The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-12-18
NEW SERIES, VOLUME 9, NUMBr2 :.
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There - ~ rc'icf IL sigh 5r.r
Eurcpe1E payv-; p .,te~.
rot can eycn7ncs. 81 rn- pc.
q =. $50" nj va. Is .
means that IA. 5Dcaa 'n.is
Ir,mium. An America a,aar L.
'aud is worth $l.iv; III G,. 2n- .t.G
worth about $i2. Ii German man.
, -a,turer can &c, 3 ,-3:5 fer p20cr
priced q, 4 mark in Germany he gets
4 value Of thirteen .Larhs. NV =
premium mas Cctn 'i@2 iS,l. j
| produces powerful suction I, r..
goods - America. # England or CT.
! many or other countries had paper
hey would send IT tn Ame..cs- Lille
| ~r nothing mas ceL,e. Scrcre E~t
nothing t" spare.
Now. while the firer papc., g.
made of ra.S, re price o. wood ZAP
, ers affect them. II 1914 sripki
bond could br hougf. ~ cents. Z,
4 medium rag honl At 10 ceots. #Aet
Sulphite goes 10 Is cents, ,hs-e CO. (
a shifting toward the better I--ees
and the demand forces up the ag
market and consequently rag paTars
Here is the wood situation. Ntems
are dipped frusn the bu!etiI of +Ne
! Anne riran Forrestry ASsoei-non, n
Washing on, ID. CO I'VE are consu'u
! ing lumber three times - in.t as W
! are producing il" "Ne' England,
self-supportinS in l2nbeE 1hL,y
years age, ncz has 70 i.port oct
third Of the amount used" To.
years ago the Uuited States produce
its entire supply o. pulp wood, tIi
| now much Of II is impo-tel TBr
means freight rates 10 bc ;GtLtS u
| .he purchase price Ten years sgc
the United States produced its ell
, ire news print snpply-now We iin-
| port t1o-thirds Of it. Only Cne,
third of the newspapers issued IL 1919
lwere printed Oh the proGsct of Ar5eerI-
can forests" -'Much pump s-eoa nm
now Il, be f-eigAted 5l10 miles 10 th>
Mills ave be1ght 1,4b0,00 tor$ OF
pulp Tnud from Canada in 1918 and
he prices have advanced frou $lO
cord ID as high rs s2!- ,
Pulp manufacturers are NOW pay
ing as high as $40 to $50 cord This
iwood situation is BAD at the present
time when there is no building tk
speak of and llttie new EailuDssd Az
Telephone constrpcIlinL Ibt tots
swopd supplies Of ThE Z.DErtry amount
ling 10 something Ike S50,S " Aitf
acres, are about tvo-thirds exhaustes
and are being used up three times as
fast rs AeY grow TEt Eood Stpg-
ton, while II may fiuetun1e, II llksit
to grow worse and prices grow STEAD
lily higher rs time goes by. CurtalE
ment of use OF paper would MAKE rs
difference in price, for over 30 per
cent of our wDrd q nSna for things
other tkan paper There is no pro
babiEty Of reduction IN sabor sG 4
rags. Thr jnssn1atienal cUal sfCuatioh
partjcnarsy If lahtr troubles a
Engbnl1 commune. may nBI soa'
higher. From these considerations 81
looks as if the present waiting move
ment in the market, which is welconr
ed by tie mills IS relieving CXces.Ivi
pressure, will work ont 70 bring /
buyjng NOV emf mt later and s1bstan
tally higker prices than the present
The stocks of fine paper at th
MILLS are 4 per cent less than has
year and in the merchant warehous
are 25 per ce Mt less Printers stocA
are low. The volume Of printers safe
up to October in 1920 averages !
per cent greater than the 1919 avel
age. The advertising agencies ind
cate more advertising in 1921 tia
the high record of 1920. All thss
things and many others indicate pre-.
sure for paper.
Prices of fine writing paper will M
be lower, because, even should bnyln
fall below mill capacity, the mil
would not care to sell at a loss. The
would take what business is ofert
AT present rates anu CiOoe. ~ "VN
not pay them TO stimulate the marx
by making prices below cos1- Al
more they sold, the worse off tn
would be.
Stocks are low, the printer --s
. the public using paper. Mate-,alS D
,oes. advancing, labor is strong, cs
read strong and may become scarce III
cans to shut down he mills. Co. D;
fail prices where they are. The 70. "a :
ID of not today produce the paper it lee
years Writing paper varies in use v
tn, the volume of national trade. WI
ce- large volume of transactions
nodi- taking place the use of writing pal
high is large 1t is an invariable rule
19l. when freight cars are scarce, writ
buv paper is in demand" The ton MIL
-ead, of freight moved at the last report
,rke: 20 per cent greater this year tnan IA
ard Il would have been better tror'
ussia ooint of view of the public II pro
.ur,ei had been higher, SO that new n
nrice- could have been erected. This ii
MOI. lent from the fact that while
xouI. aaper industry entered the war t
a