Douglas Island news., 1920-04-16
SOME FACTSABOUT
 PULP INDUSTRY
News Has Been Received That Pulp Mn Win Be Erected at
 Sncilsham

by John Rus.Hrd. v.cc president oi tbe spccI River Project that pulp mW would bc constructed at Suct- usham by chat company aud tha- thc company bad mot only secured tif backing to erect the min but had arranged for a market tor their product
 Former TrerINcI people are iu- t,rctcd and orc principal owners In One proic.t hey being E. D. Ken rriy formerly assistant supcriutcnd- ert and w D Lass former supcr.u- ,ert.rt or One cyanide plant Leo N.rrrat also formerly of Treaivc.l arrived m Juneau tbs week Co be- -.u r.urc work ou Che project. and it |. expected that Che mu win be In operation by September The mU um not manufacture finished uar.r but wood pulp tor tbe paper mIs
 Pulp and paper making promise Co br tbc coming industries In Alaska. and the following article from thc Auuau., ou Che pulp Industry n Cau- ada may one day have .,s parallel iu tts territory
 Ottawa. March a1 The growing scarcity of news print U. naturally attracting much attention 70 Cane ado. uber. Che pulp and paper inc dusiry s one of tlc most rapidly growing of Che couotD's mauuiae- turing industries Remarkable as has bccu us expansion during recent years. to lf nevertheless Impossible to keep mp with Che demand uo,- vItnsardIur On. Dom.n.ous vast resour.cs Prom am parts ot thc world. evru from south Africa and One Orient Inquiries for uevspriut orc coming fo One Dominion AS high as SI-n per tou has been oIcr- col do- paper which during normal times would not scu for moro chan hrif ,tbat nr.cc Prevailing prices mean huge nrone hut thcy arc only one source or profit to Che Cane aluu mills Tho utc of exchange. which has b.oa penalizlug Che no- mu.on as a ehole. has been a houan- r1 to tbcm having for several months given some ot chem profit possibly eg1a' to tac ordinary rcs turn of ther investment
 rhcrc s much difference of opIu- tom regarding tbe eauses chat havc resulted n Che failure ot supply to moro nearly equal demand n ths country Much blame .s laid at thc door of governmental regulation Of prices and undoubtedly this has, to some extent retarded the expansion of One industry But 10 s doubtful. whether the effects have been as ser.on. as has been alleged Govern meut control has had ,o do only uIth thr nsurng of au adequate supply Of paper to Canadian publish crs at a f1cd price. but ths hos meant uo moro Ihan l5 per cent Of thc entire output or Che mills n some luaucrs It Is said chat millions or dollars u fhe form of new capital would have gone into Che iudusir, had It not bcer Cor government con- troL This may be true. but it takes umr to build mills Besides even lf thc paur- control had not oSeted. It .s very doubtful whether it woad have been possible during Che war to have obtained thc capital ueces- sary to bring Che supply up to che demand
 Expansion .s now thc order of che day hrouehout che Canadian pulp auI paper Industry generally but the most important work Ie probably being undertaken by Price Brothers G Co LtI. which already has large mills at JouqIlerre and Kenogami Quebe. I'm addition Go extensions to existing plants another large. new plant s to be located in Che town of saEucuay. which wll be pulp and paper town. especially laid out aud buIt by Che company The iu- tcrnatiouaI Pulp and Paper Conn pany am American corporation which owns 10000 square miles ot pulp wood lands u the Province of Que bcc. s building at Three Rivers a e00-ton slIpb.te mii which s Co be followed by a now ground-wood min and paper mIli capable ot pro- dur.ue 900 tons of nows print every twenty four hours The csr.mated combined expenditure for extensions ou thc part or these two corporations is between fl7.0oo.o0o and f2o- 100000.
 Among other concerns chat have recently added to their plants or ore about to do SO. may bc mention cd the Riordan Pulp and Paper Conn