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

Columbus Enquirer Sun: Last Mon- day morning The Birmingham Age Herald printed it's entire edition upon paper made from what is known as spruce pine, cut from the soil of Alabam, shipped 10 Niagara Falls and there converted into news print paper. The Herald says this may mark ths beginning of new epoch of newspaper history in the south It is the first practical and successful test ever made of manu- featuring white paper from the varie- ties of pine found in the southern states.
 The paper is of good quality. It is white, it takes ink well, and the print is quite clear and istinct-more so, perhaps, than on many samples of paper coming from other mills. l In view of the paper shortage Of last year and the year before and the high prices in consequence ofIt, southern publishers in particular will ! SlHCtlGiS ilOPC tA'ot AiiS NiAsSA f~~
 of The Age Herald win result in re- Ilieving the present situation and pre- vent it's recurrence.
 Greenville Advocate: It has alwaqs been a mystery to us that there where so many thousands of acres l of pine trees in Alabama and Ja fri fhart. Especially as we know the spruce pine of the New England states ard Canada was growing more and more difficult each to furnish. the supply year the demand for paper has ln- creased by leaps and bounds. The cost kept pace with the diminished output, until for while it looked as if almost all the smaller papers ot the nation would have to go out of business.
 Now comes The Birmingham Age Herald. an Alabama paper. printed on papef made from Alabama spruce l pine, and that paper says there are thousands of acres of these trees growing on the banks of the Warrior river. The quality of the paper a96 pears to us to be equal to that or any other sample which comes to- our l exchange table. We are indeed glad Ito know that MT. Barrett, the editor of The Age Herald, had the foresight and the nerve to make a shipment of this wood to mill and have a supply at least sufficient for an issue of that great paper, so that we all could see the quality and read 3 paper printed on an Alabama prod uct.
 Mobile Register: The enterprise of The Birmingham Age-Herald lin seeking a way of escape from l dependence upon Canadian and nothern pulpwood for it's sup ply of paper has for it's reward the production by paper mills at Niagara Falls of a godd grade of Inewsprint paper from Alabama spruce pine. Last Mondays issue of The Age Herald was printed upon paper so made, and the experiment is pro- nounced a success in all particulars. MT. E. W. Barrett, editor and publi- sher of the paper. originated the idea J and directed the proceedings look ling to the making of paper from the I Alabama wood. His faith in, what he was doinn has been abundantfy sus- tained Also he has conferred ;i
 benefit upon the state by demon strating that the southern wood Is as adaptable for this use as Cana dian spruce. MT. Robert Glade. at expert in paper making, who gave his personal attention to this work says that the experiment proves lconclusively that the southern spruce l will make $ good d sheet as Cana dian spruce in every respect
 Of major importance is the further statement that Alabama wood can pc delivered at a southern mill at about lone fourth the price of Canadian lspruce delivered at Nigara Falls ana lthat, weight for weight, the output from one wood is as large and as zoos lin quality as from the other. In otl'ei words. the prospect is that shouis newsprint paper making be gone inte
 in this southern region, It will prov; to be profitable industry besines
 utilizing Il material that nevada lgoes wholly to waste
 Nashville Bannef: The Birmingham
 Age Herald of, Monday was printes Ion paper made from Alabama sprucs lpine. cut from the banks of the War Irlor river. The paper appears to Ds