The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-11-15
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N<XHSESNNAv extra edition almost every hour,
X&A/N04SEHIN in the bigger cities of the cOun-
49G9A try. Like grddle cakes, we like
them only when they're hot and
the wonderful pictorials for which the world has
been scanned by the editors are thrown aside
after cursOry examination.
Did you ever stop to think of the time when this
tncessant demand for the print paper may not be
met? Already we hear Of the rapid increase In the
price Of pulp, which Is reaching stage where
many Of the smaller publications of the country
Will have to go out of business Even the bigger
ones are feeling the PINCH and some are raising
their prices others reducing the number of pages.
ana still others are making the advertiser pay.
The newspapers have not been the only ones to
suffer by pulp shortage, for book publishers, too,
have had their worries. In fact, all users of paper,
down to the schoolboy with his tablet. have had to
pay more for an inferior quality of paper than was
the case year two ago.
In 1914 we used about 5000 tons Of newsprint
every day. Our present has reached G,OOO
tons day, and the demand is increasing mt the
rate Of about 10 per cent Il year, which is greatly
In excess of the rate of increase In population.
To supply our presses with newsprint requires
annually about 100000 cords of pulp wood To
meet our requirements for magazines and book
papers, stationery and business papers of all
kinds. 100000 cords more of pulp wood
sumed annually. Production barely keeps up this
consumption, for while 1t is estimated the news
papers will Need about $4,000 tons for the first
six months Of this year, the estimated supply Is
fixed at $4,000 tons.
But few years ago this country was able to
supply all of Its own needs and In addition fur
nish paper to foreign countries but that time has
passed. Now we must depend upon Canada for
at least third Of our domestic supply. and this
percentage is rapidly increasing.
Our forefathers. and even our fathers, looked
about them. and saw apparently endless and in
exhaustible supplies Of forest trees. The wood
man not told to spare that tree" and they
were ruthlessly. sometimes wantonly. destroyed.
Where one tree utilized for commercial pur-
poses, two trees were allowed to remain as they
fell. only to rot away or be burned In the first
forest IRE that swept over the devastated area.
Today this policy has resulted In our privately
owned supply Of pulp woods being exhausted
that not more than Is years supply remains.
Serious a. the situation appears to be. there Is
cause for alarm. II We wake up to our duty
to conserve our remaining supply. There Is
enough pulp wood in our national forest to meet
the future needs Of this country. and II we pur-
rue systematic course In avoiding waste In our
wood-manufacturing plants and encourage the,
refOrestntiOn Of our cut-Over lands (Of which
there are 7O00O.0OO acres in the northern states
nlone) we could easily supply the world.
BY following the correct practices Of forestry.
md by conserving our supply, the publicly owned
timber In the United States will last indefinitely.
The forest service has estimated that there
are IN the national forests at least 3O0,OOO.OOOOW
900 cords and for all kinds Of paper we use hut
1000 900 cords n year. This estimate does not
include the pulp wood available on privately
owned lands Of the West
Practically nil of our pulp IL Mt present made
from northern woods. where stumpage costs run
from s2.5O to 8 per cord. standing in the forest.
In the West timber suitable for the manufacture
Of pulp ranges In price from % cents to 1928
per cord The fact that these vast supplies In
the West have not yet been developed In due to
several causes. Lack Of transportation has been
a big handicap and then the large investments
tied up In the paper mills preclude their move.
ment while It Is possible to secure timber nearer
at hand. even at vastly higher prices.
From the standpoint Of geographical location
and transportation to the majority Of the paper
users In the central and eastern states. The
Western paper woods fall into two broad belts
The first Is available to tidewater shipments from
the Pacific coast. lying principally on the west
slope Of the Cascade mountains In Oregon ana
Washington. including vast nrens tributary to
Puget sound md running IN along the senboard
In southeasteriy Alaska. There are 70.0oO0oo,.
600 feet Of spruce and hemlock In the national
forests Of Alaska alone. In many respects the
conditions found In Alaska duplicate those OF
Norway. the lending country Of the world In the
paper industry. II n said by those who hnv"
studied the country TINT the forest Of Alnskn will
produce more wealth for the United States thnn
even her gold her coal. vast and valuable a.
are those commodities.
The second timber belt Of Western paper woods
extends through the northern Rocky mountains.
from the Canadian line into Colorado and Utnh.
This belt. shut of from wnter transportation tnn
hardly he considered n practical source of supply
Of paper for the eastern states but n logical
storehousc Of raw materials for the pnp"r RI.
uuirements Of the Mississipp valley. The Rocky
M untains contain 4 number Of excellent paper
woods. and With psoper development should sup.
PIX -both the paper required for local cons,fnn-
eis. and that necessary to replace the di'ninsh'