El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-28

by the water power and the SUCKS are car
ried on endless belts TO the grinders
The grinding In done in little mills, about
eight feet in diameter and about eight feet
in height. Each of these mills has a big
grindstane inside It. ana the machinery
presses 6he wood against these stones. which
fly around at the rate Of 200 revolutions per
minute. They grind off the wood and tho
dust falls down into the water inside the
mill II forms a sort OF mush there. ana
when Il comes out II looks like chewed
paper. It is now wood pulp and has only
to be purified and spread out into a sheet
and dried before IL Il ready for the market
As the pulp comes from the mill II II
forced through wire strainers and then car
RED over wide belts OF wool felt Il coats
these belts and the particles stick together
forming paper which dries as u goes on
through different machines and finally
the presses OF our daily newspapers
Used by All L. :. Papers
All Of the newspapers OF the United
States are now made OF such pulp wood ana
90 per cent Of all OF the paper we use con-
tains a certain amount Of such pulp At
least Is per cent is made entirely from
wood
We are now using more than half OF all
the paper Of the world. and OF late the IN
crease in consumption has been far beyond
the supply The war In Europe, ny stopping
the mills there. has created an additional
demand. and some OF our newspapers have
not been able TO get enough white paper TO
supply their subscribers
The price OF news print paper has so In
creased that several thousand o. the small
Ter journals OF the country will probably
have TO 20 out OF existence during the pres
snt year. and the expenses Of the larger
journals will bs enormously increased For
instance. one newspaper Of Chicago uses
about 40. 600 tons Of white paper per annum
The increase in cost over 1916 viii be
about S25 per ton. making an increase IN
expense OF more than 100000 per annurn
I have met number OF newspaper pub
fishers who have told nc that the Increase
in the cost Of their publications this year
from white paper slone viii be from $50
~ III $780, HauH
brings no additional profit. It viii be seen
that the situation IS a most serious one
Much Pulp Material Wasted.
Mr.. Graves, the United States forester
tells me that vast amount OF pulp mate
rial is wasted IN the manufacture OF lum-
Der. He says at least one fourth OF the
in the woods and less than half OF the ma
terial in the logs is made into lumber The
waste in one year Is equal 20 more than
$1,000. 600 cords and a large part OF this IL
in soft woods that could be used IN the
manufacture OF paper. In addition. there
are new kinds OF wood that can be used 70
timber in the national forests fitted for pulp
wood which will warrant the establishment
Of pulp mills upon the chief reservations.
Alaska Woods Pine for Pulp
The forests Of southeastern Alaska" said
Mr.. Graves. ARE especially adapted for tho
manufacture Of pulp wood They contain
billions Of feet OF spruce and other soft
woods fitted for paper. and the timber IS 50
situated on the slopes OF steep mountains
that IL Is easily accessible to tide water.
The ports and waterways there are never
closed by ice. The climate is like that Of
the northwestern Pacific states. The boats
run the year round. and the mills could he
built on the shore and have excellent ship
ping facilities.
Much Of the timber is offered for sale at
from so cents 10 $50 per thousand feet.
and the cost Of the wood when delivered 70
the pulp mills would be only about So per
cord. The Canadian mills are now paying
for similar wood IS or 81 per cord Some OF
the United States mills are paying sS ana
more. The forest service has picked ont five
locations where II IS believed pulp mills
would pay. Each is surrounded by large
bodies Of valuable timber and each has
water power that could easily be developed.
So far no pulp mills have been established
there"
4 Thousand Miles Of Pulp Timber.
have had a good opportunity 10 see the
character OF the timber OF southeastern
Alaska in going from Seattle to Skagwsy.
The distance is 1000 miles and you are in
the woods all the way The woods beglt
on leaving Vancouver. ard all along the
coasts Of British Columbia and Alaska the
steamers wind in and out through mount
ainous islands covered with forests
The trees rise Ike walls, almost straight
up from the water and with a glass you
can pick out the size Of the timber. Some
Of the spruce trees are six feet thick aSN
200 feet high You see great logs At the
savmills at the ports and learn that there