Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-09
SHORTAGE:
BEC0MINGlCUTE
EXPERT REPORTS
Two Million Tons of News
Print Could Be Made
From Lumber Wasted An
nualIy in Packing Cases.
Especial Correspondence to The Journal)
Boston. Mass, Feb S.-RObert

iINi'lhS "LailiHt mas just toilPiStS"
am exhaustive study of the print
uaUer situation, and makes the
s,aternent tbat tuo ,,,iI,ior tons of
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PAPER Nouiu pe li'dVe rum i"'i'"e'
NaSleu III packing cases, an amount
"Iualing all the neWsprmt paper
produccd in the United States and
ranodo for tha vaar 1919 The
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I'' ""'ei" ~ se'''''7 "0'' P''p
rom WINCH news Prlht PaPei -
maze 10 serious one ana Tue ne
ctNSl'y lQf paper conservation mas
become acule--so much so IN lacl
th2t IeSlSid1lon IS PenuliS IN coH-
Eres5 at present 10 regulate the Size
OF Napefs.
Mf. SettNer IN ah interview 7a ia
me shortage OF he"s-ptlllt
paper mas pfeclpltated the An
tholiy-Cappef DlIL rms PHI WllICh
Is one Oh lhe most faolcaiI$ re-
slrlctNe laws ever cohteIlpiateu
VIII we DeheVe arouse the people
OF the country 10 feallndtloI nor
only Oh me seriousness OF the print
paper SITUATION put mas alSo
Drought feallHal'oh OIL me Ia-
tlohal waste OF our naIuldl re-
sources, ana OIL me serious GollSe-
HuenCe5 Wiich nave loloWcd Inns
waste
lie Ahlhohy-Ia upper Din, pIlel-
", PROVIDES iof afpitfafliy Ilil'lIlh
Inc hummer OF pages or newspapers
ana lnaaa"lnes' lhlilctihs u heaNE
penalty IN increased postage rates
on inc puplIcatloiS containing
greater number oil pages IMAM me
law speclles.
we are snort OF paper me
whole world Is snort oil paper we
have been running snort OF paper
for some time past MOI because
OF amy ourtalled NM oolpu"
though lhIs was a FACTOR during 'hs
war, raihet because OF lile ihcfeaS-
ing dllIIcuIly III supplying the iIllIiS
with ra" hlateflais. IN snort
whereas the consumption OF paper
Is on the increase, ana increasing
mlShtiIy, the supplles OF raw ma,
terlai3 are on Inc decrease ana
decreasing aldrmlhSlS'
n Is common hnoWleuee una
we are Stripping our tlmpef lahaS
at an appalling rate; we are toia
by forestry experts that mere IS
nut a twenty-five years supply Oh
pulp wood IN SiSht, yet we are not
keeping abreast OF the paper m
dustrys demand Tor wood
III mas become hapll WIN US
10 regard Amer iCa resources as
lheNaustIbte, ana not ultll some
ealaml'y SNAKES us from our STU
plolly' sueh as me breaking uoWI'
OF Key INDUSTRY are We con.
ifohleo with the ldcts' lHeil Vi
course the Iacts are startllns' 1heh
we proceed 10 rock lle sVaple door'
lhch' as IN the Ahllloily -Sdppe'
PHI, we attempt TO remedy by reg
lSlatloh Whicn Is no remedy at an,
NOT even Il lock Oh the empty
Stable door, mercy prop Iealeu
against the ooor.
Admitting tIlaL tiie paper situa-
tloh ~ acute ana that someth'hS
must ne zone TO insure d more
equal distributions why not t2ke
action AT the source OF the trouple
at the producing END; not at the
consuming end by curtalllhg the
taken by broad-Vlsloned men VINO
are capable OF LOOKING pegoild
Their own particular interests. Ihey
say, II we must economize, the need
Tor Which Is no longer IN doub.,
lets eeonoihi"e IN way lhat VIII
impose the least hafdshlp, IL any
at an
II the paper INDUSTRY must
nave ADDITIONAL supplies or WOOD,
ana 1t mas been SHOWN mat no
other material can be economically
substituted for wood, let's arrange
our affairs to provide these sup
plies. Why drain our timber lands
for other purposes, in themselves
admitted to be notoriously waste
full for which purpose there are
substitutes which would not be
wastcful.
Setting aside generalities, let
us examine a specific instance of
how we could provide an enormous
supply of raw material for the
paper industry; it is a well-known
into boxes, crates and other wood
on containers, which are destroyed
after one time use, represents one
VI .til' iitol Wdplethl plbNtittS 1T
connection with our timber sup
ply, not to mention the added cost
of getting merchandise to market,
The bin for this waste exceeds a
quarter of q billion dollars an
nualy.
ut would be serious enough If
this practice were merely wasteful
in dollars and cents; for that adds
to the high cost of living which is
already intolerable, but il is more
than that. 1t is wasting natural
resource the effects of which are
visited in countless way. 1t is ex-
haustng our timber supply. 1t is
reducing our forests faster than we
can replace them. It is forcing
higher and higher the prices on
building lumber, which prices are
now reflected in the scarcity of
dwelling houses and high rentals.
1t is depriving the paper mills of
vast supplies of materials for pulp.
IT is monstrous waste from every
standpoint, vet little is done to curb
il in any way.