The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-09-08
MAY Be PAPER FAMINE
UNUSUAL DEMAND FOR WAR EX-
TRAS THREATEN SUPPLY.
American Mills Are Working at Top
Speed to Supply % Per cent In
crease i'm Consumption.

American Mills Are Working at Top
Speed to Supply 20 Per cent In
crease in Consumption.
The great demand for extra edi-
Ions of newspapers created by the
war in Europe has brought about a
situation which is causing deep
thought among publishers as we'll as
1sper manufacturers. While there is
no sign at the present time OF
scarcity of news print paper the ire
mendous call for paper has placed
both publishers and manufacturers
in a position where the greatest econ
omy is necessary if shortage is not
brought about. No one, of course,
will admit that there is a famine,
but it needs no deep insight into the
matter to figure out just where the
excessive demand will lead to.
President Moore of the American
Paper and Pulp Co. is quoted as say
ing that there was but II days sup
ply of American news print on hand,
and another report has it that paper
manufacturers are importing Cana
dian wood pulp into Ogdensburg and
other st. Lawrence and Lake Ontario
points, anticipating the shutoff OF the
supply of Canadian spruce timber
due to lack of boats in service east
of Montreal. In the meantime New
York newspapers are publishing in
the aggregate one copy for every two
persons in the city, or a total OF
100000 daily, and in Boston news
papers are publishing another 1867
600.
Demand Will Send Price Up.
The Hartford, Conn, Times says:
The mere physical operation of cut
ting standing timber, driving it to
sawmills and there converting it into
pulp consumes so much time that all
former records of pulp production
must be surpassed if the appetite OF
the American reading public is to be
satisfied. Dependent, of course, en-
tirely upon the duration of the pres
ent European war indications never
theless now are that if the present
demand continues for six months
much higher prices will be establish
ed for pulp wood
Mills ReSuming.
In Chicago on some grades of pa
per an advance of cents pound
has been made. A dispatch from
Norwood, N. Y, says: 'Now that
the European was has resulted in the
importation of news paper from Ger
many being cut off it is expected that
the paper mills of this section will
flourish again, if only for time.
The price of paper has already gone
up $500 a ton and further increase
is looked for 1t is also noticed that
the shipments of paper from Canada
to points in the United States have
already decreased in number
through this gateway. This, coupled
with the fact that very little or no
| pulp wood is to be brought to this
country from Canada during the war
| will undoubtedly send the price much
higher. Some of the paper mills in
this section have large supply OF
pulp and pulp wood on hand, while
others have only a few days sup
ply"
A Thousand Tons Day Short.
Some New York paper men say
that the paper manufacturing trade
is facing a shortage of pulp estimated
at 1000 tons a day as a result of the
war in Europe, which has cut Off
shipments from that source. AS re-
suit of the curtailment in supplies
prices of sulphite pulp, ground wood
pulp and other grades have advanced
approximately 20 per cent. Sulphite
pulp is now selling at SAC to S4S
per ton, against $3S to $40 before
the outbreak of hostilities, while
ground wood pulp is quoted at from
$22 to s25, against $19 to $22.
Consumption Increases % Per Cent.
The increase in the consumption
of news print by newspapers is esti-
mated at between 20 per cent and 20
per cent during the last few weeks,
and there is a great deal of uncer-
tainty as to whether the manufactur-
ers will be able to meet the demand
Export prices of news print have
been advanced approximately 25 per
cent, but there has as yet been no
increase to domestic consumers.
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