Gunnison news-champion., 1916-04-21
ANY RAGs?" WILL
Be CRY Of JUNK
Men VERY SHORTLY

now iOuR mas II Deeu SINCE luuhHoh
clattered through the Saturday morning
hustle of busy streets with his euphon-
ious, mellifluous call. ANY rags, any
bones. any bottles today?" How trip
pingly the words came from the wrin-
kled black throat, and with what mas
terful poise he sat in his sagging, be-
gunny- sacked seat. And if you didn't
live in town where the junkman called,
you perhaps spent youthful days along
country lanes in some eastern state, and
well remember when the tinware ped
dler made his bi-monthly visit, and
recollect the mysteries of that wonder
full wagon which as the doors were
opened, reflected dazzling sunlight from
the pots and pans and glassware, which
he packed to trade to enterprising house
wives for sacks of rags and scrap paper.
The day of the junkman and the tin
peddler has come again.
We may all have to assist in cam
paign of national thrift. There is at
present, a serious shortage of paper
material throughout the United States.
Heads of large paper manufacturers
have called the attention to the matter
of the Department of Commerce in
Washington, d. c., and to the people
in general.
Something like Is, 600 tons of different
kinds of paper and paper board are
manufactured every day in the United
States and large proportion of this,
after it has served its purpose, could
be used over again in some class of pa
per. A large part of this is, however,
burned or otherwise wasted. A little
attention to the saving Of old rags and
papers will mean genuine relief to our
paper industry and diminishing drain
upon our sources of supply for new ma
terisls.
Perhaps you've wondered why the
printing Office prices are higher. 1t is
not local. but universal 1t 10 q most
unwelcome position for publishers. hua
inevitable. Every newspaper in the
land has bad to submit to heavy ad-
vances. An eastern editor says:
'The writing paper manufactures
never before-not even during the peri
cd of the civil war, faced conditions
comparable with those which now con-
front them"
And this is one more portion Of blame
which rests on the shoulders of the war.
god with his European playground.
At public meeting of recent date in
Montrose in the matter of the commun-
ication from the secretary of the gov
emment department of commerce call
ing attention to the scarcity of material
for the manufacture of paper, Mr..
Fisher, of the Western Slope Junk and
Hide Co., YVES present and stated that
be was now buying all the old rags be
could get. He has twelve by twenty
foot ware house and is constructing n
addition. He could now pay at the rate
Of $14 per ton for rags and hopes to get
q market for old magazine paper soon.
1t was the sense of the Chumber that
the newspapers call on the motAers =
encourage the children to gather I'll
such waste material as Mr.. Fisher ean
market for them.
Why wouldn't much the same scheme
work for Gunnison? A paper pcess in
town would mean a great practical
ecsnomizing factor and an immense say
ing besides being profitable busness,
provided freight rate in carload
lots can be secured. Some years
ago the idea of establishing q
paper press was started but died out
before materiakzing. At least we may
assist by following the six rules Of the
pAper-saving campaign to save waste
such g cotton and woolen rags, old pa-
pers including magazines, news, wrap
ping. and cardboard:
l. Keep waste material clean and dry.
2. Separate rags from old papers.
3. Separate cotton from woolen rags.
4. Separate magazines from other 20
pers.
S. Tie in bundles for convenience in
handling or put in bags.
6. Call in the nearest dealer in junk
and rags.
II something is not done Immediately