The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-14
PAPER SUPPLY
 BOUND DTOC0ME
 FROM ALASKA

Greater use of the vast forest re- sources of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and the growing of much more timber in New England and the Lake states, were advocated by B. T. Mere dith, secretary of agriculture, in let Fer to the American Pulp and Paper Association, read at meeting of that body which recently closed in New York. Such a program, the secretary sasd, would promote permanent solu- tion of the news print problem and is in accord with constructive measures now being advocated, including the proposed Poindexter pulp survey pro- vided for in a bill now pending in the senate
 Essentials in this program, the sec retary said, were the continuation of technical investigational work such as the forest service now carries on and contemplates, and adequate support of the services fire protection and other activities. The secretary's letter ex- pressed his regret at being unable to accept the invitation to address the as- sociatiOn, and was read by Garlic P. WinslOW, director of the forests prod ucts laboratory, who represented the department of agriculture at this gath ering.
 While the work of the forest serv- ice already deals with many problems of the industry, it should be materi- ally extended, and could, with advan- tage to the public as we'll as to the industry cover a wide range of prob of pulp timber to the many difficult technical questions involved in pulp and paper manufacture" said Mir. Mer- edith in his letter, an abstract of which follows:
 The United States is today facing the most critical pulp and paper situ- ations in it's history. Of these the mnews print situation is the most seri- ous. Present demands, abnormal though they may seem, are merely an incident in the rapidly growing nor mal demand for news print paper.
 Today were are dependent upon other countries for the equivalent of twothirds of the pulp wood, pulp, or news print which goes into American newspapers Our news print industry is concentrated largely in New Eng land, New York and the Lake states. am told that 60 per cent of the pulp and paper concerns in New York have no stumpage of their own, and that less than five have enough timber land predicted life of the industry in New York, New Hampshire, and even in Maine, where the great bulk of our Eastern pulp wood still remains, is alarmingly short.
 We have, on the other hand, large quantities of suitable news print woods in the Pacific Northwest and in Alaska. The annual growth of tim Der on the national forests of South eastern Alaska alone would supply half of our present American news print requirements. Here the indusry is undeveloped.
 "A far greater degree of indepen- dence in news print manufacture can bS accomplished by two measures the development of the industry in the Pacific Northwest and in Alaska, and the large-scale growing of timber in New England and the Lake states. Both of these measures would be grealy stimulated by the passage of the Poindexter pulp survey bill now pending in the senate. A pulp survey would secure the facts on which a sound development of the industry in the Northwest and in Alaska could be based, and It would also afford a basis for the production of pulp timber in the Lake states and in the Northwest" 0BTyY nr nnnnryYEyw uEsN