The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-17
USES NEWS PRINT FOR
WRAPPING PAPER
South America Finds II the Cheapest
Kind of Paper for That
Purpose.

Practically all the news print pape
that is received by Peru, Bolivia, anC
Ecuador now comes from the United
States, Even before the war it formed
the bulk of the American shipments Il
the first mentioned country, and repre-
scented almost one-third of the total Pc
ruvian imports of paper. Since the out.
break of the war there has been a heavy
increase in the imports because of the
fact that news print is admitted free OF
duty, and, with the rise in the price OF
all other grades of paper, the retailers
have found it the cheapest kind they can
obtain for wrapping purposes. Now that
II has gained extensive use for this pur-
pose, it is believed that the imports will
continue to increase even after cheaper
wrapping paper is again available.
The facts and many others concerning
the trade in all kinds of paper, paper
Iproducts and printing machinery are pre-
sented in report by a special agent of
the bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce department of commerce, who
studied conditions in the three counties
tAAtilLANhths -AiibiiE AlAt features "a bIit
trade that were observed was the pre-
ponderance of America bond paper in
the Peruvian market, where the Unit
ed States occupies a field all TO itself,
its only competitor being Great Britain,
whose bonds are somewhat higher in
price. In the same country American
blotting paper is acknowledged by all
printers and statoners to be the best
and cheapest on the market, and practi-
cally all sold there is of American man
ufacture, while all the Photographic pa
per comes from this country.
Previous to the war nearly 80 per cent
of the paper imports of Peru came from
Germany 20 per cent. from the United
States, 10 per cent from England, and
the remainder from Spain, France, Bel
GUM, Italy and other European eoun-
tries. The principal factors in the Eu-
ropean strength according to the bu-
reaus report, were lower prices, longer
credits, better shipping facilities. more
active selling campaigns, willingness to
produce the goods desired, better pack
ing, great attention to detail, and IN |
fiuence of European colonies and Eu- |
ropeans engaged in the paper and print
ing llduts, olinllaT conditions were /
found in Bolivia. The annual consump- /
tion of all classes of paper and paper
products in Peru amounts to approx /
mately $4,000, of which 1925 900 worth
is imported. The consumption in Boil
via amounts to 100000, of which all is
imported. Ecuador's imports have var
led between 100000 and $230000
Special Agent Robert S. Barrett, who
prepared the report, is conducting gen
aral investigation in Latin-American
countries along these lines. Compare
lively speaking he does not find that
he three counties covered in this par
ocular report constitutes very impor-
ant field for manufacturers of these
articles, but the description of market
conditions and methods of trade extern
ion as employed by competing countries
ire intended to be of general interest
IS part of a survey of Latin American
rade.
Copies of Paper, Products, and Print
ing Machinery, Bolivia and Ecuador.
special Agents Series, No. l43,' may be {
btained at 10 cents each from the SUI
of documents, government
rinting office, Washington, D. c., or
rom the district offices of the bureau of t
oreign and domestic commerce. a