The Washington herald., 1921-09-08
PLAN STANDARDIZATION
OF COUNTRY,s PAPER.

"aANSI - 1barker.
PLAN NATURALIZATION
OF COUNTRY's PAPER.
The work OF standsrdizinr IN.
paper used in this country so as 10
eliminate waste and yet assure higb
quality Of product and benefit TO
{ both consumer and manufacture
was begun at a conference between
Representatives OF consumers and
manufacturers and officials Of tho
Bureau OF Standards OF the Depart
ment Of Commerce, which was hello
at the Bureau Of Standards last
week.
A program. which is in accord
with the policy Of the Department
Of Commerce in aiding industry and
eliminating waste, was considered
! by the conference, and committees
TO consider various phases Of the
situation were appointed.
The purpose OF the proposed
Standardization IL to eliminate
waste in use and manufacture. not
at the expense Of quality or by re
ducinE the products TO a prcdeter-
mined level. but by simplification ~
the unnecessary and wasteful sizes.
weights and qualities. The develop
ment OF reasonable specifications
for various grades OF paper which
will tend TO eliminate those that
work a hardship on tho nanufac-
turer but which will at tho sam.
time assist and protect the con-
sumer is contemplated
The Standardization program
plans tho utilization a. the data
that has been gathered by the Wa.
industries Board. ohcr Federal gov
ernment bureaus. States and Citiea,
foreign governments. paper assoc
ations. manufacturers. and othe-I
, organizations concerned with paper
II Is not planned n duplicate work
done in the past but 10 crystalline.
correlste and apply this work :,
that paper will be Manufactured
and purchased on a quality basi
in standard sizes and qualities.
In the proposed StandardiZatio7
scheme. il is proposed 20 group the
various grades OF paper SO Ear a.
possible according to the use to|
which the paper is to he rU'
Classification Of paper will be con.
sidered by a committee ConSistinc
Of II. =. Baker. secretary OF the
American Paper and Pulp Associa-
tion: 3. l.. Wilson. formerly con-
nected with the pulp and paper seS-
tion Of tho War Industries BOARD
now representing the Graham Pa
per Company. ST. Louis Mo. ans
r. 7. McElwain. member ~ the sdI
Visory committee Of the paper So
tion OF the Bureau of Stands rds ~
representing tho Cr"ckor- McElWs
Company. Rolyokc. Mass
4 Tho use OF terms and names e.
grades ~ paper - very 5udcruf'
and in many cases the words us'
in trade mean little. 4 ~nmmtt1
was named by tho conference ~od
sistinE Of ". Y. T:akCr- - g He'nt
! man of tho AUcriran Writing Isp
Company. Holyol". Mass: and .
curtis Of the Bureau "f Staudar
To ask several national psr"r as
Citations to appoint representa-
on a committee to consider def
tious and nomenclature.
The conference believed th{N
large economy could he ohlained ~
tho reduction of the number n
sizes and qualities Of rsp"r vi'ninI
any ono class R"ducfI"r ~ m.
will also bc Ervor attention n
committee consisting NJ : T. WI
son. and rcprescntstIyot - tho
national association cf h'hoErspH i
ers and several other similar organ 1
izations was appointed.
committee 70 consider the 'sch
nical data on paper as II relates -
| - d.
was appointed from the Technical
Association Of the Pulp and TaP"-
Industries. consisting OF +. s
Hatch. past president Of the assoc
alton and representing the HAM
4 mersley Manufacturing Company
Garfield. y. y: r. .. Clark. formerly !
chief Of the paper section Of th-
! Bureau Of Standards, and =. A. Cur
tbs. ~ the Bureau of Standards !
Regarding tho specifications II
! quality Of paper. the following com
ments were made in the tentative
ence:
"All the qualities desired IN A
specific sheet Of paper can not n
defined numerically, but IL Is th}
purpose Of research to dcyeloj
1 wi AhAs phNptcN III 'NAN1
to determine quality and unirormitNi
! Some of the qualities that it is difI
ficult q measure at this time SrcI
permanency. feel. texture. finisl,
rattle, formation, fastness Of coloi
softness, printing quality. erasurl
quality. etc. Those that may bI
measured are as follows: weight
I thickness, bursting, tensile strength
Folding strength. tearing strength
ash. sizing. fiber composition. glaz,
opacity, dirt. absorption. elongated
The actual specifications for
given sheet of paper must be dc
termined by the use to which Il
to be put. II is Of greatest i'm
portance TO consider that in man
cases, the qualities to be measured
are Of minor Importance to sue
lqualities as printing quality. fee
texture. and other-that can not
measured"
Nearly everybody who has lost
limb or part of one has. at one TIN
or another. the impression that a
lost member is still there. ATT
his impression has faded it cs
often he strongly revived 10y a
application OF an electric cSrrent
the stump.