Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-08
SHORTAGE
ACUTE;EXPERT
TELLS OF NEED
Says Newspapers Must CurtaiI
Consumption or Supply Will
i .- Be Totally Gone

- "hanutdCulTeIs mist turn aside
from export business. taking care Of
old and permanent customers. should
run mills al the fullest possible mar
gin OF profit, which, of course. they
should have. ."-
. 1T has been. distinctly understood
with me before taking nj this work
that the basis Of belief will be mutual
understanding and information be-
tween manufacturer and consumer,
/ sufficient increased tonnage provided,
either BY the present manufacturers
fOr BY i,ub.ishe 5, to protect the con
Sumers OF news print in their supply
of print paper -. ....-.... ..~:
Recent. developments in the white
paper market indicate chat the pros
poets are not encouraging To the pub
fishers. ~.
A dozen different remedies have
been advocated and adopted Cutting
down the size OF the paper is only one
of these. Raising the price of the
newspaper and Watching TO detect the
smallest waste of space are other de-
vices adopted. ..|. i. .:*..
A significant fac IS that the i'm
ports or wood pulp, used in making
white paper. have dropped in the last
year despite the fact that there is a
normal increase of 6 per cent in con
sumption every year. 49,
In 1914 the imports amounted to
sos 800 tons. The next year 10000
more tons were brought in. This year
the tonnage was 1000 less than in
1914 and 81 200 less than in 1915.
These figures were for the year ended
June &c. - -
Not only on the other side were
trade conditions upset, but also here.
AS the result of increased wages in
Canada and other industrial factors
the mechanical pulp that used to come
over the border in great quantities
now dribbles through. a despatch
from Toronto contained an intimation
by the Canadian minister of finance
that an embargo on exports of news
print might be ordered if the price in
the domestic market were found to be
excessive. On the other side of the
border, as in this country, the cry has
been raised that the manufacturers
have been holding up the consumers
but here at least investigation has
shown that. there is real shortage.
NEW YORK, \. "a. Gordon Nc
Intyre. a Canadian paper expert, has
been retained by the American News
paper Publishers Association to take
charge. OF the news print problems OF
that Organization Mr.. Mcintyre viii
in his new position confer with pub
fishers and advise them and by reason
of his intimate knowledge of the pa
permaking industry and his direct |
connection with it will be able to as
sist them materially in unrayeling /
their difficulties, as well as acting as
the intermediary between the pub
fishers and the news print manufac-
tHrerS ..@.. T.. - r.. ~.
Mr. Mcintyre has made the follow
ing statement in connection with his
new duties: ..-....
Il have accepted this work of the
paper committee of the A. n. p A.
with the idea that something can be
done to alleviate the present serious
condition for the consumers of news
print paper .......
Everyone knows there is serious
shortage in production over the de-
mand At the same time much can
be done by both manufacturers and
to adjust their business to
the present conditions.
Consumers must practise rigid
economies, making all papers non-re.
eliminating pressroom
wastes and all aVoidabIe consumption
Of paper. If this does not bring the
within the production,
sufficient new mills must be construct.
ed to take care of the normal con-
with the normal increase,
rs there is only very little new ton.
mage proposed which Will. come on
he market by 1885,