurce forests of the
/ western part of the United States iu|
! This day of great circulations and large
editions, especially Of sunday papers
with their many parts. ON rough
! estimate" newspaper with an average
circulation Of sixty thousand copies
and AN average edition OF twcnt,
pages. uses each day the product ~
about four acres Of forest. When this
figure is Ilultiulipd by = M. great r,I,,
her Of newspapers published in the
United states, many of them with
much larger editions, and when this is !
further multiplied by 3G5, because !
many papers are issued every day # !
the year, II can he seen that the drain !
upon the forests is enormous. Fores- |
irrs say thar even under the most APP
proved methods known to their pro- !,
trsSi"n, it could scarcely he expected
ihat spruce would be able To hold its
own, but would need supplemcnting by
other material
II Is but natural therefore, that
paper manufacturers are looking for
new sources of supply which will fur
nish an abundance of wood pulp, at a
o
Poplar and few other woods are
used, but they do not 90 very far.
Forest Service Seeks New Woods.
In the national forests there are
many woods considered inferior 10y
Iumbermen. Yet they are available for
purchase at low rates and many of the
timber stands are readily accessible.
Ia, 4
ne L" the best advantage all of the re
sources of the federal timber holdings,
has been seeking proper uses for these
trees and has experimental i'm making
pulp from them at its pulp laboratory
al NauSau, Wisconsin, an auxiliary of
Ire forest products laboratory at Mad
Isoh. The Wausau laboratory is
equipped with standard machinery ANA
all experiments are carried out under
conditions which duplicate commercial ,
AS maj test or the value of some ,
OF THESE new woods under practical !
conditions, arrangements were made
between the forest service and the
Herald To print some part of its edi-
ii"n on paper made from various ,
woods ihat showed promise as substi-
-uteS Tor spruce These woods We're
ground al the Nausau laboratory; the
product was then mixed with the us
IaI proportion of chemical pulp and
made into news print paper, rolls Of
which were sent 10 New York for tho
Experimental run.
II
The new woods must fulfil many
conditions as to color, finish, and
strength. I'm these trial runs. most of
he paper is made from various west
ru frs. which show considor,bIo
consider their tcste rn,n,,Iot, .,,,,,u ,h..,.