Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-17

Germany can DO this oeeauaa chs
conseryea her forests. The Germans
are the best foreatera in the world.
They Ia no asoro cot forest down
70 the last tree than they would ahgnf
a herd Of valuable dairy cattle The
forests from which they are now tak
ing pulp wood. % the sorrow ~
American manufacturer. have hFHH
yi lding a regular supply ~ wood far
many generations They afo euiii
waited az any other crop n cultivated
And hey yield more wealth per Hffo
per year than any ~ our FORESTS lIHH
the American Taper makers ufartcet
q similar forestry on their holdings .n
the Lal states and New England
they would mot now have any cause fa
fear fore.si. competition. according fo
experts in forestry.
Musa Reforest
AZ u ls. the only way to save faa
huge amounts Invested in northeast
ern paper mills ls 20 reforoas iho saf
rounding lands, these mon nny They
add that the supply of Canadian pulp.
on which these manufacturer afa
drawing. will not Inst nearly a. l0ne
as has been supposed. with paper csn
sumption increasing ..rv year Tho
Canadians conserve their auuriy uf
pulp wpods somewhat better fhan un
has DONE J 10 pulp wood a. eran
is ~ slow growth ln Canada lf H
said that piece ~ land whirh hHa
b~tn cut over without destroying fha
81 = win be- ready t0 cuf fnr pulp
wood again Ia 40 years n Ferun
IN Canada o. would take 90 years far
trees 20 reach the sat1r size heeaur.
Of the shorter growing season saf4
year
The supplying ~ the worlds daiiias
with faper ls the Frsaf problem -
industry ff you look closely AZ taa
paper n which your daily r maf
you win soc that o. naH faintiv
huny surface This o. necessary .n
order that the paper may absorb fha
ink az Tho terrific speed with which .
newspaper r. printed in ORDER m
nave this fuzzy absorbent surface fh.
paper must be made - pulp ehirh =
ground. Paper of sort NAV ~ made
Of any kind of wood but only rrrtaIn
woods win stand The grinding process
Pulp from the other woods Is made fg
a process n chemical reduction.
b The only woods which have ~ fsr
been shown % stand grinding we'll ar.
various spruces and hsmiocka. though
some jack pine and lodge pole oleo 49,.
now used. certain amount uf
ch -aicai pulp may be mlsed wifh tha
ground pulp. buf the ground pufn
must be the basis for nera paper nonk
/, paper and wrapping paper NAV -,
made from q much larger variety
woods. and the forestry experts aav
that the great southern pine forests
will probably make the south event
! ually the center ~ the wra piping nauer
and book uarcr duetriea
The daily papers remain Dependent
upon northern forests whore anruea
Q and hemlock rows fn addition
r the northeastern forests which afs
r now furnishing most ~ our supply
a a. 80 woods there ara immeuaa un.
y used qIautities - them iu the nneht
r Mountains, tho Coast Ranges ara "a
. Alaska. The supremacy 90 the scan.
dinavian counties % The pauer htiai
2 ness "a due 20 their posanaainu 81
q large spruce ana hsmlook f1re-i,
= which are carefully conserved. rhm
= Sweden ranks next 20 the nitet
= states as a paper producer. with Nof
way and Finland following u fh
order named. sweden and Nnrwa
are producing an the pauer they "a.
without permanently lnfurnH thrl
= forests The production from rInlaal
may be expected t0 Increase some
s what.
Tn this. as in 20 many other matter.
=, Russia is the great unknown rhnr
~ are vast spruce forests iu Russia thn
81 have not been touched. when tna
N great country energies from hor Is
- Itical commissions into an rdefI
nd economic development sne WW prot
al ably become the greatest paper make
a. in the world.
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