The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-28
ALABAMA NEWSPRINT

an excellent quality of the news print kind-now of high price and growing demand because of the ex- haustion of white pine forest in the nothern border of the country.
 This same quality of spruce IS abundant in the mountain regions of Tennessee. It might me floated down the Cumberland river in rafts in conf siderable quantities.
 There is no more urgent demand now for any product than there is for wood pulp out of which newspriEt paper may be made. This demonstra- that southern spruce can be used for the purpose is certain to be followed | by practical results. Material of that kind will not be neglected or suffered to go to waste. Nashville should profit by the opportunities it af- lords.
 Another fact to be considered $ that there should be reasonable con servation of these spruce forests. The wood heretofore has been considered to be without value. If it is to go into the maws of the paper mills. it Will be soon exhausted, as were the vast white pine forests of the north. rhe same manner of conservation applied to the pine forests of Canada shopld be put into force here. The forests can be made a perpetual source of wealth.
 And Tennessees newly enlarged forestry bureau may also find -en,- ployment in strict guard agaInst mountain fires that destroy much ot the wood.
 1 Livingston Southern Home: The | Age-Herald of Monday was printed on paper made of Alabama
 spruce pine pulp. Now for paper mill at Birmingham or Tuscaloosa.
 The paper was manufactured at q
 Niagara Falls mill. There was I
 paper mill during the Civil war 1 at Tuscaloosa.
 l Florida Metropolis. Florida lis going to make her news l print out of grass, and the. paper used in the Monday edition of The Birmingham Herald was manu- factured out of Alabama pine. To keep up with the procession other southern states will be forced to utilize their lpotential pulp materials. l Guntersville Democrat: MT. k.
 w. Barrett of The Age-H Herald, who recently became national demo- cratic committeeman, has another claim on the peoples gratitude by demonstrating that paper can be made of southern pine. Mondays Age Herald was printed on paper made from southern scrub pine. Greensboro Watcnman: Last A0A-
 days Birmingham ge-Herald was printed on paper made from spruce pine cut from the banks of the | Warrior river near Lock IT. lThe editor, MT. F. W. Barrett, had | 50 cords of this pine cut last Decem- Der and shipped to Niagara Falls.
 where the wood was ground into pulp and then converted into white l paper The paper made from the Ala- bama spruce is about the best The Age Herald has used in long time
 Editor Barrett deserves much credit for his enterprise in showing to the
 world that the south is not dependent 1 for its newsprint upon the whims of Canada and the paper makers of the north. MT. Barrett is now directing his attention to the locating of q paper mill in Alabama.
 1 Centreville Press: The Birmingham l Age Herald was printed on paper I manufactured out of Alabama pinu on Monday. There seemed to be very little difference in the quality of Ala
 bama pine paper and othen paper
 This timber was cut from the War rior river section and shipped to the paper mills. and it may to great extent, solve the making of paper in
 this. country. The Age-Herald is to be commended for it's enterprise.
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