The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-03-23
PAPER AND RAGS VALUABLE.
Needed Owing to Famine in Material
for Manufacture of Paper.

Save your old papers and rags.
You will help in stopping a famine
in raw materials for the manufac-
ture of paper, says the Washing
ton Star. When you are through
with your newspaper, or have few
| scraps left from that Easter dress,
| just lay them aside, and get in COM
| munication with the department of
commerce. The department will tell
you where the old materials are
needed, and will put you in touch
| with the manufacturers who need the
old products.
Secretary Redfeld, of the depart
ment of commerce, today issued an
appeal to the American people to
save their old papers and rags. He
did it because paper manufacturers
pointed out to him that $4,000 tons
of different kinds of paper and pa
perboard were manufactured every
day, the greater part of which was
burned or otherwise destroyed after
| use.
Nothing New i'm Appeal.
There is nothing new in an appeal
of this kind. Germany and other
countries in the zone of belligerency
are urging their people to save their
papers and rags. Away back in 1901
firm in Worcester, Mass, issued an
appeal to the people to save their
rags in the following language:
Americans! Encourage your own
| manufactures, and they will i'm
prove. Ladies, save your rags. AS
the subscribers have it in contem-
plation to erect paper mill in Dali
ton the ensuing spring; and the busi-
| ness being very beneficial to the COM
munity at large, they fatter them
selves that they shall meet with due
announcement. And that every wo-
man who has the good of her coun-
trv and the interest of her own fami-
" at heart will patronize them by
saving their rags and sending them
to their mandatory or to the near
est storekeeper-for which the sub
scribers will give generous price.
This appeal then was signed by
Henry Wiswall, Zenas Crane and
John Willard.
Secretary Redfield said that the
same appeal could just as well be is
sued now.
Shortage i'm Material.
"The attention of the department
of commerce" says the departments s
official appeal, ''is called by the presl-
dent of large paper manufacturing
! company to the fact that there is
serious shortage of raw material for
the manufacture of paper, including
rags and old papers. He urges that
the department should make 1t
known that the collecting and saving
of rags and old papers would great
ly better existing conditions for
American manufacturers:
"something like $4,000 tons OF
different kinds of paper and paper
board are manufactured every day IN
the United States, and q large pro-
portion of this after it has served its
purpose could be used over again in
some class of paper. A large part OF
it. however, is either burned or
otherwise wasted. This, OF course
has to be replaced by new materials.
scIn the early history of the paper
industry publicity was given to the
Importance of saving rags. 1t is OF
scarcely less Importance now. Inc
department of commarce is glad to
b..ng this matter to the attention tf
the public in the hope that practical
results may flow, from it ~ little at
tention to the savins Of rags anu o'o
papers will mean genuine relief to
our paper industry and diminished
drain upon our sources of supply for
new materials. The department OF
commerce will be glad to put ingulr-
ers in touch with the manufacturers
who are Interested