Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

cluding the South and Pacific coast, it occurs to me that the present sugges- tlons do not offer a remedy for the existing shortage. I recoliect that in 1915 there were over forty prospective paper mills proposed for Canada and. I believe, only one for the United States. Up to the present time. not one of these proposed mills have ma 'terialized, while the consumption of news print paper has increased and will, no. doubt. continue to increase. provided someone does not interfere with the progress of the country.
 I know positively that some of the best of the prospective mills have not been built because the investor was scared away. first by the income tax, second by legislation applied to news print and third when the United States entered the war. Ali good enough reasons for the layman but really no excuse for the large publish CT who may have had the funds re- quired- Hardly any steps have been taken since the armistice was signed
 to improve the production of news
 print, except by existing mills; where
 as the publisher could very easily
 build his own mill. make his own pa
 per of just exactly the quality he re-
 quires, at cost in keeping with some
 Of the most up- date mills, without
 any selling expenses or travelling ex-
 penses incidental to sales. In fact, the results would be just what the large publishers should seek to attain He can readily build on the Pacific coast or in Canada. and provided he does not raise too much objection to a soft sheet. he can build in the south | where waste from sawmills is availa = ble in large quantities and where he can manufacture paper cfeaber than | in any other place in the world. The sheet produced, however, would be ra- ! ther soft, but I do not know of any 1 readers of newspapers who ever pur- 1 chase on strength of stiffness of sheet 1 cleanliness or color. In fact. they us . ually look for the news" and have not
 the least idea how the paper was orig l inally made. where it came from or | how much discussion took place be. | tween the manufacturer and the pub 1 fisher, regarding certain spots caused
 by small particles of bark, the sheep" or the rattle"
 Probably some forty five hundred 1 tons of paper could be made daily 1 within small radius. in the southern l states where one would never have tt l worry as to where the wood supply would ultimately come from, as 2 l good sized tree, suitable for making o l pulp for paper. grows in twelve years l whereas, in a colder climate. it re. quires from forty and up to eighty years. Hence little foresight on tn, part of the mill management would, a very small cost. produce an indefinit,
 supply of wood.
 May say that I am personally ac | o.,,% Frrzx ! wood limits in the provinces of Onta rio, Quebec and Manitoba. where new print can be manufactured at prof it. Some of these limits have been ol
 the market for years without anyon,
 being apparently interested.
 I The question may perhaps also ap 1 pear in regard to cost of equipment
 Presently, I believe that the pape I machine builders are short Of orders While prices are high. yet none of u 4 look forward to any depreciation fo 9 quite some time. Labor is expensiV } and yet with proper forethought an } management it is surprising, hoy cheaply a paper mill can be built an equipped. Presently mills are payiu high prices fof repair parts and d i1ei
 mill. compared with an old one, woul
 l require very little repairs for the frs
 two or three years. hence. cost c
 equipment would soon even up.
 To summarize
 In order to relieve the present acut
 situation it is. only matter for tn : large publishers who have suffieier ei funds to erect mill of their own, hel = themselves and other publishers. nc r so fortunate as to have funds availa = ble for expenditure. such as new s print mill requires:
 : JOSEPH c. MAYO, President Ironsides Board Corp. Norxxioh Nov- %. 1q19