Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-04
HousehoIders Charge There Is
Much Unnecessary Wrap
ping of Packages.
QUANTITIES OF TRASH
EASILY ACCUMULATE
Attention Of National Conservation
and American Forestry Associa-
lions Called to Situation.

Washington househtlders today drew
the attention of the National Conserva-
ton Association and the American For
estry Association to the growing use
by manufacturers and dealers of paper
and cardboard in and around food and
other packages which come into the
home. This use, which had its origin
in the desire for sanitation. has grown
to such an extent the past couple of
years that the influx into homes of
paper and cardboard. in the form of
wrappings. booklets, etc, is beginning
to constitute a problem for household
ers as to how they may easily get rid
of great quantities of trash, 1t is said
The question was Informally raised
with the conservation organizations
whether the growing use Of paper and
cardboard in connection with packages
that come into the home does not mean
that there is correspondingly in
creased leveling of trees. the pulp from
which goes into a great amount of the
paper.
Might Be Theme Of Discussion.
At the Offices Of the National Con-
servation Association, in the Munsey
building. it was said that the subject
raised by the householders would be a
proper one for the consideration of the
organization. ii 1t were settled that
that organization Is to have another
national convention this year.
This is the organization of which Gift
ford Pinchot is president and which
grew out of the National Conservation
Congress. the latter having met with
certain amount Of disorganization as
a result of the great water power fight
at the New Willard Hotel in it's con-
vention of 1913. No convention has
since been held, although there Is dis
cussion of holding meeting this win
ter in New Orleans.
estry Association in the Maryland
building it was pointed out that Mr.
Ridsdale. the secretary. Is now on the
Pacific coast, and that the program OF
the convention of that organization,
which is to be held in Boston, has not
yet been mapped out, but that if an
investigation of the growing use of
paper and cardboard in connection with
packages intended for the home should
show that there has been a CORE
trees the question might be taken up
at the Boston meeting.
At the offices of the National Con-
servation Association attention was
the national conservation commission
said. "Our paper and pulp mills use over
100000 cords of native wood each
year and import more than 100000
cords from Canada. Nearly three
fifths of the native pulp wood is spruce,
cut mostly in the northeastern states.
and one-hfth Is hemlock which comes
chiefly from Pennsylvania and Wis
consin."
Fostered by Manufacturers.
Officials Of the conservation organfzsA
ton said there has undoubtedly been a
greatly increased use Of paper in the
home. and they declared that this use
has been fostered and brought about
by the pulp and paper manufacturing
industries of the country.
One householder today said that every
box of candy she has recently bought
has brought her fourteen or fifteen I'M
necessary pieces Of paper, either in or
around the box. She said she does not
think it necessary to have every piece
of candy in box wrapped, as is now
done with some brands. and she
charged that she Is now paying for
paper at the price OF candy. inasmuch
as a box cannot contain as much candy
when the pieces are wrapped and di-
vided into cardboard compartments as
when not SO much paper is used.
Excess Uses Of Paper.
packages Of cereal now contain book
lets and other advertisements. state
ments and other paper and cardboard
pieces which prevent Just SO much
cereal from going into the packag es
In the case of laundry, it is said, many
of the laundries now send home each
shirt with sheet of cardboard in 1t,
to hold it nat and wrapped with an
other band of paper. to hold it to-
gether. In short, they claim that
separate wrapping is being carried by
the manufa cturers of various household
goods to an extreme. This, they say,
constitutes an annoyance and loss of
time in unwrapping. and a real anxiety
as to how trash shall be gotten rid of.
The janitors of big apartment houses
bear witness to this.
No complaint is made by householders
of wrapped bread, or other articles
which come into contact with soiled
hands of distributors. which have one
wrapper about them. 1t Is the multi
plicity of wrappings and the unneces-
sary furnishing of paper and cardboard
in the home that are complained of.