Evening star., 1918-07-26
SAVE PAPER, SAYS
INDUSTRIES BOARD
Output Of American Mills
Will Be Heavily Cut in
! View of Other Needs.
Save paper"

appeal issued today by the War In
dustries Board The appeal is the
forerunner Of q great national educa-
tional campaign in paper saving.
The appeal today made to the gem
eral public, and the outline Of the
plans for driving home upon citizens
the need of paper saving follow a
series of conferences with the makers
of all varieties of paper. during which
the industry has agreed to curtail its
output. In many cases this curtail-
ment will reach 40 per cent or more.
Waste Of Material, Labor, Etc.
The public will be appealed to from
now on to save every kind Of paper.
writing. wrapping. tissue. cardboard
and all varieties of paper products.
The War Industries Board, in point
ing to the urgent national need for
this saving. says:
Every pound Of paper wasted rep
resents not only the waste of val
liable materials, such as coal, pulp,
chemicals. ETC., but also the waste of
productive labor. working capital and
transportation space. in all of which
there is an increasing scarcity"
The publicity campaign, to be car
ried on through newspapers and mag
azines, by the use of posters and by
every other available means, was
launched today by the pulp and paper
section of the War Industries Board.
of which T. E. Donnelly is chairman
The movement has the hearty in
oorsement Of Bernard NJ. Baruch, chair
man Of the War Industries Board, and
his associates, who consider 1t most
essential to the efficient prosecution Of
yhA war. Later lfqfamanfa will
the vast increase in the needs Of the
government for paper, ranging from the
stationery demanded by the increased
government business. to the cardboards
boards and the paper containers and
vrappings used by the Army and Navy.
In Charge Of Campaign.
In direct charge of the campaign win
be R q. o. Merchant, member Of the
pulp and paper section, also in charge
OF paper Investigations for the Federal
Trade Commission, and one Of the best
informed men on the paper industry In
the country.
The preliminary statement of the War
Industries Board, outlining the SCOPE Of
the campaign. follows:
ct. E. Donnelley, chief of the pulp
and paper section of the War Indus
tries Board, announced today that his
section would undertake shortly a
general publicity campaign for econ
Omy in the use of all kinds of paper,
the purpose being to educate the con-
suming public to the Importance of
conservation as a war measure. This
new work has been placed in charge
of R E. o. Merchant. a member of
the section, who is also in charge of
the paperinvestigations of the Federal
Trade Commission.
Paper has been SO cheap and plen-
fyr1 in ha act Il
realized its value But war conditions
demand a prompt and radical change
in the habits of consumers, and the
members of the pulp and paper Sec
tfon are confident that, when the con-
suming public is shown the reason
VIII respond to the appeal for conser-
walton as they have done to the vari-
Gus other appeals made by the gov
ernment
Cooperation Of Press.
IT is tho intention Of tho paper
section, with the cooperation Of the
mands of the government for various
kinds Of paper and various chemicals
and other materials used in paper
making are increasing rapidly, and
how every pound of paper wasted
represents not only the waste of val-
udpie LdteTldiS, sucu ds Codls paipI
chemicals, etc, but also the waste
of productive labor, working capital
and transportation space, in all of
which there is an increasing scarcity.
Printers and publishers stores.
business offices, hotels, clubs and
private homes will be asked to CO.
operate with the government to the
end that all uneconomica1 use Of pa
per may be eliminated, and all waste
paper, rags, etc, be saved, collected
ana returned to the mills for use again
in paper making"