The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-06-08
Old PAPER NOW OF
GREAT VALUE.
Necessity of Saving Waste Paper is
Urged BY The Government.

In an effort to impress on people
the necessity of saving old paper a
bulletin has been posted at the post
office. The Salvation army has taken
up the work of gathering the paper
locally and expects to ship a carload
to the coast paper mills.
One of the latest pamphlets on the
subject issued by the department Of
commerce at Washington, D. c., is
entitled "Saving OF Waste Paper Ma
terial" 1t gives istructions as to
how to select, assert ad dispose OF
waste paper: rags, and other paper
making material.
a saving of the forests" says the
bulletin. "The hearty cooperation
of every man, woman and child is
essential if the collection of waste
material is to be made a success.
"Clean, white cotton or lienn rags
and clean upbleached cotton and
linen rags are always in demand.
Scraps and small pieces are just as
suitable as much larger pieces. The
finest grades of paper are made from
such material and the demand for
such rags is always steady.
! hlnuS OF rags Neeueu.
Cuttings from fancy shirtings,
table damasks, toweling, cotton and
linen dress goods, etc. ARE in demand
and are readily sold.
"Soiled white rags, both new and
used rags, enter into the composition
of very large cariety of high grade
white and colored papers.
"Soiled and dirty colored rags,
known to the mills as thirds and
blues" except the black and dark
red colored ones, make up the larg-
est amount of any single grade OF
rags used in the manufacture of
high grade book papers and medium
grade writing papers. In this class
is included old canvas, awnings, sail
cloth, and all kinds of soiled rags.
No light-colored rag is too dirty to
be used as the manufacturing pro-
cess converts the dirtiest rag into a
white mass, whittier than the orig
inal cotton from which it was made
'Black rags, especially old black
stockings, are in general demand
They are used in producing black
paper and especially for mixing witt
lighter colored stocks, thereby pro
ducing the effect known as granite
papers.
"Wollen rags, of all kinds are o.
value; the higher grades are re.
turned to tn wooden mill for remain
ufacture, while the lower grades arr
in demand for manufacture into
roofing papers or roofing felts.
Various Scraps Of Paper.
white clippings and shaving'
from book papers, bond papers, ledg
er papers and writing papers are es
pecially valuable, and steady de
mand tor such material is always
found.
printers waste, consisting of pa
per damaged in printing, paper uset
to clean ink from the linked forms
q and rollers OF printing presses, ant
other soiled printing waste, is valua
: Bile for remanufacture into many dit
ferent grades Of paper.
white and colored writing pa
pers are suitable for remanufactur
into many other grades after the inl
and coloring matter are removed.
"Clean wrapping papers of al
kinds are valuable for rmanutac
ture into similar grades
"Old books, magazines, perlodl
Gals, account books, etc., can be re
manufactured into book papers o
excellnt quality. All material of th1
kind that is saved is of direct bench
to the forests OF the country, as mag
! azine and book papers are YER
largely made from wood pulp.