The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-07-31

making newsprint, four species
spruce. hemiock. bslsam and poplar
supplied 81 per cent OF the total
amount manufactured In 1917. &C.
renee OF these species chiefly In the
cordins to the report. The occur
lake states and New England has led
to the over-centratzation OF the pa
p.r-mskins industry there. II Is
stated.
Paying Penalty for Depletion
Until recently. when abnormal de-
mands. short supplies and resulting
high prices led to increased news
print production through the utiliza-
tIon OF plants designed for and for
meriy used In making other kinds OF
paper. there has been no expansion
In the newsprint industry In the
United States since 1903, and we
have had to import large quantities
OF pulpwood and paper the report
points out. The demand. however,
has greatly increased. and because OF
excessive depletion OF our own re-
sources this country now Is depend.
ont upon foreign sources for two
thirds OF its newsprint or It's raw
material
Even with the imports the supply
has been far short OF the needs OF the
newspapers OF the country In the past
two years. The contract price has
increased more than 900 per cent
while spot market prices are 500 per
cent more than In 1915. prior TO
the war" says the report. "the larger
newspaper secured all or practically
all OF their supplies under contract.
and a relatively small percentage OF
the total newsprint consumption was
handled on a spot market basis. Dur
ing the last year the larger papers
have found II increasingly difficult
to secure all OF their supplies under
contract and have been forced to
secure the remainder In the open
market. II Ia In the open market
that the full effect OF competition
for inadequate supplies is shown and
this Is reflected In the much higher
prices.
small Papers suffer Most
Unfortunately II 10 upon the spot
market that the smaller newspa pers.
least able to Increase returns by In
creasins advertising and raising their
rates. must depend" The result has
been that many OF these small papers
haYs been forced to curtail their is-
sues and have had the greatest diff
Guilty In securing enough newsprint
to continue publication.
Il has been possible for the lumber
Industry 70 move to more remote
timber lands % forests have beea cut |
away. but the heavy investmsnt ~
ouirsd Tor paper plants have made
Il in1ossibis Tor the paper Industry |
TO DO THE. The result 10 that existing |
Mills are findias Il necessary to ~
cure their supplies Of wood from In
eressias Distances. Spruce from
Minnesota and Canada. for example.
10 being hauled from TOO to 1900
miles to paper mills In Wisconsin,
The timber 10 going fast. the re-
port says, II is reported that In New
York. where nearly 50 per cent OF
our newsprint Is produced, so per
cent OF the pulp and paper mills have
absolutely no timber supplies Of their
own. For these mills there seems to
b. no other prospect than to close
down In q comparatively few years.
In New Hampshire the coniferous
pulpwood has been cut heavily and
10 or l2 years will see the end OF the
supply. Aside from the state preserve
In New York. In which no cutting 10
allowed. the bulk Of the coniferous
pulpwood In the east 10 located In
Maine. One company there has
enough timber for 20 to 90 years cut.
Others are estimated to have enough |
to last IL to IS years. but there are
about Is companies which have no
lands Of their own and which will
have difficulty In purchasing mate
rial within 10 years.
In general. the pulp and paper
mills OF the northeast are becoming
more aad more dependent upon Can-l
adiaa weed. Such dspsudsaos. the